Montreal Canadiens vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 3, 2023

FinalTuesday, Jan 3, 2023· Bridgestone Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	1	3		MTL	15	8	4	27
NSH	3	2	1	6		NSH	15	10	9	34

: MTL 49NSH 76
: MTL 2.15NSH 4.20
PP goals: MTL 0NSH 2
Hits: MTL 18NSH 30
Blocks: MTL 18NSH 13
PIM: MTL 10NSH 10
: MTL 43%NSH 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3

Nashville Predators beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3 at home. Nino Niederreiter (NSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. NSH's first power-play unit (Duchene, Ekholm, Granlund, Niederreiter and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:55 together.

Points
Nino Niederreiter had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:27.Niederreiter
Points
Mattias Ekholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:55.Ekholm
Points
Roman Josi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 22:24.Josi
Points
Tommy Novak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:48.Novak
Points
Mikael Granlund had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:03.Granlund
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Duchene, Ekholm, Granlund, Niederreiter and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:55 together.Duchene Ekholm Granlund Niederreiter Glass
New line
New look for NSH: Novak–Trenin–Jeannot skated 9:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Novak Trenin Jeannot
New line
New look for MTL: Hoffman–Gallagher–Dvorak skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Gallagher Dvorak

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 125 of 125 attempts · NSH 76 · MTL 49

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 12% of the game, NSH 51%.

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
	42	68
	1.84	3.16
	1.81	2.98
	6	11
	1	4
	22	19
	−0.047	+0.047
	12%	51%

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 – Dach – Caufield
9:5968% CF
L2Hoffman – Gallagher – Dvorak
9:0632% CF
L3Anderson – Drouin – Richard
7:5031% CF
L4Evans – Pezzetta – Slafkovský
5:0171% CF
D1Savard – Harris
15:4442% CF
D2Edmundson – Barron
12:3931% CF
D3Wideman – Xhekaj
12:1945% CF

PP1Dvorak – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
4:36
PP2Gallagher – Anderson – Drouin – Xhekaj – Slafkovský
0:44
PK1FDvorak – Evans
1:55
PK2FAnderson – Suzuki
1:26
PK1DBarron – Xhekaj
1:48
PK2DSavard – Harris
1:32

Current MTL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Novak – Trenin – Jeannot
9:3174% CF
L2Granlund – Niederreiter – Glass
8:4945% CF
L3Forsberg – Sissons – Parssinen
7:1853% CF
L4Duchene – Johansen – Jankowski
6:3064% CF
D1Ekholm – Carrier
13:0650% CF
D2McDonagh – Josi
13:0065% CF
D3McKeown – Lauzon
12:4056% CF

PP1Duchene – Ekholm – Granlund – Niederreiter – Glass
1:5575% CF
PP2Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
1:39100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
2:46
PK2FGranlund – Trenin
0:26
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
2:46
PK2DJosi – Lauzon
1:19

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:10
NSHCody GlassPP (Mattias Ekholm, Nino Niederreiter)tip-in0.14 xG
MTL: Anderson, Suzuki, Barron, XhekajNSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Granlund, Niederreiter, Glass
MTL 0 – 1 NSH
5:49
NSHColton Sissons (Filip Forsberg)wrist0.06 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Gallagher, Edmundson, Dvorak, BarronNSH: Ekholm, Forsberg, Sissons, Carrier, Parssinen
MTL 0 – 2 NSH
10:42
NSHMattias Ekholm (Mikael Granlund, Nino Niederreiter)slap0.02 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Edmundson, Dvorak, Evans, BarronNSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Granlund, Niederreiter, Glass
MTL 0 – 3 NSH
19:10
MTLCole Caufieldbackhand0.07 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, BarronNSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Johansen, Forsberg, Carrier
MTL 1 – 3 NSH

2nd period

6:40
MTLJosh Anderson (Jonathan Drouin, Anthony Richard)snap0.06 xG
MTL: Savard, Anderson, Drouin, Richard, BarronNSH: McDonagh, Josi, Forsberg, Sissons, Parssinen
MTL 2 – 3 NSH
8:18
NSHTommy Novak (Yakov Trenin, Tanner Jeannot)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Suzuki, Dach, Barron, SlafkovskýNSH: Josi, Novak, Lauzon, Trenin, Jeannot
MTL 2 – 4 NSH
17:48
NSHRoman Josi (Tommy Novak, Nino Niederreiter)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Anderson, Drouin, Richard, BarronNSH: McDonagh, Josi, Granlund, Niederreiter, Novak
MTL 2 – 5 NSH

3rd period

4:43
NSHMatt DuchenePP (Roman Josi, Mikael Granlund)snap0.30 xG
MTL: Savard, Edmundson, DvorakNSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg
MTL 2 – 6 NSH
16:59
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Mike Hoffman, Christian Dvorak)snap0.22 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Gallagher, Dvorak, Harris, BarronNSH: Ekholm, Granlund, Niederreiter, Carrier, Glass
MTL 3 – 6 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	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	22:13	—	—	58	43
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.36	0	2	0	19:36	—	—	50	40
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.76	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	62	51
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.16	0	1	0	19:23	—	—	22	41
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.22	0	1	2	15:00	—	—	28	39
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	32	44
Josh Anderson R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	25	29
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:58	—	—	24	27
Anthony Richard C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	11:11	—	—	22	27
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	12:36	—	—	43	25
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:22	—	—	30	10
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	0	0	8:55	—	—	46	36
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	4	0	23:03	—	—	38	33
Jordan Harris D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	20:34	—	—	46	57
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.07	3	1	2	17:12	—	—	31	27
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:54	—	—	33	35
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	2	0	16:50	—	—	44	39
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	14:47	—	—	42	40

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	34	28	6	.824	4.20	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.45	4	1	0	16:28	—	—	69	85
Yakov Trenin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	1	0	2	14:37	—	—	71	84
Tommy Novak C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.52	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	74	79
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.15	1	1	0	18:03	—	—	56	42
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	3	3	+1	1	0.12	4	0	0	16:27	—	—	55	39
Cody Glass C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	1	2	12:51	—	—	48	31
Filip Forsberg L	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	62	75
Juuso Parssinen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	5	0	0	14:30	—	—	63	80
Colton Sissons C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	1	0	2	13:42	—	—	55	71
Matt Duchene C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.67	2	0	0	15:18	—	—	62	50
Ryan Johansen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	63	46
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:16	—	—	71	63
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	1	1	2	0	2	0.29	1	1	2	21:55	—	—	58	49
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	2	0	20:37	—	—	50	41
Roman Josi D	D2	1	1	2	+1	7	0.37	1	2	0	22:24	—	—	69	75
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	3	2	18:05	—	—	68	66
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.30	2	0	0	16:23	—	—	63	76
Roland McKeown D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	2	0	14:39	—	—	61	65

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	2.15	59:55

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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.