Montreal Canadiens vs. Seattle KrakenMar 24, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	4	1	0	5		MTL	7	8	2	17
SEA	0	1	0	1		SEA	10	17	10	37

: MTL 40SEA 74
: MTL 1.35SEA 3.04
PP goals: MTL 0SEA 0
Hits: MTL 17SEA 25
Blocks: MTL 19SEA 13
PIM: MTL 8SEA 4
: MTL 53%SEA 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout Seattle Kraken 5–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Seattle Kraken 5–1 at SEA. Kaiden Guhle (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for SEA: Gourde–Burakovsky–Tanev skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kaiden Guhle had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 23:29.Guhle
Points
Alex Newhook had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:10.Newhook
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:02.Suzuki
New line
New look for SEA: Gourde–Burakovsky–Tanev skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gourde Burakovsky Tanev
Usage
Ryker Evans (SEA) played 2:22, −17:18 down on his 19:40 season average over 35 games.Evans
Luck
MTL scored 5 goals on 1.35 expected goals (40 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Anderson–Evans–Ylonen skated 10:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Evans Ylonen
New line
New look for SEA: Eberle–Schwartz–McCann skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eberle Schwartz McCann

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 114 of 114 attempts · SEA 74 · 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 18% of the game, SEA 47%.

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
	42	73
	1.54	2.72
	1.53	2.60
	6	12
	6	5
	10	16
	−0.034	+0.034
	18%	47%

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 – Caufield – Slafkovský
13:0945% CF
L2Anderson – Evans – Ylonen
10:2630% CF
L3Gallagher – Armia – Newhook
10:1033% CF
L4White – Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard
7:0625% CF
D1Matheson – Guhle
15:2943% CF
D2Harris – Struble
15:2742% CF
D3Savard – Xhekaj
12:4821% CF

PP1Matheson – Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook – Slafkovský
2:2350% CF
PP2Gallagher – Armia – Anderson – Ylonen – Guhle
0:4350% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
3:15
PK2FWhite – Harvey-Pinard
0:56
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:29
PK2DHarris – Guhle
1:36

Current MTL line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Gourde – Burakovsky – Tanev
7:5758% CF
L2Eberle – Schwartz – McCann
7:3073% CF
L3Tatar – Yamamoto – Tolvanen
6:2175% CF
L4Bjorkstrand – Kartye – Beniers
6:1880% CF
D1Dumoulin – Larsson
10:0679% CF
D2Oleksiak – Borgen
9:1156% CF

PP1Eberle – Schultz – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen – Beniers
3:32100% CF
PP2Tatar – Schwartz – Burakovsky – McCann – Yamamoto
1:5275% CF
PK1FGourde – Tanev
1:29
PK2FMcCann – Kartye
1:20
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
1:14
PK2DDumoulin – Borgen
0:00

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:18
MTLKaiden Guhle (Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki)slap0.04 xG
MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, SlafkovskýSEA: Eberle, Oleksiak, Borgen, Tolvanen, Beniers
MTL 1 – 0 SEA
6:22
MTLAlex Newhook (Kaiden Guhle, Michael Pezzetta)tip-in0.03 xG
MTL: Matheson, Pezzetta, Harvey-Pinard, Newhook, GuhleSEA: Dumoulin, Gourde, Burakovsky, Borgen, Tanev
MTL 2 – 0 SEA
17:33
MTLNick Suzuki (Jordan Harris, Juraj Slafkovský)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Armia, Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, GuhleSEA: Dumoulin, Larsson, Bjorkstrand, McCann, Tolvanen
MTL 3 – 0 SEA
18:00
MTLAlex Newhook (Brendan Gallagher, Kaiden Guhle)wrist0.11 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Armia, Matheson, Newhook, GuhleSEA: Eberle, Oleksiak, Borgen, Tolvanen, Beniers
MTL 4 – 0 SEA

2nd period

0:56
SEAJordan Eberle (Will Borgen, Jamie Oleksiak)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Savard, Gallagher, Armia, Newhook, XhekajSEA: Eberle, Schwartz, Oleksiak, McCann, Borgen
MTL 4 – 1 SEA
13:16
MTLMike MathesonSHwrist0.06 xG
MTL: Savard, Armia, Matheson, EvansSEA: Tatar, Schwartz, Burakovsky, McCann, Yamamoto
MTL 5 – 1 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	1	1	2	+2	1	0.19	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	44	34
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	2	2	17:45	—	—	48	32
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	0	1	0	17:33	—	—	44	35
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	31	26
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	2	13:14	—	—	35	37
Jesse Ylonen R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	1	1	0	12:14	—	—	30	34
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	41	51
Alex Newhook C	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	0.41	0	1	2	15:10	—	—	37	40
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	35	40
Colin White C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	1	0	11:35	—	—	27	45
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	29	23
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	6	2	0	10:18	—	—	28	27
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	1	2	3	+4	1	0.04	1	1	0	23:29	—	—	44	35
Mike Matheson D	D1	1	0	1	+5	2	0.17	0	0	0	21:48	—	—	43	35
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:27	—	—	41	44
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	2	16:41	—	—	43	58
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	18:29	—	—	26	26
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:10	—	—	21	11

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	W	37	36	1	.973	3.04	60:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:21	—	—	54	60
Brandon Tanev L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	5	1	0	13:38	—	—	58	60
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.42	1	0	2	12:27	—	—	64	64
Jordan Eberle R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.16	1	2	0	18:32	—	—	63	73
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.47	1	0	0	17:15	—	—	77	73
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	75	84
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	3	1	0	15:56	—	—	50	51
Kailer Yamamoto R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	61	62
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	1	0	0	13:43	—	—	61	62
Matty Beniers C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.41	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	53	59
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	14:40	—	—	78	59
Tye Kartye L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	6	1	0	13:28	—	—	50	42
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	2	1	0	25:49	—	—	78	75
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	22:31	—	—	65	64
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	2	1	2	21:54	—	—	55	48
Will Borgen D	D2	0	1	1	-2	6	0.18	0	2	0	20:09	—	—	58	61
Justin Schultz D	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	21:14	—	—	60	71
Ryker Evans D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	2:22	—	—	75	94

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joey Daccord	—	11	10	1	.909	0.93	42:00
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	6	2	4	.333	0.42	18:00

Goal anatomy

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

Kaiden Guhle (MTL) 1st 4:18 · assists Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki · Point shot · 57.5 mph shot.

Kaiden Guhle · 1st 4:18 · MTL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 57.5 mph
Distance: 58 ft

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Alex Newhook · 1st 6:22 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 47.2 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: deflection

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Nick Suzuki · 1st 17:33 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 72.8 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Alex Newhook · 1st 18:00 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.3 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Jordan Eberle · 2nd 0:56 · SEA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 67.4 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Mike Matheson · 2nd 13:16 · MTL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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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.