Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida PanthersDec 30, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 30, 2017· BB&T Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	13	9	16	38
FLA	0	1	1	2		FLA	13	13	7	33

: MTL 63FLA 61
: MTL 2.26FLA 3.38
PP goals: MTL 0FLA 0
Hits: MTL 17FLA 33
Blocks: MTL 15FLA 17
PIM: MTL 6FLA 0
: MTL 50%FLA 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0

Florida Panthers beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0 at home. Connor Brickley (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MTL: Pacioretty–Danault–Hudon skated 13:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Connor Brickley had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:11.Brickley
New line
New look for MTL: Pacioretty–Danault–Hudon skated 13:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Danault Hudon
Goalie
James Reimer (FLA) faced 38 shots and stopped 38 (.1000), +7 against a season average of 31.2; the win.Reimer
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 2.26 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for FLA: Brickley–Trocheck–Malgin skated 8:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (78.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brickley Trocheck Malgin
New line
New look for FLA: McGinn–Dadonov–McCann skated 6:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McGinn Dadonov McCann
New line
New look for MTL: Froese–Shaw–Carr skated 10:42 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Froese Shaw Carr
Luck
Aleksander Barkov (FLA) generated 1.63 xG on 9 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Barkov

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)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · FLA 61 · MTL 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA 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, FLA 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

FLA

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	FLA
	67	56
	2.40	2.12
	2.35	2.05
	10	12
	1	4
	32	23
	−0.036	+0.036
	38%	23%

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

L1Pacioretty – Danault – Hudon
13:4374% CF
L2Galchenyuk – Lehkonen – Drouin
11:5363% CF
L3Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher
11:4440% CF
L4Froese – Shaw – Carr
10:4243% CF
D1Morrow – Jerabek
17:0855% CF
D2Petry – Benn
15:0848% CF
D3Schlemko – Alzner
15:0463% CF

PK1FPlekanec – Byron
2:25
PK2FPacioretty – Danault
2:03
PK1DPetry – Benn
1:31
PK2DSchlemko – Alzner
1:05

Current MTL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Bjugstad – Huberdeau – Barkov
14:5844% CF
L2MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley
8:4440% CF
L3Brickley – Trocheck – Malgin
8:3179% CF
L4McGinn – Dadonov – McCann
6:3647% CF
D1Yandle – Ekblad
19:4049% CF
D2Pysyk – Matheson
16:3441% CF
D3Petrovic – Weegar
12:0844% CF

PP1Yandle – Dadonov – Trocheck – Huberdeau – Barkov
3:20100% CF
PP2McGinn – Matheson – Ekblad – McCann – Malgin
1:14100% CF

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:02
FLAConnor Brickley (Mark Pysyk, Mike Matheson)snap0.11 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, Byron, Benn, GallagherFLA: Brickley, Pysyk, Trocheck, Matheson, Malgin
MTL 0 – 1 FLA

3rd period

11:49
FLAVincent Trocheck (MacKenzie Weegar, Connor Brickley)slap0.14 xG
MTL: Petry, Benn, Froese, Shaw, CarrFLA: Brickley, Petrovic, Trocheck, Weegar, Malgin
MTL 0 – 2 FLA

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	4	0.30	4	1	0	18:54	—	—	76	83
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	3	0.26	1	0	2	17:23	—	—	68	65
Charles Hudon L	L1	0	3	0.05	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	68	63
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	5	0.33	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	53	50
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	7	0.28	0	1	0	15:05	—	—	61	64
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	4	0.17	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	61	63
Paul Byron L	L3	-1	2	0.14	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	40	33
Tomas Plekanec C	L3	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	14:14	—	—	40	33
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	-1	1	0.14	0	1	2	12:54	—	—	42	40
Byron Froese C	L4	-1	1	0.13	2	3	0	13:13	—	—	41	42
Andrew Shaw R	L4	-1	0	0.04	1	0	0	12:51	—	—	38	36
Daniel Carr L	L4	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	10:58	—	—	47	50
Joe Morrow D	D1	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	21:27	—	—	49	60
Jakub Jerabek D	D1	0	2	0.20	1	1	0	19:50	—	—	58	64
Jordie Benn D	D2	-2	1	0.02	1	3	0	20:31	—	—	49	41
Jeff Petry D	D2	-2	1	0.05	1	1	2	20:23	—	—	53	53
David Schlemko D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:09	—	—	61	45
Karl Alzner D	D3	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	18:47	—	—	57	53

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	33	31	2	.939	2.04	57:36

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	0	0	0	7	1.63	0	0	22:44	—	—	45	37
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	20:59	—	—	46	39
Nick Bjugstad C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	2	0	18:16	—	—	46	37
Colton Sceviour C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	14:06	—	—	35	38
Derek MacKenzie C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	2	0	12:11	—	—	33	34
Micheal Haley L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	6	1	10:18	—	—	38	43
Vincent Trocheck C	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.38	2	0	18:27	—	—	60	76
Connor Brickley L	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.17	2	1	14:11	—	—	61	68
Denis Malgin C	L3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	0	0	13:50	—	—	68	77
Evgenii Dadonov L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	13:32	—	—	35	40
Jared McCann L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	12:27	—	—	36	42
Jamie McGinn L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	3	0	11:44	—	—	33	42
Keith Yandle D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	2	25:23	—	—	49	37
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	5	24:19	—	—	47	34
Mark Pysyk D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	1	20:22	—	—	42	53
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	2	1	20:01	—	—	39	51
Alexander Petrovic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	3	4	14:37	—	—	50	60
MacKenzie Weegar D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	7	1	12:43	—	—	44	54

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	38	38	0	.1000	2.26	59:50

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.