Montreal Canadiens vs. New York RangersJan 15, 2023

FinalSunday, Jan 15, 2023· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	1	2		MTL	10	12	9	31
NYR	0	1	0	1		NYR	14	12	13	39

: MTL 50NYR 82
: MTL 2.96NYR 3.85
PP goals: MTL 1NYR 0
Hits: MTL 14NYR 24
Blocks: MTL 24NYR 8
PIM: MTL 4NYR 4
: MTL 45%NYR 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge New York Rangers 2–1

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 2–1 at NYR. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Drouin, Dvorak, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:30 together.

Points
Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:40.Caufield
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Drouin, Dvorak, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:30 together.Drouin Dvorak Suzuki Dach Caufield
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Suzuki–Caufield skated 12:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Suzuki Caufield
New line
New look for MTL: Hoffman–Anderson–Dach skated 9:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (13.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Anderson Dach
New line
New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Blais–Leschyshyn skated 6:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brodzinski Blais Leschyshyn
Luck
NYR scored 1 goal on 3.85 expected goals (82 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +5 against a season average of 33.6; the win.Montembeault
New line
New look for MTL: Dadonov–Drouin–Ylonen skated 8:55 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Drouin Ylonen

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 132 of 132 attempts · NYR 82 · MTL 50

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 20% of the game, NYR 37%.

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
	54	80
	3.37	3.47
	3.23	3.13
	18	14
	7	5
	22	16
	−0.049	+0.049
	20%	37%

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

L1Armia – Suzuki – Caufield
12:2537% CF
L2Hoffman – Anderson – Dach
9:0514% CF
L3Dadonov – Drouin – Ylonen
8:5550% CF
L4Dvorak – Pezzetta – Slafkovský
6:4350% CF
D1Savard – Harris
17:2030% CF
D2Edmundson – Barron
14:5448% CF
D3Kovacevic – Xhekaj
9:3852% CF

PP1Drouin – Dvorak – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
2:3050% CF
PK1FAnderson – Suzuki
1:28
PK2FDvorak – Dach
0:25
PK1DSavard – Edmundson
2:59
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
0:53

Current MTL line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Kakko – Lafrenière
10:2963% CF
L2Brodzinski – Blais – Leschyshyn
6:2420% CF
L3Trocheck – Vesey – Panarin
6:0082% CF
L4Goodrow – Chytil – Kravtsov
4:5338% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
15:2849% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
14:2665% CF
D3Harpur – Schneider
11:3967% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
3:0075% CF
PP2Goodrow – Trouba – Chytil – Miller – Kakko
0:42
PK1FZibanejad – Kakko
1:50
PK2FGoodrow – Vesey
0:39
PK1DTrouba – Miller
2:15
PK2DFox – Schneider
0:15

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:54
MTLKirby DachPP (Christian Dvorak, Cole Caufield)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Drouin, Dvorak, Suzuki, Dach, CaufieldNYR: Zibanejad, Trouba, Vesey, Miller
MTL 1 – 0 NYR
16:03
NYRArtemi Panarin (Filip Chytil, K'Andre Miller)snap0.11 xG
MTL: Anderson, Dvorak, Kovacevic, Harris, SlafkovskýNYR: Goodrow, Trouba, Panarin, Chytil, Miller, Kakko
MTL 1 – 1 NYR

3rd period

8:56
MTLCole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Joel Armia)snap0.23 xG
MTL: Anderson, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Caufield, XhekajNYR: Trocheck, Trouba, Vesey, Panarin, Miller
MTL 2 – 1 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	0	3	0	22:56	—	—	40	40
Joel Armia R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	2	1	2	18:25	—	—	32	35
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	1	2	+1	6	0.48	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	41	42
Kirby Dach C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.38	1	3	0	16:50	—	—	25	56
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	2	0	16:35	—	—	21	60
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	2	0	12:21	—	—	21	44
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	1	0	15:33	—	—	56	62
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	51	53
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	0	1	0	12:09	—	—	52	52
Christian Dvorak C	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.23	1	3	0	17:03	—	—	44	41
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	1	2	9:04	—	—	50	75
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	8:22	—	—	53	88
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	26:43	—	—	34	43
Jordan Harris D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	22:07	—	—	30	48
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	4	0	23:22	—	—	43	47
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	18:00	—	—	53	60
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	13:06	—	—	46	48
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	4	1	0	11:54	—	—	45	48

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	3.85	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.53	0	0	0	20:36	—	—	63	63
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	59	63
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.40	1	0	0	18:03	—	—	57	64
Jonny Brodzinski C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	8:47	—	—	39	28
Sammy Blais L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:51	—	—	20	17
Jake Leschyshyn C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	6:47	—	—	20	17
Artemi Panarin L	L3	1	0	1	0	7	0.47	0	0	0	20:33	—	—	74	48
Vincent Trocheck C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	3	0	0	19:37	—	—	71	41
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.37	2	0	0	15:18	—	—	75	65
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	58	54
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	1	1	0	15:52	—	—	57	63
Vitali Kravtsov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	1	0	12:31	—	—	50	33
Adam Fox D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	1	1	2	24:24	—	—	57	52
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	2	0	2	17:17	—	—	46	47
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	2	0	0	23:10	—	—	67	54
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	1	3	0	21:56	—	—	68	57
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	0	15:13	—	—	65	43
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	1	0	14:50	—	—	58	34

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	2.96	57:43

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.