Montreal Canadiens vs. Dallas StarsDec 31, 2018

Final / OTMonday, Dec 31, 2018· American Airlines Center

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Dallas StarsDAL

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	1	0	1	1	3		MTL	16	10	11	1	38
DAL	0	2	0	0	2		DAL	11	24	12	0	47

: MTL 72DAL 76
: MTL 3.08DAL 4.96
PP goals: MTL 0DAL 1
Hits: MTL 21DAL 22
Blocks: MTL 22DAL 25
PIM: MTL 4DAL 4
: MTL 55%DAL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Dallas Stars 3–2 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Dallas Stars 3–2 in overtime at DAL. Phillip Danault (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. DAL's first power-play unit (Spezza, Radulov, Benn, Seguin and Klingberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:38 together.

Points
Phillip Danault had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:52.Danault
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Spezza, Radulov, Benn, Seguin and Klingberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:38 together.Spezza Radulov Benn Seguin Klingberg
Goalie
Antti Niemi (MTL) faced 47 shots and stopped 45 (.957), +15 against a season average of 31.7; the win.Niemi
Usage
Andrew Shaw (MTL) played 2:09, −13:59 down on his 16:08 season average over 62 games.Shaw
New line
New look for DAL: Comeau–Faksa–Nichushkin skated 12:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Comeau Faksa Nichushkin
Usage
Connor Carrick (DAL) played 6:42, −10:24 down on his 17:06 season average over 33 games.Carrick
Luck
DAL scored 2 goals on 4.96 expected goals (76 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Ben Bishop (DAL) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +9 against a season average of 28.8; the overtime loss.Bishop

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 148 of 148 attempts · DAL 76 · MTL 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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 28% of the game, DAL 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	79	76
	3.39	4.16
	3.14	4.06
	17	19
	6	4
	23	23
	+0.031	−0.031
	28%	30%

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
9:0358% CF
L2Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino
8:5167% CF
L3Byron – Drouin – Domi
7:2932% CF
D1Weber – Mete
16:4151% CF
D2Petry – Reilly
12:5939% CF
D3Benn – Kulak
12:3553% CF

PP1Weber – Petry – Gallagher – Drouin – Domi
1:5250% CF
PP2Byron – Tatar – Agostino – Reilly – Kotkaniemi
1:19100% CF
PK1FByron – Chaput
1:13
PK2FDanault – Lehkonen
0:48
PK1DWeber – Petry
0:56
PK2DKulak – Mete
0:40

Current MTL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Comeau – Faksa – Nichushkin
12:3071% CF
L2Radulov – Janmark – Hintz
8:0453% CF
L3Spezza – Ritchie – Shore
5:4550% CF
L4Benn – Seguin – Gurianov
3:4250% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
12:1348% CF
D2Polak – Heiskanen
9:0568% CF
D3Carrick – Honka
0:490% CF

PP1Spezza – Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg
1:3883% CF
PP2Faksa – Shore – Hintz – Gurianov – Heiskanen
0:4250% CF
PK1FComeau – Janmark
1:09
PK2FFaksa – Nichushkin
0:00
PK1DPolak – Lindell
2:52
PK2DKlingberg – Heiskanen
0:23

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:35
MTLPhillip Danault (Brett Kulak, Jordie Benn)snap0.15 xG
MTL: Byron, Benn, Gallagher, Danault, KulakDAL: Ritchie, Lindell, Carrick, Janmark, Hintz
MTL 1 – 0 DAL

2nd period

3:02
DALRadek Faksa (Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.20 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Reilly, Lehkonen, KotkaniemiDAL: Comeau, Polak, Faksa, Nichushkin, Heiskanen
MTL 1 – 1 DAL
16:34
DALJamie BennPP (Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg)snap0.28 xG
MTL: Weber, Petry, Byron, ChaputDAL: Spezza, Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg
MTL 1 – 2 DAL

3rd period

9:17
MTLPhillip Danault (Shea Weber, Tomas Tatar)snap0.08 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, MeteDAL: Radulov, Klingberg, Lindell, Janmark, Hintz
MTL 2 – 2 DAL

OT period

0:14
MTLJeff Petry (Paul Byron, Max Domi)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, DomiDAL: Benn, Seguin, Heiskanen
MTL 3 – 2 DAL

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
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	1	1	0	20:18	—	—	56	42
Phillip Danault C	L1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.57	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	53	51
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.32	1	1	0	15:50	—	—	56	48
Kenny Agostino L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	2	0	0	16:34	—	—	73	94
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	12:21	—	—	58	76
Michael Chaput C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	11:36	—	—	71	85
Max Domi C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	3	0	18:41	—	—	35	13
Paul Byron L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	5	0	0	17:16	—	—	43	34
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	16:11	—	—	39	13
Shea Weber D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	2	2	0	26:02	—	—	58	52
Victor Mete D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	0	4	0	18:55	—	—	54	53
Jeff Petry D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.35	3	3	2	21:30	—	—	42	32
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	0	1	0	17:38	—	—	42	27
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	0	3	2	18:34	—	—	58	74
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	16:44	—	—	50	43
Artturi Lehkonen L	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	47	58
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	—	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	57	60
Andrew Shaw R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2:09	—	—	20	1

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	W	47	45	2	.957	4.96	60:14

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Radek Faksa C	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	0.71	0	1	0	18:24	—	—	60	70
Blake Comeau L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.23	5	0	0	18:13	—	—	68	90
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.64	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	72	92
Alexander Radulov R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	1	0	0	18:15	—	—	51	41
Mattias Janmark C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.76	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	53	62
Roope Hintz C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.34	2	2	0	13:40	—	—	43	55
Jason Spezza C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	0	2	15:18	—	—	47	55
Devin Shore C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	38	32
Brett Ritchie R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	1	0	8:04	—	—	38	23
Jamie Benn L	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	0.65	2	4	0	18:36	—	—	36	27
Tyler Seguin C	L4	0	1	1	-1	8	0.70	0	1	0	18:35	—	—	40	31
Denis Gurianov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	6:53	—	—	21	5
John Klingberg D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.06	2	6	0	27:54	—	—	40	32
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.04	1	2	0	25:40	—	—	56	64
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	2	0	24:09	—	—	53	57
Roman Polak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	3	0	22:37	—	—	62	78
Julius Honka D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	10:56	—	—	28	34
Connor Carrick D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	6:42	—	—	50	11

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	O	38	35	3	.921	3.08	60:14

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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.