Montreal Canadiens vs. Edmonton OilersApr 21, 2021

FinalWednesday, Apr 21, 2021· Rogers Place

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Edmonton OilersEDM

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	2	4		MTL	13	9	9	31
EDM	0	1	2	3		EDM	4	9	12	25

: MTL 49EDM 58
: MTL 2.71EDM 2.54
PP goals: MTL 1EDM 0
Hits: MTL 46EDM 41
Blocks: MTL 22EDM 8
PIM: MTL 13EDM 11
: MTL 36%EDM 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Edmonton Oilers 4–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Edmonton Oilers 4–3 at EDM. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for EDM: Nugent-Hopkins–Draisaitl–Yamamoto skated 13:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (34.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Connor McDavid had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 27:10.McDavid
Points
Josh Anderson had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:03.Anderson
Points
Jeff Petry had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:33.Petry
Points
Tomas Tatar had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:21.Tatar
New line
New look for EDM: Nugent-Hopkins–Draisaitl–Yamamoto skated 13:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (34.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nugent-Hopkins Draisaitl Yamamoto
Usage
Zack Kassian (EDM) played 1:25, −10:50 down on his 12:15 season average over 26 games.Kassian
New line
New look for MTL: Byron–Lehkonen–Kotkaniemi skated 9:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Byron Lehkonen Kotkaniemi
Usage
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) played 26:31, +5:51 up on his 20:40 season average over 51 games.Nugent-Hopkins

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 107 of 107 attempts · EDM 58 · MTL 49

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 38% of the game, EDM 22%.

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
	50	42
	2.71	1.42
	2.63	1.41
	13	7
	6	5
	28	19
	−0.083	+0.083
	38%	22%

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
10:5843% CF
L2Byron – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
9:0070% CF
L3Tatar – Danault – Anderson
7:5667% CF
L4Staal – Perry – Drouin
6:2154% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
17:0550% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
12:5253% CF
D3Merrill – Romanov
10:3865% CF

PP1Perry – Petry – Anderson – Drouin – Kotkaniemi
2:09100% CF
PP2Staal – Weber – Tatar – Toffoli – Suzuki
1:21
PK1FByron – Danault
1:08
PK2FArmia – Lehkonen
0:40
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
1:53
PK2DPetry – Edmundson
1:13

Current MTL line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto
13:4935% CF
L2Archibald – McDavid – Puljujarvi
8:4369% CF
L3Neal – Chiasson – Haas
4:0088% CF
D1Nurse – Bear
18:3424% CF
D2Russell – Barrie
12:1941% CF
D3Larsson – Jones
10:5971% CF

PP1Chiasson – Barrie – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid
2:4378% CF
PP2Neal – Nugent-Hopkins – Nurse – Draisaitl – McDavid
0:23100% CF
PK1FArchibald – Nugent-Hopkins
0:59
PK2FShore – Haas
0:23
PK1DRussell – Larsson
2:00
PK2DNurse – Bear
1:12

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:31
MTLArtturi Lehkonen (Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Jeff Petry)backhand0.11 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Chiarot, Lehkonen, KotkaniemiEDM: Nurse, Draisaitl, McDavid, Bear, Puljujarvi
MTL 1 – 0 EDM

2nd period

3:09
EDMConnor McDavid (Caleb Jones)wrist0.21 xG
MTL: Staal, Perry, Petry, Chiarot, DrouinEDM: Russell, Shore, McDavid, Jones, Kahun
MTL 1 – 1 EDM
3:20
MTLJosh Anderson (Tomas Tatar, Jeff Petry)wrist0.15 xG
MTL: Petry, Tatar, Edmundson, Danault, AndersonEDM: Larsson, Shore, McDavid, Jones, Kahun
MTL 2 – 1 EDM

3rd period

8:10
MTLTyler ToffoliPPsnap0.07 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Toffoli, Suzuki, RomanovEDM: Archibald, Nurse, Bear, Haas
MTL 3 – 1 EDM
15:03
MTLJosh Anderson (Tomas Tatar, Alexander Romanov)backhand0.03 xG
MTL: Tatar, Merrill, Danault, Anderson, RomanovEDM: Russell, Chiasson, Barrie, Nugent-Hopkins, Shore
MTL 4 – 1 EDM
17:48
EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins (Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl)snap0.19 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Danault, LehkonenEDM: Chiasson, Barrie, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid, Puljujarvi
MTL 4 – 2 EDM
18:49
EDMJesse Puljujarvi (Connor McDavid, Tyson Barrie)tip-in0.09 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Toffoli, Danault, LehkonenEDM: Chiasson, Barrie, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid, Puljujarvi
MTL 4 – 3 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
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.43	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	44	44
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	15:12	—	—	47	57
Joel Armia R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	2	2	13:37	—	—	40	53
Paul Byron L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.25	7	1	0	17:20	—	—	61	95
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	3	1	0	16:28	—	—	67	89
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.33	5	2	0	13:35	—	—	67	87
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	1	4	0	18:50	—	—	59	77
Josh Anderson R	L3	2	0	2	+2	5	0.52	3	1	0	16:03	—	—	60	75
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	62	77
Eric Staal C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:54	—	—	44	42
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	1	4	11:52	—	—	47	50
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	5	11:19	—	—	47	43
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	9	3	0	27:17	—	—	47	58
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	3	0	23:42	—	—	52	78
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.05	2	0	0	21:33	—	—	54	61
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	2	0	19:20	—	—	52	68
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:41	—	—	64	65
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	3	1	0	11:32	—	—	62	77

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	2.54	60:00

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.60	3	1	2	27:00	—	—	35	21
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	0	1	0	26:31	—	—	29	8
Kailer Yamamoto R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	18:05	—	—	36	25
Connor McDavid C	L2	1	2	3	0	3	0.52	2	0	2	27:10	—	—	57	59
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	3	0	0	18:00	—	—	63	68
Josh Archibald R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	6	0	0	14:54	—	—	67	79
Alex Chiasson R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	15:12	—	—	53	20
James Neal L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	0	0	10:52	—	—	71	21
Gaetan Haas C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	9:34	—	—	62	18
Darnell Nurse D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	4	0	0	25:38	—	—	29	31
Ethan Bear D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	4	0	0	22:10	—	—	24	19
Tyson Barrie D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	2	2	0	22:14	—	—	50	33
Kris Russell D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	3	1	0	15:53	—	—	46	34
Adam Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	5	0	0	15:24	—	—	74	49
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:42	—	—	68	49
Devin Shore C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	1	0	7:33	—	—	22	32
Dominik Kahun C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	5:44	—	—	27	31
Zack Kassian R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:25	—	—	100	100

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mike Smith(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	2.71	57:25

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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.