Philadelphia Flyers vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 16, 2021

Final / SOThursday, Dec 16, 2021· Centre Bell

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PHI	0	2	0	0	0	2		PHI	8	14	11	6	39
MTL	1	0	1	0	1	3		MTL	19	11	8	2	40

: PHI 64MTL 67
: PHI 3.47MTL 4.38
PP goals: PHI 0MTL 0
Hits: PHI 13MTL 22
Blocks: PHI 11MTL 15
PIM: PHI 4MTL 4
: PHI 60%MTL 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 (SO)

Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 in a shootout at home. Artturi Lehkonen (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Carter Hart (PHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +8 against a season average of 32.0; the overtime loss.

Goalie
Carter Hart (PHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +8 against a season average of 32.0; the overtime loss.Hart
Goalie
Cayden Primeau (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +14 against a season average of 25.2; the win.Primeau
Luck
MTL scored 2 goals on 4.38 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PHI: Brown–MacEwen–Cates skated 5:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown MacEwen Cates
Usage
Alexander Romanov (MTL) played 24:37, +4:17 up on his 20:20 season average over 78 games.Romanov
Usage
Laurent Dauphin (MTL) played 17:29, +4:18 up on his 13:11 season average over 37 games.Dauphin
Usage
Kevin Hayes (PHI) played 14:58, −3:01 down on his 17:59 season average over 47 games.Hayes
Usage
Sean Couturier (PHI) played 25:36, +5:24 up on his 20:12 season average over 28 games.Couturier

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

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

MTL
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · MTL 67 · PHI 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 38% of the game, MTL 46%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

PHI

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	PHI	MTL
	59	64
	2.40	3.94
	2.22	3.62
	5	24
	0	0
	18	18
	+0.099	−0.100
	38%	46%

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Couturier – Laughton – Konecny
14:2538% CF
L2Giroux – Atkinson – Lindblom
11:3237% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Willman
9:2759% CF
L4Brown – MacEwen – Cates
5:3660% CF
D1Ristolainen – Sanheim
19:0262% CF
D2Braun – Provorov
18:1138% CF
D3Yandle – Connauton
12:0748% CF

PP1Yandle – Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Konecny
1:19100% CF
PP2Atkinson – Hayes – Laughton – Lindblom – Provorov
0:41100% CF
PK1FAtkinson – Brown
1:49
PK2FCouturier – Laughton
1:06
PK1DBraun – Provorov
2:01
PK2DRistolainen – Sanheim
1:49

Current PHI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Hoffman – Evans – Suzuki
13:1564% CF
L2Dauphin – Drouin – Ylonen
12:2345% CF
L3Lehkonen – Poehling – Caufield
10:0164% CF
L4Armia – Paquette – Pezzetta
6:0445% CF
D1Savard – Chiarot
18:2866% CF
D2Petry – Romanov
18:0333% CF
D3Kulak – Clague
12:5052% CF

PP1Hoffman – Chiarot – Drouin – Suzuki – Caufield
2:35100% CF
PP2Petry – Evans – Clague – Poehling – Ylonen
1:2375% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Suzuki
0:45
PK2FPaquette – Evans
0:35
PK1DSavard – Chiarot
1:13
PK2DPetry – Romanov
0:41

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:20
MTLArtturi Lehkonen (Brett Kulak, Alexander Romanov)wrist0.23 xG
PHI: Yandle, Giroux, Connauton, Lindblom, KonecnyMTL: Armia, Kulak, Dauphin, Lehkonen, Romanov
PHI 0 – 1 MTL

2nd period

2:20
PHIMax Willman (James van Riemsdyk, Kevin Hayes)wrist0.16 xG
PHI: Yandle, van Riemsdyk, Connauton, Hayes, WillmanMTL: Petry, Hoffman, Suzuki, Romanov, Caufield
PHI 1 – 1 MTL
19:00
PHIJackson Cates (Patrick Brown, Travis Sanheim)wrist0.10 xG
PHI: Ristolainen, Brown, Sanheim, MacEwen, CatesMTL: Petry, Hoffman, Evans, Suzuki, Romanov
PHI 2 – 1 MTL

3rd period

14:21
MTLLaurent Dauphin (Ben Chiarot, David Savard)wrist0.13 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Hayes, Couturier, Ristolainen, SanheimMTL: Savard, Chiarot, Dauphin, Drouin, Ylonen
PHI 2 – 2 MTL

Decided in the shootout: PHI 2 – 3 MTL.

Box score

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

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	1	1	0	25:36	—	—	43	35
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.35	2	0	0	20:20	—	—	41	26
Scott Laughton C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.73	1	0	2	20:05	—	—	47	37
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.25	0	1	0	19:31	—	—	35	22
Cam Atkinson R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	18:21	—	—	35	33
Oskar Lindblom L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	0	1	0	15:55	—	—	44	28
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.26	0	1	0	16:54	—	—	57	56
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	50	45
Max Willman C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.38	1	0	0	12:55	—	—	57	51
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:42	—	—	68	46
Zack MacEwen R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	1	0	2	7:49	—	—	61	43
Jackson Cates C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	7:27	—	—	53	42
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.43	1	1	0	23:42	—	—	62	60
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	22:29	—	—	60	57
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	25:09	—	—	35	17
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	22:08	—	—	37	18
Keith Yandle D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	48	27
Kevin Connauton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	48	32

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	O	40	38	2	.950	4.38	64:44

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	25:09	—	—	48	50
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.40	1	1	0	20:40	—	—	47	38
Jake Evans C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	1	0	0	17:51	—	—	67	71
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.34	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	50	48
Laurent Dauphin C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.42	0	1	0	17:29	—	—	50	53
Jesse Ylonen R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	1	0	16:17	—	—	41	37
Cole Caufield R	L3	0	0	0	-1	8	0.86	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	56	76
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	1	0	1	+1	6	1.14	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	62	93
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	61	92
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	1	0	2	9:12	—	—	50	73
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	0	0	8:22	—	—	42	52
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:22	—	—	46	52
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	1	1	+1	7	0.26	2	2	2	25:00	—	—	64	72
David Savard D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	22:37	—	—	66	72
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	5	5	0	24:37	—	—	40	54
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:19	—	—	33	45
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	54	66
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	56	73

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.47	65:00

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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.