Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red WingsJan 23, 2025

FinalThursday, Jan 23, 2025· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	2	0	2		MTL	4	12	13	29
DET	2	2	0	4		DET	17	15	13	45

: MTL 55DET 70
: MTL 2.39DET 4.98
PP goals: MTL 0DET 1
Hits: MTL 24DET 19
Blocks: MTL 14DET 16
PIM: MTL 8DET 4
: MTL 51%DET 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2

Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2 at home. Dylan Larkin (DET) led the scoring with 1G 1A. DET's first power-play unit (Tarasenko, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:45 together.

Points
Dylan Larkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 9 shots in 20:44.Larkin
Points
Kirby Dach had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:06.Dach
Points
Moritz Seider had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 27:15.Seider
PP1
DET's first power-play unit (Tarasenko, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:45 together.Tarasenko Larkin DeBrincat Seider Raymond
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 45 shots and stopped 41 (.911), +18 against a season average of 27.1; the loss.Montembeault
New line
New look for DET: Tarasenko–Copp–DeBrincat skated 10:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tarasenko Copp DeBrincat
New line
New look for DET: Compher–Veleno–Berggren skated 9:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Compher Veleno Berggren
Usage
Elmer Soderblom (DET) played 8:03, −5:32 down on his 13:35 season average over 25 games.Soderblom

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 125 of 125 attempts · DET 70 · MTL 55

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 24% of the game, DET 45%.

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	70
	1.96	3.88
	1.86	3.59
	6	14
	5	6
	14	22
	−0.015	+0.015
	24%	45%

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

L1Laine – Dach – Newhook
10:4454% CF
L2Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
8:4637% CF
L3Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
7:5727% CF
L4Armia – Evans – Pezzetta
3:560% CF
D1Matheson – Hutson
16:5935% CF
D2Carrier – Guhle
15:4936% CF
D3Savard – Xhekaj
9:1140% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
3:1486% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Dvorak – Dach – Newhook
1:58100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
4:09
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
0:40
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:59
PK2DCarrier – Guhle
0:34

Current MTL line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Larkin – Raymond – Kasper
12:1069% CF
L2Tarasenko – Copp – DeBrincat
10:5952% CF
L3Compher – Veleno – Berggren
9:5150% CF
L4Fischer – Rasmussen – Soderblom
6:1867% CF
D1Chiarot – Seider
16:4366% CF
D2Johansson – Edvinsson
14:2365% CF
D3Holl – Gustafsson
10:2356% CF

PP1Tarasenko – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
2:45100% CF
PP2Chiarot – Tarasenko – Copp – DeBrincat – Seider
1:0467% CF
PK1FLarkin – Veleno
1:13
PK2FRasmussen – Kasper
0:45
PK1DChiarot – Seider
2:11
PK2DHoll – Edvinsson
1:40

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:00
DETJonatan Berggren (Dylan Larkin)snap0.15 xG
MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, SlafkovskýDET: Holl, Gustafsson, Larkin, Berggren, Kasper
MTL 0 – 1 DET
19:56
DETAlex DeBrincat (Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider)wrist0.04 xG
MTL: Savard, Armia, Matheson, Evans, DachDET: Chiarot, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider, Raymond
MTL 0 – 2 DET

2nd period

4:25
DETAndrew CoppSH (Simon Edvinsson)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, SlafkovskýDET: Chiarot, Holl, Copp, Compher
MTL 0 – 3 DET
5:29
MTLKirby Dach (Christian Dvorak, Brendan Gallagher)backhand0.10 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Dvorak, Dach, GuhleDET: Chiarot, Rasmussen, Seider, Johansson, Kasper
MTL 1 – 3 DET
7:50
DETDylan LarkinPP (Vladimir Tarasenko, Moritz Seider)backhand0.64 xG
MTL: Savard, Armia, Matheson, EvansDET: Tarasenko, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider, Raymond
MTL 1 – 4 DET
11:06
MTLKaiden Guhle (Patrik Laine, Kirby Dach)wrist0.01 xG
MTL: Laine, Dach, Newhook, Guhle, XhekajDET: Holl, Gustafsson, Larkin, Raymond, Kasper
MTL 2 – 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
Alex Newhook C	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.54	1	0	0	17:42	—	—	45	44
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	16:57	—	—	45	58
Kirby Dach C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.26	2	0	2	15:06	—	—	58	76
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	2	2	2	20:21	—	—	32	24
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.37	2	2	0	17:25	—	—	33	30
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	3	0	2	16:41	—	—	32	26
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	39	37
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	4	1	0	13:13	—	—	36	40
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:39	—	—	33	28
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	52	31
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	16:16	—	—	50	31
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:06	—	—	0	0
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	2	1	0	26:09	—	—	42	43
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	2	23:42	—	—	33	20
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	20:10	—	—	36	36
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.03	1	2	0	19:43	—	—	46	42
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	0	14:13	—	—	41	30
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:01	—	—	41	30

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	45	41	4	.911	4.98	57:57

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Larkin C	L1	1	1	2	+1	9	1.23	0	2	0	20:44	—	—	72	84
Lucas Raymond L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	0	1	0	18:50	—	—	76	86
Marco Kasper C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	3	2	0	15:35	—	—	67	69
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.45	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	57	64
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.47	2	0	0	16:41	—	—	48	69
Andrew Copp C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.96	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	54	71
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.14	0	1	0	16:23	—	—	58	43
Joseph Veleno C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:08	—	—	50	25
Jonatan Berggren R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	1	0	12:53	—	—	59	45
Michael Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	1	1	0	10:48	—	—	52	61
Elmer Soderblom L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.72	1	0	0	8:03	—	—	69	82
Christian Fischer R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:20	—	—	63	70
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	2	2	0	2	0.16	3	2	2	27:15	—	—	64	79
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	1	0	24:12	—	—	63	72
Simon Edvinsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	2	2	19:51	—	—	57	56
Albert Johansson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	2	0	18:35	—	—	57	48
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:55	—	—	52	58
Justin Holl D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	58	80

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	2.39	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Kirby Dach (MTL) 2nd 5:29 · assists Christian Dvorak, Brendan Gallagher · Rebound · 10.3 mph shot.

Kirby Dach · 2nd 5:29 · MTL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Jonatan Berggren · 1st 13:00 · DET

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.7 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 5.9 s

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Alex DeBrincat · 1st 19:56 · DET

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 50.8 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Andrew Copp · 2nd 4:25 · DET SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 76.5 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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Dylan Larkin · 2nd 7:50 · DET PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Kaiden Guhle · 2nd 11:06 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.4 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 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.