Vancouver Canucks vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 2, 2021

FinalTuesday, Feb 2, 2021· Centre Bell

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	1	2	3		VAN	10	16	13	39
MTL	2	2	1	5		MTL	11	15	7	33

: VAN 56MTL 57
: VAN 2.43MTL 3.29
PP goals: VAN 1MTL 0
Hits: VAN 26MTL 20
Blocks: VAN 13MTL 11
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 5–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 5–3 at home. Tyler Toffoli (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:19 together.

Points
Tyler Toffoli had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:24.Toffoli
Points
Quinn Hughes had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:45.Hughes
Points
Josh Anderson had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:20.Anderson
Points
Jeff Petry had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:07.Petry
Points
Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:03.Suzuki
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:19 together.Miller Horvat Boeser Pettersson Hughes
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New look for VAN: Miller–Horvat–Boeser skated 11:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Miller Horvat Boeser
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New look for VAN: Pearson–Pettersson–Hoglander skated 9:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pearson Pettersson Hoglander

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 113 of 113 attempts · MTL 57 · VAN 56

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 31% of the game, MTL 33%.

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	55
	1.61	2.05
	1.59	2.01
	12	12
	2	5
	20	20
	−0.022	+0.023
	31%	33%

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 – Boeser
11:3752% CF
L2Pearson – Pettersson – Hoglander
9:4648% CF
L3Beagle – Motte – MacEwen
4:4033% CF
L4Sutter – Roussel – Gaudette
4:2350% CF
D1Myers – Schmidt
14:0946% CF
D2Edler – Chatfield
9:4258% CF
D3Benn – Hughes
9:3344% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
3:1986% CF
PP2Myers – Pearson – Schmidt – Gaudette – Hoglander
0:57100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Motte
2:49
PK2FSutter – Miller
0:00
PK1DEdler – Myers
1:23
PK2DSchmidt – Chatfield
0:48

Current VAN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Byron – Lehkonen – Evans
10:0138% CF
L2Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
9:4767% CF
L3Perry – Toffoli – Kotkaniemi
8:1756% CF
L4Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
8:0753% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
15:4252% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
14:4744% CF
D3Kulak – Mete
11:3965% CF

PP1Petry – Toffoli – Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
3:25100% CF
PP2Perry – Weber – Tatar – Gallagher – Kotkaniemi
1:47100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:28
PK2FByron – Evans
1:26
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
2:27
PK2DPetry – Edmundson
1:44

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:53
MTLJosh Anderson (Ben Chiarot, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.16 xG
VAN: Edler, Miller, Horvat, Boeser, ChatfieldMTL: Weber, Chiarot, Anderson, Drouin, Suzuki
VAN 0 – 1 MTL
17:00
MTLJosh Anderson (Brett Kulak, Nick Suzuki)tip-in0.10 xG
VAN: Sutter, Beagle, Myers, Schmidt, MotteMTL: Kulak, Anderson, Drouin, Mete, Suzuki
VAN 0 – 2 MTL

2nd period

4:20
VANAntoine Roussel (Jay Beagle, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.15 xG
VAN: Beagle, Benn, Roussel, Miller, HughesMTL: Petry, Toffoli, Anderson, Evans, Mete
VAN 1 – 2 MTL
12:29
MTLTyler Toffoli (Joel Edmundson, Jeff Petry)tip-in0.08 xG
VAN: Sutter, Benn, Pearson, Pettersson, HughesMTL: Perry, Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, Kotkaniemi
VAN 1 – 3 MTL
15:47
MTLTyler Toffoli (Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Shea Weber)backhand0.05 xG
VAN: Benn, Miller, Horvat, Boeser, HughesMTL: Perry, Weber, Petry, Toffoli, Kotkaniemi
VAN 1 – 4 MTL

3rd period

0:53
VANElias PetterssonPP (J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.07 xG
VAN: Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesMTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, Evans
VAN 2 – 4 MTL
19:18
VANTanner Pearson (Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.16 xG
VAN: Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesMTL: Weber, Chiarot, Gallagher, Danault, Evans
VAN 3 – 4 MTL
19:54
MTLJeff PetryEN (Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.91 xG
VAN: Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesMTL: Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, Lehkonen, Suzuki
VAN 3 – 5 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	1	1	-1	4	0.35	6	3	0	23:31	—	—	46	53
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.35	0	0	0	22:57	—	—	58	54
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.23	0	0	0	20:43	—	—	56	54
Elias Pettersson C	L2	1	0	1	-1	5	0.50	0	0	0	19:51	—	—	47	33
Tanner Pearson L	L2	1	0	1	-1	5	0.27	1	0	2	16:47	—	—	50	34
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	15:06	—	—	46	45
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	5	0	0	13:16	—	—	31	14
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:32	—	—	29	30
Zack MacEwen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	6:59	—	—	44	32
Brandon Sutter C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	1	0	12:26	—	—	40	28
Antoine Roussel L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	3	0	2	10:34	—	—	50	50
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	7:24	—	—	42	38
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	2	1	0	25:04	—	—	45	29
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	45	32
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	1	2	19:32	—	—	56	65
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	13:03	—	—	57	66
Quinn Hughes D	D3	0	3	3	-1	4	0.25	1	1	0	23:45	—	—	33	36
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	44	50

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	2.38	57:20

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	2	1	0	15:38	—	—	35	49
Jake Evans C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:56	—	—	33	40
Paul Byron L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	13:11	—	—	40	51
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	2	2	+3	0	0.10	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	67	58
Josh Anderson R	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	0.53	3	0	2	15:20	—	—	60	51
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.24	0	0	2	14:58	—	—	73	62
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	2	1	3	+2	5	0.36	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	50	55
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	53	75
Corey Perry R	L3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.34	1	0	0	11:49	—	—	50	75
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	-1	5	0.34	0	1	0	14:55	—	—	62	60
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	14:28	—	—	53	52
Phillip Danault C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	0	0	14:19	—	—	52	56
Jeff Petry D	D1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.93	2	1	0	23:07	—	—	53	51
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	1	2	0	19:26	—	—	54	51
Shea Weber D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	23:33	—	—	47	49
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	21:51	—	—	45	48
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	57	63
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	2	2	12:49	—	—	68	82

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	39	36	3	.923	2.43	59:40

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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.