Montreal Canadiens vs. New York RangersFeb 15, 2024

FinalThursday, Feb 15, 2024· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	2	4		MTL	10	10	16	36
NYR	0	4	3	7		NYR	10	15	6	31

: MTL 62NYR 50
: MTL 3.11NYR 2.64
PP goals: MTL 1NYR 1
Hits: MTL 18NYR 29
Blocks: MTL 10NYR 17
PIM: MTL 6NYR 10
: MTL 38%NYR 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 7–4

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 7–4 at home. Adam Fox (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 4A. MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:05 together.

Points
Chris Kreider had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 18:19.Kreider
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Adam Fox had 4 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 21:17.Fox
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Cole Caufield had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 20:36.Caufield
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Mika Zibanejad had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:38.Zibanejad
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Artemi Panarin had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:25.Panarin
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Juraj Slafkovský had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:59.Slafkovský
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Will Cuylle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:41.Cuylle
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:05 together.Matheson Suzuki Caufield Newhook Slafkovský

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 112 of 112 attempts · NYR 50 · MTL 62

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 35% of the game, NYR 27%.

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
	61	50
	2.68	2.52
	2.57	2.49
	13	13
	7	6
	18	8
	−0.116	+0.116
	35%	27%

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 – Caufield – Slafkovský
12:5053% CF
L2Pearson – Anderson – Evans
9:4367% CF
L3Armia – Newhook – Roy
7:5333% CF
L4Gallagher – Gignac – Pezzetta
6:1958% CF
D1Struble – Guhle
10:4057% CF
D2Savard – Matheson
9:4531% CF
D3Kovacevic – Xhekaj
9:3465% CF

PP1Matheson – Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook – Slafkovský
5:0589% CF
PP2Gallagher – Pearson – Anderson – Gignac – Xhekaj
1:3767% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
2:05
PK2FGignac – Suzuki
1:21
PK1DSavard – Matheson
2:29
PK2DKovacevic – Guhle
1:23

Current MTL line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
9:3155% CF
L2Brodzinski – Kakko – Cuylle
8:3948% CF
L3Goodrow – Vesey – Edstrom
6:3778% CF
L4Wheeler – Kreider – Zibanejad
2:2517% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
16:2836% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
13:3547% CF
D3Gustafsson – Schneider
13:2843% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
2:4580% CF
PP2Wheeler – Gustafsson – Brodzinski – Kakko – Lafrenière
0:32
PK1FTrocheck – Goodrow
3:15
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
2:25
PK1DTrouba – Lindgren
4:07
PK2DFox – Miller
2:36

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	2	0.10	1	0	0	21:48	—	—	57	38
Cole Caufield R	L1	2	1	3	+1	6	0.58	2	0	0	20:36	—	—	56	42
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	19:59	—	—	53	53
Jake Evans C	L2	1	0	1	0	6	0.62	0	1	0	15:57	—	—	71	79
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.37	2	1	0	14:50	—	—	61	69
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.37	0	0	2	12:50	—	—	59	74
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.24	1	0	0	17:54	—	—	29	14
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.08	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	50	38
Joshua Roy R	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.25	1	1	0	11:39	—	—	46	35
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	0	0	12:24	—	—	52	18
Brandon Gignac C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	11:25	—	—	57	49
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	3	0	0	7:53	—	—	62	50
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	20:09	—	—	46	54
Jayden Struble D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	0	2	17:26	—	—	61	70
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	1	1	-3	1	0.05	0	3	0	26:29	—	—	31	26
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	19:45	—	—	55	51
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:15	—	—	70	51
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	14:15	—	—	68	51

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	31	24	7	.774	2.64	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.12	4	3	2	23:17	—	—	45	41
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	3	3	+2	1	0.06	0	0	0	17:25	—	—	55	54
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	1	0	2	15:14	—	—	47	43
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.26	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	36	57
Jonny Brodzinski C	L2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.43	1	0	2	12:53	—	—	34	58
Will Cuylle L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.35	4	2	0	10:41	—	—	42	59
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	15:33	—	—	44	18
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	3	0	0	14:03	—	—	60	43
Adam Edstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:05	—	—	50	28
Mika Zibanejad C	L4	1	2	3	+1	4	0.43	0	0	0	19:38	—	—	52	46
Chris Kreider L	L4	3	0	3	+1	6	0.56	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	50	42
Blake Wheeler R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	3:37	—	—	17	11
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	5	0	23:03	—	—	38	67
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	3	3	0	22:27	—	—	38	65
Adam Fox D	D2	0	4	4	+4	1	0.02	0	0	2	21:17	—	—	50	45
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.04	3	0	0	18:37	—	—	47	36
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	16:07	—	—	46	34
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	0	2	0	14:27	—	—	48	44

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	36	32	4	.889	3.11	59:28

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jake Evans (MTL) 1st 14:29 · assists Josh Anderson, Tanner Pearson · Forecheck turnover · 21.9 mph shot.

Jake Evans · 1st 14:29 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 21.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Chris Kreider · 2nd 11:09 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 57.9 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Type: one-timer

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Will Cuylle · 2nd 12:27 · NYR

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 20.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 14:43 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 84.8 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s
Type: one-timer

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Chris Kreider · 2nd 15:19 · NYR PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 15.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 16:30 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.9 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Vincent Trocheck · 3rd 4:23 · NYR

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 43.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s
Type: deflection

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Cole Caufield · 3rd 6:53 · MTL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: deflection

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Chris Kreider · 3rd 7:59 · NYR

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Kaapo Kakko · 3rd 9:56 · NYR

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 24.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Cole Caufield · 3rd 11:27 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.9 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s

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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.

Montreal Canadiens vs. New York RangersFeb 15, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 7–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

New York Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

New York Rangers

Goal anatomy

Jake Evans · 1st 14:29 · MTL

Chris Kreider · 2nd 11:09 · NYR

Will Cuylle · 2nd 12:27 · NYR

Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 14:43 · NYR

Chris Kreider · 2nd 15:19 · NYR PP

Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 16:30 · MTL

Vincent Trocheck · 3rd 4:23 · NYR

Cole Caufield · 3rd 6:53 · MTL PP

Chris Kreider · 3rd 7:59 · NYR

Kaapo Kakko · 3rd 9:56 · NYR

Cole Caufield · 3rd 11:27 · MTL