Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida PanthersFeb 29, 2024

Final / SOThursday, Feb 29, 2024· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	1	1	1	0	0	3		MTL	11	9	9	2	31
FLA	1	1	1	0	1	4		FLA	11	14	8	2	35

: MTL 54FLA 80
: MTL 3.10FLA 4.49
PP goals: MTL 1FLA 1
Hits: MTL 25FLA 29
Blocks: MTL 19FLA 10
PIM: MTL 12FLA 10
: MTL 44%FLA 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3 (SO)

Florida Panthers beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 in a shootout at home. Sam Reinhart (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:43 together.

Points
Sam Reinhart had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 23:22.Reinhart
Points
Aleksander Barkov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:58.Barkov
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 22:16.Suzuki
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:43 together.Verhaeghe Barkov Reinhart Montour Tkachuk
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:59 together.Matheson Suzuki Caufield Newhook Slafkovský
Usage
Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) played 23:36, +5:01 up on his 18:35 season average over 79 games.Tkachuk
New line
New look for FLA: Stenlund–Lomberg–Lockwood skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stenlund Lomberg Lockwood
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +3 against a season average of 31.9; the overtime loss.Montembeault

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 134 of 134 attempts · FLA 80 · MTL 54

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 28% of the game, FLA 40%.

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
	43	65
	1.64	2.87
	1.59	2.69
	8	12
	2	4
	13	13
	−0.063	+0.063
	28%	40%

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
10:1050% CF
L2Gallagher – Anderson – Evans
8:1226% CF
L3Pearson – White – Ylonen
7:0147% CF
L4Armia – Newhook – Roy
5:2318% CF
D1Savard – Xhekaj
16:0642% CF
D2Matheson – Guhle
14:5833% CF
D3Kovacevic – Harris
8:5745% CF

PP1Matheson – Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook – Slafkovský
4:5992% CF
PP2Gallagher – Anderson – Ylonen – Roy – Xhekaj
1:11
PK1FArmia – Evans
5:04
PK2FPearson – Suzuki
1:44
PK1DMatheson – Guhle
3:54
PK2DSavard – Harris
2:00

Current MTL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Cousins – Bennett – Tkachuk
7:5089% CF
L2Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
7:1944% CF
L3Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart
6:2658% CF
L4Stenlund – Lomberg – Lockwood
4:5842% CF
D1Montour – Mikkola
13:1868% CF
D2Ekblad – Forsling
12:5450% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov
11:3468% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
5:4392% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Ekblad – Bennett – Rodrigues – Lundell
1:18100% CF
PK1FBarkov – Reinhart
3:40
PK2FStenlund – Luostarinen
1:57
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
4:55
PK2DKulikov – Mikkola
1:12

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: MTL 3 – 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	2	3	0	5	0.72	1	0	0	22:16	—	—	52	33
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.18	0	0	2	20:06	—	—	47	33
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.63	3	0	0	19:04	—	—	54	35
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	1	2	17:30	—	—	29	41
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	14:11	—	—	38	49
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	1	0	13:19	—	—	35	39
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	2	1	0	12:53	—	—	55	64
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	10:42	—	—	43	43
Colin White C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	50	57
Alex Newhook C	L4	1	0	1	-1	4	0.59	1	1	0	18:55	—	—	24	23
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	17:03	—	—	22	24
Joshua Roy R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:39	—	—	19	11
David Savard D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	3	3	4	22:21	—	—	39	46
Arber Xhekaj D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	1	4	0	19:03	—	—	45	60
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	1	0	2	27:27	—	—	30	15
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	0	24:13	—	—	36	30
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:14	—	—	41	24
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	1	2	11:44	—	—	48	29

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	O	35	32	3	.914	4.49	64:55

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.46	2	0	2	23:36	—	—	84	82
Sam Bennett C	L1	0	0	0	-1	7	0.60	2	0	0	19:19	—	—	77	71
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.59	2	0	0	14:06	—	—	64	67
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	3	0	2	15:43	—	—	64	53
Anton Lundell C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	15:27	—	—	52	39
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:17	—	—	50	26
Sam Reinhart C	L3	2	1	3	+1	5	0.72	1	0	0	23:22	—	—	38	50
Aleksander Barkov C	L3	1	2	3	+1	3	1.18	0	1	0	22:58	—	—	53	72
Carter Verhaeghe C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.37	2	0	0	21:36	—	—	71	82
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	8:48	—	—	41	36
William Lockwood R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	1	0	6:23	—	—	53	56
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:13	—	—	36	17
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	1	0	26:35	—	—	66	64
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	1	2	17:08	—	—	64	64
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	1	0	21:04	—	—	49	52
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	18:45	—	—	52	55
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	1	2	16:44	—	—	66	72
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	15:31	—	—	68	76

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	3.10	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Aleksander Barkov (FLA) 1st 7:01 · assists Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 66.8 mph shot · 1.5 s from entry to goal.

Aleksander Barkov · 1st 7:01 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.8 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 1.5 s

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Nick Suzuki · 1st 8:24 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 55.1 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Sam Reinhart · 2nd 14:08 · FLA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.1 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: one-timer

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Alex Newhook · 3rd 3:27 · MTL PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Sam Reinhart · 3rd 13:05 · FLA SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.2 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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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.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida PanthersFeb 29, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Florida Panthers edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

Florida Panthers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Florida Panthers

Goal anatomy

Aleksander Barkov · 1st 7:01 · FLA

Nick Suzuki · 1st 8:24 · MTL

Sam Reinhart · 2nd 14:08 · FLA PP

Alex Newhook · 3rd 3:27 · MTL PP

Sam Reinhart · 3rd 13:05 · FLA SH