Philadelphia Flyers vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 5, 2025

FinalSaturday, Apr 5, 2025· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	1	0	1	2		PHI	8	5	11	24
MTL	0	0	3	3		MTL	4	11	11	26

: PHI 52MTL 60
: PHI 2.05MTL 3.64
PP goals: PHI 0MTL 0
Hits: PHI 24MTL 40
Blocks: PHI 10MTL 14
PIM: PHI 4MTL 8
: PHI 52%MTL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Philadelphia Flyers 3–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 at home. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MTL: Gallagher–Dvorak–Evans skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (73.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:09.Suzuki
Points
Ryan Poehling had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:35.Poehling
New line
New look for MTL: Gallagher–Dvorak–Evans skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (73.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gallagher Dvorak Evans
Usage
Cam York (PHI) played 15:04, −5:48 down on his 20:52 season average over 65 games.York
New line
New look for PHI: Deslauriers–Hathaway–Dorwart skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Deslauriers Hathaway Dorwart
Usage
Sean Couturier (PHI) played 24:38, +7:26 up on his 17:12 season average over 78 games.Couturier
Usage
Jake Evans (MTL) played 20:01, +4:31 up on his 15:30 season average over 81 games.Evans
Usage
Matvei Michkov (PHI) played 23:04, +6:28 up on his 16:36 season average over 79 games.Michkov

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 112 of 112 attempts · MTL 60 · PHI 52

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 15% of the game, MTL 54%.

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
	41	56
	1.27	2.99
	1.25	2.72
	2	5
	5	8
	29	23
	+0.025	−0.025
	15%	54%

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 – Konecny – Michkov
15:0344% CF
L2Cates – Brink – Foerster
9:2219% CF
L3Tippett – Poehling – Pelletier
7:2863% CF
L4Deslauriers – Hathaway – Dorwart
4:1417% CF
D1Seeler – Sanheim
13:3335% CF
D2Zamula – Andrae
12:0950% CF
D3York – Drysdale
11:3441% CF

PP1Couturier – Konecny – Tippett – Brink – Foerster
3:13100% CF
PP2Poehling – Cates – Drysdale – Michkov – Dorwart
1:410% CF
PK1FCates – Foerster
1:53
PK2FHathaway – Poehling
1:35
PK1DSeeler – Sanheim
2:06
PK2DZamula – Andrae
1:07

Current PHI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
12:1864% CF
L2Gallagher – Dvorak – Evans
8:2973% CF
L3Laine – Newhook – Heineman
7:3662% CF
L4Armia – Pezzetta – Kapanen
3:4483% CF
D1Matheson – Carrier
14:3152% CF
D2Guhle – Hutson
13:3867% CF
D3Savard – Struble
7:3155% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
2:56100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Newhook – Heineman – Kapanen
0:35
PK1FArmia – Evans
2:52
PK2FDvorak – Suzuki
1:59
PK1DMatheson – Guhle
2:30
PK2DSavard – Carrier
0:00

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:10
PHIRyan Poehling (Jakob Pelletier, Cam York)backhand0.09 xG
PHI: Tippett, Poehling, York, Pelletier, DrysdaleMTL: Matheson, Evans, Carrier, Caufield, Slafkovský
PHI 1 – 0 MTL

3rd period

1:24
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Jake Evans, Christian Dvorak)snap0.13 xG
PHI: Couturier, Konecny, York, Drysdale, MichkovMTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Dvorak, Evans, Carrier
PHI 1 – 1 MTL
2:40
MTLLane Hutson (Nick Suzuki)snap0.02 xG
PHI: Cates, York, Brink, Drysdale, FoersterMTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský
PHI 1 – 2 MTL
10:39
MTLNick SuzukiSH (Kaiden Guhle)snap0.17 xG
PHI: Konecny, Poehling, Cates, Brink, MichkovMTL: Matheson, Evans, Carrier, Suzuki
PHI 1 – 3 MTL
19:20
PHITyson Foerster (Travis Konecny, Ryan Poehling)snap0.18 xG
PHI: Couturier, Konecny, Poehling, Brink, Foerster, MichkovMTL: Savard, Armia, Evans, Guhle
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	5	0.60	1	0	0	24:38	—	—	44	23
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.16	1	0	0	24:35	—	—	47	27
Matvei Michkov R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	0	0	0	23:04	—	—	46	27
Tyson Foerster R	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.18	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	18	9
Bobby Brink R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.14	2	1	0	17:52	—	—	18	14
Noah Cates L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	33	22
Ryan Poehling C	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.30	0	2	0	16:35	—	—	56	54
Owen Tippett R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	0	0	13:24	—	—	67	57
Jakob Pelletier L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	0	2	11:14	—	—	58	54
Karsen Dorwart L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	10:32	—	—	46	52
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	9:46	—	—	11	4
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	6:47	—	—	14	9
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	21:50	—	—	35	18
Nick Seeler D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	2	2	0	18:43	—	—	39	28
Egor Zamula D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:38	—	—	53	38
Emil Andrae D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:40	—	—	53	20
Jamie Drysdale D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:33	—	—	45	32
Cam York D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	0	1	2	15:04	—	—	36	38

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Ersson(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	3.24	56:38

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.41	0	0	0	22:09	—	—	65	72
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	2	17:04	—	—	63	66
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	1	0	0	16:58	—	—	61	59
Jake Evans C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.53	6	0	0	20:01	—	—	58	76
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.65	1	1	0	18:42	—	—	52	78
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.24	5	0	0	14:10	—	—	72	87
Patrik Laine L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	2	0	0	13:55	—	—	43	62
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	50	67
Emil Heineman L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	4	1	0	10:51	—	—	56	64
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.29	0	1	0	14:46	—	—	44	48
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	8:18	—	—	58	64
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	8	0	0	5:36	—	—	86	83
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.00	3	3	2	26:23	—	—	49	59
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	4	20:02	—	—	52	68
Lane Hutson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	0	3	0	22:07	—	—	68	80
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	4	1	0	21:49	—	—	58	63
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	14:35	—	—	71	86
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:42	—	—	50	76

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.05	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Ryan Poehling (PHI) 1st 4:10 · assists Jakob Pelletier, Cam York · Dump and chase · dumped in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 36.3 mph shot · 3.4 s from entry to goal.

Ryan Poehling · 1st 4:10 · PHI

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Brendan Gallagher · 3rd 1:24 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.8 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: one-timer

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Lane Hutson · 3rd 2:40 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.9 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Nick Suzuki · 3rd 10:39 · MTL SH

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.2 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 8.8 s

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Tyson Foerster · 3rd 19:20 · PHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.9 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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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.