Montreal Canadiens vs. Seattle KrakenDec 6, 2022

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	3	0	4		MTL	4	4	8	16
SEA	1	1	0	2		SEA	11	8	14	33

: MTL 40SEA 65
: MTL 1.67SEA 3.44
PP goals: MTL 0SEA 0
Hits: MTL 25SEA 17
Blocks: MTL 19SEA 17
PIM: MTL 6SEA 8
: MTL 50%SEA 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Seattle Kraken 4–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Seattle Kraken 4–2 at SEA. Jared McCann (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Arber Xhekaj (MTL) played 4:50, −10:39 down on his 15:29 season average over 50 games.

Usage
Arber Xhekaj (MTL) played 4:50, −10:39 down on his 15:29 season average over 50 games.Xhekaj
Luck
MTL scored 4 goals on 1.67 expected goals (40 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Jared McCann (SEA) played 21:32, +5:16 up on his 16:16 season average over 78 games.McCann
Usage
Oliver Bjorkstrand (SEA) played 10:08, −5:34 down on his 15:42 season average over 80 games.Bjorkstrand
New line
New look for SEA: Gourde–Bjorkstrand–Wright skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gourde Bjorkstrand Wright
New line
New look for SEA: Sprong–Tanev–Geekie skated 4:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sprong Tanev Geekie
Usage
Christian Dvorak (MTL) played 21:04, +4:16 up on his 16:48 season average over 63 games.Dvorak
Usage
Rem Pitlick (MTL) played 9:31, −3:29 down on his 13:00 season average over 45 games.Pitlick

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)SEA attacks right (top on phones) →

SEA
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · SEA 65 · MTL 40

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SEA
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SEA 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 13% of the game, SEA 53%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SEA

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	SEA
	34	58
	1.44	2.95
	1.40	2.72
	5	12
	2	5
	14	17
	+0.013	−0.013
	13%	53%

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

L1Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
11:1042% CF
L2Dadonov – Armia – Dvorak
11:0735% CF
L3Evans – Pitlick – Pezzetta
6:0614% CF
D1Edmundson – Guhle
16:0238% CF
D2Matheson – Kovacevic
13:3333% CF
D3Wideman – Harris
5:3522% CF

PP1Dadonov – Matheson – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
4:08100% CF
PP2Wideman – Armia – Anderson – Dvorak – Slafkovský
1:3775% CF
PK1FAnderson – Evans
1:24
PK2FPezzetta – Suzuki
0:55
PK1DEdmundson – Kovacevic
1:27
PK2DHarris – Guhle
0:38

Current MTL line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – McCann – Beniers
12:1076% CF
L2Schwartz – Burakovsky – Wennberg
10:3557% CF
L3Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Wright
6:5083% CF
L4Sprong – Tanev – Geekie
4:4456% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
15:5765% CF
D2Schultz – Oleksiak
11:1253% CF
D3Soucy – Borgen
9:1975% CF

PP1Eberle – Schwartz – Burakovsky – McCann – Dunn
3:10100% CF
PP2Schultz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Sprong – Beniers
1:01100% CF
PK1FGourde – Wennberg
2:01
PK2FTanev – Geekie
1:58
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
2:10
PK2DDunn – Borgen
0:45

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:56
MTLJohnathan Kovacevic (Mike Matheson, Kirby Dach)snap0.02 xG
MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Dach, CaufieldSEA: Schultz, Schwartz, Larsson, Burakovsky, Wennberg
MTL 1 – 0 SEA
15:30
SEAShane Wright (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Yanni Gourde)snap0.15 xG
MTL: Matheson, Evans, Pitlick, Pezzetta, KovacevicSEA: Larsson, Gourde, Bjorkstrand, Dunn, Wright
MTL 1 – 1 SEA

2nd period

2:05
MTLCole Caufield (Nick Suzuki)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Dach, CaufieldSEA: Schultz, Schwartz, Oleksiak, Burakovsky, Wennberg
MTL 2 – 1 SEA
2:12
MTLJosh Anderson (Christian Dvorak, Juraj Slafkovský)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Wideman, Anderson, Dvorak, Harris, SlafkovskýSEA: Gourde, Soucy, Bjorkstrand, Borgen, Wright
MTL 3 – 1 SEA
18:40
MTLRem Pitlick (Joel Edmundson, Jake Evans)snap0.12 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Evans, Pitlick, KovacevicSEA: Oleksiak, Bjorkstrand, Wennberg, Dunn
MTL 4 – 1 SEA
19:59
SEAJared McCann (Andre Burakovsky)tip-in0.08 xG
MTL: Armia, Matheson, Evans, Kovacevic, GuhleSEA: Eberle, Schwartz, Burakovsky, McCann, Dunn
MTL 4 – 2 SEA

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	1	1	+2	1	0.04	2	0	0	22:47	—	—	45	35
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.14	0	1	0	19:31	—	—	40	30
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.21	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	40	30
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	0	1	0	21:04	—	—	37	40
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	2	0	0	18:05	—	—	39	31
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:33	—	—	31	27
Jake Evans C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.13	1	2	0	16:29	—	—	25	26
Rem Pitlick C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	9:31	—	—	8	0
Michael Pezzetta L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:52	—	—	14	0
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	3	0	22:34	—	—	36	38
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	6	2	21:50	—	—	45	39
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	2	2	24:13	—	—	37	28
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.02	0	2	0	18:51	—	—	36	30
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:38	—	—	23	22
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	8:33	—	—	30	34
Josh Anderson R	—	1	0	1	+1	3	0.55	3	0	0	16:16	—	—	50	60
Juraj Slafkovský L	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	1	0	0	12:34	—	—	50	54
Arber Xhekaj D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	4:50	—	—	50	3

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.44	60:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jared McCann L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.32	2	0	0	21:32	—	—	68	61
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	2	1	0	21:02	—	—	70	58
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	78	59
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.21	0	1	0	19:29	—	—	53	61
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.47	0	1	2	18:24	—	—	50	54
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:54	—	—	58	60
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.39	1	1	0	16:04	—	—	78	90
Shane Wright C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.56	0	1	0	11:12	—	—	63	88
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	10:08	—	—	86	87
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.63	2	0	0	11:31	—	—	60	66
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	2	0	8:07	—	—	56	32
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:39	—	—	56	32
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	1	2	24:19	—	—	68	93
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	4	2	21:47	—	—	62	90
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	3	0	19:13	—	—	52	57
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	2	19:09	—	—	59	49
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	1	0	0	14:55	—	—	64	71
Will Borgen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	14:25	—	—	74	58

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	16	12	4	.750	1.45	57:36

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.