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Montreal Canadiens vs. New York RangersApr 7, 2024

Final· Madison Square Garden
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MTL
2
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NYR
5
Goals123TShots123T
MTL1012MTL119828
NYR0145NYR16121846
MTL 50NYR 80
MTL 2.61NYR 5.25
PP goals
MTL 0NYR 2
Hits
MTL 23NYR 23
Blocks
MTL 16NYR 8
PIM
MTL 6NYR 2
MTL 42%NYR 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 3A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 2:30 together.

  1. Points
    Artemi Panarin had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 19:51.Panarin
  2. Points
    Mika Zibanejad had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 7 shots in 18:08.Zibanejad
  3. Points
    Alexis Lafrenière had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:19.Lafrenière
  4. Points
    Mike Matheson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:21.Matheson
  5. PP1
    NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 2:30 together.KreiderTrocheckZibanejadPanarinFox
  6. Goalie
    Cayden Primeau (MTL) faced 45 shots and stopped 41 (.911), +13 against a season average of 31.8; the loss.Primeau
  7. New line
    New look for NYR: Goodrow–Brodzinski–Rempe skated 6:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GoodrowBrodzinskiRempe
  8. New line
    New look for NYR: Kreider–Zibanejad–Vesey skated 10:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (79.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KreiderZibanejadVesey

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: 130 attempts, 74 on goal, 7 goals, 7.86 expected goals; best chance Alexis Lafrenière at 0.65 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 130 of 130 attempts · NYR 80 · MTL 50

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 5.25 to 2.61 (NYR led the chances), shot attempts 80 to 50, 7 goals.

0.02.04.06.01st2nd3rdNYRMTLCZKPNZLnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYR
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYRMTLcontrol2nd3rdCaufield · 1st 19:30Zibanejad · 2nd 12:31Kreider · 3rd 3:59Panarin · 3rd 6:09Newhook · 3rd 12:13Zibanejad · 3rd 16:56Lafrenière · 3rd 18:45
  • 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 19% of the game, NYR 56%.

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 (59:05) for MTL, 7 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
5882
2.923.70
2.803.59
1119
57
817
−0.025+0.025
19%56%

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. 19:30
    MTLCole Caufield (David Savard, Mike Matheson)wrist0.39 xG
    MTL: Savard, Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, SlafkovskýNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren
    MTL 1 – 0 NYR

2nd period

  1. 12:31
    NYRMika ZibanejadPP (Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox)deflected0.11 xG
    MTL: Savard, Armia, Matheson, EvansNYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox
    MTL 1 – 1 NYR

3rd period

  1. 3:59
    NYRChris KreiderPP (Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad)tip-in0.12 xG
    MTL: Savard, Matheson, Evans, Harvey-PinardNYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox
    MTL 1 – 2 NYR
  2. 6:09
    NYRArtemi Panarin (Alexis Lafrenière, Braden Schneider)wrist0.25 xG
    MTL: Savard, Pearson, Matheson, Anderson, EvansNYR: Trocheck, Panarin, Jones, Schneider, Lafrenière
    MTL 1 – 3 NYR
  3. 12:13
    MTLAlex Newhook (Mike Matheson)snap0.16 xG
    MTL: Savard, Gallagher, Armia, Matheson, NewhookNYR: Trocheck, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren, Lafrenière
    MTL 2 – 3 NYR
  4. 16:56
    NYRMika Zibanejad (Jimmy Vesey)wrist0.18 xG
    MTL: Gallagher, Anderson, Struble, Newhook, BarronNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Vesey, Fox, Lindgren
    MTL 2 – 4 NYR
  5. 18:45
    NYRAlexis LafrenièreEN (Artemi Panarin, K'Andre Miller)wrist0.65 xG
    MTL: Armia, Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook, SlafkovskýNYR: Trocheck, Panarin, Lindgren, Miller, Lafrenière
    MTL 2 – 5 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
Cole Caufield RL1101060.6500020:19——5467
Nick Suzuki CL1000000.0100019:06——5267
Juraj Slafkovský LL1000040.3800218:31——5163
Alex Newhook CL2101-110.2910019:17——2928
Joel Armia RL2000010.1911216:16——2734
Brendan Gallagher RL2000030.0910012:50——3129
Jake Evans CL3000-100.0003016:53——4743
Josh Anderson RL3000-220.2921015:56——4737
Tanner Pearson LL3000-110.1830013:30——5239
Rafael Harvey-Pinard LL4000000.0021011:29——3019
Michael Pezzetta LL4000000.002129:01——3019
Colin White CL4000020.021008:19——3824
Mike Matheson DD1022010.0705025:21——3858
David Savard DD1011+120.0912020:06——3751
Jayden Struble DD2000-120.0241020:14——5142
Justin Barron DD2000-120.2321018:25——4935
Jordan Harris DD3000000.0010017:13——3330
Johnathan Kovacevic DD3000010.1120015:05——3738
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Cayden Primeau(start)L45414.9114.0059:05

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kaapo Kakko RL1000020.2620015:13——5061
Alexander Wennberg CL1000000.0000014:23——4960
Will Cuylle LL1000030.5121214:14——4655
Artemi Panarin LL2134051.1700019:51——6754
Vincent Trocheck CL2000+130.4021018:48——7569
Alexis Lafrenière LL2112+130.9000015:19——7267
Mika Zibanejad CL3213070.6710018:08——6853
Chris Kreider LL3101040.4500017:03——7256
Jimmy Vesey LL3011+110.0920015:57——7281
Barclay Goodrow CL4000010.1410012:15——2928
Jonny Brodzinski CL4000010.1230011:43——2928
Matt Rempe CL4000000.003007:49——257
K'Andre Miller DD1011+140.1210022:45——6057
Jacob Trouba DD1000000.0430022:30——6961
Adam Fox DD2011-100.0002021:36——5341
Ryan Lindgren DD2000050.1510018:59——5240
Zac Jones DD3000+140.1321016:08——6283
Braden Schneider DD3011+130.1003015:19——5979
NYR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)W28262.9292.6160:00

Goal anatomy

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

Cole Caufield (MTL) 1st 19:30 · assists David Savard, Mike Matheson · Rebound · 3.0 mph shot.

Alex Newhook · 3rd 12:13 · MTL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
3-on-1
Passes
1
Shot
57.0 mph
Distance
23 ft
Entry to goal
2.1 s

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