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Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red WingsJan 7, 2020

Final· Little Caesars Arena
Goals123TShots123T
MTL1113MTL6101026
DET0134DET1211730
MTL 47DET 47
MTL 3.69DET 3.08
PP goals
MTL 1DET 0
Hits
MTL 23DET 18
Blocks
MTL 9DET 12
PIM
MTL 6DET 10
MTL 45%DET 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3

Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 at home. Frans Nielsen (DET) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Kovalchuk–Domi–Suzuki skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Frans Nielsen had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:59.Nielsen
  2. Points
    Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:00.Suzuki
  3. Points
    Ilya Kovalchuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:22.Kovalchuk
  4. New line
    New look for MTL: Kovalchuk–Domi–Suzuki skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KovalchukDomiSuzuki
  5. New line
    New look for DET: Filppula–Erne–Zadina skated 6:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.FilppulaErneZadina
  6. New line
    New look for MTL: Tatar–Danault–Lehkonen skated 5:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.TatarDanaultLehkonen
  7. New line
    New look for DET: Abdelkader–Ehn–Smith skated 5:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.AbdelkaderEhnSmith
  8. Usage
    Ilya Kovalchuk (MTL) played 21:22, +4:30 up on his 16:52 season average over 45 games.Kovalchuk

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 DET: 94 attempts, 56 on goal, 7 goals, 6.77 expected goals; best chance Nick Suzuki at 0.59 xG.

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

Showing 94 of 94 attempts · DET 47 · MTL 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MTL at DET: expected goals 3.08 to 3.69 (MTL led the chances), shot attempts 47 to 47, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdDETMTLLSNFMNZnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • DET
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
DETMTLcontrol2nd3rdLehkonen · 1st 12:48Suzuki · 2nd 6:31Nielsen · 2nd 12:22Fabbri · 3rd 0:51Mete · 3rd 6:13Nielsen · 3rd 11:19Zadina · 3rd 16:08
  • 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 38% of the game, DET 44%.

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 DET: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jonathan Bernier (60:00) for DET and Charlie Lindgren (57:59) for MTL, 7 goals.

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
StatMTLDET
3847
2.363.29
2.283.00
814
22
1410
−0.051+0.052
38%44%

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 →

Detroit Red Wings

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 12:48
    MTL 1 – 0 DET

2nd period

  1. 6:31
    MTL 2 – 0 DET
  2. 12:22
    MTL 2 – 1 DET

3rd period

  1. 0:51
    MTL 2 – 2 DET
  2. 6:13
    MTL 3 – 2 DET
  3. 11:19
    MTL 3 – 3 DET
  4. 16:08
    MTL 3 – 4 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ilya Kovalchuk LL1022-110.1921021:22——3039
Max Domi CL1011-130.3100020:09——4037
Nick Suzuki CL1112-120.7710018:00——3741
Phillip Danault CL2000+110.1720019:36——3751
Artturi Lehkonen LL2101010.2621019:27——4855
Tomas Tatar LL2000040.8700217:17——4150
Jesperi Kotkaniemi CL3000-110.2001014:37——5028
Nick Cousins CL3000-200.1610212:17——5023
Ryan Poehling CL3000-110.0411011:05——5418
Nate Thompson CL4000-100.0010012:13——4833
Dale Weise RL4000000.021028:39——7383
Lukas Vejdemo CL4000000.001007:48——5758
Jeff Petry DD1000-110.0962022:04——3649
Marco Scandella DD1000-100.0011016:55——4143
Shea Weber DD2000-130.2111028:24——4535
Ben Chiarot DD2000-120.1201019:55——4835
Victor Mete DD3101040.2620013:10——4847
Brett Kulak DD3000020.0110011:03——5643
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)L30264.8673.0857:59

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Dylan Larkin CL1011040.3511019:49——5652
Tyler Bertuzzi LL1011-100.0000018:34——4539
Robby Fabbri CL1101030.3400017:48——5044
Valtteri Filppula CL2011+200.1001017:49——6792
Filip Zadina RL2101040.4701015:08——6795
Adam Erne LL2011+200.0030211:29——5373
Justin Abdelkader LL3000-100.0320211:02——4349
Givani Smith RL3011+120.082009:44——5971
Christoffer Ehn CL3000-110.011008:39——3332
Frans Nielsen CL4202+230.6701016:59——7372
Luke Glendening CL4000000.1720015:35——5633
Darren Helm CL4011+100.0001014:05——5739
Patrik Nemeth DD1000010.1630423:13——4328
Mike Green DD1011+220.2301021:24——6159
Filip Hronek DD2000050.1711024:48——5875
Madison Bowey DD2011+230.2802218:36——5664
Brian Lashoff DD3000+110.0011014:24——5358
Alex Biega DD3000010.0222011:35——5975
DET goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jonathan Bernier(start)W26233.8853.6960:00