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Montreal Canadiens vs. Edmonton OilersMar 6, 2025

Final / OT· Rogers Place
away
MTL
2
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home
EDM
3
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
MTL11002MTL1175427
EDM11013EDM9148132
MTL 50EDM 77
MTL 2.60EDM 3.44
PP goals
MTL 0EDM 1
Hits
MTL 29EDM 21
Blocks
MTL 24EDM 14
PIM
MTL 4EDM 4
MTL 54%EDM 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Edmonton Oilers edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT)

Edmonton Oilers beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime at home. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:39 together.

  1. Points
    Evan Bouchard had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:41.Bouchard
  2. Points
    Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:45.Draisaitl
  3. Points
    Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 26:58.McDavid
  4. PP1
    EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:39 together.HymanNugent-HopkinsDraisaitlMcDavidBouchard
  5. New line
    New look for EDM: Draisaitl–Arvidsson–Podkolzin skated 7:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DraisaitlArvidssonPodkolzin
  6. Usage
    Connor McDavid (EDM) played 26:58, +5:01 up on his 21:57 season average over 66 games.McDavid
  7. New line
    New look for EDM: Perry–Kapanen–Jones skated 5:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PerryKapanenJones
  8. Usage
    Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) played 22:42, +3:47 up on his 18:55 season average over 77 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.

Shot map, MTL at EDM: 127 attempts, 59 on goal, 5 goals, 6.03 expected goals; best chance Cole Caufield at 0.48 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)EDM attacks right (top on phones) →
  • EDM
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · EDM 77 · MTL 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MTL at EDM: expected goals 3.44 to 2.60 (EDM led the chances), shot attempts 77 to 50, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTEDMMTLPCDABnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:53
  • EDM
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
EDMMTLcontrol2nd3rdOTPerry · 1st 9:34Caufield · 1st 15:14Draisaitl · 2nd 1:06Armia · 2nd 10:19Bouchard · OT 4:53
  • 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

Shift chart, MTL at EDM: 38 players over 64:53; most ice Stuart Skinner (64:44) for EDM and Samuel Montembeault (64:53) for MTL, 5 goals.

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
StatMTLEDM
4676
2.032.84
1.982.73
75
15
826
+0.017−0.017
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

Current MTL line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 9:34
    EDMCorey Perry (Max Jones, Connor McDavid)backhand0.28 xG
    MTL: Laine, Struble, Newhook, Beck, HutsonEDM: Perry, Kapanen, Jones, Stecher, Bouchard
    MTL 0 – 1 EDM
  2. 15:14
    MTLCole Caufieldwrist0.02 xG
    MTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Struble, Hutson, SlafkovskýEDM: Brown, Janmark, Kapanen, Dineen, Emberson
    MTL 1 – 1 EDM

2nd period

  1. 1:06
    EDMLeon DraisaitlPP (Evan Bouchard, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins)snap0.08 xG
    MTL: Savard, Armia, Matheson, EvansEDM: Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid, Bouchard
    MTL 1 – 2 EDM
  2. 10:19
    MTLJoel Armia (Lane Hutson, Jake Evans)slap0.16 xG
    MTL: Armia, Evans, Carrier, Heineman, HutsonEDM: Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Nurse, McDavid, Bouchard
    MTL 2 – 2 EDM

OT period

  1. 4:53
    EDMEvan Bouchard (Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl)snap0.19 xG
    MTL: Evans, Hutson, SlafkovskýEDM: Draisaitl, McDavid, Bouchard
    MTL 2 – 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nick Suzuki CL1000+120.1313024:16——4453
Juraj Slafkovský LL1000030.2342022:04——4338
Cole Caufield RL1101+150.8820020:01——3848
Jake Evans CL2011000.0021017:12——3631
Joel Armia RL2101+130.2713014:23——3228
Emil Heineman LL2000+110.0660014:21——3937
Christian Dvorak CL3000030.0800016:54——3544
Brendan Gallagher RL3000000.0020214:35——2939
Josh Anderson RL3000020.2210014:23——3743
Alex Newhook CL4000-100.0020011:53——4027
Patrik Laine LL4000-140.2300010:18——4664
Owen Beck CL4000-100.001008:22——3025
Mike Matheson DD1000040.5005030:58——3234
Alexandre Carrier DD1000+100.0022222:48——3442
Arber Xhekaj DD2000000.0021017:24——4661
David Savard DD2000000.0007017:13——3752
Lane Hutson DD3011000.0000020:21——4129
Jayden Struble DD3000000.0030012:57——4226
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)O32293.9063.4464:53

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Connor McDavid CL1022030.6411026:58——6852
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins CL1011-110.2030022:42——7046
Zach Hyman LL1000-160.4501021:18——7452
Leon Draisaitl CL2112+140.4800021:45——7383
Viktor Arvidsson LL2000010.3411015:38——6277
Vasily Podkolzin RL2000010.0341011:52——5775
Adam Henrique CL3000000.0000011:33——4635
Mattias Janmark CL3000-100.1111010:46——4318
Connor Brown RL3000-110.041108:38——6023
Corey Perry RL4101+110.3001214:14——5374
Kasperi Kapanen RL4000010.1610011:57——4564
Max Jones LL4011+120.1430010:26——5676
Evan Bouchard DD1112+120.3300224:41——7677
Cam Dineen DD1000-140.1201014:56——7363
Darnell Nurse DD2000-110.0112026:38——5535
Troy Stecher DD2000+130.0620016:36——4646
Brett Kulak DD3000000.0001025:34——6876
Ty Emberson DD3000-110.0433014:36——3845
EDM goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Stuart Skinner(start)W27252.9262.6064:44

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Corey Perry (EDM) 1st 9:34 · assists Max Jones, Connor McDavid · Rush · loose puck · 14.3 mph shot · 2.8 s from entry to goal.

Corey Perry · 1st 9:34 · EDM

Play
rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
14.3 mph
Distance
6 ft
Entry to goal
2.8 s

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Cole Caufield · 1st 15:14 · MTL

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
62.0 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
2.6 s
Type
rebound

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Joel Armia · 2nd 10:19 · MTL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-3
Passes
1
Shot
14.3 mph
Distance
31 ft
Entry to goal
4.1 s
Type
one-timer

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