Montreal Canadiens vs. Edmonton OilersDec 23, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 23, 2017· Rogers Place

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Edmonton OilersEDM

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	11	12	7	30
EDM	2	1	1	4		EDM	12	10	13	35

: MTL 62EDM 69
: MTL 2.56EDM 4.59
PP goals: MTL 1EDM 1
Hits: MTL 34EDM 33
Blocks: MTL 16EDM 21
PIM: MTL 4EDM 4
: MTL 57%EDM 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Edmonton Oilers beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Edmonton Oilers beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at home. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 3A. EDM's first power-play unit (Sekera, Lucic, Letestu, Draisaitl and McDavid) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:49 together.

Points
Leon Draisaitl had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:15.Draisaitl
Points
Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:01.McDavid
Points
Jujhar Khaira had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:40.Khaira
PP1
EDM's first power-play unit (Sekera, Lucic, Letestu, Draisaitl and McDavid) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:49 together.Sekera Lucic Letestu Draisaitl McDavid
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 2.56 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Ryan Strome (EDM) played 11:49, −3:27 down on his 15:16 season average over 81 games.Strome
Usage
Leon Draisaitl (EDM) played 16:15, −3:07 down on his 19:22 season average over 77 games.Draisaitl
Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (MTL) played 11:29, −5:05 down on his 16:34 season average over 65 games.Lehkonen

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)EDM attacks right (top on phones) →

EDM
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · EDM 69 · MTL 62

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

EDM
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

EDM 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 17% of the game, EDM 46%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

EDM

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	EDM
	60	66
	1.84	3.57
	1.77	3.39
	11	18
	2	10
	23	34
	+0.011	−0.011
	17%	46%

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

L1Deslauriers – Froese – Carr
11:4550% CF
L2Shaw – Danault – Galchenyuk
9:4050% CF
L3Byron – Pacioretty – Drouin
7:0571% CF
L4Plekanec – Gallagher – Lehkonen
6:3631% CF
D1Schlemko – Benn
10:5439% CF
D2Petry – Alzner
8:3767% CF
D3Morrow – Lernout
5:4821% CF

PP1Petry – Byron – Pacioretty – Shaw – Drouin
2:3050% CF
PP2Schlemko – Gallagher – Morrow – Galchenyuk – Carr
0:26100% CF
PK1FPlekanec – Byron
2:35
PK2FPacioretty – Danault
1:56
PK1DPetry – Alzner
1:40
PK2DSchlemko – Benn
1:12

Current MTL line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Caggiula
12:3859% CF
L2Lucic – McDavid – Puljujarvi
10:5141% CF
L3Strome – Khaira – Draisaitl
8:5885% CF
L4Cammalleri – Letestu – Kassian
8:4953% CF
D1Russell – Nurse
16:5048% CF
D2Sekera – Benning
15:2348% CF
D3Davidson – Larsson
13:4264% CF

PP1Sekera – Lucic – Letestu – Draisaitl – McDavid
3:49100% CF
PP2Cammalleri – Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Strome – Benning
0:45100% CF
PK1FLetestu – Kassian
0:58
PK2FNugent-Hopkins – Khaira
0:55
PK1DRussell – Nurse
1:23
PK2DDavidson – Benning
1:08

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:49
EDMRyan Strome (Jujhar Khaira, Leon Draisaitl)snap0.14 xG
MTL: Shaw, Morrow, Danault, Galchenyuk, LernoutEDM: Strome, Khaira, Benning, Nurse, Draisaitl
MTL 0 – 1 EDM
15:50
EDMConnor McDavid (Darnell Nurse, Kris Russell)wrist0.02 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, Alzner, Gallagher, LehkonenEDM: Russell, Maroon, Nurse, McDavid, Puljujarvi
MTL 0 – 2 EDM

2nd period

4:21
EDMMilan LucicPP (Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, Alzner, ByronEDM: Sekera, Lucic, Letestu, Draisaitl, McDavid
MTL 0 – 3 EDM
12:55
MTLAndrew ShawPP (Paul Byron, Joe Morrow)deflected0.05 xG
MTL: Byron, Pacioretty, Shaw, Morrow, DrouinEDM: Russell, Nurse, Draisaitl, McDavid
MTL 1 – 3 EDM

3rd period

18:02
EDMJujhar KhairaEN (Leon Draisaitl)snap0.85 xG
MTL: Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Shaw, Morrow, DrouinEDM: Davidson, Larsson, Strome, Khaira, Draisaitl
MTL 1 – 4 EDM

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
Daniel Carr L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:30	—	—	44	22
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	7	0	0	14:20	—	—	45	24
Byron Froese C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	0	0	12:46	—	—	53	26
Andrew Shaw R	L2	1	0	1	-2	4	0.73	2	0	0	14:33	—	—	52	28
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	12:49	—	—	45	35
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:19	—	—	42	26
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.36	3	0	0	19:18	—	—	70	84
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	4	0	0	17:42	—	—	67	49
Paul Byron L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.24	0	3	0	17:33	—	—	48	64
Tomas Plekanec C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	26	17
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	46	34
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:29	—	—	29	19
David Schlemko D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	6	0	21:38	—	—	21	14
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	21:32	—	—	55	41
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-2	10	0.51	1	0	0	24:31	—	—	74	76
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	5	2	2	18:47	—	—	65	57
Joe Morrow D	D3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.03	3	0	2	16:20	—	—	47	28
Brett Lernout D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	1	0	14:43	—	—	21	7

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	3.74	59:23

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Maroon L	L1	0	0	0	+1	6	1.02	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	57	68
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	0	0	0	16:46	—	—	56	71
Drake Caggiula L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	5	0	0	15:46	—	—	52	75
Connor McDavid C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.32	0	1	0	19:01	—	—	34	32
Milan Lucic L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	3	1	0	16:03	—	—	37	36
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.18	1	0	0	12:30	—	—	43	36
Leon Draisaitl C	L3	0	3	3	+2	4	0.87	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	80	100
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.92	2	1	0	13:40	—	—	75	93
Ryan Strome C	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.17	0	0	2	11:49	—	—	87	100
Mark Letestu C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	1	1	0	15:33	—	—	50	35
Zack Kassian R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	0	0	14:05	—	—	50	36
Michael Cammalleri L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	48	33
Darnell Nurse D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:22	—	—	49	75
Kris Russell D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	6	0	19:02	—	—	48	74
Andrej Sekera D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	5	0	20:01	—	—	48	51
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	3	0	19:56	—	—	47	53
Adam Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	8	0	2	17:21	—	—	64	76
Brandon Davidson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:40	—	—	64	77

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.56	60:00

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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.