Montreal Canadiens vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 2, 2023

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	1	2		MTL	7	5	9	21
LAK	0	1	2	3		LAK	10	13	10	33

: MTL 45LAK 62
: MTL 2.70LAK 3.19
PP goals: MTL 1LAK 0
Hits: MTL 19LAK 20
Blocks: MTL 12LAK 15
PIM: MTL 8LAK 6
: MTL 49%LAK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at home. Gabriel Vilardi (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Hoffman, Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak and Suzuki) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:02 together.

Points
Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:58.Vilardi
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Hoffman, Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak and Suzuki) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:02 together.Hoffman Matheson Anderson Dvorak Suzuki
Usage
Justin Barron (MTL) played 1:11, −15:31 down on his 16:42 season average over 38 games.Barron
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Denis Gurianov (MTL) played 18:52, +5:45 up on his 13:07 season average over 65 games.Gurianov
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Matt Roy (LAK) played 15:17, −3:32 down on his 18:49 season average over 81 games.Roy
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Vladislav Gavrikov (LAK) played 16:20, −5:43 down on his 22:03 season average over 71 games.Gavrikov
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Arthur Kaliyev (LAK) played 7:54, −3:51 down on his 11:45 season average over 55 games.Kaliyev
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Carl Grundstrom (LAK) played 6:39, −4:11 down on his 10:50 season average over 56 games.Grundstrom

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 107 of 107 attempts · LAK 62 · MTL 45

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 23% of the game, LAK 39%.

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
	32	53
	1.93	2.27
	1.90	2.20
	10	18
	4	2
	6	10
	+0.004	−0.004
	23%	39%

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

L1Hoffman – Gurianov – Suzuki
11:4119% CF
L2Anderson – Drouin – Harvey-Pinard
10:0745% CF
L3Dvorak – Pitlick – Ylonen
9:3227% CF
D1Savard – Matheson
13:5541% CF
D2Edmundson – Guhle
11:2826% CF
D3Kovacevic – Harris
8:0940% CF

PP1Hoffman – Matheson – Anderson – Dvorak – Suzuki
4:02100% CF
PP2Drouin – Dvorak – Gurianov – Ylonen – Barron
0:47100% CF
PK1FAnderson – Dvorak
2:55
PK2FSuzuki – Harvey-Pinard
2:12
PK1DEdmundson – Kovacevic
2:12
PK2DSavard – Matheson
2:08

Current MTL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Fiala – Arvidsson
12:5648% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
11:4179% CF
L3Vilardi – Iafallo – Lizotte
8:4846% CF
L4Grundstrom – Kupari – Kaliyev
3:1843% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:4358% CF
D2Gavrikov – Walker
12:1865% CF
D3Roy – Durzi
12:1261% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Vilardi
3:46100% CF
PP2Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo – Durzi – Kaliyev
3:31100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
2:14
PK2FKempe – Lizotte
0:55
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
3:09
PK2DGavrikov – Walker
0:53

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:14
MTLJosh AndersonPPwrist0.16 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak, SuzukiLAK: Doughty, Kempe, Anderson, Lizotte
MTL 1 – 0 LAK

2nd period

7:42
LAKAlex Iafallo (Gabriel Vilardi)wrist0.11 xG
MTL: Savard, Dvorak, Pitlick, Ylonen, GuhleLAK: Doughty, Anderson, Vilardi, Iafallo, Lizotte
MTL 1 – 1 LAK

3rd period

7:27
LAKGabriel Vilardi (Matt Roy, Sean Durzi)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Savard, Matheson, Dvorak, Pitlick, YlonenLAK: Roy, Vilardi, Iafallo, Durzi, Lizotte
MTL 1 – 2 LAK
8:30
LAKAnze Kopitar (Quinton Byfield)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Gurianov, Suzuki, Kovacevic, HarrisLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Anderson, Byfield
MTL 1 – 3 LAK
9:39
MTLDenis Gurianov (Mike Matheson, David Savard)slap0.02 xG
MTL: Savard, Belzile, Matheson, Gurianov, PezzettaLAK: Danault, Fiala, Arvidsson, Roy, Durzi
MTL 2 – 3 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	23:11	—	—	32	26
Denis Gurianov R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	2	1	0	18:52	—	—	29	31
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	18:06	—	—	26	24
Josh Anderson R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.38	0	0	0	19:33	—	—	48	65
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	1.08	1	0	0	17:44	—	—	52	76
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	4	16:41	—	—	42	60
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	33	39
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:17	—	—	32	36
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:34	—	—	27	17
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.26	1	0	0	24:46	—	—	38	44
David Savard D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.14	2	3	2	21:52	—	—	40	50
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	20:06	—	—	34	40
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	2	16:24	—	—	28	41
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	50	44
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	4	2	0	14:49	—	—	50	66
Alex Belzile R	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	50	68
Michael Pezzetta L	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	1	0	0	8:04	—	—	43	62
Justin Barron D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:11	—	—	—	—

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	3.19	58:29

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.56	0	0	0	20:11	—	—	48	28
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	20:08	—	—	48	28
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.49	3	0	0	19:24	—	—	50	31
Anze Kopitar C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.40	0	2	0	21:03	—	—	79	72
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	+1	7	0.48	2	0	2	19:15	—	—	80	74
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.28	2	0	0	12:50	—	—	79	72
Alex Iafallo L	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.16	0	2	0	18:12	—	—	53	81
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.13	1	0	2	15:28	—	—	65	89
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.10	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	53	83
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	7:54	—	—	43	16
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	7:08	—	—	71	48
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	6:39	—	—	71	54
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.14	0	3	0	26:33	—	—	54	55
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	3	5	0	22:39	—	—	60	65
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	16:20	—	—	69	60
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	1	0	13:11	—	—	65	56
Sean Durzi D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	55	35
Matt Roy D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	68	50

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	2.70	59:19

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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.