Vancouver Canucks vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 1, 2021

FinalMonday, Feb 1, 2021· Centre Bell

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

2

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	0	1	2		VAN	11	8	10	29
MTL	3	3	0	6		MTL	10	15	15	40

: VAN 51MTL 60
: VAN 2.35MTL 3.48
PP goals: VAN 0MTL 1
Hits: VAN 30MTL 26
Blocks: VAN 9MTL 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 rout Vancouver Canucks 6–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 6–2 at home. Jeff Petry (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Petry, Toffoli, Drouin and Suzuki) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:51 together.

Points
Jeff Petry had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:25.Petry
Points
Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:39.Lehkonen
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:31.Suzuki
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Petry, Toffoli, Drouin and Suzuki) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:51 together.Weber Petry Toffoli Drouin Suzuki
New line
New look for VAN: Miller–Horvat–Virtanen skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Miller Horvat Virtanen
Goalie
Braden Holtby (VAN) faced 40 shots and stopped 34 (.850), +7 against a season average of 33.1; the loss.Holtby
New line
New look for VAN: Beagle–Motte–MacEwen skated 5:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Beagle Motte MacEwen
Luck
MTL scored 6 goals on 3.48 expected goals (60 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 111 of 111 attempts · MTL 60 · VAN 51

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 36%.

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
	48	61
	2.23	3.27
	2.18	3.14
	10	17
	5	7
	25	14
	−0.008	+0.008
	35%	36%

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

L1Miller – Horvat – Virtanen
5:5436% CF
L2Beagle – Motte – MacEwen
5:2067% CF
L3Sutter – Pearson – Gaudette
5:1017% CF
L4Boeser – Pettersson – Hoglander
4:3440% CF
D1Myers – Schmidt
16:2136% CF
D2Edler – Chatfield
13:5652% CF
D3Benn – Hughes
11:4641% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
4:12100% CF
PP2Pearson – Schmidt – Virtanen – Gaudette – Hoglander
1:4867% CF
PK1FSutter – Pearson
1:42
PK2FBeagle – Motte
1:31
PK1DEdler – Myers
2:18
PK2DBenn – Schmidt
0:55

Current VAN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
12:1262% CF
L2Byron – Lehkonen – Evans
10:2363% CF
L3Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
10:1063% CF
L4Perry – Toffoli – Kotkaniemi
7:3347% CF
D1Mete – Romanov
14:2046% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
14:0955% CF
D3Petry – Edmundson
11:2469% CF

PP1Weber – Petry – Toffoli – Drouin – Suzuki
2:51100% CF
PP2Perry – Tatar – Gallagher – Kotkaniemi – Romanov
2:11100% CF
PK1FByron – Evans
1:56
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
1:26
PK1DPetry – Edmundson
3:06
PK2DWeber – Chiarot
2:38

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:00
MTLNick Suzuki (Josh Anderson, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.19 xG
VAN: Benn, Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesMTL: Petry, Edmundson, Anderson, Drouin, Suzuki
VAN 0 – 1 MTL
6:10
MTLArtturi LehkonenSHbackhand0.11 xG
VAN: Pearson, Schmidt, Gaudette, MacEwen, HoglanderMTL: Petry, Edmundson, Danault, Lehkonen
VAN 0 – 2 MTL
8:36
VANAdam Gaudettewrist0.16 xG
VAN: Sutter, Benn, Gaudette, MacEwen, HughesMTL: Perry, Tatar, Mete, Kotkaniemi, Romanov
VAN 1 – 2 MTL
16:58
MTLJeff Petry (Paul Byron, Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.02 xG
VAN: Benn, Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesMTL: Petry, Byron, Edmundson, Lehkonen, Evans
VAN 1 – 3 MTL

2nd period

7:15
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Nick Suzuki)backhand0.07 xG
VAN: Edler, Sutter, Gaudette, Chatfield, MacEwenMTL: Weber, Chiarot, Gallagher, Drouin, Suzuki
VAN 1 – 4 MTL
8:40
MTLJeff Petry (Corey Perry, Jesperi Kotkaniemi)wrist0.28 xG
VAN: Miller, Boeser, Chatfield, Pettersson, HughesMTL: Perry, Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, Kotkaniemi
VAN 1 – 5 MTL
17:11
MTLTyler ToffoliPP (Shea Weber, Jeff Petry)wrist0.06 xG
VAN: Edler, Beagle, Myers, MotteMTL: Weber, Petry, Toffoli, Drouin, Suzuki
VAN 1 – 6 MTL

3rd period

11:49
VANJay Beagle (Tyler Motte, Alexander Edler)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Edler, Beagle, Motte, Chatfield, MacEwenMTL: Perry, Petry, Toffoli, Mete, Kotkaniemi
VAN 2 – 6 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
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.03	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	20	8
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	39	20
Jake Virtanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	5	0	0	14:21	—	—	52	40
Jay Beagle C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	68	64
Tyler Motte C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.45	7	0	2	14:16	—	—	76	79
Zack MacEwen R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	10:48	—	—	58	69
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	7	0	0	17:34	—	—	37	28
Brandon Sutter C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	14:09	—	—	38	80
Adam Gaudette R	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.16	1	2	2	11:20	—	—	33	67
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	0	0	-3	3	0.30	1	0	0	16:55	—	—	30	24
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.27	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	27	10
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	42	42
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:30	—	—	39	31
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	2	20:05	—	—	37	39
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	20:48	—	—	52	60
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	17:25	—	—	50	38
Quinn Hughes D	D3	0	0	0	-2	6	0.12	0	0	0	19:56	—	—	38	28
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	44	42

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	40	34	6	.850	3.48	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	1	2	16:43	—	—	60	57
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	1	2	0	15:28	—	—	63	66
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	1	1	0	15:11	—	—	67	77
Paul Byron L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	14:57	—	—	60	52
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.35	2	0	0	13:43	—	—	59	53
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.38	2	0	0	13:39	—	—	67	59
Nick Suzuki C	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.38	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	54	65
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.16	2	0	0	14:51	—	—	55	54
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.20	2	1	0	13:32	—	—	50	57
Tyler Toffoli C	L4	1	0	1	0	7	0.72	1	1	0	14:27	—	—	50	74
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.07	0	0	2	12:33	—	—	41	40
Corey Perry R	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	2	0	0	12:31	—	—	52	63
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	19:20	—	—	45	36
Victor Mete D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	1	3	2	17:45	—	—	47	39
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.07	1	1	0	21:19	—	—	56	62
Shea Weber D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	20:48	—	—	55	57
Jeff Petry D	D3	2	1	3	+3	4	0.34	3	1	0	20:25	—	—	67	72
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	+4	2	0.02	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	68	80

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	2.35	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.