Vancouver Canucks vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 25, 2020

Final / OTTuesday, Feb 25, 2020· Centre Bell

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	1	1	1	1	4		VAN	13	4	12	5	34
MTL	2	0	1	0	3		MTL	13	12	15	0	40

: VAN 55MTL 63
: VAN 2.81MTL 3.41
PP goals: VAN 2MTL 0
Hits: VAN 19MTL 28
Blocks: VAN 17MTL 11
PIM: VAN 2MTL 4
: VAN 53%MTL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3 (OT)

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 in overtime at MTL. Jake Virtanen (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Miller, Horvat, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:21 together.

Points
Alexander Edler had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:08.Edler
Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:40.Horvat
Points
Jake Virtanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:01.Virtanen
Points
Adam Gaudette had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:38.Gaudette
Points
Max Domi had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:14.Domi
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Miller, Horvat, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:21 together.Toffoli Miller Horvat Pettersson Hughes
New line
New look for MTL: Byron–Weal–Domi skated 13:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Byron Weal Domi
Goalie
Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +8 against a season average of 31.6; the win.Demko

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 118 of 118 attempts · MTL 63 · VAN 55

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 28% of the game, MTL 39%.

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
	54	73
	1.79	3.89
	1.75	3.73
	10	16
	4	8
	32	30
	−0.012	+0.012
	28%	39%

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 – Pearson – Horvat
13:1542% CF
L2Toffoli – Miller – Pettersson
12:4650% CF
L3Sutter – Beagle – Motte
9:3633% CF
L4Roussel – Virtanen – Gaudette
8:3845% CF
D1Tanev – Hughes
18:3343% CF
D2Edler – Stecher
17:5339% CF
D3Myers – Fantenberg
16:0643% CF

PP1Toffoli – Miller – Horvat – Pettersson – Hughes
1:21100% CF
PP2Myers – Roussel – Pearson – Virtanen – Gaudette
0:18100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Motte
1:19
PK2FEriksson – Sutter
0:36
PK1DMyers – Tanev
0:57
PK2DStecher – Fantenberg
0:36

Current VAN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
14:1350% CF
L2Byron – Weal – Domi
13:4580% CF
L3Armia – Drouin – Suzuki
12:3165% CF
L4Weise – Lehkonen – Evans
8:3629% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
20:0168% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
16:1344% CF
D3Alzner – Folin
13:2164% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Danault – Suzuki
0:58
PP2Weber – Weal – Armia – Drouin – Domi
0:55100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:08
PK2FByron – Armia
0:31
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
1:33

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:59
MTLPaul Byron (Max Domi)wrist0.18 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Tanev, Pearson, Horvat, HughesMTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, Weal, Domi
VAN 0 – 1 MTL
7:23
MTLShea Weber (Tomas Tatar, Phillip Danault)slap0.01 xG
VAN: Edler, Toffoli, Miller, Stecher, PetterssonMTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, Danault
VAN 0 – 2 MTL
15:57
VANBo HorvatPP (J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.09 xG
VAN: Toffoli, Miller, Horvat, Pettersson, HughesMTL: Petry, Chiarot, Danault, Lehkonen
VAN 1 – 2 MTL

2nd period

15:36
VANAlexander Edler (Jake Virtanen, Adam Gaudette)wrist0.01 xG
VAN: Edler, Roussel, Virtanen, Gaudette, StecherMTL: Armia, Kulak, Drouin, Folin, Suzuki
VAN 2 – 2 MTL

3rd period

0:50
MTLJordan Weal (Max Domi)wrist0.21 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Tanev, Miller, Pettersson, HughesMTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Weal, Domi
VAN 2 – 3 MTL
5:53
VANJake VirtanenPP (Tyler Myers, Adam Gaudette)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Myers, Roussel, Pearson, Virtanen, GaudetteMTL: Weber, Chiarot, Danault, Lehkonen
VAN 3 – 3 MTL

OT period

1:35
VANTyler Toffoli (Bo Horvat, Alexander Edler)wrist0.16 xG
VAN: Edler, Toffoli, HorvatMTL: Petry, Byron, Domi
VAN 4 – 3 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.21	0	1	0	17:40	—	—	38	17
Loui Eriksson L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:37	—	—	40	17
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	2	1	0	15:23	—	—	42	16
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.44	2	0	0	21:11	—	—	53	55
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.31	2	2	0	18:33	—	—	48	45
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.45	1	0	0	17:02	—	—	52	46
Brandon Sutter C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	33	37
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	13:36	—	—	43	51
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:38	—	—	31	9
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:38	—	—	38	29
Jake Virtanen R	L4	1	1	2	+1	4	0.41	1	0	0	12:01	—	—	53	65
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:34	—	—	31	29
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.47	0	2	0	22:02	—	—	44	26
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	21:39	—	—	43	24
Alexander Edler D	D2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.02	2	4	2	21:08	—	—	40	38
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	18:44	—	—	39	39
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	2	0	19:13	—	—	48	36
Oscar Fantenberg D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	1	2	0	17:42	—	—	43	21

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	40	37	3	.925	3.41	61:33

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.49	3	0	0	20:07	—	—	47	56
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.31	1	1	0	17:39	—	—	50	58
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	53	66
Max Domi C	L2	0	2	2	+1	5	0.90	1	0	0	18:14	—	—	79	93
Jordan Weal C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.50	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	77	92
Paul Byron L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.29	2	0	0	16:20	—	—	77	91
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	63	62
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	2	0	0	15:11	—	—	67	62
Nick Suzuki C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	65	62
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	12:30	—	—	35	25
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:59	—	—	29	26
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:47	—	—	28	25
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	8	0	0	24:07	—	—	70	86
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.02	0	1	0	22:57	—	—	65	74
Shea Weber D	D2	1	0	1	+3	3	0.02	0	4	2	21:49	—	—	42	53
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.00	2	1	0	19:55	—	—	44	56
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	1	2	15:29	—	—	64	69
Karl Alzner D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	15:21	—	—	59	67

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	O	34	30	4	.882	2.81	61:29

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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.