Philadelphia Flyers vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 16, 2025

FinalTuesday, Dec 16, 2025· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	1	2	1	4		PHI	9	9	3	21
MTL	1	0	0	1		MTL	6	4	12	22

: PHI 39MTL 57
: PHI 2.24MTL 2.85
PP goals: PHI 0MTL 0
Hits: PHI 23MTL 21
Blocks: PHI 13MTL 10
PIM: PHI 4MTL 8
: PHI 67%MTL 33%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at MTL. Travis Konecny (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for PHI: Couturier–Grundstrom–Tippett skated 12:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:50.Konecny
Points
Sean Couturier had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:18.Couturier
New line
New look for PHI: Couturier–Grundstrom–Tippett skated 12:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Couturier Grundstrom Tippett
New line
New look for PHI: Cates–Brink–Michkov skated 8:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cates Brink Michkov
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 2.85 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
PHI scored 4 goals on 2.24 expected goals (39 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Carl Grundstrom (PHI) played 15:38, +3:52 up on his 11:46 season average over 46 games.Grundstrom
Usage
Arber Xhekaj (MTL) played 15:21, +3:59 up on his 11:22 season average over 64 games.Xhekaj

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 96 of 96 attempts · MTL 57 · PHI 39

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 19% of the game, MTL 44%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

MTL skaters (rows) against PHI skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the MTL side.

Matchup matrix

MTL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PHI	MTL
	38	58
	1.33	3.24
	1.33	3.16
	7	11
	6	2
	12	17
	+0.130	−0.130
	19%	44%

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 – Grundstrom – Tippett
12:0760% CF
L2Dvorak – Konecny – Zegras
11:2935% CF
L3Cates – Brink – Michkov
8:4445% CF
L4Deslauriers – Hathaway – Abols
6:5110% CF
D1Andrae – Drysdale
16:0330% CF
D2Seeler – Ristolainen
15:1438% CF
D3Sanheim – York
14:0955% CF

PP1Couturier – Sanheim – Konecny – York – Michkov
2:5183% CF
PP2Tippett – Cates – Zegras – Brink – Drysdale
2:36100% CF
PK1FDvorak – Cates
0:46
PK2FAbols – Grundstrom
0:39
PK1DSanheim – York
1:17
PK2DSeeler – Ristolainen
0:39

Current PHI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Bolduc
13:0860% CF
L2Kapanen – Slafkovský – Demidov
11:4754% CF
L3Anderson – Evans – Texier
9:5754% CF
L4Gallagher – Veleno – Beck
6:16100% CF
D1Xhekaj – Engstrom
12:2380% CF
D2Carrier – Hutson
11:0059% CF
D3Dobson – Struble
10:4336% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
1:23100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Texier – Dobson – Bolduc – Kapanen
0:31100% CF
PK1FAnderson – Evans
2:35
PK2FSuzuki – Kapanen
0:56
PK1DCarrier – Dobson
2:05
PK2DStruble – Hutson
0:40

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	2	2	+2	4	0.27	0	0	2	19:18	—	—	67	73
Owen Tippett R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.23	2	0	0	17:55	—	—	68	74
Carl Grundstrom R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	4	0	0	15:38	—	—	50	61
Travis Konecny R	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.54	1	1	0	17:50	—	—	32	21
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	16:54	—	—	36	22
Trevor Zegras C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	0	0	2	16:37	—	—	33	22
Bobby Brink R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	2	0	0	16:08	—	—	40	24
Noah Cates L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:25	—	—	41	26
Matvei Michkov R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.26	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	50	28
Rodrigo Abols C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:18	—	—	18	5
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	9:31	—	—	25	8
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	1	0	9:16	—	—	20	7
Jamie Drysdale D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	20:51	—	—	30	10
Emil Andrae D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	32	12
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	3	2	0	19:18	—	—	42	36
Nick Seeler D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	38	13
Travis Sanheim D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.08	1	3	0	22:20	—	—	58	65
Cam York D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	19:48	—	—	52	79

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.85	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.32	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	50	75
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	1	0	0	17:06	—	—	60	95
Zachary Bolduc R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.53	3	0	0	15:33	—	—	62	95
Ivan Demidov R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	0	0	2	17:56	—	—	50	39
Oliver Kapanen C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	54	47
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.26	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	50	39
Jake Evans C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	1	1	0	15:43	—	—	41	87
Alexandre Texier L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.53	3	0	0	15:24	—	—	57	75
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	5	0	2	13:56	—	—	50	68
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	2	0	2	10:42	—	—	93	100
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:22	—	—	100	100
Owen Beck C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	7:24	—	—	100	100
Adam Engstrom D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	15:45	—	—	80	95
Arber Xhekaj D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:21	—	—	68	71
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.16	0	1	0	27:06	—	—	67	72
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	2	2	18:17	—	—	55	59
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	5	0	24:58	—	—	50	76
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:42	—	—	43	69

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Fowler(start)	L	20	17	3	.850	1.72	58:09

Goal anatomy

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

Alexandre Texier (MTL) 1st 19:00 · assists Jake Evans, Josh Anderson · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 64.2 mph shot · 2.8 s from entry to goal.

Alexandre Texier · 1st 19:00 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 64.2 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Carl Grundstrom · 1st 19:39 · PHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 63.3 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Trevor Zegras · 2nd 6:26 · PHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Bobby Brink · 2nd 19:10 · PHI

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 6.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Travis Konecny · 3rd 18:25 · PHI EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 57.8 mph
Distance: 83 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.

Philadelphia Flyers vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 16, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Philadelphia Flyers

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Philadelphia Flyers

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Alexandre Texier · 1st 19:00 · MTL

Carl Grundstrom · 1st 19:39 · PHI

Trevor Zegras · 2nd 6:26 · PHI

Bobby Brink · 2nd 19:10 · PHI

Travis Konecny · 3rd 18:25 · PHI EN