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Montreal Canadiens vs. New York RangersNov 16, 2021

Final· Madison Square Garden
Goals123TShots123T
MTL0112MTL1291233
NYR1113NYR179834
MTL 71NYR 61
MTL 2.54NYR 3.29
PP goals
MTL 0NYR 0
Hits
MTL 27NYR 23
Blocks
MTL 9NYR 23
PIM
MTL 26NYR 14
MTL 51%NYR 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at home. Christian Dvorak (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MTL: Anderson–Drouin–Dvorak skated 11:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Christian Dvorak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:53.Dvorak
  2. New line
    New look for MTL: Anderson–Drouin–Dvorak skated 11:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.AndersonDrouinDvorak
  3. New line
    New look for NYR: Gauthier–Chytil–Lafrenière skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GauthierChytilLafrenière
  4. Goalie
    Cayden Primeau (MTL) faced 34 shots and stopped 31 (.912), +9 against a season average of 25.2; the loss.Primeau
  5. Usage
    Alex Belzile (MTL) played 5:39, −5:13 down on his 10:52 season average over 10 games.Belzile
  6. Usage
    Ryan Poehling (MTL) played 8:08, −4:08 down on his 12:16 season average over 56 games.Poehling
  7. Usage
    Alexander Romanov (MTL) played 16:51, −3:35 down on his 20:26 season average over 78 games.Romanov
  8. Usage
    Jeff Petry (MTL) played 25:09, +3:05 up on his 22:04 season average over 67 games.Petry

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.

Shot map, MTL at NYR: 132 attempts, 67 on goal, 5 goals, 5.84 expected goals; best chance Ryan Strome at 0.19 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NYR
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 132 of 132 attempts · NYR 61 · MTL 71

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MTL at NYR: expected goals 3.29 to 2.54 (NYR led the chances), shot attempts 61 to 71, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdNYRMTLKDKGAnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYR
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYRMTLcontrol2nd3rdKakko · 1st 15:46Dvorak · 2nd 2:17Kreider · 2nd 3:50Gauthier · 3rd 1:56Anderson · 3rd 2:18
  • 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 30% of the game, NYR 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, MTL at NYR: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Igor Shesterkin (60:00) for NYR and Cayden Primeau (59:34) for MTL, 5 goals.

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
StatMTLNYR
7766
2.593.40
2.513.21
1619
812
813
+0.003−0.003
30%41%

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

Current MTL line combinations →

New York Rangers

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 15:46
    MTL 0 – 1 NYR

3rd period

  1. 1:56
    MTL 1 – 3 NYR
  2. 2:18
    MTL 2 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jonathan Drouin LL1000+140.4601019:37——4836
Josh Anderson RL1101020.1520519:03——4532
Christian Dvorak CL1112+220.1400017:53——4233
Nick Suzuki CL2000-300.0000021:07——5044
Tyler Toffoli CL2000-240.4120018:17——5350
Brendan Gallagher RL2011-130.37201216:16——4950
Artturi Lehkonen LL3000030.1911016:01——7076
Joel Armia RL3000030.1800015:33——6761
Jake Evans CL3000020.1920015:11——7878
Ryan Poehling CL4000010.090008:08——6235
Michael Pezzetta LL4000000.000055:40——5438
Alex Belzile RL4000010.020105:39——5027
Jeff Petry DD1000-120.0731025:09——4226
Ben Chiarot DD1000-120.0421024:28——4430
David Savard DD2000-110.1131018:40——6251
Brett Kulak DD2011-110.0111014:50——6252
Chris Wideman DD3011+100.0032417:35——5753
Alexander Romanov DD3000+120.0960016:51——6866
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Cayden Primeau(start)L34313.9123.2959:34

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Artemi Panarin LL1011+120.3600018:06——5163
Ryan Strome CL1011+130.4901017:56——5879
Kaapo Kakko RL1101+130.1400017:23——5476
Mika Zibanejad CL2011020.0810018:09——4845
Chris Kreider LL2101060.5421018:08——5649
Barclay Goodrow CL2000010.1510217:31——4741
Filip Chytil CL3000020.2601013:09——4255
Alexis Lafrenière LL3000020.1902012:45——4357
Julien Gauthier RL3101040.4310011:34——4457
Kevin Rooney CL4000010.1601013:15——3248
Dryden Hunt LL4000010.100009:33——3146
Ryan Reaves RL4000010.075059:14——3144
Adam Fox DD1000020.1915025:07——5474
Ryan Lindgren DD1000000.0244022:19——5476
Jacob Trouba DD2000+120.0444523:41——4442
K'Andre Miller DD2000+120.0402219:48——4438
Patrik Nemeth DD3000000.0432015:45——3654
Nils Lundkvist DD3000000.0010012:37——3248
NYR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)W33312.9392.5460:00