Montreal Canadiens vs. New York IslandersMar 3, 2020

FinalTuesday, Mar 3, 2020· Barclays Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	3	1	2	6		MTL	12	5	10	27
NYI	0	0	2	2		NYI	7	7	8	22

: MTL 55NYI 44
: MTL 2.31NYI 2.86
PP goals: MTL 0NYI 1
Hits: MTL 34NYI 32
Blocks: MTL 9NYI 13
PIM: MTL 13NYI 5
: MTL 35%NYI 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout New York Islanders 6–2

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Islanders 6–2 at NYI. Brendan Gallagher (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MTL: Gallagher–Danault–Lehkonen skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (84.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:50.Gallagher
Points
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:36.Nelson
Points
Joel Armia had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:36.Armia
Points
Phillip Danault had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:13.Danault
New line
New look for MTL: Gallagher–Danault–Lehkonen skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (84.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gallagher Danault Lehkonen
Usage
Tomas Tatar (MTL) played 2:45, −13:45 down on his 16:30 season average over 67 games.Tatar
Luck
MTL scored 6 goals on 2.31 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for NYI: Bailey–Nelson–Dal Colle skated 5:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bailey Nelson Dal Colle

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · NYI 44 · MTL 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI 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 25% of the game, NYI 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYI

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
Stat	MTL	NYI
	60	46
	2.19	2.63
	2.13	2.48
	10	12
	4	5
	22	19
	−0.081	+0.081
	25%	30%

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

L1Gallagher – Danault – Lehkonen
8:1284% CF
L2Weise – Hudon – Evans
7:1333% CF
L3Byron – Weal – Domi
6:0533% CF
L4Tatar – Armia – Suzuki
0:00
D1Petry – Kulak
18:1350% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
16:3266% CF
D3Ouellet – Folin
11:4062% CF

PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:05
PK2FByron – Armia
0:50
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
2:05
PK2DPetry – Ouellet
1:29

Current MTL line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Lee – Barzal
7:0050% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Dal Colle
5:4431% CF
L3Komarov – Pageau – Beauvillier
4:2125% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Brassard – Martin
3:1450% CF
D1Greene – Pulock
11:1945% CF
D2Mayfield – Toews
10:5863% CF
D3Boychuk – Leddy
9:0525% CF

PP1Brassard – Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
2:25
PP2Eberle – Lee – Pageau – Toews – Barzal
1:31100% CF

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:31
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Ben Chiarot, Phillip Danault)wrist0.17 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Gallagher, Danault, LehkonenNYI: Boychuk, Komarov, Leddy, Pageau, Beauvillier
MTL 1 – 0 NYI
15:43
MTLJeff Petry (Brendan Gallagher, Phillip Danault)wrist0.04 xG
MTL: Petry, Gallagher, Danault, Kulak, LehkonenNYI: Greene, Komarov, Pageau, Pulock, Beauvillier
MTL 2 – 0 NYI
18:34
MTLCharles Hudonwrist0.02 xG
MTL: Weber, Gallagher, Danault, Hudon, KulakNYI: Boychuk, Komarov, Pageau, Toews, Beauvillier
MTL 3 – 0 NYI

2nd period

12:35
MTLPaul ByronSH (Joel Armia)backhand0.18 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Ouellet, ArmiaNYI: Eberle, Lee, Nelson, Toews, Barzal
MTL 4 – 0 NYI

3rd period

6:14
NYIBrock Nelson (Josh Bailey)slap0.10 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Gallagher, Danault, LehkonenNYI: Bailey, Lee, Nelson, Mayfield, Toews
MTL 4 – 1 NYI
15:28
MTLJordan Weal (Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.14 xG
MTL: Weal, Ouellet, Lehkonen, Domi, FolinNYI: Greene, Brassard, Pageau, Pulock, Dal Colle
MTL 5 – 1 NYI
16:21
NYIRyan PulockPP (Brock Nelson, Jordan Eberle)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Weber, Petry, DanaultNYI: Eberle, Lee, Nelson, Pulock, Barzal
MTL 5 – 2 NYI
17:10
MTLJoel ArmiaENwrist0.27 xG
MTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, ArmiaNYI: Eberle, Lee, Nelson, Pageau, Pulock, Barzal
MTL 6 – 2 NYI

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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.37	0	2	2	19:07	—	—	68	61
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.08	1	0	0	18:13	—	—	84	91
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.43	1	0	0	13:50	—	—	86	91
Charles Hudon L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	3	0	0	15:12	—	—	57	65
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	11:26	—	—	39	24
Dale Weise R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	1	0	11:04	—	—	29	21
Paul Byron L	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.25	1	2	0	18:41	—	—	42	20
Max Domi C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	2	14:40	—	—	48	34
Jordan Weal C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	48	37
Joel Armia R	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.32	2	0	0	18:36	—	—	42	21
Nick Suzuki C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	5	1	0	16:37	—	—	35	19
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:45	—	—	100	100
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.10	3	1	0	23:30	—	—	54	54
Jeff Petry D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.08	3	0	0	23:04	—	—	47	39
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	2	1	2	22:02	—	—	61	34
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.00	3	0	0	21:52	—	—	66	45
Xavier Ouellet D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	1	0	2	16:59	—	—	56	46
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	1	5	12:44	—	—	57	64

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.86	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.42	0	0	0	20:40	—	—	52	71
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.25	1	0	0	20:21	—	—	48	62
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	2	1	5	15:01	—	—	37	59
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	17:55	—	—	45	57
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	1	2	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	17:36	—	—	40	51
Michael Dal Colle L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.34	2	1	0	14:19	—	—	52	48
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.52	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	32	50
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	-5	3	0.35	2	1	0	16:15	—	—	46	49
Leo Komarov R	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.00	2	1	0	10:56	—	—	28	27
Derick Brassard C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	40	63
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	6	0	0	12:45	—	—	53	68
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	6	0	0	11:00	—	—	54	53
Ryan Pulock D	D1	1	0	1	-3	4	0.36	0	2	0	23:20	—	—	42	40
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:28	—	—	41	42
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:43	—	—	45	63
Devon Toews D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:53	—	—	61	86
Nick Leddy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	0	0	0	20:19	—	—	28	38
Johnny Boychuk D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	5	1	0	11:58	—	—	32	35

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov	—	14	12	2	.857	1.38	39:12
Thomas Greiss(start)	L	12	9	3	.750	0.67	20:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.