Montreal Canadiens vs. San Jose SharksNov 24, 2023

Final / SOFriday, Nov 24, 2023· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	1	1	0	1	3		MTL	9	9	4	2	24
SJS	0	2	0	0	0	2		SJS	12	11	7	3	33

: MTL 59SJS 61
: MTL 2.79SJS 3.44
PP goals: MTL 0SJS 1
Hits: MTL 13SJS 23
Blocks: MTL 15SJS 19
PIM: MTL 4SJS 4
: MTL 56%SJS 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge San Jose Sharks 3–2 (SO)

Montreal Canadiens beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 in a shootout at SJS. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Granlund, Hertl, Zetterlund, Addison and Eklund) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 1:41 together.

Points
Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:33.Caufield
Points
William Eklund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:20.Eklund
Points
Tomas Hertl had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:41.Hertl
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Granlund, Hertl, Zetterlund, Addison and Eklund) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 1:41 together.Granlund Hertl Zetterlund Addison Eklund
New line
New look for SJS: Granlund–Duclair–Zetterlund skated 12:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Granlund Duclair Zetterlund
New line
New look for SJS: Hoffman–Hertl–Eklund skated 10:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Hertl Eklund
Usage
Filip Zadina (SJS) played 4:14, −9:14 down on his 13:28 season average over 71 games.Zadina
Usage
Johnathan Kovacevic (MTL) played 11:10, −5:26 down on his 16:36 season average over 61 games.Kovacevic

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 120 of 120 attempts · SJS 61 · MTL 59

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 36% 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
	56	55
	2.65	2.40
	2.40	2.29
	10	12
	7	6
	14	22
	+0.038	−0.038
	36%	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

L1Dvorak – Caufield – Slafkovský
14:1964% CF
L2Gallagher – Suzuki – Newhook
13:3253% CF
L3Pearson – Anderson – Monahan
9:0233% CF
L4Evans – Pezzetta – Ylonen
4:5163% CF
D1Matheson – Barron
19:1557% CF
D2Lindstrom – Guhle
18:2446% CF
D3Kovacevic – Struble
10:5356% CF

PP1Gallagher – Pearson – Newhook – Barron – Slafkovský
1:47100% CF
PP2Matheson – Anderson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield
1:44100% CF
PK1FPearson – Evans
1:34
PK2FDvorak – Ylonen
0:12
PK1DGuhle – Barron
1:34

Current MTL line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Granlund – Duclair – Zetterlund
12:1050% CF
L2Hoffman – Hertl – Eklund
10:4057% CF
L3Kunin – Zadina – Sturm
0:00
D1Ferraro – Emberson
18:5556% CF
D2Burroughs – Okhotiuk
14:1834% CF
D3Benning – Addison
12:0663% CF

PP1Granlund – Hertl – Zetterlund – Addison – Eklund
1:41100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Kunin – MacDonald – Zadina – Sturm
0:18100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Carpenter
2:15
PK2FHertl – Kunin
1:05
PK1DBenning – Ferraro
1:23
PK2DEmberson – Okhotiuk
1:05

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:06
SJSMike Hoffman (William Eklund, Tomas Hertl)snap0.23 xG
MTL: Pearson, Anderson, Monahan, Lindstrom, GuhleSJS: Hoffman, Hertl, Ferraro, Emberson, Eklund
MTL 0 – 1 SJS
12:30
SJSWilliam EklundPP (Calen Addison, Tomas Hertl)slap0.07 xG
MTL: Evans, Suzuki, Kovacevic, GuhleSJS: Granlund, Hertl, Zetterlund, Addison, Eklund
MTL 0 – 2 SJS
18:02
MTLJohnathan Kovacevic (Jayden Struble, Cole Caufield)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Dvorak, Kovacevic, Caufield, Struble, SlafkovskýSJS: Burroughs, MacDonald, Zetterlund, Sturm, Okhotiuk
MTL 1 – 2 SJS

3rd period

3:26
MTLCole Caufield (Juraj Slafkovský, Cayden Primeau)wrist0.05 xG
MTL: Dvorak, Kovacevic, Caufield, Struble, SlafkovskýSJS: Hoffman, Hertl, Burroughs, Okhotiuk, Eklund
MTL 2 – 2 SJS

Decided in the shootout: MTL 3 – 2 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
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	1	2	+2	6	0.90	1	0	0	20:33	—	—	62	65
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.40	1	1	0	19:44	—	—	66	66
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.16	1	0	0	17:40	—	—	63	64
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	21:35	—	—	59	63
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	20:25	—	—	59	62
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	1	0	17:15	—	—	55	57
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:55	—	—	18	18
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	0	1	0	16:01	—	—	22	20
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:13	—	—	22	22
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:56	—	—	40	45
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	7:16	—	—	46	53
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	6:45	—	—	47	60
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	2	26:52	—	—	57	53
Justin Barron D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	3	2	25:09	—	—	57	46
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	1	3	0	25:01	—	—	47	53
Gustav Lindstrom D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	2	0	20:23	—	—	39	49
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	1	1	0	13:03	—	—	48	57
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:10	—	—	56	54

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.44	65:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	21:48	—	—	52	54
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	0	0	-1	7	1.05	2	1	0	21:41	—	—	47	48
Anthony Duclair L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	55	55
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	2	2	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	22:41	—	—	52	38
William Eklund L	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	19:20	—	—	58	34
Mike Hoffman C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.49	1	0	2	18:09	—	—	46	48
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	0	3	0	15:35	—	—	46	63
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	1	3	0	15:09	—	—	44	63
Filip Zadina R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	4:14	—	—	25	0
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	3	3	2	26:17	—	—	56	59
Ty Emberson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	1	0	23:53	—	—	56	48
Kyle Burroughs D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	3	1	0	18:19	—	—	36	24
Nikita Okhotiuk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	4	0	17:10	—	—	38	27
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	2	0	18:20	—	—	59	82
Calen Addison D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	64	88
Jacob MacDonald D	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	2	0	0	15:41	—	—	50	49
Ryan Carpenter C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	9:25	—	—	50	19
Givani Smith R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:54	—	—	46	18

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	O	24	22	2	.917	2.79	64:41

Goal anatomy

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

Mike Hoffman (SJS) 2nd 5:06 · assists William Eklund, Tomas Hertl · Forecheck turnover · 53.1 mph shot.

Mike Hoffman · 2nd 5:06 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.1 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: one-timer

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William Eklund · 2nd 12:30 · SJS PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 64.5 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Type: one-timer

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Johnathan Kovacevic · 2nd 18:02 · MTL

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 56.2 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Cole Caufield · 3rd 3:26 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 75.8 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 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.