Vancouver Canucks vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 29, 2021

FinalMonday, Nov 29, 2021· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	1	0	2		VAN	12	21	9	42
MTL	1	0	0	1		MTL	12	11	11	34

: VAN 67MTL 62
: VAN 3.17MTL 1.90
PP goals: VAN 1MTL 0
Hits: VAN 14MTL 23
Blocks: VAN 18MTL 19
PIM: VAN 4MTL 4
: VAN 50%MTL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 at MTL. Conor Garland (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VAN's first power-play unit (Chiasson, Miller, Horvat, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:39 together.

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VAN's first power-play unit (Chiasson, Miller, Horvat, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:39 together.Chiasson Miller Horvat Pettersson Hughes
Goalie
Jake Allen (MTL) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +10 against a season average of 32.1; the loss.Allen
Usage
Elias Pettersson (VAN) played 13:13, −5:27 down on his 18:40 season average over 79 games.Pettersson
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Jonathan Drouin (MTL) played 20:10, +3:10 up on his 17:00 season average over 33 games.Drouin
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Quinn Hughes (VAN) played 22:03, −3:15 down on his 25:18 season average over 75 games.Hughes
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Cole Caufield (MTL) played 12:05, −4:40 down on his 16:45 season average over 66 games.Caufield
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Artturi Lehkonen (MTL) played 11:29, −3:40 down on his 15:09 season average over 73 games.Lehkonen
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Brock Boeser (VAN) played 15:20, −3:18 down on his 18:38 season average over 70 games.Boeser

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 129 of 129 attempts · MTL 62 · VAN 67

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 38% of the game, MTL 34%.

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
	73	64
	2.73	1.89
	2.64	1.84
	10	12
	5	2
	24	25
	+0.038	−0.038
	38%	34%

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 – Boeser – Hoglander
12:3952% CF
L2Pearson – Horvat – Garland
10:5146% CF
L3Dowling – Pettersson – Podkolzin
8:2163% CF
L4Chiasson – Motte – Dickinson
8:0168% CF
D1Myers – Ekman-Larsson
17:1453% CF
D2Schenn – Hughes
13:3171% CF
D3Burroughs – Poolman
6:4967% CF

PP1Chiasson – Miller – Horvat – Pettersson – Hughes
1:39100% CF
PP2Myers – Ekman-Larsson – Pearson – Boeser – Garland
0:33
PK1FMiller – Motte
2:03
PK2FPearson – Dickinson
0:40
PK1DMyers – Poolman
2:24
PK2DSchenn – Ekman-Larsson
1:02

Current VAN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Toffoli – Anderson – Dvorak
10:5157% CF
L2Gallagher – Drouin – Evans
7:2425% CF
L3Lehkonen – Suzuki – Caufield
7:0853% CF
L4Armia – Pezzetta – Poehling
5:5950% CF
D1Petry – Chiarot
12:1660% CF
D2Savard – Norlinder
8:2047% CF
D3Niku – Romanov
7:1931% CF

PP1Toffoli – Gallagher – Drouin – Niku – Suzuki
2:26100% CF
PP2Petry – Chiarot – Anderson – Dvorak – Caufield
0:50
PK1FArmia – Dvorak
1:25
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
0:35
PK1DSavard – Romanov
1:25
PK2DPetry – Chiarot
0:47

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:00
VANElias PetterssonPP (Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller)slap0.07 xG
VAN: Chiasson, Miller, Horvat, Pettersson, HughesMTL: Petry, Chiarot, Lehkonen, Evans
VAN 1 – 0 MTL
18:39
MTLRyan Poehling (Jonathan Drouin)tip-in0.06 xG
VAN: Pearson, Poolman, Horvat, Garland, HughesMTL: Armia, Drouin, Niku, Poehling, Romanov
VAN 1 – 1 MTL

2nd period

6:27
VANConor Garland (Bo Horvat)tip-in0.02 xG
VAN: Schenn, Ekman-Larsson, Pearson, Horvat, GarlandMTL: Petry, Gallagher, Anderson, Drouin, Niku
VAN 2 – 1 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	0	3	0.11	2	0	0	19:51	—	—	53	50
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	55	52
Nils Hoglander L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.49	0	0	2	14:54	—	—	56	52
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	19:25	—	—	42	58
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	48	58
Conor Garland R	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.28	0	0	0	13:47	—	—	45	55
Elias Pettersson C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	54	57
Justin Dowling C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	11:37	—	—	57	59
Vasily Podkolzin R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	1	0	0	10:46	—	—	67	60
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.95	0	2	0	17:41	—	—	50	73
Jason Dickinson C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	1	0	0	13:39	—	—	54	76
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	11:33	—	—	67	76
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	7	0	25:09	—	—	45	54
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.06	0	0	0	23:42	—	—	51	64
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	22:03	—	—	55	37
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.05	4	2	0	18:50	—	—	71	76
Tucker Poolman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	2	0	17:11	—	—	48	52
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	1	2	11:36	—	—	58	70

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	1.90	59:37

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	5	0	20:14	—	—	50	66
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	50	80
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.34	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	51	68
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	44	41
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	3	0	0	15:20	—	—	33	8
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:33	—	—	30	10
Nick Suzuki C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	2	1	2	17:20	—	—	61	49
Cole Caufield R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	58	51
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	11:29	—	—	46	25
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	2	2	0	14:35	—	—	44	50
Ryan Poehling C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	1	0	0	11:31	—	—	50	58
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:41	—	—	39	42
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	22:38	—	—	52	44
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.06	3	2	0	21:48	—	—	58	46
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	4	0	21:55	—	—	41	44
Mattias Norlinder D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	12:27	—	—	52	48
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:04	—	—	36	33
Sami Niku D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	2	0	16:21	—	—	32	26

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	42	40	2	.952	2.41	59:03

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.