Montreal Canadiens vs. San Jose SharksMar 7, 2019

FinalThursday, Mar 7, 2019· SAP Center at San Jose

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

2

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San Jose SharksSJS

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	16	14	9	39
SJS	2	1	2	5		SJS	5	10	10	25

: MTL 67SJS 46
: MTL 3.48SJS 2.97
PP goals: MTL 0SJS 0
Hits: MTL 21SJS 16
Blocks: MTL 13SJS 13
PIM: MTL 0SJS 2
: MTL 52%SJS 48%

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. Marcus Sorensen (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Martin Jones (SJS) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +12 against a season average of 27.4; the win.

Points
Marcus Sorensen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:38.Sorensen
Points
Kevin Labanc had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:44.Labanc
Goalie
Martin Jones (SJS) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +12 against a season average of 27.4; the win.Jones
Luck
SJS scored 5 goals on 2.97 expected goals (46 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (MTL) played 12:01, −3:35 down on his 15:36 season average over 81 games.Lehkonen
Usage
Nate Thompson (MTL) played 9:44, −3:19 down on his 13:03 season average over 77 games.Thompson
Usage
Victor Mete (MTL) played 21:29, +3:46 up on his 17:43 season average over 70 games.Mete
Usage
Brenden Dillon (SJS) played 21:03, +3:21 up on his 17:42 season average over 81 games.Dillon

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 113 of 113 attempts · SJS 46 · MTL 67

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 50% of the game, SJS 12%.

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
	73	53
	3.84	2.24
	3.68	2.22
	17	13
	4	5
	25	30
	+0.017	−0.016
	50%	12%

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

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
13:3267% CF
L2Byron – Shaw – Domi
13:1761% CF
L3Weal – Armia – Drouin
12:0445% CF
L4Thompson – Weise – Lehkonen
8:5468% CF
D1Weber – Mete
17:3355% CF
D2Petry – Kulak
17:3359% CF
D3Benn – Folin
13:1279% CF

PP1Weber – Byron – Shaw – Drouin – Domi
1:46100% CF
PP2Weber – Petry – Weal – Gallagher – Danault
0:11

Current MTL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc
10:3242% CF
L2Pavelski – Couture – Nyquist
9:2156% CF
L3Donskoi – Hertl – Meier
8:5943% CF
L4Haley – Goodrow – Karlsson
8:5350% CF
D1Braun – Dillon
17:5349% CF
D2Burns – Simek
17:4544% CF
D3Vlasic – Heed
10:5217% CF

PK1FCouture – Hertl
1:20
PK2FGoodrow – Karlsson
0:24
PK1DVlasic – Braun
1:44
PK2DBurns – Dillon
0:11

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:55
SJSTomas Hertlwrap-around0.03 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Shaw, Kulak, DomiSJS: Nyquist, Dillon, Donskoi, Heed, Hertl
MTL 0 – 1 SJS
10:00
SJSMarcus Sorensen (Kevin Labanc, Brent Burns)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Weber, Weal, Armia, Drouin, MeteSJS: Thornton, Burns, Sorensen, Labanc, Simek
MTL 0 – 2 SJS
17:56
MTLArtturi Lehkonen (Nate Thompson, Brett Kulak)wrist0.14 xG
MTL: Thompson, Petry, Weise, Kulak, LehkonenSJS: Pavelski, Braun, Couture, Dillon, Meier
MTL 1 – 2 SJS

2nd period

7:46
SJSJoe Thornton (Kevin Labanc, Marcus Sorensen)deflected0.16 xG
MTL: Petry, Weal, Gallagher, Danault, KulakSJS: Thornton, Burns, Dillon, Sorensen, Labanc
MTL 1 – 3 SJS
15:18
MTLAndrew Shaw (Paul Byron, Max Domi)deflected0.10 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Shaw, Kulak, DomiSJS: Pavelski, Braun, Couture, Nyquist, Dillon
MTL 2 – 3 SJS

3rd period

6:08
SJSTimo Meier (Joonas Donskoi)backhand0.05 xG
MTL: Thompson, Petry, Weise, Kulak, LehkonenSJS: Dillon, Donskoi, Heed, Hertl, Meier
MTL 2 – 4 SJS
19:54
SJSGustav NyquistEN (Marc-Edouard Vlasic)wrist0.44 xG
MTL: Petry, Shaw, Armia, Danault, Lehkonen, DomiSJS: Thornton, Burns, Vlasic, Couture, Nyquist
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
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.83	3	0	0	18:19	—	—	66	69
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	17:40	—	—	62	66
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	59	59
Max Domi C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.11	0	1	0	19:17	—	—	55	71
Andrew Shaw R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.57	1	1	0	18:51	—	—	55	66
Paul Byron L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.33	3	0	0	16:43	—	—	59	84
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	52	53
Jordan Weal C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	1	1	0	16:04	—	—	52	48
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	3	1	0	13:37	—	—	46	40
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	0.28	1	0	0	12:01	—	—	63	58
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	0	0	9:55	—	—	65	74
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	9:44	—	—	67	76
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.14	2	1	0	22:57	—	—	52	72
Victor Mete D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	3	0	21:29	—	—	52	77
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.11	1	3	0	21:27	—	—	61	55
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	59	50
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.03	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	82	77
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	15:27	—	—	55	43

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	1.86	57:47

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Thornton C	L1	1	0	1	+3	1	0.16	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	38	24
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.04	1	0	0	12:44	—	—	41	26
Marcus Sorensen L	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.03	1	0	0	11:38	—	—	40	28
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.41	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	41	41
Joe Pavelski C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	1.11	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	44	40
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.45	0	1	0	17:15	—	—	44	42
Tomas Hertl C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.12	0	1	0	17:41	—	—	37	26
Timo Meier R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.21	0	1	0	17:22	—	—	34	24
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	37	24
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	10:50	—	—	50	73
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	0	0	10:48	—	—	56	73
Micheal Haley L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	4	1	0	10:17	—	—	53	73
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.06	1	2	0	22:55	—	—	44	23
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	3	0	21:03	—	—	55	47
Brent Burns D	D2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	24:42	—	—	45	49
Radim Simek D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	2	2	2	18:39	—	—	46	46
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	18:56	—	—	15	3
Tim Heed D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	36	29

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.48	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.