Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple LeafsMay 27, 2021

Final / OTPlayoffsThursday, May 27, 2021· Scotiabank Arena

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Toronto Maple LeafsTOR

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
MTL	2	1	0	1	4		MTL	14	9	6	1	30
TOR	0	1	2	0	3		TOR	8	11	16	0	35

: MTL 51TOR 52
: MTL 2.73TOR 2.50
PP goals: MTL 0TOR 0
Hits: MTL 44TOR 38
Blocks: MTL 10TOR 12
PIM: MTL 2TOR 2
: MTL 52%TOR 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 in overtime at TOR. Joel Armia (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Rasmus Sandin (TOR) played 6:11, −8:47 down on his 14:58 season average over 4 games.

Points
Jake Muzzin had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:27.Muzzin
Points
Joel Armia had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:59.Armia
Points
William Nylander had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:01.Nylander
Usage
Rasmus Sandin (TOR) played 6:11, −8:47 down on his 14:58 season average over 4 games.Sandin
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +4 against a season average of 30.6; the win.Price
Usage
Jake Muzzin (TOR) played 23:27, +4:44 up on his 18:43 season average over 5 games.Muzzin
Usage
Jon Merrill (MTL) played 9:18, −3:53 down on his 13:11 season average over 12 games.Merrill
Usage
Ben Chiarot (MTL) played 28:27, +3:21 up on his 25:06 season average over 21 games.Chiarot

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 103 of 103 attempts · TOR 52 · MTL 51

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 20% of the game, TOR 18%.

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
	59	60
	3.09	2.86
	3.00	2.82
	11	18
	6	6
	26	26
	−0.007	+0.007
	20%	18%

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 – Suzuki – Caufield
13:4347% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
12:3962% CF
L3Byron – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
9:2250% CF
L4Staal – Perry – Armia
8:3658% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
18:3944% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
16:0437% CF
D3Merrill – Gustafsson
0:00

PP1Perry – Toffoli – Gustafsson – Suzuki – Caufield
1:0050% CF
PP2Weber – Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Kotkaniemi
0:50100% CF
PK1FArmia – Danault
1:02
PK2FByron – Toffoli
0:48
PK1DPetry – Chiarot
0:36
PK2DWeber – Edmundson
0:28

Current MTL line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Hyman – Marner – Matthews
18:3951% CF
L2Galchenyuk – Kerfoot – Nylander
11:2548% CF
L3Simmonds – Engvall – Mikheyev
9:0345% CF
L4Thornton – Spezza – Brooks
6:4527% CF
D1Brodie – Rielly
17:1567% CF
D2Muzzin – Holl
15:3547% CF
D3Bogosian – Sandin
4:1610% CF

PP1Thornton – Hyman – Rielly – Marner – Matthews
1:19
PP2Spezza – Muzzin – Simmonds – Nylander – Matthews
0:41100% CF
PK1FKerfoot – Marner
0:48
PK2FEngvall – Mikheyev
0:22
PK1DMuzzin – Holl
1:03
PK2DBogosian – Brodie
0:48

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:13
MTLJoel Armiawrist0.13 xG
MTL: Staal, Perry, Edmundson, Armia, GustafssonTOR: Thornton, Spezza, Bogosian, Brooks, Sandin
MTL 1 – 0 TOR
8:18
MTLJoel Armia (Corey Perry, Eric Staal)wrist0.17 xG
MTL: Staal, Perry, Chiarot, Edmundson, ArmiaTOR: Muzzin, Holl, Galchenyuk, Kerfoot, Nylander
MTL 2 – 0 TOR

2nd period

4:52
MTLJesperi Kotkaniemibackhand0.31 xG
MTL: Byron, Chiarot, Gustafsson, Anderson, KotkaniemiTOR: Simmonds, Bogosian, Kerfoot, Engvall, Sandin
MTL 3 – 0 TOR
6:32
TORZach Hyman (Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews)wrist0.18 xG
MTL: Weber, Toffoli, Merrill, Suzuki, CaufieldTOR: Holl, Hyman, Rielly, Marner, Matthews
MTL 3 – 1 TOR

3rd period

6:52
TORJake Muzzin (Wayne Simmonds, William Nylander)slap0.02 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Toffoli, Gallagher, EdmundsonTOR: Spezza, Muzzin, Simmonds, Kerfoot, Nylander
MTL 3 – 2 TOR
11:54
TORJake Muzzin (Alex Galchenyuk, William Nylander)tip-in0.03 xG
MTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, Anderson, KotkaniemiTOR: Muzzin, Holl, Galchenyuk, Kerfoot, Nylander
MTL 3 – 3 TOR

OT period

0:59
MTLNick Suzuki (Cole Caufield)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, Suzuki, CaufieldTOR: Muzzin, Bogosian, Galchenyuk, Kerfoot, Nylander
MTL 4 – 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
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	19:32	—	—	50	51
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	3	0	0	18:51	—	—	44	50
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	40	47
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	19:07	—	—	54	40
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	57	42
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	3	0	2	14:43	—	—	57	42
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	14:00	—	—	44	57
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.42	3	0	0	13:48	—	—	44	55
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.43	3	0	0	13:31	—	—	46	56
Corey Perry R	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.06	2	1	0	13:27	—	—	50	54
Joel Armia R	L4	2	0	2	+2	3	0.34	3	0	0	12:59	—	—	50	65
Eric Staal C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.08	1	0	0	10:04	—	—	57	62
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	0	0	28:27	—	—	47	45
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	3	1	0	27:06	—	—	49	46
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	6	6	0	24:23	—	—	48	53
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	6	1	0	21:20	—	—	50	57
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.04	0	0	0	10:16	—	—	67	93
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	9:18	—	—	46	31

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	35	32	3	.914	2.50	60:59

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.24	7	2	0	24:33	—	—	53	53
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	1	1	0	24:28	—	—	49	59
Zach Hyman L	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.57	3	0	2	23:14	—	—	49	55
William Nylander R	L2	0	2	2	0	4	0.47	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	62	50
Alexander Kerfoot C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	1	0	0	15:33	—	—	53	37
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.14	4	0	0	13:19	—	—	48	41
Pierre Engvall L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	13:27	—	—	61	47
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	67	69
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.15	2	0	0	12:05	—	—	53	35
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:51	—	—	43	35
Adam Brooks C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	8:42	—	—	21	11
Joe Thornton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:38	—	—	27	12
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	2	2	0	28:22	—	—	62	84
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.18	1	1	0	23:30	—	—	62	75
Jake Muzzin D	D2	2	0	2	0	3	0.07	5	1	0	23:27	—	—	52	39
Justin Holl D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	1	0	23:07	—	—	49	44
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:30	—	—	33	22
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:11	—	—	15	22

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jack Campbell(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	2.73	60:59

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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.