Montreal Canadiens vs. New York RangersOct 8, 2017

FinalSunday, Oct 8, 2017· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	12	9	13	34
NYR	1	0	1	2		NYR	8	10	7	25

: MTL 63NYR 43
: MTL 3.02NYR 2.39
PP goals: MTL 0NYR 0
Hits: MTL 22NYR 24
Blocks: MTL 9NYR 17
PIM: MTL 6NYR 2
: MTL 43%NYR 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NYR: Zuccarello–Hayes–Vesey skated 10:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for NYR: Zuccarello–Hayes–Vesey skated 10:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zuccarello Hayes Vesey
Usage
Tony DeAngelo (NYR) played 3:45, −13:13 down on his 16:58 season average over 31 games.DeAngelo
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 3.02 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
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New look for NYR: Nash–Grabner–Miller skated 10:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Grabner Miller
New line
New look for MTL: Mitchell–Byron–de la Rose skated 6:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Mitchell Byron de la Rose
Usage
Brady Skjei (NYR) played 16:33, −4:32 down on his 21:05 season average over 81 games.Skjei
Usage
Paul Byron (MTL) played 12:14, −3:56 down on his 16:10 season average over 81 games.Byron
Usage
Victor Mete (MTL) played 19:28, +3:58 up on his 15:30 season average over 48 games.Mete

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · NYR 43 · MTL 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 42% of the game, NYR 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

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	NYR
	67	31
	2.46	1.46
	2.39	1.42
	13	11
	10	1
	26	23
	−0.079	+0.079
	42%	23%

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

L1Pacioretty – Gallagher – Drouin
11:2862% CF
L2Plekanec – Hudon – Lehkonen
10:0888% CF
L3Shaw – Danault – Galchenyuk
9:2971% CF
L4Mitchell – Byron – de la Rose
6:4463% CF
D1Weber – Mete
14:4157% CF
D2Petry – Alzner
13:4181% CF
D3Benn – Davidson
12:5063% CF

PP1Petry – Shaw – Hudon – Lehkonen – Mete
1:15100% CF
PP2Weber – Pacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
0:37
PK1FPacioretty – Danault
2:11
PK2FPlekanec – Lehkonen
2:09
PK1DWeber – Alzner
3:02
PK2DPetry – Benn
1:07

Current MTL line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Zuccarello – Hayes – Vesey
10:4832% CF
L2Nash – Grabner – Miller
10:3332% CF
L3Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
10:0840% CF
D1Staal – McDonagh
15:2040% CF
D2Kampfer – Holden
14:3917% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Skjei
14:2525% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – Kreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
4:13100% CF
PP2Nash – Desharnais – McDonagh – Miller – DeAngelo
1:2467% CF
PK1FNash – Grabner
0:47
PK2FCarey – Vesey
0:39
PK1DStaal – McDonagh
1:13
PK2DKampfer – Holden
0:47

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:25
NYRBrady Skjei (Michael Grabner, J.T. Miller)deflected0.09 xG
MTL: Weber, Mitchell, Alzner, Byron, de la RoseNYR: Nash, Grabner, Shattenkirk, Miller, Skjei
MTL 0 – 1 NYR

3rd period

9:13
NYRMika Zibanejad (Pavel Buchnevich, Chris Kreider)wrist0.04 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Pacioretty, Gallagher, DrouinNYR: Staal, McDonagh, Kreider, Zibanejad, Buchnevich
MTL 0 – 2 NYR

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Pacioretty L	L1	-1	2	0.10	2	0	0	20:17	—	—	62	52
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	-1	3	0.17	1	0	2	19:25	—	—	58	49
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	14:21	—	—	62	54
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	6	0.72	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	90	95
Tomas Plekanec C	L2	0	4	0.30	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	89	94
Charles Hudon L	L2	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	13:43	—	—	89	95
Andrew Shaw R	L3	0	3	0.81	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	74	59
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:07	—	—	63	49
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	14:17	—	—	69	55
Paul Byron L	L4	-1	1	0.22	1	1	2	12:14	—	—	50	36
Torrey Mitchell C	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:44	—	—	56	49
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	8:18	—	—	67	68
Shea Weber D	D1	-1	3	0.15	3	2	0	24:23	—	—	57	35
Victor Mete D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:28	—	—	58	40
Karl Alzner D	D2	-2	1	0.03	3	0	0	20:35	—	—	70	74
Jeff Petry D	D2	-1	3	0.23	1	1	2	20:12	—	—	79	80
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	3	0.04	0	2	0	17:35	—	—	74	76
Brandon Davidson D	D3	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:55	—	—	67	49

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.39	57:33

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	22:00	—	—	27	14
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	2	0	17:06	—	—	33	22
Kevin Hayes R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	2	0	15:03	—	—	32	21
Rick Nash L	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.47	1	0	0	17:44	—	—	32	45
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	27	50
Michael Grabner L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.13	1	1	0	15:42	—	—	32	51
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.40	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	41	49
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.41	2	1	0	17:38	—	—	33	46
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.24	2	1	0	17:27	—	—	27	38
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:25	—	—	39	51
Marc Staal D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	43	51
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	16	15
Steven Kampfer D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	17:08	—	—	23	18
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.36	3	0	2	21:41	—	—	26	31
Brady Skjei D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	2	3	0	16:33	—	—	36	50
David Desharnais C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:59	—	—	27	22
Paul Carey C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	12:42	—	—	46	32
Tony DeAngelo D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	3:45	—	—	80	73

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	W	34	34	0	.1000	3.02	59:47

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.