Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red WingsFeb 18, 2020

FinalTuesday, Feb 18, 2020· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	1	0	3		MTL	9	9	4	22
DET	0	1	3	4		DET	4	11	10	25

: MTL 50DET 48
: MTL 2.08DET 2.82
PP goals: MTL 2DET 0
Hits: MTL 9DET 15
Blocks: MTL 14DET 15
PIM: MTL 6DET 6
: MTL 44%DET 56%

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. Andreas Athanasiou (DET) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Tatar, Weal, Cousins and Suzuki) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 3:27 together.

Points
Andreas Athanasiou had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:38.Athanasiou
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:03.Suzuki
Points
Anthony Mantha had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:55.Mantha
Points
Dylan Larkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:23.Larkin
Points
Jordan Weal had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:29.Weal
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Tatar, Weal, Cousins and Suzuki) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 3:27 together.Petry Tatar Weal Cousins Suzuki
New line
New look for MTL: Kovalchuk–Lehkonen–Domi skated 11:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kovalchuk Lehkonen Domi
New line
New look for MTL: Tatar–Weal–Danault skated 10:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Weal Danault

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 98 of 98 attempts · DET 48 · MTL 50

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 31% of the game, DET 29%.

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
	53	44
	2.23	2.34
	2.16	2.33
	12	12
	6	2
	28	8
	−0.062	+0.063
	31%	29%

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

L1Kovalchuk – Lehkonen – Domi
11:4065% CF
L2Tatar – Weal – Danault
10:1555% CF
L3Armia – Drouin – Suzuki
9:3647% CF
L4Thompson – Byron – Cousins
8:1362% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
15:2672% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
12:5348% CF
D3Ouellet – Mete
8:0020% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Weal – Cousins – Suzuki
3:27100% CF
PP2Kovalchuk – Weber – Armia – Drouin – Domi
0:17
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:44
PK2FThompson – Armia
1:03
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
3:25
PK2DPetry – Ouellet
2:05

Current MTL line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Mantha – Larkin – Fabbri
14:4844% CF
L2Filppula – Athanasiou – Bertuzzi
10:3670% CF
L3Nielsen – Helm – Glendening
8:2627% CF
L4Erne – Perlini – Ehn
4:5411% CF
D1Green – Bowey
20:0937% CF
D2Biega – Nemeth
13:3256% CF
D3Daley – Lindstrom
11:5848% CF

PP1Daley – Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin – Fabbri
2:36100% CF
PP2Green – Bowey – Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin
1:40100% CF
PK1FHelm – Glendening
1:33
PK2FFilppula – Ehn
0:59
PK1DBiega – Nemeth
3:31
PK2DDaley – Lindstrom
0:19

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:59
MTLNate Thompson (Nick Cousins, Paul Byron)wrist0.18 xG
MTL: Thompson, Byron, Cousins, Ouellet, MeteDET: Filppula, Daley, Athanasiou, Bertuzzi, Lindstrom
MTL 1 – 0 DET
16:03
MTLJeff PetryPP (Nick Suzuki, Jordan Weal)slap0.09 xG
MTL: Petry, Tatar, Weal, Cousins, SuzukiDET: Filppula, Biega, Nemeth, Ehn
MTL 2 – 0 DET

2nd period

1:24
DETRobby Fabbri (Anthony Mantha, Dylan Larkin)wrist0.06 xG
MTL: Kovalchuk, Weber, Chiarot, Lehkonen, DomiDET: Green, Bowey, Mantha, Larkin, Fabbri
MTL 2 – 1 DET
12:40
MTLNick SuzukiPP (Jordan Weal, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.07 xG
MTL: Petry, Tatar, Weal, Cousins, SuzukiDET: Helm, Biega, Nemeth, Glendening
MTL 3 – 1 DET

3rd period

5:04
DETAndreas Athanasiou (Alex Biega, Valtteri Filppula)backhand0.19 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Ouellet, Armia, Drouin, SuzukiDET: Filppula, Biega, Nemeth, Athanasiou, Bertuzzi
MTL 3 – 2 DET
10:41
DETMike Green (Anthony Mantha, Dylan Larkin)wrist0.17 xG
MTL: Kovalchuk, Petry, Kulak, Lehkonen, DomiDET: Green, Bowey, Mantha, Larkin, Fabbri
MTL 3 – 3 DET
14:45
DETAndreas Athanasiou (Tyler Bertuzzi)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Armia, Drouin, SuzukiDET: Filppula, Biega, Nemeth, Athanasiou, Bertuzzi
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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	70	50
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	67	53
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	58	40
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.20	2	2	0	16:58	—	—	42	52
Jordan Weal C	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	50	47
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	2	15:15	—	—	53	77
Nick Suzuki C	L3	1	1	2	-2	3	0.34	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	48	41
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:20	—	—	42	35
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	0	1	0	11:45	—	—	46	37
Paul Byron L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:37	—	—	63	66
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	60	67
Nate Thompson C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	2	12:25	—	—	56	57
Jeff Petry D	D1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.42	1	0	0	25:49	—	—	76	69
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.22	0	0	0	21:28	—	—	65	65
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	4	0	21:50	—	—	52	45
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.06	1	2	0	20:23	—	—	46	36
Xavier Ouellet D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:16	—	—	32	32
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:07	—	—	20	31

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.82	59:33

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Larkin C	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.51	0	1	0	23:23	—	—	44	62
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	2	2	+2	5	0.52	0	1	0	21:55	—	—	44	62
Robby Fabbri C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.40	2	1	0	19:01	—	—	44	63
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.12	1	0	0	18:08	—	—	69	71
Valtteri Filppula C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	74	72
Andreas Athanasiou C	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	0.70	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	70	69
Luke Glendening C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	15:08	—	—	25	4
Darren Helm C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	14:20	—	—	35	16
Frans Nielsen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:51	—	—	38	41
Adam Erne L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:28	—	—	19	6
Christoffer Ehn C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:52	—	—	8	4
Brendan Perlini L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:04	—	—	20	8
Madison Bowey D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.11	2	2	2	25:23	—	—	37	48
Mike Green D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.17	0	2	0	24:09	—	—	36	48
Alex Biega D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.03	2	1	0	19:47	—	—	55	62
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	0	0	0	19:31	—	—	58	64
Trevor Daley D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	2	0	15:08	—	—	48	46
Gustav Lindstrom D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	4	13:37	—	—	52	46

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Bernier(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	2.08	59:35

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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.