Montreal Canadiens vs. Edmonton OilersMar 5, 2022

FinalSaturday, Mar 5, 2022· Rogers Place

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Edmonton OilersEDM

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	1	2	5		MTL	9	10	10	29
EDM	1	1	0	2		EDM	10	12	8	30

: MTL 44EDM 51
: MTL 3.78EDM 2.68
PP goals: MTL 2EDM 0
Hits: MTL 29EDM 24
Blocks: MTL 9EDM 6
PIM: MTL 6EDM 8
: MTL 42%EDM 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2 at EDM. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Perreault, Wideman, Anderson, Suzuki and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:00 together.

Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:22.Suzuki
Points
Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:18.Gallagher
Points
Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:48.Caufield
Points
Chris Wideman had 2 assists (2 points) in 11:26.Wideman
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Perreault, Wideman, Anderson, Suzuki and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:00 together.Perreault Wideman Anderson Suzuki Caufield
Usage
Evan Bouchard (EDM) played 9:13, −10:43 down on his 19:56 season average over 80 games.Bouchard
Usage
Ryan McLeod (EDM) played 20:00, +7:21 up on his 12:39 season average over 70 games.McLeod
Usage
Brett Kulak (MTL) played 22:29, +4:48 up on his 17:41 season average over 73 games.Kulak

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 95 of 95 attempts · EDM 51 · MTL 44

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 32% of the game, EDM 38%.

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
	36	48
	1.52	2.36
	1.47	2.23
	12	11
	6	4
	23	29
	−0.057	+0.057
	32%	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

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
12:2353% CF
L2Hoffman – Gallagher – Dauphin
8:4838% CF
L3Armia – Lehkonen – Pitlick
7:0944% CF
L4Perreault – Pezzetta – Poehling
5:0450% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
15:3947% CF
D2Chiarot – Romanov
15:0743% CF
D3Wideman – Clague
6:4411% CF

PP1Perreault – Wideman – Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
3:0067% CF
PP2Hoffman – Chiarot – Gallagher – Lehkonen – Pitlick
2:0875% CF
PK1FDauphin – Pitlick
1:54
PK2FLehkonen – Suzuki
1:41
PK1DChiarot – Romanov
3:50
PK2DPetry – Kulak
2:10

Current MTL line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Kane – Draisaitl – Yamamoto
10:0258% CF
L2Hyman – McDavid – McLeod
9:2355% CF
L3Shore – Foegele – Ryan
9:0980% CF
D1Ceci – Nurse
14:1160% CF
D2Lagesson – Niemelainen
7:4550% CF
D3Keith – Broberg
5:4167% CF

PP1Kane – Hyman – Nurse – Draisaitl – McDavid
5:38100% CF
PP2Keith – Benson – Yamamoto – McLeod – Bouchard
0:440% CF
PK1FDraisaitl – McLeod
1:22
PK2FRyan – Yamamoto
1:07
PK1DCeci – Nurse
3:36
PK2DKeith – Lagesson
1:19

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:58
MTLCole Caufieldsnap0.01 xG
MTL: Wideman, Anderson, Dauphin, Clague, CaufieldEDM: Shore, Foegele, Lagesson, Ryan, Niemelainen
MTL 1 – 0 EDM
11:20
EDMEvander Kane (Leon Draisaitl)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Anderson, Suzuki, Romanov, CaufieldEDM: Kane, Ceci, Nurse, Draisaitl, Yamamoto
MTL 1 – 1 EDM
19:21
MTLBrendan GallagherPP (Nick Suzuki, Chris Wideman)snap0.52 xG
MTL: Wideman, Gallagher, Lehkonen, Suzuki, CaufieldEDM: Keith, Lagesson, Ryan, Yamamoto
MTL 2 – 1 EDM

2nd period

5:37
EDMRyan McLeod (Zach Hyman, Evan Bouchard)wrist0.53 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Wideman, Gallagher, Dauphin, ClagueEDM: Keith, Hyman, McDavid, McLeod, Bouchard
MTL 2 – 2 EDM
10:17
MTLNick SuzukiPP (Chris Wideman, Cole Caufield)snap0.09 xG
MTL: Perreault, Wideman, Anderson, Suzuki, CaufieldEDM: Kane, Ceci, Nurse, Draisaitl
MTL 3 – 2 EDM

3rd period

10:15
MTLArtturi LehkonenSH (Brett Kulak, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.26 xG
MTL: Petry, Kulak, Lehkonen, SuzukiEDM: Hyman, Shore, Nurse, Yamamoto, McLeod
MTL 4 – 2 EDM
16:11
MTLMike HoffmanEN (Brendan Gallagher, Ben Chiarot)snap0.84 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Chiarot, Gallagher, Poehling, RomanovEDM: Kane, Hyman, Nurse, Draisaitl, McDavid, Ryan
MTL 5 – 2 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	2	3	0	3	0.31	1	0	0	22:22	—	—	47	37
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.46	0	1	0	20:48	—	—	43	31
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	0	18:05	—	—	50	33
Mike Hoffman C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	1.07	0	0	2	15:34	—	—	42	34
Laurent Dauphin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	42	33
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.81	0	0	2	14:18	—	—	38	34
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	36	47
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	42	60
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	12:06	—	—	46	64
Mathieu Perreault C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	1	0	10:32	—	—	44	61
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	1	0	0	10:24	—	—	37	47
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:35	—	—	50	63
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	1	1	0	22:29	—	—	49	62
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	6	2	0	22:09	—	—	46	56
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	4	3	0	23:21	—	—	50	53
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	23:20	—	—	46	47
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:26	—	—	20	2
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	10:58	—	—	21	7

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.68	60:00

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	24:04	—	—	65	58
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.42	4	0	2	20:30	—	—	53	52
Kailer Yamamoto R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	65	62
Zach Hyman L	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.47	1	1	0	24:08	—	—	52	64
Connor McDavid C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	22:38	—	—	55	66
Ryan McLeod C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.67	0	1	2	20:00	—	—	47	61
Derek Ryan C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	1	0	13:20	—	—	75	89
Devin Shore C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	0	0	12:11	—	—	67	77
Warren Foegele L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	7	0	2	12:04	—	—	82	98
Darnell Nurse D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	2	0	25:58	—	—	50	58
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	1	0	19:33	—	—	57	73
William Lagesson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	0	0	16:09	—	—	44	35
Markus Niemelainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	10:34	—	—	57	57
Duncan Keith D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	67	69
Philip Broberg D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	62	39
Evan Bouchard D	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	0	0	0	9:13	—	—	71	73
Tyler Benson L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:04	—	—	53	29
Kyle Turris C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:41	—	—	38	17

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mike Smith(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	2.94	59:43

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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.