Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple LeafsMay 8, 2021

FinalSaturday, May 8, 2021· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	7	10	6	23
TOR	0	3	0	3		TOR	4	10	12	26

: MTL 46TOR 47
: MTL 1.70TOR 2.68
PP goals: MTL 0TOR 0
Hits: MTL 32TOR 27
Blocks: MTL 9TOR 14
PIM: MTL 4TOR 6
: MTL 38%TOR 63%

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. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MTL: Belzile–Lehkonen–Evans skated 6:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for MTL: Belzile–Lehkonen–Evans skated 6:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Belzile Lehkonen Evans
New line
New look for TOR: Kerfoot–Engvall–Mikheyev skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kerfoot Engvall Mikheyev
New line
New look for TOR: Spezza–Simmonds–Brooks skated 8:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Spezza Simmonds Brooks
Usage
Corey Perry (MTL) played 17:27, +3:47 up on his 13:40 season average over 48 games.Perry
Usage
Jon Merrill (MTL) played 14:52, −3:28 down on his 18:20 season average over 48 games.Merrill
Usage
Wayne Simmonds (TOR) played 8:39, −3:26 down on his 12:05 season average over 37 games.Simmonds
PP1
MTL's PP1 (Perry, Petry, Toffoli, Armia and Suzuki) went scoreless in 3:17 of 5v4 time with 1 attempt.Perry Petry Toffoli Armia Suzuki

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 93 of 93 attempts · TOR 47 · MTL 46

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 16% of the game, TOR 33%.

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
	46	53
	1.69	3.14
	1.66	3.07
	8	12
	4	4
	29	29
	−0.139	+0.139
	16%	33%

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

L1Toffoli – Armia – Suzuki
10:3139% CF
L2Tatar – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
9:2279% CF
L3Staal – Perry – Caufield
7:0738% CF
L4Belzile – Lehkonen – Evans
6:12100% CF
D1Chiarot – Kulak
14:3867% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
13:1140% CF
D3Merrill – Romanov
11:3644% CF

PP1Perry – Petry – Toffoli – Armia – Suzuki
3:17100% CF
PP2Tatar – Anderson – Kotkaniemi – Romanov – Caufield
2:20100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Evans
1:04
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
0:46
PK1DChiarot – Edmundson
1:50
PK2DMerrill – Romanov
0:30

Current MTL line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Thornton – Marner – Matthews
13:1561% CF
L2Tavares – Galchenyuk – Nylander
11:0958% CF
L3Kerfoot – Engvall – Mikheyev
9:0454% CF
L4Spezza – Simmonds – Brooks
8:0547% CF
D1Muzzin – Holl
14:2564% CF
D2Brodie – Rielly
13:1842% CF
D3Hutton – Dermott
6:4955% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Marner – Matthews
1:27100% CF
PP2Muzzin – Holl – Kerfoot – Engvall – Mikheyev
0:26
PK1FKerfoot – Mikheyev
2:42
PK2FEngvall – Brooks
0:43
PK1DMuzzin – Holl
2:15
PK2DBrodie – Dermott
1:16

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:34
MTLBrett Kulak (Alex Belzile)wrist0.04 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Belzile, Kulak, Lehkonen, EvansTOR: Spezza, Muzzin, Simmonds, Holl, Brooks
MTL 1 – 0 TOR

2nd period

0:31
MTLNick Suzuki (Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Petry)wrist0.07 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, Armia, SuzukiTOR: Muzzin, Tavares, Holl, Galchenyuk, Nylander
MTL 2 – 0 TOR
5:02
TORPierre Engvall (Jason Spezza, Justin Holl)wrist0.07 xG
MTL: Tatar, Merrill, Belzile, Evans, RomanovTOR: Spezza, Muzzin, Holl, Engvall, Mikheyev
MTL 2 – 1 TOR
13:36
TORWilliam Nylander (John Tavares, Jake Muzzin)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Merrill, Belzile, Lehkonen, Suzuki, RomanovTOR: Muzzin, Tavares, Holl, Galchenyuk, Nylander
MTL 2 – 2 TOR
16:33
TORMitch Marner (Auston Matthews)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Toffoli, Armia, Kulak, SuzukiTOR: Thornton, Muzzin, Holl, 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	1	0	1	-1	4	0.39	2	2	0	19:36	—	—	36	45
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.27	3	1	0	18:19	—	—	36	49
Joel Armia R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	1	0	16:17	—	—	42	50
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	4	0	0	18:41	—	—	55	37
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	55	35
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	15:48	—	—	63	57
Corey Perry R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	17:27	—	—	33	6
Eric Staal C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	25	5
Cole Caufield R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	32	7
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	0	0	14:44	—	—	69	54
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	69	51
Alex Belzile R	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	8:29	—	—	67	46
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	22:43	—	—	52	40
Brett Kulak D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	16:59	—	—	64	63
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	4	22:21	—	—	44	33
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	4	2	0	19:02	—	—	35	22
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	42	31
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	2	1	0	14:52	—	—	45	33

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	2.68	57:46

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	2	21:19	—	—	58	76
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.62	1	0	0	20:05	—	—	59	76
Joe Thornton C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	60	74
John Tavares C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	3	1	0	16:58	—	—	48	49
William Nylander R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.40	1	0	2	15:12	—	—	55	55
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	3	1	0	12:45	—	—	50	51
Alexander Kerfoot C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	16:33	—	—	50	75
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	0	1	0	15:40	—	—	55	84
Pierre Engvall L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	0	1	0	11:53	—	—	60	80
Adam Brooks C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	0	0	10:32	—	—	41	50
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	9:59	—	—	53	58
Wayne Simmonds R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	4	0	0	8:39	—	—	47	50
Jake Muzzin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	2	2	0	23:41	—	—	62	68
Justin Holl D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	2	20:15	—	—	63	70
TJ Brodie D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	23:22	—	—	42	56
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	3	3	0	22:44	—	—	49	70
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	4	0	0	15:34	—	—	55	62
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	13:02	—	—	61	64

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jack Campbell(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	1.70	60:00

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.