Vancouver Canucks vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 20, 2021

Final / SOSaturday, Mar 20, 2021· Centre Bell

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	0	2	2	0	0	4		VAN	2	10	4	2	18
MTL	1	2	1	0	1	5		MTL	10	12	15	3	40

: VAN 40MTL 79
: VAN 1.67MTL 3.82
PP goals: VAN 1MTL 1
Hits: VAN 26MTL 28
Blocks: VAN 21MTL 14
PIM: VAN 2MTL 2
: VAN 47%MTL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Vancouver Canucks 5–4 (SO)

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 5–4 in a shootout at home. Bo Horvat (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Danault, Anderson, Drouin and Suzuki) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:00 together.

Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:00.Horvat
Points
Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:37.Tatar
Points
Phillip Danault had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:07.Danault
Points
Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:59.Hughes
Points
Shea Weber had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:52.Weber
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Danault, Anderson, Drouin and Suzuki) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:00 together.Weber Danault Anderson Drouin Suzuki
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Vesey, Horvat, Boeser and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:27 together.Miller Vesey Horvat Boeser Hughes
Goalie
Braden Holtby (VAN) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +7 against a season average of 33.1; the overtime loss.Holtby

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 119 of 119 attempts · MTL 79 · VAN 40

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 12% of the game, MTL 48%.

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
	40	84
	1.17	3.36
	1.17	3.19
	5	16
	4	4
	19	25
	−0.042	+0.042
	12%	48%

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
14:4936% CF
L2Miller – Vesey – Virtanen
10:4626% CF
L3Sutter – Motte – Hawryluk
10:3526% CF
L4Roussel – Gaudette – MacEwen
5:2738% CF
D1Edler – Schmidt
21:0627% CF
D2Hamonic – Hughes
18:1638% CF
D3Myers – Benn
15:2631% CF

PP1Miller – Vesey – Horvat – Boeser – Hughes
1:27100% CF
PP2Hamonic – Horvat – Boeser – Hughes – Hoglander
0:13
PK1FMiller – Motte
1:00
PK1DEdler – Hamonic
1:00

Current VAN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
14:0866% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
13:0178% CF
L3Armia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
10:2772% CF
L4Perry – Byron – Evans
7:1667% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
20:1377% CF
D2Weber – Edmundson
17:3761% CF
D3Mete – Romanov
13:1374% CF

PP1Weber – Danault – Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
1:00100% CF
PK1FArmia – Danault
0:51
PK2FByron – Lehkonen
0:36
PK1DWeber – Edmundson
1:04
PK2DPetry – Romanov
0:36

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:26
MTLNick SuzukiPP (Jonathan Drouin, Shea Weber)wrist0.09 xG
VAN: Edler, Hamonic, Miller, MotteMTL: Weber, Danault, Anderson, Drouin, Suzuki
VAN 0 – 1 MTL

2nd period

0:22
VANJake Virtanen (J.T. Miller)wrist0.22 xG
VAN: Edler, Miller, Vesey, Schmidt, VirtanenMTL: Weber, Edmundson, Anderson, Drouin, Suzuki
VAN 1 – 1 MTL
8:08
VANBrock BoeserPP (Quinn Hughes, Bo Horvat)slap0.06 xG
VAN: Miller, Vesey, Horvat, Boeser, HughesMTL: Petry, Byron, Lehkonen, Romanov
VAN 2 – 1 MTL
13:44
MTLTomas Tatar (Phillip Danault, Victor Mete)wrist0.13 xG
VAN: Sutter, Myers, Benn, Motte, HawrylukMTL: Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, Mete, Romanov
VAN 2 – 2 MTL
18:21
MTLJoel Edmundson (Shea Weber, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.00 xG
VAN: Edler, Miller, Vesey, Schmidt, GaudetteMTL: Weber, Tatar, Gallagher, Edmundson, Danault
VAN 2 – 3 MTL

3rd period

0:22
VANBo Horvat (Quinn Hughes, Nils Hoglander)tip-in0.01 xG
VAN: Hamonic, Horvat, Boeser, Hughes, HoglanderMTL: Weber, Edmundson, Anderson, Drouin, Suzuki
VAN 3 – 3 MTL
0:55
VANTyler Motte (Jayce Hawryluk, Jordie Benn)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Sutter, Myers, Benn, Motte, HawrylukMTL: Armia, Lehkonen, Mete, Kotkaniemi, Romanov
VAN 4 – 3 MTL
5:29
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Phillip Danault)wrist0.06 xG
VAN: Edler, Sutter, Schmidt, Motte, HawrylukMTL: Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, Mete, Romanov
VAN 4 – 4 MTL

Decided in the shootout: VAN 4 – 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
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.44	0	0	0	23:31	—	—	34	16
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.25	2	1	0	21:00	—	—	31	15
Nils Hoglander L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	0	0	16:34	—	—	37	16
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	24:14	—	—	29	46
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	18:59	—	—	27	43
Jake Virtanen R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.28	1	2	0	12:37	—	—	32	42
Tyler Motte C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.25	3	0	0	17:09	—	—	35	23
Brandon Sutter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	14:45	—	—	36	17
Jayce Hawryluk R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:19	—	—	29	20
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:16	—	—	29	17
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	1	0	9:43	—	—	29	31
Zack MacEwen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	8:20	—	—	39	24
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	4	0	22:45	—	—	29	40
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	3	0	21:41	—	—	27	38
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.07	1	2	0	24:59	—	—	38	29
Travis Hamonic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	4	0	0	20:06	—	—	38	31
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	2	18:04	—	—	31	17
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:58	—	—	31	17

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	O	40	36	4	.900	3.82	65:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.24	0	0	0	21:13	—	—	61	68
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.10	0	3	0	20:21	—	—	67	68
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	3	0	0	18:31	—	—	66	68
Tomas Tatar L	L2	1	1	2	+3	1	0.55	1	0	0	18:37	—	—	72	70
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	2	2	+3	6	0.58	2	1	0	18:07	—	—	79	80
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	+3	1	0.43	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	75	73
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	3	1	0	17:11	—	—	72	72
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	6	1	0	14:51	—	—	64	77
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.40	2	0	0	13:07	—	—	73	74
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	67	89
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	11:28	—	—	50	96
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	2	0	9:32	—	—	59	86
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.13	2	1	0	25:34	—	—	71	72
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	2	2	22:39	—	—	73	90
Shea Weber D	D2	0	2	2	-1	5	0.18	0	0	0	21:52	—	—	59	51
Joel Edmundson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.04	0	2	0	21:23	—	—	61	62
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	3	1	0	16:49	—	—	76	88
Victor Mete D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	13:32	—	—	74	84

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	18	14	4	.778	1.67	65:00

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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.