Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple LeafsMay 20, 2021

FinalPlayoffsThursday, May 20, 2021· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	1	2		MTL	13	7	10	30
TOR	0	1	0	1		TOR	14	8	14	36

: MTL 47TOR 60
: MTL 3.21TOR 3.09
PP goals: MTL 0TOR 0
Hits: MTL 55TOR 27
Blocks: MTL 13TOR 10
PIM: MTL 13TOR 15
: MTL 56%TOR 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 at TOR. Josh Anderson (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jake Evans (MTL) played 7:52, −8:56 down on his 16:48 season average over 6 games.

Usage
Jake Evans (MTL) played 7:52, −8:56 down on his 16:48 season average over 6 games.Evans
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +5 against a season average of 30.6; the win.Price
Luck
TOR scored 1 goal on 3.09 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Morgan Rielly (TOR) played 22:37, −3:43 down on his 26:20 season average over 6 games.Rielly
Usage
Ben Chiarot (MTL) played 20:06, −5:24 down on his 25:30 season average over 21 games.Chiarot
Usage
TJ Brodie (TOR) played 19:26, −3:41 down on his 23:07 season average over 6 games.Brodie
Usage
Mitch Marner (TOR) played 27:23, +3:06 up on his 24:17 season average over 6 games.Marner
Luck
Auston Matthews (TOR) generated 0.90 xG on 10 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Matthews

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 107 of 107 attempts · TOR 60 · MTL 47

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 36% of the game, TOR 31%.

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
	34	47
	1.58	1.82
	1.54	1.77
	6	6
	4	2
	19	25
	+0.008	−0.008
	36%	31%

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
8:2420% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
7:2741% CF
L3Byron – Lehkonen – Evans
5:1083% CF
L4Staal – Perry – Anderson
4:2636% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
12:1948% CF
D2Chiarot – Kulak
9:2850% CF
D3Weber – Merrill
8:3542% CF

PP1Perry – Petry – Toffoli – Gallagher – Suzuki
5:45100% CF
PP2Staal – Weber – Tatar – Armia – Anderson
3:15100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
4:04
PK2FByron – Evans
1:21
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
3:15
PK2DPetry – Edmundson
1:48

Current MTL line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Hyman – Marner – Matthews
11:2275% CF
L2Thornton – Spezza – Simmonds
5:2582% CF
L3Nash – Kerfoot – Mikheyev
3:4820% CF
L4Foligno – Tavares – Nylander
2:1240% CF
D1Muzzin – Holl
13:3945% CF
D2Brodie – Rielly
12:3161% CF
D3Bogosian – Sandin
6:5330% CF

PP1Thornton – Hyman – Marner – Matthews – Sandin
4:0090% CF
PP2Spezza – Simmonds – Rielly – Kerfoot – Nylander
1:19100% CF
PK1FKerfoot – Marner
1:58
PK2FFoligno – Hyman
1:36
PK1DMuzzin – Holl
4:19
PK2DBogosian – Brodie
2:48

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:08
MTLJosh Anderson (Eric Staal, Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.14 xG
MTL: Staal, Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, AndersonTOR: Thornton, Bogosian, Kerfoot, Nylander, Sandin
MTL 1 – 0 TOR

2nd period

4:28
TORWilliam Nylander (Nick Foligno, Morgan Rielly)wrist0.15 xG
MTL: Byron, Chiarot, Danault, Kulak, LehkonenTOR: Spezza, Foligno, Holl, Rielly, Nylander
MTL 1 – 1 TOR

3rd period

12:44
MTLPaul ByronSH (Joel Armia)wrist0.32 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Edmundson, ArmiaTOR: Thornton, Hyman, Marner, Matthews, Sandin
MTL 2 – 1 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	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	2	0	20:40	—	—	22	17
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	1	0	2	20:08	—	—	29	37
Joel Armia R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	3	0	0	14:34	—	—	27	25
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	19:35	—	—	39	32
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	3	0	0	14:31	—	—	37	31
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	13:52	—	—	45	36
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.59	7	1	0	16:07	—	—	67	58
Paul Byron L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.34	7	0	0	13:23	—	—	53	54
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	7:52	—	—	71	83
Josh Anderson R	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.70	3	0	0	14:52	—	—	44	59
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	4	1	5	13:31	—	—	25	53
Eric Staal C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	3	0	0	10:44	—	—	53	89
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.03	3	1	0	23:16	—	—	46	46
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.04	5	2	0	20:36	—	—	40	40
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	3	2	20:06	—	—	46	41
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	12:02	—	—	44	39
Shea Weber D	D3	0	0	0	0	6	0.19	4	2	0	22:50	—	—	42	74
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:21	—	—	32	69

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	36	35	1	.972	3.09	60:00

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.40	2	0	2	27:23	—	—	70	86
Zach Hyman L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.61	4	1	0	24:37	—	—	77	97
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	0	0	-1	8	0.90	5	0	0	23:57	—	—	68	85
Wayne Simmonds R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	1	0	12:04	—	—	55	23
Jason Spezza C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	0	4	12:00	—	—	79	42
Joe Thornton C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:13	—	—	60	17
Alexander Kerfoot C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	25	23
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	10:54	—	—	27	4
Riley Nash C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:21	—	—	29	1
William Nylander R	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.52	2	0	2	16:40	—	—	60	40
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	5	12:59	—	—	40	39
John Tavares C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:53	—	—	33	25
Jake Muzzin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	20:27	—	—	50	27
Justin Holl D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	2	20:14	—	—	46	30
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.40	1	1	0	22:37	—	—	72	74
TJ Brodie D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	2	0	19:26	—	—	65	72
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	50	25
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	1	0	13:20	—	—	56	64

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jack Campbell(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	2.74	57:45

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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.