Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida PanthersDec 28, 2024

FinalSaturday, Dec 28, 2024· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	3	1	4		MTL	9	8	8	25
FLA	0	0	0	0		FLA	10	14	10	34

: MTL 41FLA 67
: MTL 2.07FLA 2.28
PP goals: MTL 0FLA 0
Hits: MTL 14FLA 19
Blocks: MTL 21FLA 10
PIM: MTL 7FLA 7
: MTL 40%FLA 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout Florida Panthers 4–0

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 4–0 at FLA. Kirby Dach (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. FLA scored 0 goals on 2.28 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Kirby Dach had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:02.Dach
Points
Alex Newhook had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:52.Newhook
Luck
FLA scored 0 goals on 2.28 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
MTL scored 4 goals on 2.07 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for FLA: Boqvist–Luostarinen–Lundell skated 11:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boqvist Luostarinen Lundell
New line
New look for FLA: Nosek–Greer–Samoskevich skated 6:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nosek Greer Samoskevich
Usage
Cole Caufield (MTL) played 15:02, −3:05 down on his 18:07 season average over 81 games.Caufield
Usage
Uvis Balinskis (FLA) played 19:54, +5:07 up on his 14:47 season average over 75 games.Balinskis

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 108 of 108 attempts · FLA 67 · MTL 41

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 38%.

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
	44	73
	2.22	2.34
	2.17	2.27
	11	8
	4	6
	14	12
	−0.053	+0.053
	17%	38%

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

L1Laine – Dach – Newhook
12:4031% CF
L2Armia – Evans – Heineman
11:2045% CF
L3Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
11:1846% CF
L4Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
10:5942% CF
D1Carrier – Guhle
16:1535% CF
D2Matheson – Hutson
15:2149% CF
D3Savard – Xhekaj
13:4030% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
1:30100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Dach – Newhook – Heineman
0:30
PK1FAnderson – Suzuki
1:09
PK2FArmia – Evans
0:51
PK1DCarrier – Guhle
1:09
PK2DSavard – Matheson
0:50

Current MTL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Barkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues
14:3252% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
11:3174% CF
L3Boqvist – Luostarinen – Lundell
11:2655% CF
L4Nosek – Greer – Samoskevich
6:1764% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
18:1362% CF
D2Kulikov – Balinskis
15:4662% CF
D3Schmidt – Boqvist
14:4371% CF

PP1Bennett – Rodrigues – Boqvist – Lundell – Samoskevich
1:09100% CF
PP2Verhaeghe – Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart – Tkachuk
0:5167% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Lundell
1:03
PK2FNosek – Boqvist
0:30
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
1:29
PK2DKulikov – Balinskis
0:30

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:39
MTLKirby Dach (Alex Newhook, Kaiden Guhle)wrist0.19 xG
MTL: Carrier, Laine, Dach, Newhook, GuhleFLA: Kulikov, Verhaeghe, Bennett, Tkachuk, Balinskis
MTL 1 – 0 FLA
13:51
MTLKirby Dach (Alex Newhook)backhand0.16 xG
MTL: Laine, Dach, Newhook, Guhle, HutsonFLA: Kulikov, Barkov, Boqvist, Luostarinen, Balinskis
MTL 2 – 0 FLA
17:19
MTLJake EvansSHwrist0.07 xG
MTL: Armia, Matheson, Evans, GuhleFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Tkachuk
MTL 3 – 0 FLA

3rd period

14:17
MTLCole Caufield (Juraj Slafkovský)wrist0.23 xG
MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, SlafkovskýFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Rodrigues
MTL 4 – 0 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
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.17	0	2	0	16:35	—	—	29	51
Kirby Dach C	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.35	1	2	0	16:02	—	—	28	48
Alex Newhook C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.19	0	1	0	14:52	—	—	32	54
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:27	—	—	39	11
Emil Heineman L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:57	—	—	40	26
Jake Evans C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	46	27
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	40	60
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	47	60
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	1	0	2	14:09	—	—	38	60
Nick Suzuki C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	41	49
Cole Caufield R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.52	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	40	46
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:34	—	—	41	53
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.01	0	4	0	21:29	—	—	31	51
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	19:39	—	—	39	45
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	4	0.07	0	2	0	22:33	—	—	46	57
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	0	2	0	19:07	—	—	50	64
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	19:12	—	—	30	29
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	3	5	16:07	—	—	25	29

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	34	34	0	.1000	2.28	59:44

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	-3	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:54	—	—	50	40
Sam Reinhart C	L1	-2	2	0.01	0	2	0	18:55	—	—	52	46
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	-1	2	0.15	2	1	0	17:21	—	—	54	42
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:32	—	—	75	64
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	-2	3	0.31	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	73	65
Sam Bennett C	L2	-1	4	0.47	3	0	0	15:09	—	—	74	63
Anton Lundell C	L3	0	4	0.15	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	67	45
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:45	—	—	54	36
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	-1	1	0.07	2	0	0	14:49	—	—	59	36
Mackie Samoskevich R	L4	0	0	0.08	1	0	2	11:13	—	—	63	71
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0.12	1	0	0	9:36	—	—	61	64
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	2	0.04	1	1	5	7:35	—	—	71	92
Gustav Forsling D	D1	-1	4	0.23	1	1	0	23:17	—	—	61	57
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	-2	2	0.09	2	0	0	22:58	—	—	58	41
Uvis Balinskis D	D2	-2	2	0.07	0	2	0	19:54	—	—	54	45
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	-2	4	0.24	0	2	0	18:49	—	—	66	63
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	70	54
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	73	54

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.07	59:26

Goal anatomy

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

Kirby Dach (MTL) 2nd 1:39 · assists Alex Newhook, Kaiden Guhle · Cycle · carried in · 21.3 mph shot · 8.6 s from entry to goal.

Kirby Dach · 2nd 1:39 · MTL

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 21.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 8.6 s

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Kirby Dach · 2nd 13:51 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 38.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Jake Evans · 2nd 17:19 · MTL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.1 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Cole Caufield · 3rd 14:17 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.8 mph
Distance: 8 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.