Calgary Flames vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 16, 2021

FinalFriday, Apr 16, 2021· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	0	1	1		CGY	13	8	8	29
MTL	0	1	1	2		MTL	6	8	6	20

: CGY 67MTL 54
: CGY 2.60MTL 2.41
PP goals: CGY 0MTL 0
Hits: CGY 18MTL 30
Blocks: CGY 22MTL 22
PIM: CGY 6MTL 6
: CGY 53%MTL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Calgary Flames 2–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames 2–1 at home. Tyler Toffoli (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CGY scored 1 goal on 2.60 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Tyler Toffoli had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:55.Toffoli
Points
Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:11.Suzuki
Luck
CGY scored 1 goal on 2.60 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Andrew Mangiapane (CGY) played 13:15, −3:29 down on his 16:44 season average over 55 games.Mangiapane
Usage
Eric Staal (MTL) played 11:13, −3:34 down on his 14:47 season average over 52 games.Staal
Usage
Joakim Nordstrom (CGY) played 14:32, +3:03 up on his 11:29 season average over 43 games.Nordstrom
Usage
Sean Monahan (CGY) played 14:31, −3:14 down on his 17:45 season average over 49 games.Monahan
Cats
Chris Tanev (CGY) blocked 6 shots in 21:46.Tanev

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 121 of 121 attempts · MTL 54 · CGY 67

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 37% of the game, MTL 30%.

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
	61	55
	2.42	2.14
	2.33	2.10
	12	8
	1	2
	32	16
	+0.002	−0.001
	37%	30%

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

L1Lucic – Backlund – Nordstrom
12:4243% CF
L2Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
10:2547% CF
L3Leivo – Ritchie – Ryan
7:2264% CF
L4Monahan – Mangiapane – Dube
6:4547% CF
D1Giordano – Tanev
16:5746% CF
D2Hanifin – Andersson
15:0156% CF
D3Stone – Välimäki
11:0960% CF

PP1Giordano – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Andersson – Tkachuk
2:38100% CF
PP2Backlund – Monahan – Mangiapane – Hanifin – Dube
1:22100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
1:31
PK2FNordstrom – Ryan
1:03
PK1DGiordano – Tanev
2:24
PK2DStone – Hanifin
1:27

Current CGY line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Drouin – Kotkaniemi
12:4332% CF
L2Toffoli – Armia – Suzuki
8:4558% CF
L3Byron – Tatar – Danault
8:0476% CF
L4Staal – Perry – Lehkonen
6:3540% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
15:5850% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
14:5145% CF
D3Kulak – Romanov
13:5447% CF

PP1Perry – Petry – Tatar – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
1:59100% CF
PP2Staal – Weber – Toffoli – Drouin – Suzuki
1:46100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:33
PK2FByron – Armia
0:41
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
2:19
PK2DPetry – Romanov
0:53

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:32
MTLTyler Toffoli (Nick Suzuki, Brett Kulak)wrist0.18 xG
CGY: Tanev, Leivo, Ritchie, Hanifin, RyanMTL: Toffoli, Armia, Kulak, Suzuki, Romanov
CGY 0 – 1 MTL

3rd period

6:30
CGYElias Lindholm (Johnny Gaudreau, Matthew Tkachuk)backhand0.18 xG
CGY: Giordano, Tanev, Gaudreau, Lindholm, TkachukMTL: Weber, Byron, Tatar, Chiarot, Danault
CGY 1 – 1 MTL
15:45
MTLTyler Toffoli (Joel Armia, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.21 xG
CGY: Giordano, Lucic, Backlund, Tanev, NordstromMTL: Toffoli, Armia, Kulak, Suzuki, Romanov
CGY 1 – 2 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
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	1	1	2	18:46	—	—	48	38
Milan Lucic L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	0	0	15:20	—	—	44	37
Joakim Nordstrom C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	4	1	0	14:32	—	—	46	34
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.20	1	0	2	19:39	—	—	61	75
Johnny Gaudreau L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.44	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	63	81
Elias Lindholm C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.49	0	3	0	17:20	—	—	46	67
Derek Ryan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	13:06	—	—	64	53
Brett Ritchie R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	2	0	0	9:56	—	—	65	45
Josh Leivo L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	3	0	0	9:53	—	—	56	47
Sean Monahan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	56	53
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	13:15	—	—	41	28
Dillon Dube C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	2	0	11:37	—	—	46	30
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	0	2	0	25:00	—	—	46	66
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	6	0	21:46	—	—	45	57
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	0	0	0	22:33	—	—	59	52
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	1	0	20:27	—	—	53	47
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	16:03	—	—	52	48
Juuso Välimäki D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	2	13:30	—	—	59	38

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	20	18	2	.900	2.41	58:57

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	18:55	—	—	35	13
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	16:55	—	—	35	15
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:14	—	—	30	13
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.20	0	3	2	16:11	—	—	53	85
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	2	0	2	+2	5	1.21	4	0	2	15:55	—	—	45	78
Joel Armia R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.18	3	1	0	14:01	—	—	52	79
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	1	0	18:22	—	—	64	26
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:33	—	—	64	20
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	12:25	—	—	76	20
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	2	2	0	12:43	—	—	38	54
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:19	—	—	42	68
Eric Staal C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:13	—	—	35	46
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	2	2	0	21:48	—	—	50	52
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	2	20:21	—	—	48	42
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	22:06	—	—	47	33
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	2	0	21:24	—	—	45	28
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.06	2	1	0	15:51	—	—	47	72
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	0	4	0	14:44	—	—	46	65

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.60	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.