Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay LightningJun 28, 2021

FinalPlayoffsMonday, Jun 28, 2021· 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	1	0	1		MTL	5	9	5	19
TBL	1	1	3	5		TBL	7	12	8	27

: MTL 51TBL 46
: MTL 2.14TBL 3.11
PP goals: MTL 0TBL 1
Hits: MTL 58TBL 57
Blocks: MTL 5TBL 15
PIM: MTL 8TBL 6
: MTL 50%TBL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning rout Montreal Canadiens 5–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 5–1 at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for MTL: Staal–Perry–Evans skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:54.Kucherov
Points
Brayden Point had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:02.Point
New line
New look for MTL: Staal–Perry–Evans skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Perry Evans
Luck
TBL scored 5 goals on 3.11 expected goals (46 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Alex Killorn (TBL) played 12:09, −5:41 down on his 17:50 season average over 18 games.Killorn
Usage
Jake Evans (MTL) played 11:55, −4:13 down on his 16:08 season average over 6 games.Evans
Cats
Blake Coleman (TBL) threw 11 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Coleman
PP1
TBL's PP1 (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Point) went scoreless in 4:05 of 5v4 time with 2 attempts.Killorn Stamkos Hedman Kucherov Point

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 97 of 97 attempts · TBL 46 · MTL 51

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 28% of the game, TBL 36%.

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	44
	2.29	2.60
	2.22	2.52
	8	10
	1	8
	16	12
	+0.023	−0.023
	28%	36%

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

L1Gallagher – Danault – Lehkonen
10:4864% CF
L2Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
9:5558% CF
L3Staal – Perry – Evans
8:5867% CF
L4Byron – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
8:2158% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
16:2047% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
12:5650% CF
D3Merrill – Gustafsson
0:07100% CF

PP1Perry – Toffoli – Gustafsson – Suzuki – Caufield
2:3567% CF
PP2Weber – Petry – Gallagher – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
1:09
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:55
PK2FByron – Evans
0:39
PK1DWeber – Edmundson
2:00
PK2DChiarot – Merrill
0:59

Current MTL line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Coleman – Goodrow – Gourde
11:5239% CF
L2Palat – Kucherov – Point
10:3361% CF
L3Maroon – Johnson – Colton
8:3933% CF
L4Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli
7:3756% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
15:0038% CF
D2Savard – Sergachev
13:4233% CF
D3Hedman – Rutta
11:5058% CF

PP1Killorn – Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Point
4:0550% CF
PP2Stamkos – Johnson – Palat – Kucherov – Point
0:39100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Cirelli
1:21
PK2FColeman – Gourde
0:45
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
1:58
PK2DHedman – Savard
0:30

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:19
TBLErik Cernak (Ondrej Palat, Brayden Point)tip-in0.16 xG
MTL: Petry, Chiarot, Toffoli, Suzuki, CaufieldTBL: McDonagh, Palat, Kucherov, Point, Cernak
MTL 0 – 1 TBL

2nd period

5:47
TBLYanni Gourde (Blake Coleman, Barclay Goodrow)tip-in0.01 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Merrill, Gallagher, Lehkonen, KotkaniemiTBL: Hedman, Coleman, Goodrow, Gourde, Rutta
MTL 0 – 2 TBL
17:40
MTLBen Chiarot (Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Shea Weber)slap0.08 xG
MTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, Anderson, KotkaniemiTBL: Killorn, McDonagh, Stamkos, Cirelli, Sergachev
MTL 1 – 2 TBL

3rd period

2:00
TBLNikita Kucherov (Mikhail Sergachev)backhand0.01 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Toffoli, Edmundson, Suzuki, CaufieldTBL: Hedman, Palat, Kucherov, Point, Sergachev
MTL 1 – 3 TBL
11:25
TBLNikita Kucherov (Brayden Point)wrist0.07 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, Suzuki, CaufieldTBL: McDonagh, Palat, Kucherov, Point, Cernak
MTL 1 – 4 TBL
18:50
TBLSteven StamkosPP (Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point)slap0.05 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Merrill, Danault, KotkaniemiTBL: Stamkos, Hedman, Palat, Kucherov, Point
MTL 1 – 5 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
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	17:13	—	—	67	54
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	7	0	0	15:46	—	—	59	53
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	2	0	0	14:04	—	—	47	41
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.10	1	1	0	17:45	—	—	39	41
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.13	2	0	0	16:37	—	—	46	42
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.22	2	0	0	14:28	—	—	60	57
Corey Perry R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	1	1	0	13:59	—	—	65	55
Eric Staal C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	2	12:37	—	—	71	60
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	0	0	11:55	—	—	59	32
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:02	—	—	40	33
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	8	1	0	13:16	—	—	59	65
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.06	3	0	2	12:49	—	—	56	61
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	3	0	0	25:01	—	—	54	46
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	7	0	2	23:37	—	—	48	35
Shea Weber D	D2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.32	6	0	0	25:20	—	—	59	49
Ben Chiarot D	D2	1	0	1	-2	1	0.10	7	2	2	23:41	—	—	43	32
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	0	0	10:30	—	—	65	75
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:48	—	—	62	59

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	3.11	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yanni Gourde C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	1	0	0	17:54	—	—	30	39
Barclay Goodrow C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.13	7	1	2	17:52	—	—	35	39
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.12	11	1	2	14:05	—	—	35	42
Brayden Point C	L2	0	3	3	+3	3	0.40	1	0	0	19:02	—	—	68	70
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	2	1	3	+3	2	0.28	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	62	63
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.32	3	0	0	14:44	—	—	61	58
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	11:55	—	—	25	40
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	3	1	0	11:25	—	—	26	40
Tyler Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	2	0	0	10:11	—	—	33	52
Steven Stamkos C	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	0.45	4	2	0	16:17	—	—	59	69
Anthony Cirelli C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	8	1	0	15:10	—	—	48	43
Alex Killorn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	3	1	0	12:09	—	—	65	70
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	22:00	—	—	38	47
Erik Cernak D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.22	3	1	2	19:03	—	—	41	46
Mikhail Sergachev D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	5	2	0	19:58	—	—	41	44
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	35	48
Victor Hedman D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.16	1	2	0	23:15	—	—	65	69
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	55	56

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	19	18	1	.947	2.14	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.