Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay LightningMar 2, 2024

Final / SOSaturday, Mar 2, 2024· Amalie Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	2	0	1	0	0	3		MTL	11	6	13	1	31
TBL	0	2	1	0	1	4		TBL	4	13	11	1	29

: MTL 57TBL 59
: MTL 2.78TBL 2.84
PP goals: MTL 0TBL 0
Hits: MTL 24TBL 25
Blocks: MTL 13TBL 16
PIM: MTL 9TBL 9
: MTL 49%TBL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3 (SO)

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 in a shootout at home. Jake Evans (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for TBL: Stamkos–Kucherov–Point skated 9:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for TBL: Stamkos–Kucherov–Point skated 9:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stamkos Kucherov Point
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New look for TBL: Cirelli–Hagel–Chaffee skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cirelli Hagel Chaffee
Usage
Darren Raddysh (TBL) played 10:43, −8:30 down on his 19:13 season average over 81 games.Raddysh
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Anthony Cirelli (TBL) played 22:38, +4:10 up on his 18:28 season average over 78 games.Cirelli
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David Savard (MTL) played 26:50, +6:42 up on his 20:08 season average over 59 games.Savard
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Brandon Hagel (TBL) played 22:40, +3:27 up on his 19:13 season average over 81 games.Hagel
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Brayden Point (TBL) played 23:10, +3:10 up on his 20:00 season average over 80 games.Point
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Haydn Fleury (TBL) played 20:30, +4:34 up on his 15:56 season average over 23 games.Fleury

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 116 of 116 attempts · TBL 59 · MTL 57

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 31% 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
	61	60
	2.91	2.47
	2.78	2.41
	16	10
	2	6
	14	12
	+0.018	−0.018
	31%	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

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
15:2553% CF
L2Gallagher – Anderson – Evans
11:4261% CF
L3Armia – Newhook – Roy
10:0135% CF
L4Pearson – White – Ylonen
6:5938% CF
D1Matheson – Guhle
16:1026% CF
D2Savard – Xhekaj
14:2757% CF
D3Kovacevic – Harris
10:5078% CF

PP1Matheson – Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook – Slafkovský
2:1567% CF
PP2Gallagher – Anderson – Ylonen – Roy – Xhekaj
1:37100% CF
PK1FPearson – Suzuki
0:59
PK2FArmia – Evans
0:54
PK1DSavard – Matheson
0:59
PK2DHarris – Guhle
0:00

Current MTL line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Stamkos – Kucherov – Point
9:4375% CF
L2Cirelli – Hagel – Chaffee
7:3262% CF
L3Glendening – Motte – Sheary
4:4210% CF
D1Fleury – Cernak
13:4157% CF
D2Hedman – Crozier
11:4657% CF
D3Perbix – Lilleberg
10:0236% CF

PP1Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Point – Cirelli
1:53100% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
2:09
PK2FGlendening – Motte
1:07
PK1DHedman – Cernak
1:47
PK2DRaddysh – Lilleberg
0:49

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: MTL 3 – 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	1	1	0	23:08	—	—	54	52
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.59	1	0	2	21:32	—	—	53	49
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	3	1	0	20:54	—	—	55	46
Jake Evans C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.29	3	0	0	16:54	—	—	59	67
Josh Anderson R	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.36	2	0	0	15:49	—	—	66	79
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	2	2	14:30	—	—	63	74
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.33	0	1	0	16:19	—	—	43	47
Joel Armia R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.20	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	37	47
Joshua Roy R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	0	0	12:56	—	—	46	52
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	40	46
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:21	—	—	29	40
Colin White C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	8:55	—	—	30	59
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	28:06	—	—	28	35
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	22:28	—	—	26	39
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	3	0	26:50	—	—	51	49
Arber Xhekaj D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.09	5	2	5	16:36	—	—	53	50
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:03	—	—	75	70
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	79	84

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	O	29	26	3	.897	2.84	65:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Point C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.52	1	1	0	23:10	—	—	56	53
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.17	1	0	0	23:05	—	—	65	60
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.40	1	2	0	20:55	—	—	59	71
Brandon Hagel L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.48	0	0	0	22:40	—	—	64	65
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.49	0	0	0	22:38	—	—	62	69
Mitchell Chaffee R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	2	2	15:49	—	—	51	57
Tyler Motte C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.17	0	1	0	12:10	—	—	19	2
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	12:02	—	—	26	6
Luke Glendening C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:18	—	—	17	2
Haydn Fleury D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	1	0	20:30	—	—	53	48
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	4	1	7	18:09	—	—	59	59
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	2	0	29:19	—	—	53	48
Maxwell Crozier D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	2	0	0	14:37	—	—	68	71
Nick Perbix D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:07	—	—	33	29
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	0	0	15:41	—	—	42	39
Michael Eyssimont C	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	5	0	0	13:17	—	—	54	41
Nick Paul L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	0	12:53	—	—	50	36
Darren Raddysh D	—	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	0	1	0	10:43	—	—	23	11

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	2.78	64:32

Goal anatomy

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

Joel Armia (MTL) 1st 1:27 · assists Kaiden Guhle, Alex Newhook · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 47.1 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Joel Armia · 1st 1:27 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.1 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Jake Evans · 1st 14:34 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 23.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Brayden Point · 2nd 7:44 · TBL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Anthony Cirelli · 2nd 15:49 · TBL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.1 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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Josh Anderson · 3rd 6:23 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 56.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: deflection

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Tyler Motte · 3rd 10:18 · TBL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.3 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 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.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay LightningMar 2, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goal anatomy

Joel Armia · 1st 1:27 · MTL

Jake Evans · 1st 14:34 · MTL

Brayden Point · 2nd 7:44 · TBL

Anthony Cirelli · 2nd 15:49 · TBL

Josh Anderson · 3rd 6:23 · MTL

Tyler Motte · 3rd 10:18 · TBL SH