Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay LightningMar 5, 2020

FinalThursday, Mar 5, 2020· Amalie Arena

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Tampa Bay LightningTBL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	8	12	12	32
TBL	2	1	1	4		TBL	12	6	5	23

: MTL 53TBL 38
: MTL 2.55TBL 1.99
PP goals: MTL 0TBL 0
Hits: MTL 16TBL 23
Blocks: MTL 5TBL 10
PIM: MTL 21TBL 11
: MTL 54%TBL 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning rout Montreal Canadiens 4–0

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 4–0 at home. Victor Hedman (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Armia–Hudon–Suzuki skated 5:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Victor Hedman had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:36.Hedman
Points
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:40.Kucherov
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Hudon–Suzuki skated 5:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Hudon Suzuki
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 2.55 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Alex Killorn (TBL) played 12:57, −5:03 down on his 18:00 season average over 67 games.Killorn
Luck
TBL scored 4 goals on 1.99 expected goals (38 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Jordan Weal (MTL) played 20:31, +7:03 up on his 13:28 season average over 48 games.Weal
Usage
Shea Weber (MTL) played 17:12, −6:55 down on his 24:07 season average over 64 games.Weber

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 91 of 91 attempts · TBL 38 · MTL 53

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 40% of the game, TBL 38%.

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
	53	31
	2.21	1.41
	2.12	1.39
	6	6
	2	1
	5	8
	+0.030	−0.030
	40%	38%

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 – Weal – Domi
6:3267% CF
L2Armia – Hudon – Suzuki
5:2250% CF
L3Weise – Evans – Vejdemo
3:3133% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
12:2076% CF
D2Petry – Kulak
12:1345% CF
D3Ouellet – Folin
8:3350% CF

PP1Petry – Weal – Danault – Evans – Suzuki
3:30
PP2Weber – Byron – Armia – Hudon – Domi
1:370% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:43
PK2FByron – Armia
1:27
PK1DWeber – Alzner
1:36
PK2DPetry – Ouellet
0:40

Current MTL line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Maroon – Gourde – Paquette
12:0656% CF
L2Palat – Kucherov – Point
10:2946% CF
L3Johnson – Goodrow – Stephens
9:4858% CF
L4Killorn – Coleman – Cirelli
9:1329% CF
D1Hedman – Cernak
15:2331% CF
D2Coburn – Bogosian
14:0050% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Sergachev
13:2542% CF

PP1Johnson – Kucherov – Point – Cirelli – Sergachev
1:57
PP2Killorn – Johnson – Hedman – Kucherov – Point
0:37100% CF
PK1FColeman – Goodrow
3:23
PK2FStephens – Cirelli
1:34
PK1DHedman – Cernak
2:19
PK2DBogosian – Sergachev
0:52

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:49
TBLVictor Hedman (Nikita Kucherov, Erik Cernak)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, Danault, LehkonenTBL: Hedman, Palat, Kucherov, Point, Cernak
MTL 0 – 1 TBL
12:40
TBLAlex KillornSH (Anthony Cirelli)wrist0.01 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Weal, Kulak, DomiTBL: Coburn, Killorn, Bogosian, Coleman, Cirelli
MTL 0 – 2 TBL

2nd period

18:55
TBLNikita KucherovSH (Patrick Maroon, Brayden Point)tip-in0.11 xG
MTL: Alzner, Byron, Chiarot, Weal, EvansTBL: Maroon, Hedman, Kucherov, Point, Cernak
MTL 0 – 3 TBL

3rd period

18:57
TBLVictor Hedman (Kevin Shattenkirk, Yanni Gourde)slap0.04 xG
MTL: Ouellet, Danault, Lehkonen, FolinTBL: Killorn, Shattenkirk, Hedman, Palat, Gourde
MTL 0 – 4 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
Jordan Weal C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	20:31	—	—	81	66
Paul Byron L	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.22	1	0	0	19:30	—	—	63	69
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.39	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	68	64
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	66	67
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.59	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	63	68
Charles Hudon L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	1	1	0	17:14	—	—	73	60
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	73	53
Dale Weise R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:23	—	—	43	64
Lukas Vejdemo C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:49	—	—	29	29
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.18	4	0	14	19:25	—	—	69	66
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	5	17:12	—	—	73	86
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	0	0	0	23:27	—	—	64	67
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	46	49
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:10	—	—	53	33
Xavier Ouellet D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	46	19
Phillip Danault C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	21:05	—	—	67	64
Artturi Lehkonen L	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	1	0	15:36	—	—	50	70
Karl Alzner D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:52	—	—	38	68

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	1.99	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	58	94
Cedric Paquette C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	3	0	14:09	—	—	56	97
Patrick Maroon L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	60	98
Brayden Point C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.37	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	50	43
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.28	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	41	24
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:32	—	—	50	32
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	6	0	0	16:38	—	—	39	45
Mitchell Stephens C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:25	—	—	35	49
Tyler Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	2	1	0	14:20	—	—	53	67
Anthony Cirelli C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	19	17
Blake Coleman L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	2	0	0	14:34	—	—	17	13
Alex Killorn L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	12:57	—	—	33	26
Victor Hedman D	D1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.12	1	0	0	24:36	—	—	32	34
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	2	1	2	18:17	—	—	32	31
Braydon Coburn D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	17:24	—	—	53	60
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	1	0	2	17:12	—	—	47	47
Mikhail Sergachev D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	5	20:41	—	—	25	17
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	1	2	2	18:43	—	—	47	71

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	2.55	60:00

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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.