Montreal Canadiens vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 4, 2021

Final / OTSaturday, Dec 4, 2021· Bridgestone Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	2	1	0	3		MTL	9	9	2	3	23
NSH	1	1	1	1	4		NSH	12	12	17	3	44

: MTL 46NSH 72
: MTL 2.39NSH 4.12
PP goals: MTL 1NSH 0
Hits: MTL 11NSH 11
Blocks: MTL 13NSH 9
PIM: MTL 18NSH 16
: MTL 48%NSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3 (OT)

Nashville Predators beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 in overtime at home. Luke Kunin (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MTL: Hoffman–Evans–Suzuki skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Luke Kunin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:17.Kunin
Points
Cole Caufield had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:00.Caufield
Points
Mattias Ekholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:48.Ekholm
Points
Tyler Toffoli had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:45.Toffoli
New line
New look for MTL: Hoffman–Evans–Suzuki skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Evans Suzuki
Goalie
Jake Allen (MTL) faced 44 shots and stopped 40 (.909), +12 against a season average of 32.1; the overtime loss.Allen
Usage
David Savard (MTL) played 25:32, +4:49 up on his 20:43 season average over 61 games.Savard
Usage
Filip Forsberg (NSH) played 22:57, +4:55 up on his 18:02 season average over 68 games.Forsberg

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · NSH 72 · MTL 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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, NSH 57%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	26	65
	1.29	3.30
	1.27	3.13
	1	19
	1	6
	10	13
	+0.023	−0.023
	17%	57%

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

L1Hoffman – Evans – Suzuki
8:4121% CF
L2Armia – Drouin – Poehling
7:2225% CF
L3Toffoli – Dvorak – Caufield
5:1250% CF
L4Perreault – Lehkonen – Pezzetta
2:190% CF
D1Savard – Chiarot
9:0524% CF
D2Kulak – Romanov
6:4210% CF
D3Wideman – Norlinder
0:00

PP1Perreault – Hoffman – Chiarot – Drouin – Dvorak
1:55100% CF
PP2Wideman – Toffoli – Suzuki – Poehling – Caufield
1:38100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Evans
3:25
PK2FArmia – Dvorak
2:55
PK1DSavard – Chiarot
3:24
PK2DKulak – Romanov
2:08

Current MTL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg
13:0685% CF
L2Cousins – Novak – Tomasino
8:5279% CF
L3Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
8:3162% CF
L4Johansen – Kunin – Tolvanen
6:4831% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
14:3677% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
10:1856% CF
D3Borowiecki – Benning
5:4685% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
5:2578% CF
PP2Cousins – Novak – Carrier – Kunin – Tolvanen
4:02100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Jeannot
1:08
PK2FSissons – Trenin
0:50
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
2:09
PK2DBorowiecki – Fabbro
0:35

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:52
NSHEeli Tolvanen (Mattias Ekholm, Luke Kunin)slap0.08 xG
MTL: Kulak, Lehkonen, Drouin, Poehling, RomanovNSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Carrier, Kunin, Tolvanen
MTL 0 – 1 NSH

2nd period

4:48
MTLNick SuzukiPP (Chris Wideman, Cole Caufield)wrist0.06 xG
MTL: Wideman, Toffoli, Suzuki, Poehling, CaufieldNSH: Ekholm, Sissons, Benning, Jeannot
MTL 1 – 1 NSH
10:01
MTLChristian Dvorak (David Savard, Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.04 xG
MTL: Savard, Toffoli, Dvorak, Caufield, NorlinderNSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Carrier, Kunin, Tolvanen
MTL 2 – 1 NSH
17:24
NSHTanner Jeannot (Mattias Ekholm, Alexandre Carrier)tip-in0.07 xG
MTL: Perreault, Wideman, Savard, Pezzetta, CaufieldNSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Trenin, Carrier, Jeannot
MTL 2 – 2 NSH

3rd period

3:10
MTLBrett Kulak (Cole Caufield, Tyler Toffoli)snap0.12 xG
MTL: Perreault, Toffoli, Kulak, Romanov, CaufieldNSH: Borowiecki, Duchene, Granlund, Forsberg, Benning
MTL 3 – 2 NSH
10:12
NSHLuke Kunin (Ryan Johansen, Matt Benning)wrist0.04 xG
MTL: Savard, Chiarot, Armia, Dvorak, CaufieldNSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Benning, Kunin, Tolvanen
MTL 3 – 3 NSH

OT period

4:48
NSHFilip Forsberg (Mikael Granlund, Roman Josi)snap0.14 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Chiarot, ToffoliNSH: Josi, Granlund, Forsberg
MTL 3 – 4 NSH

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	0	1	0	4	0.26	0	1	2	24:04	—	—	24	31
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.61	0	0	4	19:57	—	—	22	20
Jake Evans C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	19:37	—	—	22	13
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	24	17
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:57	—	—	31	20
Ryan Poehling C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	0	0	11:29	—	—	21	16
Christian Dvorak C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	18:08	—	—	32	31
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	2	2	+1	3	0.35	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	35	40
Cole Caufield R	L3	0	2	2	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	13:00	—	—	44	42
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	40	54
Mathieu Perreault C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:39	—	—	42	71
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	5	5:38	—	—	0	0
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.13	1	1	0	29:26	—	—	33	24
David Savard D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.13	3	6	2	25:32	—	—	29	34
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	3	0	24:24	—	—	24	14
Brett Kulak D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	1	0	5	18:00	—	—	24	30
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.06	1	0	0	12:56	—	—	21	31
Mattias Norlinder D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:58	—	—	44	55

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	O	44	40	4	.909	4.12	64:48

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.51	0	0	0	24:13	—	—	87	90
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	0	7	0.64	0	2	0	22:57	—	—	86	89
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.70	0	0	0	21:47	—	—	86	90
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	14:30	—	—	80	80
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	80	80
Philip Tomasino R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	82	82
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	2	0	0	13:14	—	—	63	35
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	12:32	—	—	62	30
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	0	0	10:40	—	—	64	37
Ryan Johansen C	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.24	0	0	2	18:11	—	—	41	55
Eeli Tolvanen R	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.33	0	2	0	15:54	—	—	47	65
Luke Kunin C	L4	1	1	2	+1	2	0.30	3	0	5	12:17	—	—	36	50
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	30:26	—	—	71	72
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.11	0	1	0	16:57	—	—	77	87
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.05	1	0	0	24:48	—	—	65	69
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.24	0	0	4	19:06	—	—	54	49
Matt Benning D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:51	—	—	81	75
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	5	8:53	—	—	77	73

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	23	20	3	.870	2.39	64:48

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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.