Vancouver Canucks vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 3, 2019

FinalThursday, Jan 3, 2019· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	0	0		VAN	5	17	11	33
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	10	9	8	27

: VAN 67MTL 56
: VAN 2.46MTL 2.20
PP goals: VAN 0MTL 0
Hits: VAN 25MTL 24
Blocks: VAN 18MTL 22
PIM: VAN 6MTL 8
: VAN 58%MTL 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 2–0

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 2–0 at home. Jonathan Drouin (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MTL: Armia–Lehkonen–Kotkaniemi skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Lehkonen–Kotkaniemi skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Lehkonen Kotkaniemi
New line
New look for VAN: Sutter–Granlund–Virtanen skated 5:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sutter Granlund Virtanen
Usage
Elias Pettersson (VAN) played 9:08, −9:13 down on his 18:21 season average over 70 games.Pettersson
Luck
VAN scored 0 goals on 2.46 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Troy Stecher (VAN) played 13:19, −6:41 down on his 20:00 season average over 77 games.Stecher
Usage
Brett Kulak (MTL) played 12:16, −5:41 down on his 17:57 season average over 56 games.Kulak
Usage
Michael Del Zotto (VAN) played 12:07, −5:02 down on his 17:09 season average over 41 games.Del Zotto
Usage
Brendan Gallagher (MTL) played 12:01, −4:26 down on his 16:27 season average over 81 games.Gallagher

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

← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · MTL 56 · VAN 67

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 35% of the game, MTL 24%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

VAN

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	VAN	MTL
	42	55
	1.20	1.81
	1.19	1.79
	5	13
	6	10
	18	17
	+0.054	−0.054
	35%	24%

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

L1Beagle – Schaller – Motte
6:0482% CF
L2Sutter – Granlund – Virtanen
5:5644% CF
L3Eriksson – Roussel – Horvat
5:0925% CF
L4Baertschi – Boeser – Pettersson
4:2356% CF
D1Gudbranson – Hutton
16:1038% CF
D2Edler – Tanev
11:3727% CF
D3Del Zotto – Stecher
10:0065% CF

PP1Edler – Sutter – Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser
5:40100% CF
PP2Eriksson – Granlund – Hutton – Virtanen – Boeser
1:40100% CF
PK1FEriksson – Sutter
1:42
PK2FBeagle – Granlund
1:13
PK1DEdler – Tanev
2:43
PK2DGudbranson – Hutton
1:37

Current VAN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
8:2980% CF
L2Armia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
7:5447% CF
L3Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino
7:2967% CF
L4Byron – Drouin – Domi
7:1371% CF
D1Petry – Reilly
14:1874% CF
D2Weber – Mete
13:4854% CF
D3Benn – Kulak
10:0928% CF

PP1Weber – Tatar – Armia – Drouin – Domi
2:33100% CF
PP2Petry – Byron – Agostino – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
1:25
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
3:50
PK2FByron – Chaput
3:10
PK1DWeber – Benn
3:42
PK2DPetry – Mete
2:15

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:50
MTLJordie Benn (Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Joel Armia)wrist0.05 xG
VAN: Del Zotto, Baertschi, Virtanen, Stecher, PetterssonMTL: Benn, Armia, Kulak, Lehkonen, Kotkaniemi
VAN 0 – 1 MTL

2nd period

8:24
MTLJonathan Drouin (Max Domi)wrist0.07 xG
VAN: Edler, Tanev, Baertschi, Horvat, BoeserMTL: Petry, Byron, Reilly, Drouin, Domi
VAN 0 – 2 MTL

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jay Beagle C	L1	0	1	0.03	3	1	0	11:45	—	—	77	84
Tyler Motte C	L1	0	1	0.05	4	0	0	8:16	—	—	75	73
Tim Schaller L	L1	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	7:50	—	—	69	67
Brandon Sutter C	L2	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	38	44
Jake Virtanen R	L2	-1	5	0.23	3	1	0	18:24	—	—	43	43
Markus Granlund C	L2	0	1	0.17	0	3	2	16:01	—	—	46	56
Bo Horvat C	L3	-1	3	0.35	0	2	0	23:56	—	—	36	39
Loui Eriksson L	L3	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	24	29
Antoine Roussel L	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	27	25
Brock Boeser R	L4	-1	6	0.84	0	0	0	23:16	—	—	45	37
Sven Baertschi L	L4	-2	3	0.21	1	0	2	19:22	—	—	44	29
Elias Pettersson C	L4	-1	0	0.07	1	0	0	9:08	—	—	39	20
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	3	0.05	0	2	0	23:42	—	—	40	30
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	4	0.10	3	2	0	21:49	—	—	37	29
Alexander Edler D	D2	-1	2	0.07	1	4	0	24:08	—	—	31	43
Chris Tanev D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:00	—	—	24	43
Troy Stecher D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	64	58
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	-1	1	0.01	3	1	0	12:07	—	—	64	60

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.20	57:15

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	18:50	—	—	59	71
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	2	16:10	—	—	82	77
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	2	0	12:01	—	—	81	75
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.36	2	0	0	17:55	—	—	50	47
Joel Armia R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	0	0	15:58	—	—	39	47
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	13:50	—	—	55	48
Michael Chaput C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	2	12:49	—	—	50	38
Kenny Agostino L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:20	—	—	61	50
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	5	4	0	10:29	—	—	53	44
Max Domi C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.48	1	0	2	15:42	—	—	52	71
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	61	69
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	55	71
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.42	3	3	0	24:35	—	—	73	75
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	16:04	—	—	74	74
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	25:36	—	—	50	62
Victor Mete D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	4	0	20:05	—	—	57	68
Jordie Benn D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	0	3	0	17:05	—	—	30	33
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:16	—	—	32	40

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	33	33	0	.1000	2.46	59:23

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.