Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple LeafsApr 7, 2021

FinalWednesday, Apr 7, 2021· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	1	2		MTL	7	17	10	34
TOR	1	0	2	3		TOR	13	4	15	32

: MTL 64TOR 60
: MTL 2.53TOR 3.93
PP goals: MTL 0TOR 0
Hits: MTL 20TOR 12
Blocks: MTL 16TOR 20
PIM: MTL 2TOR 4
: MTL 56%TOR 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at home. Corey Perry (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for TOR: Tavares–Galchenyuk–Mikheyev skated 10:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Corey Perry had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:18.Perry
Points
Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:21.Matthews
Points
Zach Hyman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:03.Hyman
New line
New look for TOR: Tavares–Galchenyuk–Mikheyev skated 10:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tavares Galchenyuk Mikheyev
New line
New look for MTL: Tatar–Danault–Kotkaniemi skated 10:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Danault Kotkaniemi
New line
New look for TOR: Simmonds–Engvall–Barabanov skated 8:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Simmonds Engvall Barabanov
Usage
Corey Perry (MTL) played 18:18, +4:39 up on his 13:39 season average over 48 games.Perry
Usage
Zach Hyman (TOR) played 23:03, +3:46 up on his 19:17 season average over 42 games.Hyman

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 124 of 124 attempts · TOR 60 · MTL 64

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 29% of the game, TOR 36%.

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
	65	64
	2.52	4.49
	2.45	3.80
	6	18
	2	4
	40	26
	+0.050	−0.049
	29%	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

L1Perry – Anderson – Suzuki
10:4640% CF
L2Staal – Toffoli – Drouin
10:3345% CF
L3Tatar – Danault – Kotkaniemi
10:0375% CF
L4Byron – Lehkonen – Evans
5:1450% CF
D1Weber – Edmundson
14:4850% CF
D2Petry – Kulak
14:0550% CF
D3Mete – Romanov
9:1163% CF

PP1Perry – Petry – Tatar – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
2:000% CF
PP2Staal – Weber – Toffoli – Drouin – Suzuki
1:27100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Suzuki
1:00
PK2FByron – Evans
0:31
PK1DWeber – Edmundson
1:01
PK2DPetry – Romanov
1:00

Current MTL line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Hyman – Marner – Matthews
14:3348% CF
L2Tavares – Galchenyuk – Mikheyev
10:3558% CF
L3Simmonds – Engvall – Barabanov
8:2755% CF
L4Thornton – Spezza – Kerfoot
6:3236% CF
D1Brodie – Rielly
17:5848% CF
D2Muzzin – Holl
15:1141% CF
D3Bogosian – Dermott
11:0456% CF

PP1Tavares – Hyman – Rielly – Marner – Matthews
2:0150% CF
PP2Thornton – Spezza – Muzzin – Simmonds – Galchenyuk
0:59100% CF
PK1FHyman – Marner
1:34
PK2FKerfoot – Mikheyev
0:40
PK1DMuzzin – Holl
2:22
PK2DBogosian – Brodie
1:28

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:54
TORAuston Matthews (Ilya Mikheyev, Zach Hyman)wrap-around0.05 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Edmundson, Danault, KotkaniemiTOR: Muzzin, Hyman, Rielly, Matthews, Mikheyev
MTL 0 – 1 TOR
2:15
MTLCorey Perry (Nick Suzuki, Joel Edmundson)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Perry, Weber, Edmundson, Anderson, SuzukiTOR: Thornton, Spezza, Bogosian, Kerfoot, Dermott
MTL 1 – 1 TOR

3rd period

2:32
TORTJ Brodie (Alexander Barabanov, Wayne Simmonds)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Perry, Anderson, Mete, Suzuki, RomanovTOR: Simmonds, Brodie, Rielly, Engvall, Barabanov
MTL 1 – 2 TOR
10:21
TORZach Hyman (Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner)wrist0.04 xG
MTL: Staal, Petry, Toffoli, Kulak, DrouinTOR: Bogosian, Hyman, Dermott, Marner, Matthews
MTL 1 – 3 TOR
17:45
MTLCorey Perry (Josh Anderson, Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.05 xG
MTL: Perry, Weber, Petry, Toffoli, Anderson, SuzukiTOR: Brodie, Hyman, Rielly, Marner, Matthews
MTL 2 – 3 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	37	46
Corey Perry R	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.34	1	1	0	18:18	—	—	38	44
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.22	3	1	0	17:04	—	—	36	37
Eric Staal C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	44	32
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.28	3	0	0	16:52	—	—	44	30
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	43	30
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	69	44
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	0	0	16:24	—	—	67	43
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	2	0	15:50	—	—	66	54
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	2	0	10:46	—	—	60	44
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	10:11	—	—	44	27
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	7:11	—	—	56	17
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	23:18	—	—	49	20
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	21:01	—	—	56	36
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	5	2	0	25:58	—	—	48	38
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	2	0	17:31	—	—	49	38
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	15:37	—	—	48	46
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	11:53	—	—	55	39

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	3.93	57:32

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	0	2	0	23:18	—	—	56	69
Zach Hyman L	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.04	1	3	0	23:03	—	—	42	61
Auston Matthews C	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.74	1	1	2	21:21	—	—	50	65
John Tavares C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.58	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	65	74
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.16	2	0	0	14:29	—	—	59	75
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.95	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	59	71
Pierre Engvall L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:11	—	—	44	36
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	0	0	0	11:41	—	—	46	39
Alexander Barabanov L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	0	1	0	9:34	—	—	55	66
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	0	1	0	12:20	—	—	32	55
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	1	0	12:18	—	—	25	49
Joe Thornton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:16	—	—	40	68
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	1	2	0	22:42	—	—	52	65
TJ Brodie D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.16	1	2	0	22:23	—	—	48	62
Justin Holl D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:54	—	—	42	53
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	3	2	0	20:46	—	—	46	62
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	15:52	—	—	52	67
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	2	13:14	—	—	61	81

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jack Campbell(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	2.53	59:54

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.