Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida PanthersMar 16, 2023

FinalThursday, Mar 16, 2023· FLA Live Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

5

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Florida PanthersFLA

9

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	3	1	1	5		MTL	6	13	11	30
FLA	7	2	0	9		FLA	19	16	7	42

: MTL 44FLA 72
: MTL 2.22FLA 4.56
PP goals: MTL 1FLA 1
Hits: MTL 26FLA 24
Blocks: MTL 16FLA 4
PIM: MTL 31FLA 2
: MTL 46%FLA 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers rout Montreal Canadiens 9–5

Florida Panthers beat Montreal Canadiens 9–5 at home. Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 3A. FLA scored 9 goals on 4.56 expected goals (72 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 17:56.Tkachuk
Points
Aaron Ekblad had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:18.Ekblad
Points
Carter Verhaeghe had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:59.Verhaeghe
Points
Anthony Richard had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:26.Richard
Points
Mike Matheson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:22.Matheson
Points
Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:35.Barkov
Points
Josh Mahura had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:51.Mahura
Luck
FLA scored 9 goals on 4.56 expected goals (72 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 116 of 116 attempts · FLA 72 · MTL 44

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 17% of the game, FLA 50%.

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	66
	2.36	3.94
	2.26	3.66
	10	18
	1	2
	2	13
	−0.039	+0.039
	17%	50%

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 – Ylonen – Harvey-Pinard
10:5138% CF
L2Anderson – Drouin – Gurianov
10:4250% CF
L3Hoffman – Belzile – Pitlick
9:5850% CF
L4Tierney – Richard – Pezzetta
7:5950% CF
D1Matheson – Kovacevic
14:4828% CF
D2Savard – Guhle
13:4041% CF
D3Edmundson – Barron
13:3250% CF

PP1Matheson – Anderson – Pitlick – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
0:47100% CF
PK1FBelzile – Harvey-Pinard
1:44
PK2FTierney – Anderson
1:25
PK1DMatheson – Kovacevic
3:10
PK2DSavard – Edmundson
3:07

Current MTL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Reinhart – Lomberg – Lundell
12:2350% CF
L2Duclair – Barkov – Luostarinen
10:4769% CF
L3Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
10:3958% CF
L4Staal – Cousins – White
8:2750% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
18:0569% CF
D2Gudas – Mahura
15:4145% CF
D3Staal – Montour
14:3454% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
3:4177% CF
PP2Duclair – Ekblad – Bennett – Forsling – Tkachuk
2:07100% CF
PK1FStaal – Luostarinen
0:47
PK1DStaal – Gudas
0:47

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:16
MTLMike Matheson (Josh Anderson, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Matheson, Anderson, Drouin, Gurianov, KovacevicFLA: Staal, Duclair, Barkov, Montour, Luostarinen
MTL 1 – 0 FLA
2:43
FLAColin White (Nick Cousins, Eric Staal)wrist0.18 xG
MTL: Matheson, Tierney, Richard, Pezzetta, KovacevicFLA: Staal, Staal, Cousins, Montour, White
MTL 1 – 1 FLA
3:17
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Sam Bennett)wrist0.18 xG
MTL: Matheson, Anderson, Drouin, Gurianov, KovacevicFLA: Staal, Verhaeghe, Bennett, Montour, Tkachuk
MTL 1 – 2 FLA
5:20
MTLAnthony Richard (Kaiden Guhle)wrist0.02 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Tierney, Richard, Pezzetta, GuhleFLA: Staal, Staal, Cousins, Montour, White
MTL 2 – 2 FLA
6:04
FLAGustav Forsling (Matthew Tkachuk)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Anderson, Drouin, Gurianov, BarronFLA: Verhaeghe, Bennett, Montour, Forsling, Tkachuk
MTL 2 – 3 FLA
8:18
MTLMichael Pezzetta (Anthony Richard, Chris Tierney)deflected0.19 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Tierney, Richard, Pezzetta, BarronFLA: Staal, Staal, Cousins, Montour, White
MTL 3 – 3 FLA
9:09
FLAAaron Ekblad (Eetu Luostarinen, Aleksander Barkov)wrist0.02 xG
MTL: Savard, Edmundson, Suzuki, Ylonen, Harvey-PinardFLA: Duclair, Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling, Luostarinen
MTL 3 – 4 FLA
10:33
FLARyan Lomberg (Radko Gudas, Josh Mahura)tip-in0.07 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Belzile, Matheson, Gurianov, KovacevicFLA: Gudas, Reinhart, Lomberg, Mahura, Lundell
MTL 3 – 5 FLA
12:22
FLASam Reinhart (Josh Mahura)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Savard, Tierney, Richard, Pezzetta, GuhleFLA: Gudas, Reinhart, Lomberg, Mahura, Lundell
MTL 3 – 6 FLA
13:18
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Matthew Tkachuk)wrist0.07 xG
MTL: Matheson, Anderson, Drouin, Gurianov, KovacevicFLA: Staal, Verhaeghe, Bennett, Montour, Tkachuk
MTL 3 – 7 FLA

