Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida PanthersDec 29, 2022

FinalThursday, Dec 29, 2022· FLA Live Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

2

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Florida PanthersFLA

7

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	0	0	2		MTL	14	2	11	27
FLA	3	1	3	7		FLA	15	12	14	41

: MTL 46FLA 67
: MTL 1.74FLA 5.28
PP goals: MTL 2FLA 3
Hits: MTL 26FLA 24
Blocks: MTL 15FLA 12
PIM: MTL 39FLA 27
: MTL 41%FLA 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers rout Montreal Canadiens 7–2

Florida Panthers beat Montreal Canadiens 7–2 at home. Aleksander Barkov (FLA) led the scoring with 3G 2A. FLA's first power-play unit (Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 2 power-play goals on 13 attempts in 4:40 together.

Points
Aleksander Barkov had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 18:42.Barkov
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 9 shots in 17:24.Tkachuk
Points
Brandon Montour had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:40.Montour
Points
Arber Xhekaj had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:26.Xhekaj
Points
Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:15.Verhaeghe
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 2 power-play goals on 13 attempts in 4:40 together.Barkov Ekblad Reinhart Montour Tkachuk
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 41 shots and stopped 34 (.829), +7 against a season average of 33.6; the loss.Montembeault
New line
New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Barkov–White skated 10:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Verhaeghe Barkov White

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 113 of 113 attempts · FLA 67 · MTL 46

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 16% of the game, FLA 58%.

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
	37	49
	1.35	3.09
	1.33	2.90
	5	12
	1	11
	11	8
	−0.074	+0.074
	16%	58%

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

L1Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
9:1325% CF
L2Hoffman – Anderson – Evans
8:0269% CF
L3Gallagher – Dvorak – Slafkovský
7:4370% CF
L4Dadonov – Armia – Drouin
6:4125% CF
D1Harris – Barron
13:2458% CF
D2Kovacevic – Xhekaj
12:2530% CF
D3Edmundson – Guhle
12:0130% CF

PP1Gallagher – Dvorak – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
3:4775% CF
PP2Dadonov – Hoffman – Anderson – Drouin – Xhekaj
3:17100% CF
PK1FArmia – Dvorak
1:49
PK2FAnderson – Evans
1:45
PK1DEdmundson – Guhle
3:50
PK2DKovacevic – Xhekaj
1:38

Current MTL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Staal – Cousins – Lomberg
10:2767% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Barkov – White
10:0575% CF
L3Bennett – Tkachuk – Luostarinen
7:5750% CF
L4Reinhart – Lundell – Levtchi
6:3033% CF
D1Staal – Montour
12:5848% CF
D2Gudas – Mahura
10:5238% CF
D3Ekblad – Forsling
9:2681% CF

PP1Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
4:4093% CF
PP2Reinhart – Bennett – Forsling – Tkachuk – Mahura
1:09100% CF
PK1FReinhart – Bennett
2:33
PK2FStaal – Tkachuk
1:56
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
3:42
PK2DStaal – Gudas
2:14

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:37
FLAAleksander Barkov (Gustav Forsling, Carter Verhaeghe)snap0.20 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, GuhleFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling, White
MTL 0 – 1 FLA
11:50
FLAAleksander BarkovPP (Sam Reinhart, Matthew Tkachuk)snap0.17 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Evans, Suzuki, GuhleFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Montour, Tkachuk
MTL 0 – 2 FLA
14:14
MTLArber XhekajPP (Jonathan Drouin, Evgenii Dadonov)slap0.06 xG
MTL: Dadonov, Hoffman, Anderson, Drouin, XhekajFLA: Staal, Reinhart, Bennett, Montour
MTL 1 – 2 FLA
15:22
FLAAleksander Barkovbackhand0.30 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, GuhleFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling, White
MTL 1 – 3 FLA
19:13
MTLJosh AndersonPP (Mike Hoffman, Arber Xhekaj)backhand0.02 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Anderson, Drouin, Xhekaj, SlafkovskýFLA: Staal, Ekblad, Forsling, Tkachuk
MTL 2 – 3 FLA

2nd period

6:22
FLAMatthew TkachukPP (Brandon Montour, Aleksander Barkov)tip-in0.08 xG
MTL: Anderson, Dvorak, Kovacevic, HarrisFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Montour, Tkachuk, Lundell
MTL 2 – 4 FLA

3rd period

4:14
FLACarter Verhaeghewrist0.15 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, GuhleFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling, White
MTL 2 – 5 FLA
7:24
FLAMatthew TkachukPP (Aleksander Barkov, Brandon Montour)snap0.65 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Anderson, Dvorak, GuhleFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Montour, Tkachuk
MTL 2 – 6 FLA
9:31
FLAEetu Luostarinen (Sam Bennett, Brandon Montour)snap0.06 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Dvorak, Harris, Barron, SlafkovskýFLA: Staal, Bennett, Montour, Tkachuk, Luostarinen
MTL 2 – 7 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	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	2	2	17:32	—	—	29	17
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.20	0	0	4	15:46	—	—	32	22
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	23	13
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	2	0	17:38	—	—	60	55
Josh Anderson R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.14	4	1	0	17:14	—	—	71	56
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.36	0	0	0	13:42	—	—	64	52
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:28	—	—	73	73
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	1	0	17	13:41	—	—	64	37
Juraj Slafkovský L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	0	0	12:10	—	—	64	60
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	0	2	14:39	—	—	26	23
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	14:09	—	—	24	16
Evgenii Dadonov L	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	0	1	0	13:38	—	—	33	25
Jordan Harris D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:27	—	—	67	66
Justin Barron D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	57	48
Arber Xhekaj D	D2	1	1	2	0	3	0.10	3	0	0	19:26	—	—	29	14
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	16:50	—	—	39	25
Kaiden Guhle D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	6	5	0	18:59	—	—	36	19
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.01	3	1	14	17:02	—	—	33	17

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	41	34	7	.829	5.28	59:36

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Eric Staal C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	16:27	—	—	68	78
Ryan Lomberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	1	0	0	14:21	—	—	55	68
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	2	0	14:17	—	—	52	59
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	3	2	5	+3	5	0.68	1	0	0	18:42	—	—	73	84
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	1	1	2	+3	3	0.28	2	1	0	13:15	—	—	71	82
Colin White C	L2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:32	—	—	75	87
Matthew Tkachuk L	L3	2	1	3	+1	9	1.52	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	50	60
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	3	0	0	14:06	—	—	53	62
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.70	2	0	4	12:46	—	—	57	74
Sam Reinhart C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.28	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	38	55
Anton Lundell C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	17	36
Anton Levtchi L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:41	—	—	33	59
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	3	3	+1	2	0.26	1	2	15	22:40	—	—	52	67
Marc Staal D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	2	2	2	21:02	—	—	53	67
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	4	18:07	—	—	39	27
Josh Mahura D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	0	0	15:26	—	—	44	53
Aaron Ekblad D	D3	0	0	0	+3	2	0.31	1	0	0	23:24	—	—	79	94
Gustav Forsling D	D3	0	1	1	+3	4	0.14	1	2	2	19:02	—	—	68	79

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	1.74	60:00

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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.