Montreal Canadiens vs. San Jose SharksOct 17, 2017

FinalTuesday, Oct 17, 2017· SAP Center at San Jose

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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San Jose SharksSJS

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	11	12	7	30
SJS	1	3	1	5		SJS	8	20	7	35

: MTL 60SJS 65
: MTL 3.21SJS 3.92
PP goals: MTL 1SJS 2
Hits: MTL 28SJS 20
Blocks: MTL 16SJS 20
PIM: MTL 14SJS 12
: MTL 47%SJS 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at home. Logan Couture (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Pacioretty, Lehkonen, Drouin and Mete) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:08 together.

Points
Logan Couture had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 19:20.Couture
Points
Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:34.Pavelski
Points
Joe Thornton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:45.Thornton
Points
Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:19.Drouin
Points
Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:29.Hertl
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Pacioretty, Lehkonen, Drouin and Mete) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:08 together.Weber Pacioretty Lehkonen Drouin Mete
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture and Heed) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:32 together.Thornton Burns Pavelski Couture Heed
New line
New look for SJS: Boedker–Tierney–Meier skated 8:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boedker Tierney Meier

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · SJS 65 · MTL 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 33% of the game, SJS 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	48	49
	1.55	1.79
	1.53	1.72
	6	8
	4	7
	23	25
	−0.012	+0.012
	33%	39%

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

L1Pacioretty – Lehkonen – Drouin
8:1179% CF
L2Shaw – Danault – Hudon
7:1150% CF
L3Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher
6:1746% CF
L4Hemsky – Mitchell – Galchenyuk
4:1270% CF
D1Weber – Mete
11:4152% CF
D2Petry – Alzner
11:1950% CF
D3Davidson – Morrow
7:2265% CF

PP1Weber – Pacioretty – Lehkonen – Drouin – Mete
4:08100% CF
PP2Hemsky – Petry – Byron – Galchenyuk – Hudon
2:44100% CF
PK1FPacioretty – Danault
2:38
PK2FPlekanec – Byron
2:20
PK1DWeber – Alzner
5:12
PK2DPetry – Davidson
3:42

Current MTL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Thornton – Pavelski – Labanc
9:1072% CF
L2Boedker – Tierney – Meier
8:0631% CF
L3Hansen – Donskoi – Carpenter
7:4058% CF
L4Couture – Hertl – Karlsson
6:5358% CF
D1Burns – Ryan
13:5161% CF
D2Dillon – Heed
10:1353% CF
D3Vlasic – Braun
10:0145% CF

PP1Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Heed
5:3289% CF
PP2Vlasic – Boedker – Donskoi – Hertl – Labanc
3:1480% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Karlsson
2:53
PK2FCouture – Hertl
2:03
PK1DVlasic – Braun
4:23
PK2DBurns – Dillon
3:35

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:50
SJSLogan Couture (Tomas Hertl, Justin Braun)wrist0.17 xG
MTL: Pacioretty, Davidson, Morrow, Lehkonen, DrouinSJS: Vlasic, Braun, Couture, Hertl, Karlsson
MTL 0 – 1 SJS
4:06
MTLJonathan Drouin (Artturi Lehkonen, Karl Alzner)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Pacioretty, Lehkonen, DrouinSJS: Vlasic, Braun, Couture, Hertl, Karlsson
MTL 1 – 1 SJS

2nd period

0:53
SJSJoe Pavelski (Kevin Labanc, Brent Burns)tip-in0.06 xG
MTL: Weber, Pacioretty, Lehkonen, Drouin, MeteSJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Ryan, Labanc
MTL 1 – 2 SJS
8:03
SJSTomas HertlPP (Joe Thornton, Logan Couture)tip-in0.15 xG
MTL: Hemsky, Plekanec, Weber, AlznerSJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl
MTL 1 – 3 SJS
10:37
MTLShea WeberPP (Victor Mete, Jonathan Drouin)slap0.10 xG
MTL: Weber, Pacioretty, Lehkonen, Drouin, MeteSJS: Vlasic, Braun, Couture, Hertl
MTL 2 – 3 SJS
13:24
SJSLogan CouturePP (Joe Pavelski, Tim Heed)wrist0.19 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Weber, Alzner, GallagherSJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Heed
MTL 2 – 4 SJS

3rd period

19:17
SJSJoe ThorntonEN (Logan Couture, Marc-Edouard Vlasic)slap0.68 xG
MTL: Weber, Pacioretty, Galchenyuk, Lehkonen, Drouin, MeteSJS: Thornton, Pavelski, Vlasic, Braun, Couture
MTL 2 – 5 SJS

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
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.38	1	0	0	19:04	—	—	75	56
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	1	1	2	-2	3	0.17	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	60	44
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.32	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	65	50
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:07	—	—	45	46
Charles Hudon L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.25	2	0	4	13:43	—	—	35	27
Andrew Shaw R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	12:49	—	—	46	25
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	2	0	0	15:28	—	—	39	44
Tomas Plekanec C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	4	15:23	—	—	32	33
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	2	0	12:50	—	—	38	39
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	1	3	0	13:23	—	—	53	67
Ales Hemsky R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	0	2	11:02	—	—	60	72
Torrey Mitchell C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	10:08	—	—	60	68
Shea Weber D	D1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.21	4	2	0	25:36	—	—	48	41
Victor Mete D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.07	0	1	0	21:25	—	—	56	58
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	4	0	23:04	—	—	41	41
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.71	4	1	0	22:18	—	—	43	44
Brandon Davidson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	0	0	13:44	—	—	54	45
Joe Morrow D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	2	10:22	—	—	54	47

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	3.24	59:25

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.52	0	2	2	18:34	—	—	67	68
Joe Thornton C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.76	0	0	2	17:45	—	—	65	63
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.10	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	65	68
Chris Tierney C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	13:37	—	—	29	36
Mikkel Boedker L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	36	42
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	1	2	0	11:25	—	—	27	31
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:23	—	—	47	40
Jannik Hansen R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	2	12:05	—	—	62	63
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	2	10:50	—	—	62	63
Logan Couture C	L4	2	2	4	+1	3	0.37	0	1	0	19:20	—	—	58	74
Tomas Hertl C	L4	1	1	2	0	6	0.62	4	1	0	16:29	—	—	55	70
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	2	0	12:43	—	—	42	53
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	1	4	0	26:06	—	—	54	49
Joakim Ryan D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	0	2	2	17:05	—	—	62	53
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	2	0	17:57	—	—	41	39
Tim Heed D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.37	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	50	51
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	1	2	0	22:08	—	—	48	70
Justin Braun D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	1	2	17:56	—	—	36	53

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.21	60:00

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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.