Montreal Canadiens vs. Dallas StarsJan 16, 2025

FinalThursday, Jan 16, 2025· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	2	3		MTL	11	9	4	24
DAL	1	0	0	1		DAL	7	15	11	33

: MTL 51DAL 75
: MTL 4.31DAL 3.51
PP goals: MTL 0DAL 0
Hits: MTL 33DAL 25
Blocks: MTL 23DAL 9
PIM: MTL 6DAL 4
: MTL 52%DAL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Dallas Stars 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Dallas Stars 3–1 at DAL. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. DAL scored 1 goal on 3.51 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:15.Suzuki
Luck
DAL scored 1 goal on 3.51 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for DAL: Blackwell–Bäck–Hryckowian skated 5:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Bäck Hryckowian
New line
New look for DAL: Steel–Blümel–Bourque skated 7:10 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steel Blümel Bourque
Usage
Ilya Lyubushkin (DAL) played 11:35, −5:53 down on his 17:28 season average over 79 games.Lyubushkin
Usage
Joel Armia (MTL) played 17:24, +3:08 up on his 14:16 season average over 80 games.Armia
Usage
Jamie Benn (DAL) played 20:18, +5:04 up on his 15:14 season average over 79 games.Benn
Usage
Logan Stankoven (DAL) played 20:00, +4:58 up on his 15:02 season average over 77 games.Stankoven

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 126 of 126 attempts · DAL 75 · MTL 51

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 26% of the game, DAL 33%.

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
	48	72
	2.61	3.41
	2.46	2.97
	8	12
	2	5
	18	19
	+0.000	+0.000
	26%	33%

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

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
11:0845% CF
L2Laine – Dach – Newhook
10:2842% CF
L3Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
8:1336% CF
L4Armia – Evans – Pezzetta
3:4857% CF
D1Carrier – Guhle
14:3539% CF
D2Matheson – Hutson
13:3641% CF
D3Savard – Xhekaj
7:5433% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
2:2867% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Dvorak – Dach – Newhook
1:29100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
3:23
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
2:02
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:42
PK2DCarrier – Guhle
1:53

Current MTL line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Benn – Duchene – Stankoven
9:5358% CF
L2Dadonov – Robertson – Johnston
9:3664% CF
L3Steel – Blümel – Bourque
7:1043% CF
L4Blackwell – Bäck – Hryckowian
5:4562% CF
D1Lindell – Heiskanen
7:1965% CF
D2Lundkvist – Harley
5:4775% CF
D3Dumba – Lyubushkin
2:3425% CF

PP1Benn – Duchene – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
4:1688% CF
PP2Dadonov – Steel – Harley – Bourque – Stankoven
1:20100% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Steel
1:29
PK2FBäck – Johnston
0:49
PK1DLindell – Harley
2:09
PK2DHeiskanen – Lyubushkin
0:00

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:50
DALJason Robertson (Evgenii Dadonov, Wyatt Johnston)snap0.35 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak, HutsonDAL: Dadonov, Lindell, Robertson, Lundkvist, Johnston
MTL 0 – 1 DAL
4:37
MTLJuraj Slafkovský (Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki)snap0.21 xG
MTL: Savard, Suzuki, Caufield, Xhekaj, SlafkovskýDAL: Benn, Duchene, Heiskanen, Lyubushkin, Blümel
MTL 1 – 1 DAL

3rd period

9:15
MTLAlex Newhook (Lane Hutson)tip-in0.08 xG
MTL: Matheson, Laine, Dach, Newhook, HutsonDAL: Dadonov, Lindell, Robertson, Heiskanen, Johnston
MTL 2 – 1 DAL
19:43
MTLJoel ArmiaEN (Nick Suzuki)wrist0.88 xG
MTL: Savard, Armia, Matheson, Evans, SuzukiDAL: Benn, Dadonov, Duchene, Robertson, Heiskanen, Johnston
MTL 3 – 1 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.08	3	1	0	19:15	—	—	42	55
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.48	0	1	0	16:09	—	—	47	60
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.69	3	1	0	14:49	—	—	47	60
Patrik Laine L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	36	39
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	1	0	15:50	—	—	38	36
Alex Newhook C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	1	1	2	15:13	—	—	32	30
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	14:43	—	—	36	32
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	1	0	13:19	—	—	35	32
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	0	2	0	12:19	—	—	35	26
Joel Armia R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.95	8	1	0	17:24	—	—	42	15
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.27	2	0	0	16:08	—	—	44	22
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	1	2	4:31	—	—	50	24
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:18	—	—	40	26
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	3	0	19:57	—	—	47	50
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.44	0	2	0	26:57	—	—	41	44
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.24	1	1	2	20:39	—	—	40	40
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	0	3	0	15:43	—	—	35	55
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	0	12:51	—	—	32	51

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	3.51	59:45

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.29	2	1	0	21:11	—	—	55	59
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	3	0	0	20:18	—	—	56	55
Logan Stankoven C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	2	0	0	20:00	—	—	58	63
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.79	2	0	0	21:29	—	—	59	55
Jason Robertson L	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.49	2	0	0	20:29	—	—	63	56
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.09	2	0	0	14:56	—	—	61	54
Sam Steel C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	58	33
Mavrik Bourque C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:36	—	—	62	35
Matěj Blümel R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.52	1	0	0	11:28	—	—	58	57
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:01	—	—	68	68
Oskar Bäck C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	10:31	—	—	70	76
Justin Hryckowian C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	6:42	—	—	62	64
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.18	1	1	0	26:59	—	—	67	53
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	5	0	21:29	—	—	61	61
Thomas Harley D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	2	2	0	23:55	—	—	64	72
Nils Lundkvist D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	0	2	14:29	—	—	68	75
Mathew Dumba D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	0	2	13:45	—	—	54	63
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:35	—	—	30	10

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	3.08	57:10

Goal anatomy

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

Jason Robertson (DAL) 1st 3:50 · assists Evgenii Dadonov, Wyatt Johnston · Rebound · 40.1 mph shot.

Jason Robertson · 1st 3:50 · DAL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.1 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: rebound

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Juraj Slafkovský · 1st 4:37 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: rebound

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Alex Newhook · 3rd 9:15 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.6 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection

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Joel Armia · 3rd 19:43 · MTL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 36.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 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.