Montreal Canadiens vs. San Jose SharksFeb 28, 2023

FinalTuesday, Feb 28, 2023· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	3	3		MTL	16	9	7	32
SJS	1	0	0	1		SJS	14	16	9	39

: MTL 52SJS 70
: MTL 3.27SJS 3.84
PP goals: MTL 0SJS 0
Hits: MTL 18SJS 18
Blocks: MTL 18SJS 11
PIM: MTL 6SJS 8
: MTL 48%SJS 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat San Jose Sharks 3–1 at SJS. Christian Dvorak (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MTL: Hoffman–Gurianov–Suzuki skated 10:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Christian Dvorak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:13.Dvorak
New line
New look for MTL: Hoffman–Gurianov–Suzuki skated 10:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Gurianov Suzuki
New line
New look for SJS: Hertl–Johnsson–Zetterlund skated 10:15 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Johnsson Zetterlund
New line
New look for MTL: Anderson–Drouin–Harvey-Pinard skated 9:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Drouin Harvey-Pinard
Goalie
Jake Allen (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +7 against a season average of 31.8; the win.Allen
Luck
SJS scored 1 goal on 3.84 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Dvorak–Pitlick–Ylonen skated 9:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dvorak Pitlick Ylonen
New line
New look for SJS: Lindblom–Lorentz–Gregor skated 4:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lindblom Lorentz Gregor

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 122 of 122 attempts · SJS 70 · MTL 52

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 25% of the game, SJS 46%.

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
	44	70
	2.01	3.47
	1.93	3.30
	6	19
	2	1
	18	18
	−0.005	+0.005
	25%	46%

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

L1Hoffman – Gurianov – Suzuki
10:2343% CF
L2Anderson – Drouin – Harvey-Pinard
9:2845% CF
L3Dvorak – Pitlick – Ylonen
9:1363% CF
L4Belzile – Tierney – Pezzetta
6:3914% CF
D1Savard – Guhle
15:2341% CF
D2Kovacevic – Harris
12:5040% CF
D3Matheson – Barron
11:5342% CF

PP1Hoffman – Matheson – Anderson – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
2:53100% CF
PP2Drouin – Gurianov – Pitlick – Ylonen – Barron
2:09100% CF
PK1FAnderson – Dvorak
1:02
PK2FBelzile – Tierney
0:41
PK1DSavard – Matheson
2:27
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
0:51

Current MTL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Johnsson – Zetterlund
10:1564% CF
L2Couture – Eyssimont – Barabanov
7:3575% CF
L3Bonino – Svechnikov – Sturm
5:5756% CF
L4Lindblom – Lorentz – Gregor
4:1229% CF
D1Karlsson – Ferraro
14:2359% CF
D2Vlasic – Benning
10:5067% CF
D3MacDonald – Simek
9:4367% CF

PP1Bonino – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Barabanov
2:46100% CF
PP2Karlsson – Hertl – Johnsson – Eyssimont – Zetterlund
0:30100% CF
PK1FBonino – Couture
2:08
PK2FLorentz – Sturm
1:49
PK1DBenning – Ferraro
2:34
PK2DVlasic – Simek
1:42

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:43
SJSJacob MacDonaldwrist0.11 xG
MTL: Matheson, Dvorak, Ylonen, Harvey-Pinard, BarronSJS: Bonino, Svechnikov, MacDonald, Simek, Sturm
MTL 0 – 1 SJS

3rd period

8:07
MTLKaiden Guhleslap0.07 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Savard, Gurianov, Suzuki, GuhleSJS: Bonino, Svechnikov, MacDonald, Simek, Sturm
MTL 1 – 1 SJS
9:59
MTLJesse Ylonen (Rem Pitlick, Christian Dvorak)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Dvorak, Pitlick, Kovacevic, Harris, YlonenSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Eyssimont, Ferraro, Barabanov
MTL 2 – 1 SJS
19:55
MTLChristian DvorakEN (Nick Suzuki, Josh Anderson)wrist0.98 xG
MTL: Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak, Suzuki, KovacevicSJS: Karlsson, Benning, Johnsson, Eyssimont, Zetterlund, Sturm
MTL 3 – 1 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.36	0	1	0	21:48	—	—	38	42
Denis Gurianov R	L1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.54	1	0	0	17:02	—	—	48	62
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	42	54
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.33	2	1	2	19:16	—	—	39	39
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	17:12	—	—	44	56
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	2	16:35	—	—	44	58
Christian Dvorak C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	1.08	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	46	23
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	2	0	0	14:25	—	—	54	38
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	13:06	—	—	46	32
Alex Belzile R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:21	—	—	12	3
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:04	—	—	13	3
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:54	—	—	18	7
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	22:46	—	—	37	33
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	1	1	0	18:27	—	—	41	39
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.06	2	1	0	17:12	—	—	40	31
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	16:54	—	—	39	22
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	2	3	0	23:58	—	—	37	49
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	1	0	15:50	—	—	41	51

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	3.84	59:50

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	1	0	20:06	—	—	53	64
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	0	-1	2	0.48	1	1	0	17:40	—	—	55	65
Andreas Johnsson L	L1	0	0	-1	3	0.45	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	64	72
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	-1	3	0.33	0	2	0	19:33	—	—	71	66
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	69	59
Michael Eyssimont C	L2	0	0	-2	5	0.46	2	1	2	12:11	—	—	68	56
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	1	0.27	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	58	66
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	64	56
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	4	9:20	—	—	53	52
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	11:47	—	—	59	69
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	4	0.25	1	0	0	11:06	—	—	63	80
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	2	9:58	—	—	55	47
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	-2	5	0.51	0	0	0	27:22	—	—	58	59
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	-1	0	0.10	5	2	0	22:06	—	—	56	61
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:30	—	—	61	65
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	2	0	15:59	—	—	65	79
Jacob MacDonald D	D3	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	69	69
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	3	0.10	3	0	0	13:21	—	—	60	56

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	2.29	57:38

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.