Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay LightningDec 28, 2017

FinalThursday, Dec 28, 2017· Amalie Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	13	7	12	32
TBL	0	1	2	3		TBL	14	10	10	34

: MTL 61TBL 62
: MTL 2.56TBL 5.33
PP goals: MTL 1TBL 1
Hits: MTL 19TBL 24
Blocks: MTL 15TBL 16
PIM: MTL 14TBL 8
: MTL 57%TBL 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1 at home. Steven Stamkos (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Pacioretty–Shaw–Danault skated 9:35 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Steven Stamkos had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 22:51.Stamkos
Points
Ondrej Palat had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:03.Palat
New line
New look for MTL: Pacioretty–Shaw–Danault skated 9:35 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Shaw Danault
New line
New look for MTL: Plekanec–Byron–Gallagher skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Plekanec Byron Gallagher
Luck
TBL scored 3 goals on 5.33 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Galchenyuk–Lehkonen–Drouin skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Galchenyuk Lehkonen Drouin
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 2.56 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Steven Stamkos (TBL) played 22:51, +4:08 up on his 18:43 season average over 77 games.Stamkos

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)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · TBL 62 · MTL 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL 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 24% of the game, TBL 50%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

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	TBL
	49	47
	1.57	2.47
	1.52	2.16
	8	14
	5	4
	7	14
	+0.075	−0.075
	24%	50%

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

L1Pacioretty – Shaw – Danault
9:3570% CF
L2Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher
8:2936% CF
L3Galchenyuk – Lehkonen – Drouin
7:5438% CF
L4Deslauriers – Hudon – Carr
6:2769% CF
D1Petry – Alzner
11:3036% CF
D2Benn – Morrow
9:4743% CF
D3Lernout – Jerabek
7:0558% CF

PP1Petry – Shaw – Galchenyuk – Lehkonen – Drouin
1:44100% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Gallagher – Morrow – Hudon – Carr
1:23100% CF
PK1FPlekanec – Byron
3:33
PK2FPacioretty – Danault
3:11
PK1DPetry – Benn
3:10
PK2DAlzner – Lernout
1:41

Current MTL line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov
11:4738% CF
L2Johnson – Palat – Point
9:3250% CF
L3Killorn – Conacher – Gourde
6:5964% CF
L4Kunitz – Brown – Paquette
6:3055% CF
D1Hedman – Dotchin
13:0452% CF
D2Girardi – Sergachev
11:0347% CF
D3Coburn – Sustr
9:5238% CF

PP1Stamkos – Johnson – Hedman – Kucherov – Namestnikov
6:2089% CF
PP2Killorn – Palat – Gourde – Point – Sergachev
1:51100% CF
PK1FGourde – Point
1:19
PK2FKunitz – Johnson
0:48
PK1DCoburn – Sustr
1:30
PK2DGirardi – Hedman
1:19

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:40
MTLBrendan GallagherPP (Charles Hudon, Joe Morrow)deflected0.12 xG
MTL: Pacioretty, Gallagher, Morrow, Hudon, CarrTBL: Hedman, Palat, Dotchin, Point
MTL 1 – 0 TBL
19:48
TBLSteven Stamkos (Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman)wrist0.17 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, Alzner, Byron, GallagherTBL: Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Namestnikov, Dotchin
MTL 1 – 1 TBL

3rd period

0:30
TBLBrayden Point (Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat)backhand0.07 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Galchenyuk, Lehkonen, DrouinTBL: Girardi, Johnson, Palat, Point, Sergachev
MTL 1 – 2 TBL
4:45
TBLSteven StamkosPP (Vladislav Namestnikov, Ondrej Palat)snap0.19 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, BennTBL: Stamkos, Palat, Kucherov, Namestnikov, Point
MTL 1 – 3 TBL

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
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	2	19:57	—	—	67	73
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	2	16:10	—	—	70	79
Andrew Shaw R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	64	47
Paul Byron L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	2	0	0	14:57	—	—	38	11
Tomas Plekanec C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	14:52	—	—	35	11
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.18	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	29	18
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.55	0	0	2	17:21	—	—	42	28
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	1	1	0	16:55	—	—	43	40
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	1	0	0	13:44	—	—	36	26
Daniel Carr L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	0	0	10:47	—	—	68	72
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	10:36	—	—	64	68
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	2	10:00	—	—	63	71
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.21	1	2	0	28:59	—	—	50	33
Karl Alzner D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	1	2	2	19:42	—	—	45	13
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	2	2	19:59	—	—	38	32
Joe Morrow D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	2	3	0	19:11	—	—	54	51
Brett Lernout D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	1	0	13:58	—	—	52	38
Jakub Jerabek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:02	—	—	71	73

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	3.89	57:26

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	1	0	0	23:20	—	—	44	47
Steven Stamkos C	L1	2	0	2	+1	7	1.21	1	0	0	22:51	—	—	36	38
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	2	0	0	20:01	—	—	36	38
Tyler Johnson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	19:59	—	—	48	55
Brayden Point C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	1.25	0	0	2	19:07	—	—	55	71
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	1.08	0	3	0	19:03	—	—	50	69
Alex Killorn L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	2	13:09	—	—	63	81
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	13:04	—	—	61	83
Cory Conacher C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.36	1	0	0	6:59	—	—	64	85
Chris Kunitz L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:48	—	—	55	55
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	8:30	—	—	43	44
JT Brown R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:45	—	—	46	48
Victor Hedman D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.26	2	1	0	26:49	—	—	53	64
Jake Dotchin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	2	17:08	—	—	52	63
Mikhail Sergachev D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	1	2	0	18:49	—	—	48	68
Dan Girardi D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	4	2	0	16:33	—	—	53	57
Braydon Coburn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	15:43	—	—	44	48
Andrej Sustr D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	3	2	14:09	—	—	39	47

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.56	60:00

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.