Philadelphia Flyers vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 21, 2022

FinalThursday, Apr 21, 2022· Centre Bell

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

6

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	2	2	2	6		PHI	7	19	8	34
MTL	1	1	1	3		MTL	9	17	8	34

: PHI 58MTL 63
: PHI 2.62MTL 3.21
PP goals: PHI 0MTL 0
Hits: PHI 22MTL 15
Blocks: PHI 18MTL 18
PIM: PHI 4MTL 8
: PHI 41%MTL 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3 at MTL. James van Riemsdyk (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PHI scored 6 goals on 2.62 expected goals (58 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
James van Riemsdyk had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 14:41.van Riemsdyk
Points
Ivan Provorov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 25:57.Provorov
Points
Bobby Brink had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:00.Brink
Luck
PHI scored 6 goals on 2.62 expected goals (58 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Evans–Pitlick–Harvey-Pinard skated 10:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Evans Pitlick Harvey-Pinard
New line
New look for MTL: Perreault–Pitlick–Poehling skated 7:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perreault Pitlick Poehling
Usage
Keith Yandle (PHI) played 7:01, −7:03 down on his 14:04 season average over 76 games.Yandle
Usage
Travis Sanheim (PHI) played 29:57, +7:04 up on his 22:53 season average over 79 games.Sanheim

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 121 of 121 attempts · MTL 63 · PHI 58

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 33% of the game, MTL 37%.

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
	56	59
	2.61	2.69
	2.47	2.63
	10	14
	5	4
	34	11
	−0.077	+0.077
	33%	37%

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

L1Hayes – Laughton – Konecny
12:1642% CF
L2Tippett – Frost – Cates
9:2241% CF
L3Thompson – Lindblom – MacEwen
9:0462% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Farabee – Brink
9:0359% CF
D1Sanheim – Hogberg
14:2143% CF
D2Provorov – Attard
11:3058% CF
D3Yandle – Zamula
3:4433% CF

PP1Hayes – Sanheim – Konecny – Farabee – Brink
2:4357% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Provorov – Tippett – Frost
2:3875% CF
PK1FThompson – Farabee
1:26
PK2FLaughton – Cates
0:34
PK1DProvorov – Zamula
2:00

Current PHI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
13:2075% CF
L2Evans – Pitlick – Harvey-Pinard
10:2733% CF
L3Hoffman – Gallagher – Dvorak
10:2236% CF
L4Perreault – Pitlick – Poehling
7:0665% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
16:0760% CF
D2Savard – Romanov
14:4536% CF
D3Wideman – Clague
14:2539% CF

PP1Wideman – Anderson – Dvorak – Suzuki – Caufield
1:01100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Gallagher – Dvorak – Clague – Pitlick
0:59100% CF
PK1FSuzuki – Poehling
1:41
PK2FPitlick – Dvorak
1:33
PK1DSavard – Romanov
2:45
PK2DPetry – Edmundson
1:24

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:43
PHIJames van Riemsdyk (Bobby Brink)wrist0.14 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Provorov, Farabee, Attard, BrinkMTL: Hoffman, Wideman, Gallagher, Dvorak, Clague
PHI 1 – 0 MTL
14:29
PHIIvan Provorov (James van Riemsdyk, Bobby Brink)wrist0.04 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Provorov, Farabee, Attard, BrinkMTL: Perreault, Wideman, Pitlick, Clague, Poehling
PHI 2 – 0 MTL
15:31
MTLMike Hoffman (Brendan Gallagher, Christian Dvorak)wrist0.33 xG
PHI: Yandle, Hayes, Laughton, Konecny, ZamulaMTL: Petry, Hoffman, Gallagher, Edmundson, Dvorak
PHI 2 – 1 MTL

2nd period

5:28
MTLJake Evans (Jeff Petry, Rem Pitlick)tip-in0.07 xG
PHI: Yandle, Tippett, Frost, Cates, ZamulaMTL: Petry, Edmundson, Evans, Pitlick, Harvey-Pinard
PHI 2 – 2 MTL
6:49
PHIOskar Lindblom (Zack MacEwen, Linus Hogberg)wrist0.09 xG
PHI: Thompson, Sanheim, Lindblom, Hogberg, MacEwenMTL: Perreault, Wideman, Gallagher, Dvorak, Clague
PHI 3 – 2 MTL
13:02
PHITravis Konecny (Ronnie Attard, Ivan Provorov)wrist0.09 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Konecny, Provorov, Farabee, AttardMTL: Hoffman, Savard, Gallagher, Dvorak, Romanov
PHI 4 – 2 MTL

3rd period

15:36
PHIMorgan Frost (Noah Cates)wrist0.26 xG
PHI: Provorov, Tippett, Frost, Cates, AttardMTL: Hoffman, Savard, Gallagher, Dvorak, Romanov
PHI 5 – 2 MTL
16:56
PHIJames van Riemsdykwrist0.05 xG
PHI: Thompson, van Riemsdyk, Sanheim, MacEwen, ZamulaMTL: Wideman, Evans, Clague, Pitlick, Harvey-Pinard
PHI 6 – 2 MTL
17:33
MTLCole Caufield (Chris Wideman, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.01 xG
PHI: Lindblom, Provorov, Farabee, Zamula, BrinkMTL: Wideman, Anderson, Clague, Suzuki, Caufield
PHI 6 – 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
Kevin Hayes R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	44	25
Scott Laughton C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	0	0	18:20	—	—	33	11
Travis Konecny R	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.20	0	1	2	18:00	—	—	50	38
Morgan Frost C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.53	0	1	0	15:08	—	—	46	65
Owen Tippett R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	0	0	14:54	—	—	46	57
Noah Cates L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	2	1	0	11:48	—	—	33	54
Nate Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:40	—	—	47	46
Oskar Lindblom L	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.43	1	0	0	12:28	—	—	68	72
Zack MacEwen R	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:04	—	—	53	33
Joel Farabee L	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	0.20	2	0	0	16:57	—	—	59	69
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	2	1	3	+4	6	0.52	2	0	0	14:41	—	—	65	70
Bobby Brink R	L4	0	2	2	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	53	66
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	2	1	2	29:57	—	—	46	43
Linus Hogberg D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	17:25	—	—	42	38
Ivan Provorov D	D2	1	1	2	+3	5	0.14	0	5	0	25:57	—	—	60	68
Ronnie Attard D	D2	0	1	1	+4	0	0.02	3	1	0	16:52	—	—	55	79
Egor Zamula D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:32	—	—	54	44
Keith Yandle D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:01	—	—	18	9

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	34	31	3	.912	3.21	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	21:30	—	—	79	59
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.31	1	0	0	17:54	—	—	71	54
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.31	2	0	0	17:44	—	—	79	59
Rem Pitlick C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	14:44	—	—	44	42
Jake Evans C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	33	30
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	3	0	0	11:33	—	—	37	32
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	1	1	-3	1	0.23	0	2	0	16:59	—	—	32	44
Mike Hoffman C	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.42	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	33	43
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	1	1	-3	1	0.20	0	2	2	13:45	—	—	31	41
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	0	2	0	11:37	—	—	57	88
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	0	1	0	10:40	—	—	67	88
Mathieu Perreault C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	5	2	0	9:17	—	—	59	76
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.29	1	1	2	21:21	—	—	65	79
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:09	—	—	62	77
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	0	0	21:41	—	—	42	21
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.35	1	3	0	20:05	—	—	39	22
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:56	—	—	42	41
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	1	1	-3	3	0.04	0	1	0	16:02	—	—	46	44

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	34	28	6	.824	2.62	59:55

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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.