Vancouver Canucks vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 12, 2023

FinalSunday, Nov 12, 2023· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	3	2	5		VAN	8	14	15	37
MTL	0	0	2	2		MTL	9	8	15	32

: VAN 77MTL 59
: VAN 4.50MTL 2.77
PP goals: VAN 0MTL 1
Hits: VAN 19MTL 16
Blocks: VAN 17MTL 24
PIM: VAN 4MTL 4
: VAN 57%MTL 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at MTL. Brock Boeser (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VAN: Blueger–Lafferty–Beauvillier skated 10:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brock Boeser had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:35.Boeser
Points
Conor Garland had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 12:03.Garland
Points
Dakota Joshua had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:11.Joshua
Points
J.T. Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:10.Miller
New line
New look for VAN: Blueger–Lafferty–Beauvillier skated 10:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Lafferty Beauvillier
Usage
Carson Soucy (VAN) played 8:26, −9:17 down on his 17:43 season average over 39 games.Soucy
Goalie
Jake Allen (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +3 against a season average of 32.0; the loss.Allen
Usage
Phillip Di Giuseppe (VAN) played 15:55, +3:53 up on his 12:02 season average over 50 games.Di Giuseppe

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 136 of 136 attempts · MTL 59 · VAN 77

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 36% of the game, MTL 14%.

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
	77	62
	2.88	2.40
	2.65	2.28
	19	14
	5	5
	25	12
	+0.023	−0.023
	36%	14%

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 – Di Giuseppe – Boeser
11:5452% CF
L2Blueger – Lafferty – Beauvillier
10:5864% CF
L3Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko
8:4935% CF
L4Joshua – Garland – Suter
8:2178% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
13:2959% CF
D2Cole – Juulsen
9:2460% CF
D3Myers – Soucy
8:0463% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes – Kuzmenko
3:13100% CF
PP2Beauvillier – Garland – Hronek – Suter – Mikheyev
0:41
PK1FBlueger – Joshua
0:24
PK2FMiller – Pettersson
0:20
PK1DCole – Hronek
0:44
PK2DJuulsen – Hughes
0:17

Current VAN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Newhook
11:5342% CF
L2Dvorak – Caufield – Slafkovský
11:4447% CF
L3Gallagher – Pearson – Monahan
8:1650% CF
L4Evans – Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard
7:1650% CF
D1Kovacevic – Guhle
14:3654% CF
D2Matheson – Barron
14:2353% CF
D3Harris – Xhekaj
13:5437% CF

PP1Matheson – Anderson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield
2:01100% CF
PK1FDvorak – Evans
1:23
PK2FMonahan – Harvey-Pinard
0:41
PK1DKovacevic – Harris
3:19
PK2DMatheson – Guhle
0:41

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:15
VANConor Garland (J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes)tip-in0.10 xG
VAN: Cole, Miller, Boeser, Garland, HughesMTL: Gallagher, Pearson, Monahan, Kovacevic, Guhle
VAN 1 – 0 MTL
9:17
VANIlya Mikheyev (Andrei Kuzmenko)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Hronek, Pettersson, Hughes, Mikheyev, KuzmenkoMTL: Pearson, Anderson, Suzuki, Guhle, Barron
VAN 2 – 0 MTL
17:57
VANDakota Joshua (Conor Garland, Filip Hronek)backhand0.23 xG
VAN: Joshua, Garland, Hronek, Suter, HughesMTL: Matheson, Anderson, Pezzetta, Suzuki, Kovacevic
VAN 3 – 0 MTL

3rd period

6:46
MTLMike MathesonPP (Sean Monahan, Josh Anderson)snap0.22 xG
VAN: Cole, Myers, Miller, HronekMTL: Matheson, Anderson, Monahan, Caufield, Newhook
VAN 3 – 1 MTL
18:30
VANBrock BoeserEN (Dakota Joshua, Tyler Myers)wrist0.57 xG
VAN: Cole, Myers, Miller, Joshua, BoeserMTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovský
VAN 4 – 1 MTL
19:11
MTLArber Xhekaj (Jordan Harris, Jake Allen)wrist0.05 xG
VAN: Cole, Juulsen, Pettersson, Mikheyev, KuzmenkoMTL: Evans, Pezzetta, Harris, Harvey-Pinard, Xhekaj
VAN 4 – 2 MTL
19:42
VANPhillip Di GiuseppeEN (J.T. Miller, Brock Boeser)wrist0.92 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Di Giuseppe, Boeser, HronekMTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovský
VAN 5 – 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
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	2	2	+3	2	0.16	3	1	0	20:10	—	—	57	67
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	1	2	+3	5	1.11	1	0	0	19:35	—	—	55	63
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	1.06	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	55	63
Sam Lafferty C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:09	—	—	55	38
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	14:04	—	—	62	47
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	53	37
Elias Pettersson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:51	—	—	37	31
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	14:53	—	—	45	47
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.40	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	33	35
Pius Suter C	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	0	0	0	12:59	—	—	71	95
Dakota Joshua C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.35	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	65	71
Conor Garland R	L4	1	1	2	+2	5	0.28	0	1	0	12:03	—	—	63	72
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.12	0	3	0	28:37	—	—	60	58
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.07	2	2	0	23:50	—	—	41	45
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	2	0	21:10	—	—	56	60
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	2	2	14:33	—	—	43	29
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	1	1	+2	5	0.14	1	1	2	20:29	—	—	68	65
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	8:26	—	—	68	74

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.77	59:33

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-4	3	0.09	1	1	0	18:52	—	—	39	36
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	1	1	-2	6	0.73	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	37	32
Alex Newhook C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	42	47
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	51	40
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	0	-2	6	0.49	0	1	0	16:48	—	—	46	40
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	43	40
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	1	1	-3	1	0.18	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	47	53
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	0	0	2	13:32	—	—	44	56
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.30	0	1	0	12:53	—	—	44	62
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	3	0	14:23	—	—	57	97
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	60	96
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	6	1	0	9:04	—	—	39	35
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	4	0	20:20	—	—	56	67
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:04	—	—	49	54
Mike Matheson D	D2	1	0	1	-3	1	0.22	1	0	2	23:21	—	—	38	24
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	4	0	17:41	—	—	54	47
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	5	0	20:00	—	—	33	30
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.06	1	1	0	15:22	—	—	38	33

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	3.01	58:53

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Dakota Joshua (VAN) 2nd 17:57 · assists Conor Garland, Filip Hronek · Rebound · 25.5 mph shot.

Dakota Joshua · 2nd 17:57 · VAN

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 25.5 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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Brock Boeser · 3rd 18:30 · VAN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3
Shot: 70.8 mph
Distance: 80 ft

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Conor Garland · 2nd 6:15 · VAN

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.6 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s
Type: deflection

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Ilya Mikheyev · 2nd 9:17 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.3 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Mike Matheson · 3rd 6:46 · MTL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.8 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Type: rebound

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Arber Xhekaj · 3rd 19:11 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 2
Shot: 53.9 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Phillip Di Giuseppe · 3rd 19:42 · VAN EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3
Shot: 61.7 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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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.