Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple LeafsMay 31, 2021

FinalPlayoffsMonday, May 31, 2021· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	2	1	3		MTL	12	6	5	23
TOR	0	0	1	1		TOR	8	7	16	31

: MTL 42TOR 52
: MTL 2.00TOR 2.32
PP goals: MTL 1TOR 0
Hits: MTL 30TOR 32
Blocks: MTL 13TOR 8
PIM: MTL 4TOR 2
: MTL 49%TOR 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 at TOR. Eric Staal (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Corey Perry (MTL) played 9:22, −4:45 down on his 14:07 season average over 21 games.

Points
Eric Staal had 2 assists (2 points) in 10:37.Staal
Usage
Corey Perry (MTL) played 9:22, −4:45 down on his 14:07 season average over 21 games.Perry
New line
New look for TOR: Thornton–Spezza–Foligno skated 5:42 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thornton Spezza Foligno
Usage
William Nylander (TOR) played 22:09, +4:27 up on his 17:43 season average over 6 games.Nylander
Usage
Rasmus Sandin (TOR) played 18:06, +6:07 up on his 11:59 season average over 4 games.Sandin
Usage
Joel Edmundson (MTL) played 18:34, −5:03 down on his 23:37 season average over 21 games.Edmundson
Usage
Zach Bogosian (TOR) played 11:46, −3:46 down on his 15:32 season average over 6 games.Bogosian
Usage
Justin Holl (TOR) played 18:31, −3:27 down on his 21:58 season average over 6 games.Holl

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 94 of 94 attempts · TOR 52 · MTL 42

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 23% of the game, TOR 38%.

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	50
	1.18	1.62
	1.17	1.56
	2	1
	8	0
	25	25
	+0.003	−0.003
	23%	38%

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
10:0135% CF
L2Gallagher – Danault – Evans
6:5856% CF
L3Byron – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
6:5158% CF
L4Staal – Perry – Armia
4:4029% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
12:2144% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
8:3344% CF
D3Kulak – Gustafsson
0:16

PP1Perry – Toffoli – Gustafsson – Suzuki – Caufield
0:41100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
1:05
PK2FByron – Danault
1:02
PK1DPetry – Chiarot
1:30
PK2DEdmundson – Kulak
0:30

Current MTL line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Hyman – Marner – Matthews
12:3850% CF
L2Galchenyuk – Kerfoot – Nylander
7:5655% CF
L3Simmonds – Engvall – Mikheyev
7:5171% CF
L4Thornton – Spezza – Foligno
5:4258% CF
D1Brodie – Rielly
16:0064% CF
D2Holl – Dermott
12:5255% CF
D3Bogosian – Sandin
6:5950% CF

PP1Hyman – Nylander – Marner – Matthews – Sandin
2:25100% CF
PP2Thornton – Spezza – Simmonds – Rielly – Kerfoot
1:220% CF
PK1FKerfoot – Marner
0:41
PK1DBogosian – Brodie
0:41

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:02
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Eric Staal)wrist0.05 xG
MTL: Staal, Weber, Chiarot, Gallagher, EvansTOR: Bogosian, Hyman, Rielly, Marner, Matthews
MTL 1 – 0 TOR
15:25
MTLCorey PerryPP (Nick Suzuki, Erik Gustafsson)deflected0.15 xG
MTL: Perry, Toffoli, Gustafsson, Suzuki, CaufieldTOR: Bogosian, Brodie, Kerfoot, Marner
MTL 2 – 0 TOR

3rd period

17:22
MTLTyler ToffoliEN (Eric Staal, Phillip Danault)wrist0.56 xG
MTL: Staal, Weber, Chiarot, Toffoli, DanaultTOR: Spezza, Hyman, Rielly, Nylander, Marner, Matthews
MTL 3 – 0 TOR
18:24
TORWilliam Nylander (Auston Matthews, Jason Spezza)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Staal, Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, DanaultTOR: Spezza, Hyman, Rielly, Nylander, Marner, Matthews
MTL 3 – 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	1	1	0	1	0.05	3	4	0	17:52	—	—	35	27
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.72	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	37	27
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	48	46
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	20:08	—	—	48	20
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	1	1	0	17:37	—	—	55	62
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.10	0	1	0	13:33	—	—	64	70
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:08	—	—	47	36
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	2	1	0	14:26	—	—	53	39
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	1	0	0	11:41	—	—	47	51
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	5	0	2	14:24	—	—	59	76
Eric Staal C	L4	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:37	—	—	47	56
Corey Perry R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	9:22	—	—	33	33
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	27:58	—	—	35	28
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.04	4	2	2	25:50	—	—	53	53
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	1	0	24:06	—	—	64	72
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:34	—	—	40	19
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:53	—	—	31	27
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:20	—	—	57	30

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.32	60:00

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.37	3	3	0	24:46	—	—	56	82
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	0	0	23:55	—	—	53	80
Zach Hyman L	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.99	3	0	0	20:44	—	—	50	76
William Nylander R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	2	1	0	22:09	—	—	50	47
Alexander Kerfoot C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	38	26
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	1	0	10:35	—	—	53	39
Pierre Engvall L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	12:58	—	—	50	27
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	12:19	—	—	60	62
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	11:45	—	—	55	28
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	52	48
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	52	33
Joe Thornton C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	9:17	—	—	65	66
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	1	0	0	26:17	—	—	62	68
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	20:37	—	—	58	59
Justin Holl D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.09	4	0	0	18:31	—	—	44	46
Travis Dermott D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:36	—	—	54	67
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	1	0	18:06	—	—	35	45
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:46	—	—	47	12

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jack Campbell(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	1.44	57:26

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.