Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida PanthersMar 7, 2020

FinalSaturday, Mar 7, 2020· BB&T Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	1	1		MTL	8	14	12	34
FLA	0	1	3	4		FLA	13	9	10	32

: MTL 57FLA 57
: MTL 3.76FLA 3.32
PP goals: MTL 0FLA 0
Hits: MTL 26FLA 20
Blocks: MTL 13FLA 15
PIM: MTL 4FLA 6
: MTL 41%FLA 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Florida Panthers beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at home. Mike Hoffman (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for FLA: Hoffman–Haula–Huberdeau skated 11:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mike Hoffman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:34.Hoffman
Points
Aaron Ekblad had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:36.Ekblad
New line
New look for FLA: Hoffman–Haula–Huberdeau skated 11:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Haula Huberdeau
Usage
Riley Stillman (FLA) played 6:18, −13:12 down on his 19:30 season average over 33 games.Stillman
New line
New look for FLA: Dadonov–Barkov–Vatrano skated 9:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Barkov Vatrano
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 3.76 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
MacKenzie Weegar (FLA) played 23:40, +3:38 up on his 20:02 season average over 44 games.Weegar
Usage
Ben Chiarot (MTL) played 19:49, −3:22 down on his 23:11 season average over 68 games.Chiarot

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 114 of 114 attempts · FLA 57 · MTL 57

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 31% of the game, FLA 35%.

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
	49	53
	3.49	2.39
	3.18	2.27
	11	6
	5	4
	23	24
	−0.080	+0.080
	31%	35%

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

L1Armia – Hudon – Suzuki
11:0936% CF
L2Weise – Evans – Vejdemo
8:2465% CF
L3Gallagher – Danault – Lehkonen
7:4458% CF
L4Byron – Weal – Domi
5:0567% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
15:4136% CF
D2Petry – Kulak
14:4759% CF
D3Ouellet – Folin
12:0952% CF

PP1Weber – Petry – Danault – Domi – Suzuki
1:58100% CF
PP2Petry – Weal – Gallagher – Danault – Suzuki
1:35100% CF
PK1FByron – Armia
1:56
PK2FDanault – Lehkonen
1:50
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
3:30
PK2DPetry – Ouellet
2:06

Current MTL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Hoffman – Haula – Huberdeau
11:2947% CF
L2Dadonov – Barkov – Vatrano
9:2242% CF
L3Connolly – Toninato – Wallmark
7:0456% CF
D1Weegar – Ekblad
11:2959% CF
D2Yandle – Matheson
7:2462% CF
D3Stralman – Pysyk
5:5778% CF

PP1Yandle – Dadonov – Hoffman – Huberdeau – Barkov
4:47100% CF
PP2Haula – Connolly – Ekblad – Wallmark – Vatrano
0:26
PK1FWallmark – Acciari
1:02
PK2FSceviour – Vatrano
0:30
PK1DStralman – Matheson
1:48
PK2DWeegar – Ekblad
0:55

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:22
FLALucas Wallmark (Noel Acciari, Aaron Ekblad)backhand0.14 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Gallagher, Hudon, DomiFLA: Haula, Weegar, Ekblad, Wallmark, Acciari
MTL 0 – 1 FLA

3rd period

0:41
FLAMacKenzie Weegar (Aaron Ekblad, Frank Vatrano)slap0.04 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Danault, Hudon, LehkonenFLA: Dadonov, Weegar, Barkov, Ekblad, Vatrano
MTL 0 – 2 FLA
4:13
FLAJonathan Huberdeau (Erik Haula, Mike Hoffman)tip-in0.05 xG
MTL: Ouellet, Armia, Hudon, Folin, SuzukiFLA: Stralman, Hoffman, Haula, Huberdeau, Weegar
MTL 0 – 3 FLA
8:04
MTLJake Evanswrist0.02 xG
MTL: Petry, Weise, Kulak, Evans, VejdemoFLA: Stralman, Dadonov, Matheson, Barkov, Vatrano
MTL 1 – 3 FLA
18:06
FLAMike HoffmanENslap0.39 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Gallagher, Ouellet, Danault, Hudon, DomiFLA: Sceviour, Hoffman, Weegar, Ekblad, Acciari
MTL 1 – 4 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	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	-1	3	0.14	3	1	0	18:17	—	—	40	21
Joel Armia R	L1	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:44	—	—	38	31
Charles Hudon L	L1	0	0	-4	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	33	17
Jake Evans C	L2	1	1	+1	2	0.19	1	0	0	12:07	—	—	65	83
Lukas Vejdemo C	L2	0	0	+1	3	0.38	1	2	0	10:05	—	—	57	80
Dale Weise R	L2	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	9:43	—	—	60	83
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	-2	4	0.83	3	0	0	19:50	—	—	45	52
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	52	74
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	-2	1	0.08	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	53	53
Max Domi C	L4	0	0	-2	2	0.27	1	1	2	16:59	—	—	44	79
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	14:40	—	—	53	74
Jordan Weal C	L4	0	0	0	4	0.78	0	0	0	12:19	—	—	53	94
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	-2	4	0.30	7	2	0	25:01	—	—	38	38
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	-3	1	0.01	1	1	0	19:49	—	—	36	37
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	23:27	—	—	54	55
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	60	61
Xavier Ouellet D	D3	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:36	—	—	52	88
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	4	2	16:15	—	—	47	79

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	2.93	58:34

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mike Hoffman C	L1	1	1	2	+2	7	1.15	1	0	0	19:34	—	—	39	27
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	38	26
Erik Haula L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.40	1	2	0	16:12	—	—	56	48
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	1	0	17:55	—	—	37	31
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	36	36
Frank Vatrano R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.34	2	1	0	14:27	—	—	46	55
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	11:06	—	—	59	31
Lucas Wallmark C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	52	31
Dominic Toninato C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	4	10:15	—	—	53	16
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	1	0	1	+4	2	0.05	2	4	0	23:40	—	—	47	44
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	0	2	2	21:36	—	—	56	61
Keith Yandle D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	50	41
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	3	0	0	18:54	—	—	56	53
Anton Stralman D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	3	0	0	23:52	—	—	46	18
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	12:46	—	—	75	90
Noel Acciari C	—	0	1	1	+2	0	0.15	4	1	0	17:41	—	—	81	96
Colton Sceviour C	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	14:33	—	—	71	84
Riley Stillman D	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0	0	0	6:18	—	—	63	24

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chris Driedger(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	3.76	59:19

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.