Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 6, 2018

FinalSaturday, Oct 6, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	2	1	5		MTL	9	6	14	29
PIT	0	1	0	1		PIT	7	12	3	22

: MTL 42PIT 56
: MTL 3.52PIT 2.31
PP goals: MTL 0PIT 0
Hits: MTL 32PIT 24
Blocks: MTL 22PIT 7
PIM: MTL 6PIT 6
: MTL 40%PIT 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 at PIT. Paul Byron (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Mike Reilly (MTL) played 22:27, +3:51 up on his 18:37 season average over 56 games.

Points
Paul Byron had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:54.Byron
Points
Artturi Lehkonen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:20.Lehkonen
Points
Jeff Petry had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:33.Petry
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Mike Reilly (MTL) played 22:27, +3:51 up on his 18:37 season average over 56 games.Reilly
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Justin Schultz (PIT) played 17:07, −3:30 down on his 20:37 season average over 28 games.Schultz
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Noah Juulsen (MTL) played 20:36, +3:40 up on his 16:56 season average over 20 games.Juulsen
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Phil Kessel (PIT) played 14:41, −3:20 down on his 18:01 season average over 81 games.Kessel
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Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 15:46, −3:05 down on his 18:51 season average over 67 games.Malkin

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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · PIT 56 · MTL 42

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT 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 27% of the game, PIT 22%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

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	PIT
	44	53
	3.69	1.84
	3.66	1.70
	11	6
	5	1
	18	14
	−0.119	+0.119
	27%	22%

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

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
9:1571% CF
L2Byron – Lehkonen – Domi
7:2447% CF
L3Armia – Drouin – Kotkaniemi
5:3750% CF
L4Peca – Shaw – Hudon
4:3020% CF
D1Reilly – Juulsen
17:4031% CF
D2Petry – Mete
13:5652% CF
D3Benn – Ouellet
13:4663% CF

PP1Shaw – Lehkonen – Domi – Mete – Kotkaniemi
2:5650% CF
PP2Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Armia – Drouin
1:58100% CF
PK1FPeca – Shaw
2:30
PK2FDanault – Lehkonen
1:04
PK1DPetry – Benn
2:48
PK2DReilly – Juulsen
2:20

Current MTL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Hornqvist – Guentzel
12:3268% CF
L2Brassard – Rust – Simon
11:3631% CF
L3Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
9:5057% CF
L4Cullen – Sheahan – Sprong
7:3158% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:3369% CF
D2Johnson – Maatta
14:4745% CF
D3Schultz – Oleksiak
14:1044% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
3:2783% CF
PP2Johnson – Brassard – Schultz – Guentzel – Sprong
2:16100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
1:03
PK2FCullen – Rust
0:48
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
3:07
PK2DJohnson – Maatta
1:25

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:08
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Tomas Tatar, Phillip Danault)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Reilly, DanaultPIT: Johnson, Brassard, Rust, Maatta, Simon
MTL 1 – 0 PIT
15:56
MTLPaul Byron (Artturi Lehkonen, Jeff Petry)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Lehkonen, Mete, KotkaniemiPIT: Cullen, Johnson, Sheahan, Maatta, Sprong
MTL 2 – 0 PIT

2nd period

3:43
MTLPaul Byron (Max Domi, Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Lehkonen, Domi, MetePIT: Malkin, Letang, Kessel, Hagelin, Dumoulin
MTL 3 – 0 PIT
14:05
MTLJoel ArmiaSH (Paul Byron, Jeff Petry)backhand0.20 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Benn, ArmiaPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel
MTL 4 – 0 PIT
17:10
PITRiley Sheahan (Kris Letang, Daniel Sprong)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Petry, Armia, Lehkonen, Drouin, MetePIT: Cullen, Letang, Dumoulin, Sheahan, Sprong
MTL 4 – 1 PIT

3rd period

10:08
MTLCharles Hudon (Andrew Shaw)wrap-around0.02 xG
MTL: Shaw, Reilly, Hudon, Juulsen, KotkaniemiPIT: Cullen, Schultz, Sheahan, Oleksiak, Sprong
MTL 5 – 1 PIT

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
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	48	53
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	4	1	0	17:04	—	—	57	63
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.39	1	0	0	15:30	—	—	65	83
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.40	0	1	0	17:20	—	—	41	68
Max Domi C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	15:34	—	—	41	80
Paul Byron L	L2	2	1	3	+3	3	0.37	2	3	0	14:54	—	—	43	86
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	35	53
Joel Armia R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.75	4	1	0	16:19	—	—	47	73
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.21	1	1	4	14:10	—	—	53	85
Andrew Shaw R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	1	0	14:02	—	—	30	14
Matthew Peca C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.71	0	1	0	10:50	—	—	46	63
Charles Hudon L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.03	3	0	0	8:53	—	—	31	16
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	3	0	22:27	—	—	34	48
Noah Juulsen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	5	2	0	20:36	—	—	30	41
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.20	3	1	0	21:33	—	—	58	74
Victor Mete D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:19	—	—	50	71
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	3	3	0	17:10	—	—	63	95
Xavier Ouellet D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	2	2	2	15:33	—	—	55	95

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.31	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	18:38	—	—	65	27
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	61	25
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.37	1	1	0	17:03	—	—	64	26
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	17:13	—	—	35	28
Derick Brassard C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	16:02	—	—	38	18
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	0	2	2	13:39	—	—	31	20
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.31	2	0	0	15:46	—	—	48	42
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	59	46
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	2	13:02	—	—	52	41
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	12:23	—	—	64	48
Riley Sheahan C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.29	1	1	0	11:53	—	—	64	48
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:06	—	—	57	36
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	3	0	0	24:32	—	—	68	37
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	20:27	—	—	69	34
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	3	0	0	21:07	—	—	46	10
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	2	0	17:56	—	—	48	26
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	43	29
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	3	0	0	15:16	—	—	48	42

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	29	24	5	.828	3.52	59:18

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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.