Calgary Flames vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 28, 2021

FinalThursday, Jan 28, 2021· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	0	2	2		CGY	9	7	9	25
MTL	2	2	0	4		MTL	8	11	2	21

: CGY 55MTL 41
: CGY 1.24MTL 1.65
PP goals: CGY 1MTL 2
Hits: CGY 26MTL 18
Blocks: CGY 17MTL 17
PIM: CGY 13MTL 13
: CGY 50%MTL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames 4–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames 4–2 at home. Jesperi Kotkaniemi (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. CGY's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 4:00 together.

Points
Jesperi Kotkaniemi had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:05.Kotkaniemi
Points
Jonathan Drouin had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:33.Drouin
PP1
CGY's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 4:00 together.Gaudreau Lindholm Monahan Andersson Tkachuk
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Petry, Toffoli, Drouin and Suzuki) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:37 together.Weber Petry Toffoli Drouin Suzuki
New line
New look for CGY: Leivo–Lindholm–Tkachuk skated 12:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Leivo Lindholm Tkachuk
Luck
MTL scored 4 goals on 1.65 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Tyler Toffoli (MTL) played 14:02, −3:34 down on his 17:36 season average over 51 games.Toffoli
Usage
Josh Leivo (CGY) played 16:04, +5:28 up on his 10:36 season average over 37 games.Leivo

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

← CGY attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
CGY
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 96 of 96 attempts · MTL 41 · CGY 55

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
CGY
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL pressure
CGY pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CGY 28% of the game, MTL 33%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

MTL

CGY

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	CGY	MTL
	48	41
	0.85	1.48
	0.84	1.43
	5	6
	6	1
	22	10
	+0.023	−0.023
	28%	33%

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.

Calgary Flames

L1Leivo – Lindholm – Tkachuk
12:3680% CF
L2Gaudreau – Monahan – Simon
10:5459% CF
L3Backlund – Bennett – Mangiapane
5:5429% CF
L4Lucic – Nordstrom – Ryan
4:3625% CF
D1Tanev – Hanifin
12:3771% CF
D2Giordano – Andersson
11:3361% CF
D3Nesterov – Välimäki
11:2243% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Andersson – Tkachuk
4:0033% CF
PP2Giordano – Lucic – Backlund – Bennett – Mangiapane
1:5350% CF
PK1FBacklund – Mangiapane
1:33
PK2FNordstrom – Lindholm
1:18
PK1DGiordano – Tanev
3:00
PK2DNesterov – Välimäki
1:33

Current CGY line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
10:3030% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
10:3050% CF
L3Byron – Lehkonen – Evans
9:4040% CF
L4Perry – Toffoli – Kotkaniemi
7:3540% CF
D1Kulak – Romanov
13:1162% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
12:0636% CF
D3Petry – Edmundson
11:4154% CF

PP1Weber – Petry – Toffoli – Drouin – Suzuki
2:37100% CF
PP2Perry – Tatar – Gallagher – Kotkaniemi – Romanov
1:29100% CF
PK1FByron – Evans
2:01
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
2:01
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
3:01
PK2DPetry – Edmundson
1:47

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.16	2	1	2	21:08	—	—	76	67
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	3	0	5	18:47	—	—	75	95
Josh Leivo L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	74	62
Johnny Gaudreau L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.14	1	0	0	18:03	—	—	58	15
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	0	1	0	17:52	—	—	55	15
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	11:53	—	—	59	14
Mikael Backlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	14:54	—	—	27	13
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	14:39	—	—	31	28
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:24	—	—	29	28
Milan Lucic L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	6	0	2	12:37	—	—	38	19
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	0	0	10:30	—	—	42	41
Derek Ryan C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	9:48	—	—	36	40
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	20:35	—	—	61	80
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	74	87
Mark Giordano D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	1	2	0	20:33	—	—	50	19
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.14	0	2	2	20:10	—	—	62	28
Juuso Välimäki D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	2	17:56	—	—	35	11
Nikita Nesterov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	1	0	16:03	—	—	42	12

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	1.65	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:55	—	—	39	64
Josh Anderson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.23	2	1	0	15:04	—	—	46	85
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	46	85
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	15:46	—	—	44	69
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	14:41	—	—	52	70
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.62	1	1	0	14:23	—	—	52	79
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	2	14:53	—	—	47	57
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:15	—	—	38	36
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	1	0	12:02	—	—	44	55
Tyler Toffoli C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.15	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	37	25
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:05	—	—	53	61
Corey Perry R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:34	—	—	46	38
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	2	2	18:46	—	—	64	67
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	18:02	—	—	57	65
Shea Weber D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	1	2	0	23:09	—	—	35	67
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	0	2	7	20:15	—	—	36	74
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	2	2	0	20:15	—	—	47	24
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	17:40	—	—	47	29

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.24	60:00

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.

Calgary Flames vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 28, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Calgary Flames

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Calgary Flames

Montreal Canadiens