Montreal Canadiens vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 5, 2019

FinalTuesday, Mar 5, 2019· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	1	3		MTL	10	8	6	24
LAK	0	0	1	1		LAK	7	6	14	27

: MTL 47LAK 53
: MTL 1.65LAK 2.37
PP goals: MTL 0LAK 0
Hits: MTL 17LAK 19
Blocks: MTL 16LAK 11
PIM: MTL 4LAK 2
: MTL 52%LAK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1 at LAK. Shea Weber (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MTL: Weal–Armia–Drouin skated 12:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Shea Weber had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:42.Weber
Points
Victor Mete had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:44.Mete
New line
New look for MTL: Weal–Armia–Drouin skated 12:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Weal Armia Drouin
New line
New look for LAK: Lewis–Clifford–Luff skated 4:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lewis Clifford Luff
Usage
Matt Luff (LAK) played 7:06, −4:09 down on his 11:15 season average over 32 games.Luff
Usage
Trevor Lewis (LAK) played 10:12, −3:55 down on his 14:07 season average over 43 games.Lewis
Usage
Brett Kulak (MTL) played 21:07, +3:20 up on his 17:47 season average over 56 games.Kulak
Usage
Derek Forbort (LAK) played 17:18, −3:29 down on his 20:47 season average over 80 games.Forbort

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)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · LAK 53 · MTL 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK 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 32% of the game, LAK 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

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	LAK
	53	46
	1.80	1.79
	1.77	1.76
	2	6
	1	4
	11	16
	+0.053	−0.053
	32%	32%

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

L1Byron – Shaw – Domi
13:0745% CF
L2Weal – Armia – Drouin
12:0270% CF
L3Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
11:4770% CF
L4Thompson – Weise – Lehkonen
10:4318% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
19:2161% CF
D2Weber – Mete
15:3258% CF
D3Benn – Folin
14:3737% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Weal – Gallagher – Danault
0:4950% CF
PP2Weber – Byron – Shaw – Drouin – Domi
0:14100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:10
PK2FThompson – Armia
1:16
PK1DWeber – Benn
2:38
PK2DKulak – Mete
0:43

Current MTL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Toffoli
10:5121% CF
L2Kovalchuk – Carter – Leipsic
10:3543% CF
L3Brodzinski – Kempe – Iafallo
10:2355% CF
L4Lewis – Clifford – Luff
4:5067% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
12:5456% CF
D2Martinez – Roy
12:4552% CF
D3Phaneuf – Walker
9:3931% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Leipsic
2:22100% CF
PP2Carter – Martinez – Toffoli – Kempe – Iafallo
1:13100% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
0:40
PK2FLewis – Kempe
0:28
PK1DDoughty – Forbort
0:40
PK2DMartinez – Roy
0:10

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:11
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Victor Mete, Shea Weber)tip-in0.09 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, MeteLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli, Forbort
MTL 1 – 0 LAK

2nd period

10:07
MTLJordan Wealsnap0.20 xG
MTL: Petry, Weal, Armia, Kulak, DrouinLAK: Phaneuf, Lewis, Clifford, Luff, Walker
MTL 2 – 0 LAK

3rd period

0:41
MTLShea Weber (Phillip Danault, Victor Mete)slap0.01 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, MeteLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli, Roy
MTL 3 – 0 LAK
11:03
LAKMatt Luff (Drew Doughty, Dustin Brown)snap0.07 xG
MTL: Petry, Weal, Armia, Kulak, DrouinLAK: Brown, Lewis, Doughty, Roy, Luff
MTL 3 – 1 LAK

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
Andrew Shaw R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	5	0	0	16:37	—	—	50	53
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	15:35	—	—	50	62
Paul Byron L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	1	0	15:00	—	—	48	62
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	67	73
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	71	75
Jordan Weal C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.46	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	67	73
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	1	0	0	17:24	—	—	70	72
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.16	1	0	0	14:31	—	—	71	72
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.18	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	64	58
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:13	—	—	14	2
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:33	—	—	20	4
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	11:36	—	—	23	6
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	1	2	23:18	—	—	61	62
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	21:07	—	—	61	62
Shea Weber D	D2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.09	2	2	0	21:42	—	—	57	49
Victor Mete D	D2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.05	0	2	0	16:44	—	—	58	57
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	18:33	—	—	35	27
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	16:57	—	—	36	28

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.37	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.41	0	1	0	20:41	—	—	44	47
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.33	2	0	0	20:06	—	—	36	53
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.21	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	30	43
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	19:11	—	—	44	60
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.30	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	42	45
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	1	0	16:09	—	—	44	50
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:47	—	—	54	43
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	0	0	16:15	—	—	56	69
Jonny Brodzinski C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:16	—	—	57	19
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	10:13	—	—	59	45
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	10:12	—	—	56	56
Matt Luff R	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.09	1	1	0	7:06	—	—	58	36
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.05	3	2	0	25:57	—	—	39	28
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:18	—	—	68	63
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	21:16	—	—	42	51
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	3	0	17:39	—	—	47	58
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	18:04	—	—	31	37
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	3	1	0	14:28	—	—	55	60

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	1.65	58:43

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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.