2nd period

2:26
MTLRafael Harvey-Pinard (Justin Barron, Joel Edmundson)tip-in0.01 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Suzuki, Ylonen, Harvey-Pinard, BarronFLA: Gudas, Duclair, Barkov, Mahura, Luostarinen
MTL 4 – 7 FLA
5:31
FLAAaron EkbladPP (Brandon Montour, Matthew Tkachuk)wrist0.06 xG
MTL: Belzile, Matheson, Kovacevic, Harvey-PinardFLA: Duclair, Ekblad, Bennett, Montour, Tkachuk
MTL 4 – 8 FLA
7:33
FLAMatthew Tkachuk (Aleksander Barkov)wrist0.05 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Suzuki, Ylonen, Harvey-Pinard, BarronFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling, Tkachuk
MTL 4 – 9 FLA

3rd period

5:47
MTLRem PitlickPP (Mike Matheson)slap0.10 xG
MTL: Matheson, Anderson, Pitlick, Suzuki, Harvey-PinardFLA: Staal, Staal, Gudas, Luostarinen
MTL 5 – 9 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
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	18:11	—	—	26	23
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	3	1	15	17:22	—	—	39	30
Jesse Ylonen R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:03	—	—	35	30
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.19	3	1	0	17:19	—	—	48	35
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	35	20
Denis Gurianov R	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.12	1	0	0	13:16	—	—	48	31
Rem Pitlick C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	44	52
Alex Belzile R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	2	0	15:09	—	—	42	48
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	1	0	0	14:43	—	—	36	38
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:55	—	—	52	63
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	6	1	0	10:36	—	—	48	43
Anthony Richard C	L4	1	1	2	0	1	0.32	1	0	2	10:26	—	—	50	52
Mike Matheson D	D1	1	1	2	-3	3	0.06	0	0	0	20:22	—	—	27	25
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.15	0	2	10	19:44	—	—	30	28
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	3	2	0	22:05	—	—	46	24
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	2	2	2	18:13	—	—	42	22
Justin Barron D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	0	1	0	19:59	—	—	49	59
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	18:54	—	—	53	54

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	—	24	21	3	.875	2.88	38:31
Jake Allen	L	18	12	6	.667	1.68	21:29

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.57	2	0	0	20:14	—	—	48	51
Anton Lundell C	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.19	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	54	52
Ryan Lomberg L	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.12	3	0	0	15:25	—	—	58	53
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	0	2	2	0	4	0.47	0	0	0	15:35	—	—	74	72
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	71	78
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	12:37	—	—	67	68
Matthew Tkachuk L	L3	1	3	4	+4	3	0.35	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	63	85
Carter Verhaeghe C	L3	2	0	2	+4	6	0.99	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	57	72
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.20	1	0	0	15:11	—	—	61	78
Eric Staal C	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.17	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	47	52
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	55	54
Colin White C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.38	3	0	0	12:18	—	—	50	47
Gustav Forsling D	D1	1	0	1	+3	3	0.17	1	0	0	21:57	—	—	72	77
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.18	1	1	2	20:18	—	—	69	72
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	7	2	0	19:03	—	—	47	53
Josh Mahura D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.13	1	1	0	17:51	—	—	45	47
Brandon Montour D	D3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.32	0	0	0	20:40	—	—	58	63
Marc Staal D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	16:35	—	—	54	57

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	30	25	5	.833	2.22	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.