Vancouver Canucks vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 9, 2022

FinalWednesday, Nov 9, 2022· 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	0	2	2		VAN	7	11	15	33
MTL	3	1	1	5		MTL	12	12	5	29

: VAN 59MTL 44
: VAN 2.56MTL 2.72
PP goals: VAN 0MTL 1
Hits: VAN 16MTL 9
Blocks: VAN 8MTL 15
PIM: VAN 10MTL 6
: VAN 53%MTL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2 at home. Kirby Dach (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Drouin, Monahan, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:23 together.

Points
Kirby Dach had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:16.Dach
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:58.Suzuki
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Drouin, Monahan, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:23 together.Drouin Monahan Suzuki Dach Caufield
Luck
MTL scored 5 goals on 2.72 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Tanner Pearson (VAN) played 6:17, −7:46 down on his 14:03 season average over 13 games.Pearson
New line
New look for VAN: Studnicka–Hoglander–Aman skated 5:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Studnicka Hoglander Aman
Usage
Arber Xhekaj (MTL) played 19:19, +4:08 up on his 15:11 season average over 50 games.Xhekaj
Usage
Luke Schenn (VAN) played 19:29, +3:10 up on his 16:19 season average over 69 games.Schenn

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 103 of 103 attempts · MTL 44 · VAN 59

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 32% of the game, MTL 26%.

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
	59	44
	2.47	2.94
	2.39	2.66
	13	13
	6	4
	24	16
	+0.027	−0.027
	32%	26%

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 – Garland – Podkolzin
10:5030% CF
L2Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko
6:49100% CF
L3Studnicka – Hoglander – Aman
5:0150% CF
L4Miller – Pearson – Boeser
4:1978% CF
D1Schenn – Hughes
13:5158% CF
D2Myers – Ekman-Larsson
13:0355% CF
D3Bear – Rathbone
10:1447% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
3:22100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Boeser – Garland – Studnicka – Mikheyev
0:30
PK1FHorvat – Pettersson
2:30
PK2FMiller – Mikheyev
1:37
PK1DSchenn – Bear
2:35
PK2DMyers – Hughes
0:40

Current VAN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
11:2453% CF
L2Hoffman – Gallagher – Dvorak
10:3221% CF
L3Dadonov – Drouin – Monahan
8:0255% CF
L4Armia – Evans – Pezzetta
7:2433% CF
D1Savard – Guhle
15:1127% CF
D2Edmundson – Xhekaj
15:0939% CF
D3Kovacevic – Harris
15:0538% CF

PP1Drouin – Monahan – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
3:23100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Gallagher – Armia – Dvorak – Xhekaj
2:03100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
1:30
PK2FDvorak – Suzuki
0:31
PK1DSavard – Edmundson
2:16
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
1:03

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:55
MTLNick SuzukiPP (Jonathan Drouin, Cole Caufield)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Horvat, PetterssonMTL: Drouin, Monahan, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield
VAN 0 – 1 MTL
8:47
MTLArber Xhekaj (Sean Monahan)wrist0.01 xG
VAN: Schenn, Miller, Pearson, Boeser, HughesMTL: Dadonov, Edmundson, Drouin, Monahan, Xhekaj
VAN 0 – 2 MTL
12:23
MTLKirby Dachwrist0.20 xG
VAN: Miller, Pearson, Boeser, Bear, HughesMTL: Savard, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, Guhle
VAN 0 – 3 MTL

2nd period

13:01
MTLMike Hoffman (Johnathan Kovacevic, Christian Dvorak)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Horvat, Bear, Garland, Rathbone, PodkolzinMTL: Hoffman, Gallagher, Dvorak, Kovacevic, Harris
VAN 0 – 4 MTL

3rd period

4:45
VANLuke Schenn (Brock Boeser)wrist0.01 xG
VAN: Schenn, Miller, Boeser, Hughes, KuzmenkoMTL: Dadonov, Edmundson, Drouin, Monahan, Xhekaj
VAN 1 – 4 MTL
8:57
VANNils Hoglander (Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Schenn, Pettersson, Hughes, Hoglander, MikheyevMTL: Savard, Dvorak, Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle
VAN 2 – 4 MTL
15:02
MTLKirby Dach (Nick Suzuki)wrist0.10 xG
VAN: Myers, Boeser, Rathbone, Hoglander, MikheyevMTL: Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harris, Dach, Caufield
VAN 2 – 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
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	20:47	—	—	30	19
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	1	0	0	16:38	—	—	43	40
Vasily Podkolzin R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.52	1	1	0	15:22	—	—	37	36
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.24	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	89	92
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	86	76
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	63	10
Nils Hoglander L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	12:40	—	—	71	74
Jack Studnicka C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:07	—	—	41	29
Nils Aman C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	10:36	—	—	53	73
J.T. Miller C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	75	56
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	1	1	-2	5	0.45	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	73	56
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	2	0	4	6:17	—	—	62	67
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	23:52	—	—	56	26
Luke Schenn D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.03	3	0	0	19:29	—	—	54	37
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	4	1	2	21:21	—	—	62	51
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	3	1	2	19:15	—	—	58	61
Ethan Bear D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	0	1	0	19:33	—	—	48	45
Jack Rathbone D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	61	58

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	29	24	5	.828	2.72	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	48	54
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	44	60
Kirby Dach C	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.41	1	0	0	17:16	—	—	54	74
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	0	2	0	17:19	—	—	26	32
Mike Hoffman C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.27	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	29	27
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	2	2	15:38	—	—	27	33
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	57	74
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	57	63
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	57	49
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	44	23
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	2	0	14:34	—	—	46	71
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.86	3	0	0	9:42	—	—	50	71
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:51	—	—	39	78
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	2	2	16:55	—	—	30	57
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:42	—	—	40	30
Arber Xhekaj D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.01	1	0	2	19:19	—	—	50	44
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:28	—	—	44	39
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	0	2	0	17:08	—	—	47	58

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.56	59:43

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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.