Vancouver Canucks vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 7, 2018

FinalSunday, Jan 7, 2018· Centre Bell

away

Vancouver CanucksVAN

home

Montreal CanadiensMTL

: VAN —MTL —
PP goals: VAN —MTL —
Hits: VAN 31MTL 22
Blocks: VAN 24MTL 13
PIM: VAN 6MTL 6
: VAN 49%MTL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2 at home. Brendan Gallagher (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Anders Nilsson (VAN) faced 44 shots and stopped 40 (.909), +13 against a season average of 31.5; the loss.

Points
Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:22.Gallagher
Points
Daniel Sedin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:02.Sedin
Points
Karl Alzner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:37.Alzner
Points
Jeff Petry had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:31.Petry
Goalie
Anders Nilsson (VAN) faced 44 shots and stopped 40 (.909), +13 against a season average of 31.5; the loss.Nilsson
New line
New look for VAN: Sedin–Sedin–Boeser skated 8:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sedin Sedin Boeser
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +6 against a season average of 30.3; the win.Price
New line
New look for VAN: Vanek–Gagner–Baertschi skated 5:08 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (18.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vanek Gagner Baertschi

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL pressure
VAN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 21% of the game, MTL 41%.

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VAN	MTL
	59	80
	2.06	3.11
	2.04	3.02
	5	18
	7	5
	14	30
	+0.015	−0.015
	21%	41%

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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Eriksson – Dowd – Granlund
11:2853% CF
L2Sedin – Sedin – Boeser
8:0452% CF
L3Chaput – Gaunce – Virtanen
7:2138% CF
L4Vanek – Gagner – Baertschi
5:0819% CF
D1Edler – Stecher
15:4747% CF
D2Del Zotto – Gudbranson
13:2637% CF
D3Pouliot – Hutton
11:1532% CF

PP1Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Granlund – Boeser
2:5175% CF
PP2Vanek – Eriksson – Gagner – Baertschi – Pouliot
2:00100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Gaunce
1:25
PK2FEriksson – Dowd
0:40
PK1DDel Zotto – Gudbranson
3:15
PK2DEdler – Stecher
0:51

Current VAN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Pacioretty – Danault – Hudon
11:4667% CF
L2Galchenyuk – Lehkonen – Drouin
10:0648% CF
L3Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher
9:1670% CF
L4Deslauriers – Shaw – de la Rose
7:3242% CF
D1Schlemko – Morrow
14:1455% CF
D2Benn – Jerabek
13:5062% CF
D3Petry – Alzner
12:3556% CF

PP1Petry – Pacioretty – Shaw – Galchenyuk – Drouin
3:1775% CF
PP2Schlemko – Gallagher – Morrow – Hudon – Lehkonen
0:43100% CF
PK1FPacioretty – Danault
1:49
PK2FByron – de la Rose
1:18
PK1DSchlemko – Benn
3:06
PK2DPetry – Alzner
1:44

Current MTL line combinations →

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Loui Eriksson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	19:51	—	—	49
Markus Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	19:38	—	—	58
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	15:32	—	—	52
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	51
Henrik Sedin C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	43
Daniel Sedin L	L2	1	1	2	-1	4	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	45
Brendan Gaunce C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	11:09	—	—	38
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10:26	—	—	41
Michael Chaput C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	9:00	—	—	41
Sam Gagner C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	15:59	—	—	31
Thomas Vanek L	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	31
Sven Baertschi L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	13:34	—	—	22
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	2	22:11	—	—	50
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	1	1	-2	5	4	5	0	22:04	—	—	44
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	21:26	—	—	44
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	18:38	—	—	42
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2	17:28	—	—	32
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	13:30	—	—	31

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Anders Nilsson(start)	L	44	40	4	.909	59:36

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	4	0	0	19:54	—	—	69
Charles Hudon L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	57
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	70
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	1	1	0	18:11	—	—	47
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	50
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	14:52	—	—	46
Paul Byron L	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	1	1	0	13:56	—	—	69
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	1	1	2	+2	5	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	70
Tomas Plekanec C	L3	0	0	0	+2	5	0	0	2	12:56	—	—	66
Andrew Shaw R	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	2	12:44	—	—	50
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	10:09	—	—	44
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	9:44	—	—	33
David Schlemko D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	20:05	—	—	56
Joe Morrow D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	18:47	—	—	56
Jakub Jerabek D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	19:31	—	—	59
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	19:28	—	—	64
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	2	2	+2	4	2	2	0	22:31	—	—	57
Karl Alzner D	D3	1	1	2	+3	2	0	1	0	15:37	—	—	56

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	60:00

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.