Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red WingsJan 8, 2019

FinalTuesday, Jan 8, 2019· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	2	1	3		MTL	8	10	7	25
DET	0	1	1	2		DET	9	12	11	32

: MTL 42DET 63
: MTL 2.48DET 2.24
PP goals: MTL 0DET 1
Hits: MTL 17DET 25
Blocks: MTL 19DET 9
PIM: MTL 10DET 4
: MTL 51%DET 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Detroit Red Wings 3–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 3–2 at DET. Andreas Athanasiou (DET) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Agostino–Peca–Hudon skated 6:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Andreas Athanasiou had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:30.Athanasiou
Points
Tomas Tatar had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:33.Tatar
New line
New look for MTL: Agostino–Peca–Hudon skated 6:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Agostino Peca Hudon
Usage
Joel Armia (MTL) played 19:43, +4:00 up on his 15:43 season average over 56 games.Armia
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Jordie Benn (MTL) played 22:20, +4:11 up on his 18:09 season average over 80 games.Benn
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Anthony Mantha (DET) played 21:06, +3:19 up on his 17:47 season average over 66 games.Mantha
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Mike Reilly (MTL) played 14:56, −3:49 down on his 18:45 season average over 56 games.Reilly
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Charles Hudon (MTL) played 8:25, −3:22 down on his 11:47 season average over 31 games.Hudon

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · DET 63 · MTL 42

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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 22% of the game, DET 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

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	DET
	46	53
	2.79	1.46
	2.76	1.45
	10	4
	1	5
	22	17
	−0.004	+0.004
	22%	43%

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 – Drouin – Domi
10:5648% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
10:1252% CF
L3Byron – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
8:2440% CF
L4Agostino – Peca – Hudon
6:2033% CF
D1Weber – Mete
13:4743% CF
D2Petry – Reilly
11:5343% CF
D3Benn – Kulak
11:1452% CF

PP1Petry – Byron – Gallagher – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
2:02100% CF
PP2Weber – Tatar – Armia – Drouin – Domi
1:410% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
3:21
PK2FByron – Armia
2:17
PK1DWeber – Benn
4:21
PK2DPetry – Mete
2:21

Current MTL line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Helm – Glendening – Athanasiou
6:3455% CF
L2Nyquist – Bertuzzi – Larkin
4:1356% CF
L3Abdelkader – de la Rose – Ehn
3:4550% CF
L4Nielsen – Vanek – Mantha
1:54100% CF
D1Jensen – Cholowski
14:3753% CF
D2Ericsson – Hronek
10:5558% CF

PP1Kronwall – Nielsen – Vanek – Larkin – Cholowski
4:43100% CF
PP2Nyquist – Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Mantha – Hronek
4:04100% CF
PK1FHelm – Glendening
1:29
PK2FNielsen – Abdelkader
1:13
PK1DEricsson – Jensen
2:17
PK2DKronwall – Hronek
0:33

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:30
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Tomas Tatar, Phillip Danault)wrist0.20 xG
MTL: Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Reilly, DanaultDET: Ericsson, Helm, Glendening, Athanasiou, Hronek
MTL 1 – 0 DET
1:36
MTLJoel Armia (Max Domi, Jordie Benn)snap0.19 xG
MTL: Benn, Armia, Kulak, Drouin, DomiDET: Vanek, Nyquist, Jensen, Larkin, Cholowski
MTL 2 – 0 DET
6:39
DETAndreas Athanasiou (Luke Glendening)snap0.08 xG
MTL: Benn, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, KulakDET: Kronwall, Helm, Jensen, Glendening, Athanasiou
MTL 2 – 1 DET

3rd period

0:19
MTLJeff Petry (Tomas Tatar)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Reilly, DanaultDET: Kronwall, Helm, Jensen, Glendening, Athanasiou
MTL 3 – 1 DET
4:58
DETAndreas AthanasiouPP (Anthony Mantha, Gustav Nyquist)snap0.15 xG
MTL: Weber, Benn, Danault, LehkonenDET: Nyquist, Athanasiou, Bertuzzi, Mantha, Hronek
MTL 3 – 2 DET

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
Joel Armia R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	1.01	1	1	0	19:43	—	—	48	71
Max Domi C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	1	2	16:07	—	—	50	72
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	0	1	0	15:51	—	—	48	71
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	2	18:04	—	—	50	63
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.25	3	0	0	14:47	—	—	50	73
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.24	0	0	2	14:33	—	—	49	73
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	17:39	—	—	36	18
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:46	—	—	36	17
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	1	0	2	14:39	—	—	45	47
Matthew Peca C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:48	—	—	36	76
Kenny Agostino L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	4	0	0	9:36	—	—	46	52
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	8:25	—	—	42	48
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	2	2	24:08	—	—	49	71
Victor Mete D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:35	—	—	40	25
Jeff Petry D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.13	1	3	0	21:27	—	—	48	58
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	44	70
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	22:20	—	—	48	76
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	3	0	14:48	—	—	48	71

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.24	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Andreas Athanasiou C	L1	2	0	2	-1	4	0.57	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	57	30
Luke Glendening C	L1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.15	5	0	0	15:31	—	—	52	18
Darren Helm C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	52	28
Dylan Larkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	0	21:49	—	—	50	42
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.35	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	48	37
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	61	90
Justin Abdelkader L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	13:01	—	—	57	35
Jacob de la Rose L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	1	2	10:54	—	—	79	67
Christoffer Ehn C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	1	0	7:56	—	—	78	30
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	21:06	—	—	48	45
Frans Nielsen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:05	—	—	36	25
Thomas Vanek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	1	0	14:06	—	—	50	26
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	1	2	0	23:25	—	—	42	37
Dennis Cholowski D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	0	0	0	21:45	—	—	55	56
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	2	0	19:50	—	—	56	21
Jonathan Ericsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:17	—	—	47	18
Niklas Kronwall D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	2	22:58	—	—	62	60
Luke Witkowski D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	10:51	—	—	63	68

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jimmy Howard(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.48	58:17

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.