Calgary Flames vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 30, 2021

FinalSaturday, Jan 30, 2021· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	1	0	1	2		CGY	16	5	12	33
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	12	15	10	37

: CGY 47MTL 75
: CGY 2.57MTL 3.48
PP goals: CGY 1MTL 0
Hits: CGY 23MTL 17
Blocks: CGY 22MTL 9
PIM: CGY 14MTL 16
: CGY 52%MTL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0

Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0 at MTL. Elias Lindholm (CGY) led the scoring with 0G 2A. CGY's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 5:13 together.

Points
Elias Lindholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:37.Lindholm
PP1
CGY's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 5:13 together.Gaudreau Lindholm Monahan Andersson Tkachuk
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 3.48 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Josh Anderson (MTL) played 6:06, −10:31 down on his 16:37 season average over 51 games.Anderson
Goalie
Jacob Markstrom (CGY) faced 37 shots and stopped 37 (.1000), +10 against a season average of 27.0; the win.Markstrom
Usage
Elias Lindholm (CGY) played 24:37, +4:48 up on his 19:49 season average over 55 games.Lindholm
New line
New look for CGY: Gaudreau–Monahan–Mangiapane skated 6:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (39.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Monahan Mangiapane
Usage
Brett Kulak (MTL) played 11:52, −4:20 down on his 16:12 season average over 45 games.Kulak

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 122 of 122 attempts · MTL 75 · CGY 47

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 22% of the game, MTL 55%.

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
	43	64
	1.50	3.16
	1.47	3.01
	5	19
	2	6
	19	16
	+0.036	−0.036
	22%	55%

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

L1Lindholm – Tkachuk – Dube
10:4521% CF
L2Backlund – Leivo – Bennett
9:2244% CF
L3Gaudreau – Monahan – Mangiapane
6:4639% CF
L4Lucic – Nordstrom – Ryan
5:3464% CF
D1Tanev – Hanifin
13:2252% CF
D2Nesterov – Välimäki
9:4033% CF
D3Giordano – Andersson
9:2038% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Andersson – Tkachuk
5:1344% CF
PP2Giordano – Lucic – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan
0:47
PK1FBacklund – Ryan
2:11
PK2FNordstrom – Lindholm
1:54
PK1DGiordano – Tanev
5:24
PK2DNesterov – Välimäki
2:28

Current CGY line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
9:0971% CF
L2Perry – Toffoli – Kotkaniemi
6:5653% CF
L3Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
5:4359% CF
L4Byron – Lehkonen – Evans
5:3375% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
12:3860% CF
D2Kulak – Romanov
11:1152% CF
D3Petry – Edmundson
9:3661% CF

PP1Weber – Petry – Toffoli – Drouin – Suzuki
4:39100% CF
PP2Perry – Tatar – Gallagher – Kotkaniemi – Romanov
3:34100% CF
PK1FByron – Evans
3:22
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
2:31
PK1DPetry – Edmundson
4:02
PK2DWeber – Chiarot
3:54

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:34
CGYJohnny GaudreauPP (Elias Lindholm, Matthew Tkachuk)wrist0.08 xG
CGY: Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson, TkachukMTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, Evans
CGY 1 – 0 MTL

3rd period

19:28
CGYMikael BacklundEN (Elias Lindholm)wrist0.83 xG
CGY: Giordano, Backlund, Tanev, Lindholm, TkachukMTL: Weber, Petry, Tatar, Toffoli, Gallagher, Suzuki
CGY 2 – 0 MTL

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	2	2	+1	1	0.16	4	3	0	24:37	—	—	14	15
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	3	0	0	18:40	—	—	17	13
Dillon Dube C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	13:04	—	—	21	17
Mikael Backlund C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.93	2	1	4	19:05	—	—	52	61
Sam Bennett C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	4	1	0	15:30	—	—	42	59
Josh Leivo L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	4	11:40	—	—	46	61
Johnny Gaudreau L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	33	24
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	1	0	15:42	—	—	33	24
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	2	12:49	—	—	42	36
Derek Ryan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:33	—	—	61	42
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	1	0	10:00	—	—	64	37
Milan Lucic L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	9:25	—	—	67	41
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	23:43	—	—	55	38
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	18:28	—	—	50	34
Nikita Nesterov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	15:19	—	—	32	45
Juuso Välimäki D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	4	0	14:33	—	—	42	55
Mark Giordano D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	0	3	0	22:08	—	—	35	22
Rasmus Andersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	5	4	17:56	—	—	33	20

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	37	37	0	.1000	3.48	59:56

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	5	0.31	1	0	2	15:22	—	—	68	77
Tomas Tatar L	L1	-1	3	0.67	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	65	70
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	-1	4	0.51	4	0	0	14:17	—	—	69	78
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	-1	1	0.41	1	0	2	22:08	—	—	48	52
Corey Perry R	L2	0	1	0.14	1	0	2	16:20	—	—	52	28
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	3	0.09	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	50	38
Nick Suzuki C	L3	-1	1	0.30	1	0	0	19:23	—	—	46	55
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	1	0.08	0	1	2	17:59	—	—	52	68
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	6:06	—	—	50	70
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:50	—	—	80	91
Paul Byron L	L4	0	3	0.12	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	77	91
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	3	0.25	2	1	0	10:14	—	—	77	90
Shea Weber D	D1	-1	0	0.04	0	1	2	25:09	—	—	64	80
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	4	0.18	1	1	0	23:49	—	—	64	69
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	1	0.05	1	2	2	16:07	—	—	58	72
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	1	0.04	0	1	4	11:52	—	—	52	64
Jeff Petry D	D3	-1	3	0.06	2	1	0	22:41	—	—	60	51
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	1	0.20	0	1	0	17:28	—	—	62	70

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	32	31	1	.969	1.73	58:51

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.