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Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina HurricanesMar 7, 2024

Final· PNC Arena
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MTL
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CAR
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Goals123TShots123T
MTL1001MTL711725
CAR1124CAR8131839
MTL 47CAR 89
MTL 2.07CAR 5.74
PP goals
MTL 0CAR 0
Hits
MTL 15CAR 13
Blocks
MTL 24CAR 10
PIM
MTL 10CAR 12
MTL 40%CAR 60%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Carolina Hurricanes beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at home. Brady Skjei (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CAR: Noesen–Necas–Drury skated 11:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Brady Skjei had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:53.Skjei
  2. Points
    Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:52.Svechnikov
  3. New line
    New look for CAR: Noesen–Necas–Drury skated 11:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.NoesenNecasDrury
  4. Goalie
    Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +6 against a season average of 31.9; the loss.Montembeault
  5. New line
    New look for CAR: Fast–Lemieux–Kotkaniemi skated 4:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.FastLemieuxKotkaniemi
  6. Luck
    CAR scored 4 goals on 5.74 expected goals (89 attempts), well short of its chances.
  7. Usage
    Jack Drury (CAR) played 16:37, +4:24 up on his 12:13 season average over 73 games.Drury
  8. Usage
    Jesper Fast (CAR) played 7:24, −5:17 down on his 12:41 season average over 72 games.Fast

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, MTL at CAR: 136 attempts, 64 on goal, 5 goals, 7.81 expected goals; best chance Andrei Svechnikov at 0.74 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →
  • CAR
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 136 of 136 attempts · CAR 89 · MTL 47

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MTL at CAR: expected goals 5.74 to 2.07 (CAR led the chances), shot attempts 89 to 47, 5 goals.

0.02.04.06.01st2nd3rdCARMTLRSNSSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • CAR
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
CARMTLcontrol2nd3rdRoy · 1st 5:53Skjei · 1st 13:02Noesen · 2nd 19:35Skjei · 3rd 15:31Svechnikov · 3rd 18:57
  • CAR pressure
  • MTL pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 9% of the game, CAR 61%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, MTL at CAR: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Frederik Andersen (58:52) for CAR and Samuel Montembeault (59:31) for MTL, 5 goals.

CAR
MTL
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatMTLCAR
3879
1.424.28
1.364.10
818
57
1820
−0.082+0.082
9%61%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Montreal Canadiens

Current MTL line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 5:53
    MTLJoshua Roy (Alex Newhook)wrist0.01 xG
    MTL: Armia, Matheson, Newhook, Guhle, RoyCAR: Orlov, Noesen, Chatfield, Necas, Drury
    MTL 1 – 0 CAR
  2. 13:02
    CARBrady Skjei (Andrei Svechnikov, Martin Necas)backhand0.11 xG
    MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, SlafkovskýCAR: Skjei, Pesce, Necas, Svechnikov, Drury
    MTL 1 – 1 CAR

2nd period

  1. 19:35
    CARStefan Noesen (Jack Drury, Jalen Chatfield)backhand0.41 xG
    MTL: Savard, Gallagher, Anderson, Evans, XhekajCAR: Orlov, Noesen, Chatfield, Necas, Drury
    MTL 1 – 2 CAR

3rd period

  1. 15:31
    CARBrady Skjei (Brett Pesce, Sebastian Aho)wrist0.21 xG
    MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, GuhleCAR: Skjei, Pesce, Aho, Svechnikov
    MTL 1 – 3 CAR
  2. 18:57
    CARAndrei SvechnikovEN (Teuvo Teravainen)snap0.74 xG
    MTL: Armia, Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook, SlafkovskýCAR: Skjei, Teravainen, Pesce, Aho, Svechnikov
    MTL 1 – 4 CAR

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nick Suzuki CL1000-330.4100020:39——4133
Cole Caufield RL1000-340.5700019:53——4138
Juraj Slafkovský LL1000-210.0920018:30——4138
Jake Evans CL2000-100.0003017:00——2727
Josh Anderson RL2000-120.0610211:58——2918
Brendan Gallagher RL2000-120.1300211:46——2722
Alex Newhook CL3011020.4700417:09——3223
Joel Armia RL3000020.0902015:21——3237
Joshua Roy RL3101+130.1201012:30——4142
Jesse Ylonen RL4000010.0000211:39——275
Tanner Pearson LL4000020.0500010:42——204
Rafael Harvey-Pinard LL4000000.0011010:10——259
Jordan Harris DD1000000.0001017:52——2315
Jayden Struble DD1000000.0052015:26——3218
David Savard DD2000-100.0016019:28——2832
Arber Xhekaj DD2000-100.0031015:03——3029
Mike Matheson DD3000-220.0612025:09——4531
Kaiden Guhle DD3000-110.0115020:14——3732
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)L38353.9215.0059:31

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Martin Necas CL1011+170.8611217:44——7581
Jack Drury CL1011+120.3100216:37——7471
Stefan Noesen RL1101030.6510014:46——7983
Sebastian Aho CL2011+210.4000222:27——4956
Andrei Svechnikov RL2112+320.9620019:52——5563
Teuvo Teravainen CL2011+140.3801017:06——5766
Seth Jarvis RL3000030.7423017:34——7579
Jordan Martinook LL3000010.0102012:07——7273
Jordan Staal CL3000010.0931012:01——7474
Jesperi Kotkaniemi CL4000010.4300010:59——7596
Jesper Fast RL4000000.000007:24——6467
Brendan Lemieux LL4000030.233005:59——6489
Brady Skjei DD1202+340.3601221:53——6867
Brett Pesce DD1011+310.0100220:34——5756
Brent Burns DD2000040.1000021:15——7064
Jaccob Slavin DD2000010.2000019:44——6761
Dmitry Orlov DD3000000.0000017:09——7093
Jalen Chatfield DD3011010.0111213:57——7394
CAR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Frederik Andersen(start)W25241.9602.0758:52

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Joshua Roy (MTL) 1st 5:53 · assists Alex Newhook · Cycle · 10.5 mph shot.

Brady Skjei · 3rd 15:31 · CAR

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
2
Shot
42.2 mph
Distance
12 ft
Entry to goal
2.1 s

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Andrei Svechnikov · 3rd 18:57 · CAR EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
1
Shot
65.0 mph
Distance
36 ft
Entry to goal
1.8 s

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