Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida PanthersJan 1, 2022

FinalSaturday, Jan 1, 2022· FLA Live Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Florida PanthersFLA

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	15	6	10	31
FLA	1	2	2	5		FLA	15	21	12	48

: MTL 50FLA 75
: MTL 2.59FLA 4.99
PP goals: MTL 0FLA 1
Hits: MTL 25FLA 29
Blocks: MTL 16FLA 15
PIM: MTL 15FLA 11
: MTL 44%FLA 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Florida Panthers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at home. Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA) led the scoring with 0G 3A. FLA's first power-play unit (Huberdeau, Duclair, Barkov, Ekblad and Reinhart) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:01 together.

Points
Jonathan Huberdeau had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:33.Huberdeau
Points
Sam Bennett had two goals (2 points) on 10 shots in 17:08.Bennett
Points
Sam Reinhart had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:35.Reinhart
Points
Sami Niku had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:40.Niku
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Huberdeau, Duclair, Barkov, Ekblad and Reinhart) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:01 together.Huberdeau Duclair Barkov Ekblad Reinhart
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 48 shots and stopped 43 (.896), +18 against a season average of 29.6; the loss.Montembeault
New line
New look for MTL: Drouin–Suzuki–Ylonen skated 12:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Suzuki Ylonen
Usage
Kale Clague (MTL) played 27:34, +11:08 up on his 16:26 season average over 35 games.Clague

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 125 of 125 attempts · FLA 75 · MTL 50

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 14% of the game, FLA 52%.

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
	47	74
	2.11	4.54
	2.04	4.37
	11	29
	4	11
	26	28
	−0.025	+0.025
	14%	52%

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

L1Drouin – Suzuki – Ylonen
12:2256% CF
L2Poehling – Harvey-Pinard – Caufield
11:4932% CF
L3Belzile – Vejdemo – Hillis
3:0144% CF
D1Kulak – Clague
6:5227% CF
D2Savard – Niku
6:2520% CF

PP1Drouin – Clague – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard – Caufield
2:05100% CF
PP2Belzile – Niku – Pezzetta – Poehling – Hillis
0:400% CF
PK1FDrouin – Suzuki
5:05
PK2FBelzile – Vejdemo
0:56
PK1DSavard – Kulak
3:06
PK2DNiku – Clague
1:26

Current MTL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Huberdeau – Duclair – Bennett
8:4458% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Barkov – Mamin
8:4378% CF
L3Reinhart – Vatrano – Tippett
8:2857% CF
L4Hornqvist – Marchment – Lundell
8:0661% CF
D1Weegar – Ekblad
14:4655% CF
D2Montour – Carlsson
11:2460% CF
D3Gudas – Forsling
11:0152% CF

PP1Huberdeau – Duclair – Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart
5:0182% CF
PP2Hornqvist – Verhaeghe – Bennett – Montour – Lundell
2:11100% CF
PK1FHuberdeau – Lundell
1:46
PK2FBarkov – Reinhart
1:13
PK1DWeegar – Ekblad
1:39
PK2DGudas – Forsling
0:44

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:32
FLASam Bennett (Anthony Duclair, Jonathan Huberdeau)slap0.17 xG
MTL: Savard, Kulak, Drouin, Poehling, YlonenFLA: Huberdeau, Duclair, Ekblad, Bennett, Forsling
MTL 0 – 1 FLA
3:48
MTLJonathan Drouin (Sami Niku, David Savard)tip-in0.08 xG
MTL: Savard, Drouin, Niku, Suzuki, YlonenFLA: Huberdeau, Weegar, Ekblad, Bennett, Mamin
MTL 1 – 1 FLA

2nd period

9:29
MTLNick Suzuki (Jesse Ylonen, Sami Niku)snap0.05 xG
MTL: Niku, Clague, Suzuki, YlonenFLA: Huberdeau, Weegar, Barkov, Forsling
MTL 2 – 1 FLA
15:02
FLAAleksander BarkovPP (Sam Reinhart, Jonathan Huberdeau)snap0.21 xG
MTL: Savard, Kulak, Drouin, SuzukiFLA: Huberdeau, Duclair, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart
MTL 2 – 2 FLA
17:30
FLAFrank Vatrano (Sam Reinhart, Owen Tippett)slap0.17 xG
MTL: Savard, Kulak, Poehling, Harvey-Pinard, CaufieldFLA: Reinhart, Montour, Vatrano, Carlsson, Tippett
MTL 2 – 3 FLA

3rd period

0:15
FLASam Bennett (MacKenzie Weegar, Jonathan Huberdeau)tip-in0.08 xG
MTL: Savard, Kulak, Drouin, Suzuki, YlonenFLA: Huberdeau, Weegar, Duclair, Ekblad, Bennett
MTL 2 – 4 FLA
13:04
FLAMason Marchment (Anton Lundell)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Belzile, Kulak, Vejdemo, Clague, PezzettaFLA: Hornqvist, Weegar, Ekblad, Marchment, Lundell
MTL 2 – 5 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	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.44	2	0	0	24:41	—	—	52	24
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.33	0	0	0	23:10	—	—	50	34
Jesse Ylonen R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	14:44	—	—	59	43
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	1	2	0	19:09	—	—	31	33
Ryan Poehling C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:15	—	—	33	28
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	4	3	0	17:59	—	—	36	32
Alex Belzile R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	4	1	0	16:58	—	—	35	27
Lukas Vejdemo C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.47	1	0	0	13:46	—	—	36	34
Cam Hillis C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	10:15	—	—	42	43
Kale Clague D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	2	27:34	—	—	31	14
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	-4	1	0.04	3	3	0	25:35	—	—	40	24
David Savard D	D2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.29	1	1	6	24:46	—	—	42	44
Sami Niku D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.03	0	2	0	20:40	—	—	24	29
Corey Schueneman D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	3	2	18:25	—	—	52	41
Michael Pezzetta L	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	5	0	5	10:28	—	—	42	31
Cedric Paquette C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:53	—	—	33	0

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	48	43	5	.896	4.99	59:39

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	0	3	3	0	3	0.21	3	0	0	18:33	—	—	57	61
Anthony Duclair L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.39	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	52	56
Sam Bennett C	L1	2	0	2	+1	10	0.90	2	1	0	17:08	—	—	64	69
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.39	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	64	91
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	77	91
Maxim Mamin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	74	89
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	2	2	+1	3	0.36	2	0	0	18:35	—	—	52	63
Frank Vatrano R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.45	3	1	0	13:15	—	—	48	57
Owen Tippett R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	1	1	0	10:08	—	—	56	69
Anton Lundell C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	0	1	0	15:57	—	—	68	57
Patric Hornqvist R	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.21	2	0	0	12:30	—	—	71	65
Mason Marchment L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	10:04	—	—	68	63
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.07	2	1	2	23:28	—	—	56	66
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	4	2	0	20:45	—	—	56	56
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	1	2	19:45	—	—	73	85
Lucas Carlsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	3	1	0	13:22	—	—	57	62
Gustav Forsling D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	2	4	0	20:01	—	—	68	76
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	4	0	7	15:20	—	—	50	64

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.59	59:56

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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.