Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple LeafsApr 7, 2018

FinalSaturday, Apr 7, 2018· Air Canada Centre

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Toronto Maple LeafsTOR

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	1	2		MTL	10	10	13	33
TOR	1	0	3	4		TOR	6	8	16	30

: MTL 59TOR 67
: MTL 2.68TOR 3.43
PP goals: MTL 0TOR 2
Hits: MTL 18TOR 16
Blocks: MTL 21TOR 13
PIM: MTL 10TOR 8
: MTL 38%TOR 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2 at home. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TOR's first power-play unit (van Riemsdyk, Bozak, Kadri, Rielly and Marner) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:11 together.

Points
Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:17.Matthews
Points
Jake Gardiner had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:56.Gardiner
PP1
TOR's first power-play unit (van Riemsdyk, Bozak, Kadri, Rielly and Marner) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:11 together.van Riemsdyk Bozak Kadri Rielly Marner
New line
New look for MTL: Shaw–Rychel–Carr skated 9:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (17.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Shaw Rychel Carr
Usage
Jake Gardiner (TOR) played 17:56, −4:39 down on his 22:35 season average over 81 games.Gardiner
Usage
Auston Matthews (TOR) played 14:17, −3:54 down on his 18:11 season average over 61 games.Matthews
Usage
Brendan Gallagher (MTL) played 19:41, +3:34 up on his 16:07 season average over 81 games.Gallagher
Usage
Morgan Rielly (TOR) played 17:54, −3:45 down on his 21:39 season average over 75 games.Rielly

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)TOR attacks right (top on phones) →

TOR
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · TOR 67 · MTL 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TOR
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TOR 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, TOR 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TOR

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	TOR
	56	58
	1.73	2.27
	1.69	2.18
	6	12
	2	4
	14	24
	−0.087	+0.086
	31%	41%

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 – Gallagher – Drouin
9:2767% CF
L2Galchenyuk – de la Rose – Lehkonen
9:1568% CF
L3Shaw – Rychel – Carr
9:1217% CF
L4Deslauriers – Froese – McCarron
7:3558% CF
D1Alzner – Juulsen
12:4754% CF
D2Reilly – Lernout
11:5643% CF
D3Petry – Benn
11:5442% CF

PP1Petry – Byron – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
3:5250% CF
PP2Reilly – Lehkonen – Rychel – Carr – Juulsen
1:21100% CF
PK1FShaw – Lehkonen
3:13
PK2FByron – Gallagher
1:57
PK1DBenn – Lernout
4:11
PK2DAlzner – Juulsen
2:54

Current MTL line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Marleau – Kadri – Marner
10:4443% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown
10:3471% CF
L3Hyman – Nylander – Matthews
9:2319% CF
L4Plekanec – Komarov – Kapanen
7:0458% CF
D1Gardiner – Zaitsev
12:3942% CF
D2Polak – Dermott
12:3061% CF
D3Hainsey – Rielly
10:4035% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Kadri – Rielly – Marner
4:11100% CF
PP2Marleau – Komarov – Gardiner – Nylander – Matthews
2:59100% CF
PK1FKomarov – Hyman
1:33
PK2FBrown – Kapanen
1:02
PK1DHainsey – Polak
4:29
PK2DDermott – Zaitsev
0:30

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:05
TORAuston MatthewsPP (William Nylander, Jake Gardiner)snap0.17 xG
MTL: Petry, Benn, Deslauriers, de la RoseTOR: Marleau, Komarov, Gardiner, Nylander, Matthews
MTL 0 – 1 TOR

2nd period

16:04
MTLDaniel Carr (Michael McCarron, Kerby Rychel)wrist0.27 xG
MTL: Petry, Reilly, McCarron, Rychel, CarrTOR: Polak, Hyman, Nylander, Dermott, Matthews
MTL 1 – 1 TOR

3rd period

0:37
TORZach Hyman (Auston Matthews, Jake Gardiner)backhand0.03 xG
MTL: Alzner, Gallagher, Shaw, Lehkonen, JuulsenTOR: Hainsey, Gardiner, Hyman, Marner, Matthews
MTL 1 – 2 TOR
17:10
TORNazem KadriPP (Tyler Bozak, Morgan Rielly)backhand0.08 xG
MTL: Benn, Gallagher, Lehkonen, LernoutTOR: van Riemsdyk, Bozak, Kadri, Rielly, Marner
MTL 1 – 3 TOR
19:19
MTLJeff Petry (Brendan Gallagher, Jonathan Drouin)deflected0.31 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Gallagher, Reilly, Galchenyuk, DrouinTOR: Hainsey, Komarov, Hyman, Zaitsev
MTL 2 – 3 TOR
19:50
TORPatrick Marleauwrist0.15 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Gallagher, Galchenyuk, DrouinTOR: Marleau, Hainsey, Polak, Kadri, Marner
MTL 2 – 4 TOR

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
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	1	1	-2	5	0.56	1	0	0	19:41	—	—	50	47
Paul Byron L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	1	0	18:06	—	—	65	61
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.24	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	63	58
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	1	0	0	18:35	—	—	63	47
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	2	16:29	—	—	64	38
Jacob de la Rose L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	12:25	—	—	67	50
Logan Shaw R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:52	—	—	26	14
Daniel Carr L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.28	0	4	0	14:05	—	—	33	36
Kerby Rychel L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:25	—	—	22	27
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	2	12:15	—	—	56	62
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	11:34	—	—	53	48
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	2	3	4	10:33	—	—	52	70
Noah Juulsen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	3	1	0	18:13	—	—	55	34
Karl Alzner D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	0	17:25	—	—	59	41
Brett Lernout D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	2	0	19:31	—	—	47	53
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	1	1	0	16:21	—	—	41	55
Jeff Petry D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.51	0	1	0	21:46	—	—	47	43
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	5	0	20:49	—	—	49	38

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	3.43	58:46

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.08	0	0	2	16:54	—	—	44	60
Nazem Kadri C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.46	1	0	0	16:40	—	—	48	64
Patrick Marleau C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.53	1	1	0	15:12	—	—	48	64
Tyler Bozak C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	17:00	—	—	70	78
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.67	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	69	83
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	1	1	0	15:57	—	—	68	78
Zach Hyman L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.26	1	3	2	15:54	—	—	32	30
William Nylander R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.16	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	28	12
Auston Matthews C	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.32	1	0	2	14:17	—	—	31	32
Leo Komarov R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	4	0	2	14:39	—	—	57	55
Tomas Plekanec C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	1	0	11:22	—	—	59	64
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:21	—	—	59	57
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	47	46
Jake Gardiner D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.09	2	0	0	17:56	—	—	46	52
Roman Polak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	20:01	—	—	60	67
Travis Dermott D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	1	0	14:43	—	—	61	64
Ron Hainsey D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:44	—	—	45	54
Morgan Rielly D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	2	0	17:54	—	—	36	40

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.68	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.