Montreal Canadiens vs. Dallas StarsJan 18, 2022

FinalTuesday, Jan 18, 2022· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	2	3	5		MTL	7	7	8	22
DAL	0	1	2	3		DAL	14	14	23	51

: MTL 44DAL 112
: MTL 2.08DAL 6.01
PP goals: MTL 1DAL 0
Hits: MTL 29DAL 14
Blocks: MTL 31DAL 13
PIM: MTL 39DAL 20
: MTL 46%DAL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Dallas Stars 5–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Dallas Stars 5–3 at DAL. Christian Dvorak (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 51 shots and stopped 48 (.941), +21 against a season average of 29.6; the win.

Points
Christian Dvorak had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:48.Dvorak
Points
Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 9 shots in 22:46.Pavelski
Points
Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 9 shots in 21:55.Seguin
Points
Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:45.Toffoli
Points
Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:46.Suzuki
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 51 shots and stopped 48 (.941), +21 against a season average of 29.6; the win.Montembeault
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Hoffman, Wideman, Toffoli, Dvorak and Suzuki) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:52 together.Hoffman Wideman Toffoli Dvorak Suzuki
New line
New look for DAL: Pavelski–Hintz–Peterson skated 8:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pavelski Hintz Peterson

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 156 of 156 attempts · DAL 112 · MTL 44

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 17% of the game, DAL 62%.

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
	40	71
	1.57	2.49
	1.56	2.38
	8	8
	4	4
	8	10
	−0.015	+0.015
	17%	62%

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

L1Anderson – Drouin – Pitlick
9:0433% CF
L2Toffoli – Evans – Suzuki
7:3935% CF
L3Hoffman – Dauphin – Dvorak
6:3950% CF
L4Lehkonen – Pezzetta – Poehling
4:2640% CF
D1Savard – Chiarot
12:0019% CF
D2Petry – Clague
10:2057% CF
D3Wideman – Romanov
7:1443% CF

PP1Hoffman – Wideman – Toffoli – Dvorak – Suzuki
1:5275% CF
PP2Petry – Anderson – Drouin – Pitlick – Poehling
1:34100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Evans
3:02
PK2FDauphin – Dvorak
2:15
PK1DSavard – Chiarot
4:30
PK2DPetry – Romanov
2:28

Current MTL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Pavelski – Hintz – Peterson
8:5772% CF
L2Benn – Seguin – Gurianov
8:4654% CF
L3Glendening – Faksa – Raffl
8:0653% CF
L4Gardner – Damiani – Kiviranta
2:5957% CF
D1Suter – Heiskanen
16:0073% CF
D2Klingberg – Lindell
11:4347% CF
D3Hakanpää – Hanley
5:2667% CF

PP1Pavelski – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Hintz
5:4989% CF
PP2Suter – Raffl – Gurianov – Heiskanen – Peterson
3:3675% CF
PK1FGlendening – Raffl
1:33
PK2FBenn – Faksa
0:37
PK1DHakanpää – Lindell
3:04
PK2DSuter – Heiskanen
0:23

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:35
MTLChristian DvorakPP (Tyler Toffoli, Nick Suzuki)snap0.17 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Wideman, Toffoli, Dvorak, SuzukiDAL: Suter, Pavelski, Hintz, Heiskanen
MTL 1 – 0 DAL
7:57
MTLMichael Pezzetta (Jake Evans, Artturi Lehkonen)deflected0.02 xG
MTL: Savard, Chiarot, Lehkonen, Evans, PezzettaDAL: Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Lindell, Gurianov
MTL 2 – 0 DAL
16:24
DALJacob Peterson (Joe Pavelski)tip-in0.04 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Savard, Chiarot, Dauphin, DvorakDAL: Pavelski, Klingberg, Lindell, Hintz, Peterson
MTL 2 – 1 DAL

3rd period

1:03
MTLTyler ToffoliSH (Nick Suzuki)slap0.09 xG
MTL: Toffoli, Clague, Suzuki, RomanovDAL: Pavelski, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Hintz
MTL 3 – 1 DAL
2:38
MTLChristian Dvorakbackhand0.13 xG
MTL: Petry, Hoffman, Dauphin, Dvorak, ClagueDAL: Klingberg, Glendening, Faksa, Lindell, Raffl
MTL 4 – 1 DAL
3:03
DALTyler Seguin (Joel Hanley, Denis Gurianov)tip-in0.05 xG
MTL: Wideman, Lehkonen, Pezzetta, Poehling, RomanovDAL: Benn, Seguin, Hakanpää, Hanley, Gurianov
MTL 4 – 2 DAL
4:17
MTLJosh Anderson (Jonathan Drouin, Rem Pitlick)wrist0.20 xG
MTL: Petry, Anderson, Drouin, Clague, PitlickDAL: Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Lindell, Gurianov
MTL 5 – 2 DAL
18:41
DALJoe Pavelski (Tyler Seguin, Roope Hintz)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Toffoli, Clague, Suzuki, RomanovDAL: Pavelski, Seguin, Klingberg, Hintz, Heiskanen, Peterson
MTL 5 – 3 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
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	15	14:27	—	—	33	43
Rem Pitlick C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.27	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	30	41
Josh Anderson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.30	5	1	10	13:41	—	—	35	46
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	3	3	4	18:46	—	—	28	25
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.29	0	3	0	17:45	—	—	30	32
Jake Evans C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.18	1	3	0	16:04	—	—	37	33
Christian Dvorak C	L3	2	0	2	0	2	0.30	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	40	44
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	2	2	13:37	—	—	35	34
Laurent Dauphin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:34	—	—	57	54
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	11:42	—	—	40	35
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	3	0	2	9:18	—	—	44	42
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	6:15	—	—	50	42
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	4	0	23:01	—	—	22	20
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	5	2	21:20	—	—	20	15
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	2	3	4	23:19	—	—	47	55
Kale Clague D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:21	—	—	55	61
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	4	0	17:17	—	—	33	23
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	50	43

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	51	48	3	.941	6.01	59:42

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	1	1	2	0	9	0.82	0	0	0	22:46	—	—	78	84
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	1	1	0	9	0.96	1	2	0	22:19	—	—	76	84
Jacob Peterson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.85	0	0	0	19:05	—	—	71	73
Tyler Seguin C	L2	1	1	2	-2	9	1.01	0	0	2	21:55	—	—	64	50
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.27	1	1	10	17:38	—	—	61	50
Denis Gurianov R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	60	46
Michael Raffl L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	4	0	0	16:07	—	—	59	58
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	0	1	0	14:50	—	—	58	53
Luke Glendening C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	2	3	0	12:20	—	—	50	46
Riley Damiani C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	7:32	—	—	67	78
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	4:45	—	—	64	84
Rhett Gardner C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	3:57	—	—	63	86
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	2	29:04	—	—	73	74
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.45	0	1	4	23:15	—	—	73	74
John Klingberg D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.27	1	2	0	25:43	—	—	53	37
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.06	1	1	0	19:16	—	—	49	41
Jani Hakanpää D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	0	11:46	—	—	70	79
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	0	2	5:41	—	—	67	73

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	19	14	5	.737	1.71	44:07
Braden Holtby	—	3	3	0	.1000	0.37	11:23

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.