Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida PanthersDec 30, 2023

FinalSaturday, Dec 30, 2023· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	5	3	11	19
FLA	0	1	3	4		FLA	4	11	11	26

: MTL 47FLA 59
: MTL 1.46FLA 3.82
PP goals: MTL 1FLA 2
Hits: MTL 19FLA 19
Blocks: MTL 17FLA 13
PIM: MTL 9FLA 9
: MTL 59%FLA 41%

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. Eetu Luostarinen (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:24 together.

Points
Eetu Luostarinen had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:40.Luostarinen
Points
Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:23.Verhaeghe
Points
Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:37.Bennett
Points
Aaron Ekblad had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:30.Ekblad
Points
Oliver Ekman-Larsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:31.Ekman-Larsson
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:24 together.Matheson Monahan Suzuki Caufield Slafkovský
Usage
Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) played 13:23, −4:38 down on his 18:01 season average over 75 games.Verhaeghe
Usage
Eetu Luostarinen (FLA) played 19:40, +3:47 up on his 15:53 season average over 81 games.Luostarinen

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 106 of 106 attempts · FLA 59 · MTL 47

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 12% of the game, FLA 47%.

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	60
	1.15	2.98
	1.14	2.75
	4	12
	2	2
	20	30
	+0.080	−0.080
	12%	47%

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 – Caufield – Slafkovský
12:3555% CF
L2Anderson – Monahan – Evans
11:4758% CF
L3Gallagher – Armia – Dvorak
9:3647% CF
L4Stephens – Pezzetta – Ylonen
4:4550% CF
D1Harris – Struble
17:0843% CF
D2Guhle – Barron
14:2052% CF
D3Savard – Matheson
13:5046% CF

PP1Matheson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
2:24100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak – Ylonen – Barron
0:51100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
1:34
PK2FDvorak – Stephens
1:24
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:02
PK2DHarris – Guhle
0:50

Current MTL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Cousins – Luostarinen – Lundell
12:4835% CF
L2Barkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues
11:0046% CF
L3Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
9:5750% CF
L4Stenlund – Lomberg – Lockwood
9:3473% CF
D1Montour – Mikkola
16:1059% CF
D2Ekblad – Forsling
13:2146% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov
12:1659% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
2:1050% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Ekblad – Bennett – Rodrigues – Luostarinen
1:53100% CF
PK1FStenlund – Luostarinen
1:49
PK2FBarkov – Reinhart
1:25
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
2:00
PK2DKulikov – Mikkola
1:25

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:05
FLAEetu LuostarinenPP (Evan Rodrigues, Sam Bennett)tip-in0.12 xG
MTL: Armia, Evans, Harris, GuhleFLA: Ekman-Larsson, Ekblad, Bennett, Rodrigues, Luostarinen
MTL 0 – 1 FLA
7:01
MTLCole CaufieldPP (Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson)backhand0.09 xG
MTL: Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield, SlafkovskýFLA: Kulikov, Barkov, Reinhart, Mikkola
MTL 1 – 1 FLA

3rd period

7:34
FLAEetu LuostarinenPP (Aaron Ekblad, Oliver Ekman-Larsson)backhand0.14 xG
MTL: Savard, Matheson, Dvorak, StephensFLA: Ekman-Larsson, Ekblad, Bennett, Rodrigues, Luostarinen
MTL 1 – 2 FLA
15:26
FLASam Bennett (Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Carter Verhaeghe)tip-in0.07 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Dvorak, Harris, Ylonen, StrubleFLA: Ekman-Larsson, Kulikov, Verhaeghe, Bennett, Tkachuk
MTL 1 – 3 FLA
17:13
FLACarter VerhaegheEN (Matthew Tkachuk, Aaron Ekblad)wrist0.75 xG
MTL: Matheson, Anderson, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield, SlafkovskýFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling, Tkachuk
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	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.19	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	41	36
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.46	1	0	2	19:15	—	—	50	40
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:50	—	—	52	44
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	1	0	18:31	—	—	41	40
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:22	—	—	42	19
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	48	48
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	0	0	15:59	—	—	39	17
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	41	16
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	2	14:01	—	—	43	23
Mitchell Stephens C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:37	—	—	42	26
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	8:19	—	—	40	24
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	4	0	5	7:07	—	—	50	37
Jordan Harris D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	19:16	—	—	44	18
Jayden Struble D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:13	—	—	37	14
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	17:55	—	—	46	29
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	3	0	17:17	—	—	50	35
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	0	3	0	22:36	—	—	43	31
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	3	0	19:42	—	—	43	32

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	3.07	58:56

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	2	0	2	0	3	0.51	1	0	0	19:40	—	—	48	51
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	3	1	0	14:51	—	—	43	65
Anton Lundell C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	48	49
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.22	3	0	0	17:08	—	—	48	82
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.57	0	2	0	16:46	—	—	50	80
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.12	1	0	2	16:08	—	—	50	81
Matthew Tkachuk L	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	60	65
Sam Bennett C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.22	0	2	0	14:37	—	—	50	52
Carter Verhaeghe C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.86	0	1	2	13:23	—	—	50	52
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	3	0	13:39	—	—	76	85
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	2	0	0	11:44	—	—	74	79
William Lockwood R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	1	5	10:20	—	—	73	72
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	21:56	—	—	65	50
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	64	62
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	0	0	21:11	—	—	53	65
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.04	1	0	0	20:30	—	—	46	60
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	61	90
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.28	0	2	0	17:04	—	—	52	85

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	W	19	18	1	.947	1.46	59:38

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Carter Verhaeghe (FLA EN) 3rd 17:13 · assists Matthew Tkachuk, Aaron Ekblad · Point shot · 61.7 mph shot.

Carter Verhaeghe · 3rd 17:13 · FLA EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 61.7 mph
Distance: 79 ft

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Eetu Luostarinen · 2nd 4:05 · FLA PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 8.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Cole Caufield · 2nd 7:01 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 29.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Eetu Luostarinen · 3rd 7:34 · FLA PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 26.7 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Sam Bennett · 3rd 15:26 · FLA

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 69.4 mph
Distance: 59 ft

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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.