Montreal Canadiens vs. Minnesota WildNov 2, 2017

FinalThursday, Nov 2, 2017· Xcel Energy Center

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Minnesota WildMIN

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	2	3		MTL	7	8	16	31
MIN	3	1	2	6		MIN	14	8	5	27

: MTL 53MIN 48
: MTL 2.02MIN 3.44
PP goals: MTL 0MIN 1
Hits: MTL 16MIN 16
Blocks: MTL 12MIN 11
PIM: MTL 8MIN 2
: MTL 62%MIN 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3

Minnesota Wild beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3 at home. Brendan Gallagher (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN scored 6 goals on 3.44 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Brendan Gallagher had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:16.Gallagher
Points
Matt Cullen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:08.Cullen
Points
Mathew Dumba had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:58.Dumba
Points
Mikael Granlund had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:12.Granlund
Points
Mikko Koivu had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:19.Koivu
Luck
MIN scored 6 goals on 3.44 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Chris Stewart (MIN) played 16:08, +5:30 up on his 10:38 season average over 53 games.Stewart
Usage
Ryan Suter (MIN) played 23:47, −3:02 down on his 26:49 season average over 77 games.Suter

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · MIN 48 · MTL 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 23% of the game, MIN 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

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	MIN
	59	43
	2.15	2.63
	2.11	2.61
	8	7
	4	4
	7	12
	+0.088	−0.088
	23%	35%

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

L1Pacioretty – Shaw – Danault
12:1954% CF
L2Plekanec – Gallagher – Hudon
7:4860% CF
L3Byron – Lehkonen – Drouin
5:0767% CF
L4Mitchell – Galchenyuk – McCarron
4:5750% CF
D1Weber – Mete
13:4758% CF
D2Alzner – Benn
10:2250% CF
D3Petry – Davidson
10:0460% CF

PP1Weber – Pacioretty – Shaw – Lehkonen – Drouin
1:29100% CF
PP2Petry – Byron – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Hudon
0:23100% CF
PK1FPlekanec – Lehkonen
2:35
PK2FMitchell – Byron
1:43
PK1DWeber – Alzner
4:18
PK2DPetry – Benn
1:49

Current MTL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Koivu – Zucker – Granlund
12:4358% CF
L2Staal – Niederreiter – Kunin
10:5963% CF
L3Stewart – Foligno – Eriksson Ek
10:3414% CF
L4Cullen – Winnik – Ennis
9:3040% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
19:2447% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
18:0555% CF
D3Reilly – Olofsson
9:5921% CF

PP1Staal – Stewart – Zucker – Reilly – Dumba
3:35100% CF
PP2Koivu – Suter – Spurgeon – Granlund – Niederreiter
3:13100% CF
PK1FStaal – Winnik
0:45
PK2FCullen – Kunin
0:33
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
1:00
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
0:51

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:46
MINMatt Cullen (Mike Reilly, Daniel Winnik)wrist0.23 xG
MTL: Mitchell, Petry, Benn, Galchenyuk, McCarronMIN: Cullen, Winnik, Ennis, Reilly, Olofsson
MTL 0 – 1 MIN
4:56
MINNino Niederreiter (Mathew Dumba)deflected0.10 xG
MTL: Petry, Pacioretty, Davidson, Shaw, DanaultMIN: Staal, Niederreiter, Brodin, Dumba, Kunin
MTL 0 – 2 MIN
15:51
MINTyler Ennis (Matt Cullen, Mathew Dumba)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Petry, Pacioretty, Davidson, Shaw, DanaultMIN: Cullen, Winnik, Ennis, Brodin, Dumba
MTL 0 – 3 MIN

2nd period

12:09
MINRyan Suter (Mikko Koivu, Mikael Granlund)wrist0.14 xG
MTL: Weber, Pacioretty, Shaw, Danault, MeteMIN: Koivu, Suter, Spurgeon, Zucker, Granlund
MTL 0 – 4 MIN
13:09
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Charles Hudon)backhand0.09 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, Gallagher, Davidson, HudonMIN: Cullen, Winnik, Ennis, Reilly, Olofsson
MTL 1 – 4 MIN

3rd period

0:34
MINJared SpurgeonPP (Mikko Koivu, Mikael Granlund)wrist0.15 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Weber, Alzner, LehkonenMIN: Koivu, Suter, Spurgeon, Granlund, Niederreiter
MTL 1 – 5 MIN
9:14
MTLAndrew Shaw (Phillip Danault, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.07 xG
MTL: Weber, Pacioretty, Shaw, Danault, MeteMIN: Cullen, Suter, Winnik, Ennis, Spurgeon
MTL 2 – 5 MIN
14:47
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Tomas Plekanec)wrist0.02 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, Alzner, Byron, GallagherMIN: Koivu, Winnik, Granlund, Brodin, Dumba
MTL 3 – 5 MIN
18:05
MINMarcus FolignoENwrist0.70 xG
MTL: Weber, Alzner, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk, DrouinMIN: Staal, Foligno, Niederreiter, Brodin, Dumba
MTL 3 – 6 MIN

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
Andrew Shaw R	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.14	1	0	0	17:06	—	—	58	54
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	1	1	-3	3	0.53	1	0	2	16:50	—	—	54	47
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.23	0	0	2	15:08	—	—	48	46
Tomas Plekanec C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.19	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	68	58
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	0.16	3	0	2	16:16	—	—	68	58
Charles Hudon L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	1	0	0	13:12	—	—	44	24
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	68	51
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	54	36
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	61	60
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.08	0	1	0	13:38	—	—	54	28
Torrey Mitchell C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	56	13
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:42	—	—	67	28
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	6	0	25:13	—	—	47	35
Victor Mete D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	15:53	—	—	60	39
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	3	2	0	23:50	—	—	56	57
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	55	43
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	1	1	2	20:00	—	—	75	56
Brandon Davidson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:58	—	—	56	40

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	2.74	59:45

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	1	0	0	18:32	—	—	52	54
Mikko Koivu C	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.15	0	1	0	17:19	—	—	58	63
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.32	0	1	0	17:12	—	—	58	63
Eric Staal C	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.27	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	60	81
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.24	2	0	0	14:39	—	—	67	83
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	54	70
Chris Stewart R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	16:08	—	—	13	20
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	1	2	14:28	—	—	15	20
Marcus Foligno L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.70	3	0	0	13:24	—	—	17	23
Daniel Winnik L	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	31	47
Matt Cullen C	L4	1	1	2	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	11:08	—	—	39	52
Tyler Ennis R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.11	1	1	0	10:51	—	—	46	66
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.10	2	2	0	25:58	—	—	44	52
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	1	2	0	21:57	—	—	47	57
Ryan Suter D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.44	1	0	0	23:47	—	—	55	72
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.19	3	0	0	22:32	—	—	53	72
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	14:32	—	—	19	33
Gustav Olofsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:14	—	—	20	35

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	2.02	60:00

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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.