Vancouver Canucks vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 19, 2021

Final / OTFriday, Mar 19, 2021· Centre Bell

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

3

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

2

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	0	2	0	1	3		VAN	11	10	6	1	28
MTL	1	0	1	0	2		MTL	8	13	10	0	31

: VAN 46MTL 65
: VAN 1.99MTL 2.63
PP goals: VAN 0MTL 1
Hits: VAN 11MTL 27
Blocks: VAN 20MTL 10
PIM: VAN 8MTL 4
: VAN 34%MTL 66%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT)

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime at MTL. Jeff Petry (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for VAN: Miller–Vesey–Virtanen skated 10:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jeff Petry had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:04.Petry
New line
New look for VAN: Miller–Vesey–Virtanen skated 10:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Miller Vesey Virtanen
New line
New look for MTL: Toffoli–Armia–Suzuki skated 6:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toffoli Armia Suzuki
New line
New look for VAN: Roussel–Gaudette–MacEwen skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Roussel Gaudette MacEwen
Usage
Jake Evans (MTL) played 6:26, −5:31 down on his 11:57 season average over 46 games.Evans
Usage
Jimmy Vesey (VAN) played 18:13, +5:37 up on his 12:36 season average over 49 games.Vesey
Usage
Josh Anderson (MTL) played 20:07, +3:46 up on his 16:21 season average over 51 games.Anderson

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 65 · VAN 46

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 37%.

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
	50	59
	1.85	2.26
	1.81	2.19
	12	7
	2	5
	30	16
	−0.125	+0.125
	21%	37%

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

L1Horvat – Boeser – Hoglander
11:4933% CF
L2Miller – Vesey – Virtanen
10:1863% CF
L3Sutter – Motte – Hawryluk
8:0446% CF
L4Roussel – Gaudette – MacEwen
5:5956% CF
D1Hamonic – Hughes
17:1342% CF
D2Edler – Schmidt
15:1150% CF
D3Myers – Benn
12:4346% CF

PP1Miller – Vesey – Horvat – Boeser – Hughes
2:29100% CF
PP2Myers – Schmidt – Virtanen – Gaudette – Hoglander
1:160% CF
PK1FMiller – Motte
1:35
PK2FSutter – Roussel
1:34
PK1DEdler – Myers
3:05
PK2DHamonic – Benn
0:35

Current VAN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
12:1867% CF
L2Anderson – Drouin – Kotkaniemi
11:1661% CF
L3Toffoli – Armia – Suzuki
6:4146% CF
L4Perry – Byron – Evans
3:3150% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
15:0171% CF
D2Weber – Edmundson
13:3341% CF
D3Ouellet – Romanov
13:2238% CF

PP1Weber – Toffoli – Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
2:30100% CF
PP2Perry – Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Kotkaniemi
2:1280% CF
PK1FArmia – Danault
1:35
PK2FByron – Evans
1:17
PK1DPetry – Edmundson
1:18
PK2DOuellet – Romanov
0:55

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:15
MTLCorey PerryPP (Jeff Petry, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Edler, Sutter, Hamonic, MotteMTL: Perry, Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Kotkaniemi
VAN 0 – 1 MTL

2nd period

2:25
VANAdam Gaudette (Antoine Roussel, Zack MacEwen)tip-in0.07 xG
VAN: Myers, Benn, Roussel, Gaudette, MacEwenMTL: Weber, Toffoli, Ouellet, Armia, Suzuki
VAN 1 – 1 MTL
6:37
VANNils Hoglander (Nate Schmidt, Brock Boeser)tip-in0.06 xG
VAN: Edler, Schmidt, Horvat, Boeser, HoglanderMTL: Petry, Kulak, Anderson, Drouin, Kotkaniemi
VAN 2 – 1 MTL

3rd period

19:03
MTLNick Suzuki (Jeff Petry)wrist0.05 xG
VAN: Edler, Sutter, Myers, MillerMTL: Perry, Weber, Petry, Toffoli, Gallagher, Suzuki
VAN 2 – 2 MTL

OT period

2:01
VANJ.T. Miller (Quinn Hughes)backhand0.27 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, HorvatMTL: Tatar, Gallagher, Suzuki
VAN 3 – 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.06	1	0	0	21:23	—	—	33	25
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	0	0	18:30	—	—	27	18
Nils Hoglander L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	40	28
J.T. Miller C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.38	0	0	0	23:36	—	—	50	57
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	2	0	18:13	—	—	50	56
Jake Virtanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	1	1	2	13:02	—	—	65	71
Brandon Sutter C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	48	36
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	4	2	2	15:29	—	—	45	37
Jayce Hawryluk R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:11	—	—	42	33
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	10:57	—	—	55	64
Zack MacEwen R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	1	2	0	9:59	—	—	50	60
Adam Gaudette R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	1	1	0	8:31	—	—	56	78
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	2	2	24:03	—	—	40	39
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	19:30	—	—	44	41
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	20:48	—	—	55	46
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.04	0	2	0	20:30	—	—	49	43
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.05	0	2	0	21:24	—	—	46	53
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	13:34	—	—	46	53

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.63	62:01

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	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	58	49
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.21	2	0	0	17:41	—	—	70	60
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	65	51
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.38	4	1	0	20:07	—	—	52	53
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.26	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	65	73
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	0	2	17:17	—	—	52	52
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	0	1	0	20:07	—	—	43	42
Nick Suzuki C	L3	1	0	1	-2	4	0.29	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	50	59
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	2	0	0	12:20	—	—	48	59
Corey Perry R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:04	—	—	50	46
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	2	0	10:27	—	—	47	63
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	6:26	—	—	44	61
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	2	2	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	23:04	—	—	71	71
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	3	0	0	17:13	—	—	70	70
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	3	2	2	21:04	—	—	47	48
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	20:20	—	—	47	49
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	5	1	0	18:22	—	—	52	48
Xavier Ouellet D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	15:36	—	—	39	39

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	O	28	25	3	.893	1.99	61:06

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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.