Vegas Golden Knights vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 7, 2017

FinalTuesday, Nov 7, 2017· Centre Bell

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	0	1	2		VGK	2	12	17	31
MTL	2	1	0	3		MTL	14	5	9	28

: VGK 65MTL 51
: VGK 2.90MTL 2.85
PP goals: VGK 0MTL 0
Hits: VGK 27MTL 24
Blocks: VGK 10MTL 17
PIM: VGK 4MTL 4
: VGK 51%MTL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at home. Jordie Benn (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Victor Mete (MTL) played 8:00, −7:45 down on his 15:45 season average over 48 games.

Points
Jordie Benn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:51.Benn
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Victor Mete (MTL) played 8:00, −7:45 down on his 15:45 season average over 48 games.Mete
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Jordie Benn (MTL) played 25:51, +6:58 up on his 18:53 season average over 76 games.Benn
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Deryk Engelland (VGK) played 15:01, −5:20 down on his 20:21 season average over 78 games.Engelland
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Jonathan Drouin (MTL) played 11:09, −6:32 down on his 17:41 season average over 76 games.Drouin
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Tomas Plekanec (MTL) played 18:34, +3:29 up on his 15:05 season average over 76 games.Plekanec
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David Perron (VGK) played 14:37, −3:14 down on his 17:51 season average over 69 games.Perron
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Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 16:22, −3:50 down on his 20:12 season average over 75 games.McNabb

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

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

MTL
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · MTL 51 · VGK 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 40% of the game, MTL 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

VGK

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	VGK	MTL
	62	48
	2.59	2.73
	2.57	2.69
	8	12
	7	4
	24	22
	+0.014	−0.014
	40%	34%

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:5756% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Haula
11:1468% CF
L3Eakin – Lindberg – Tuch
11:1057% CF
L4Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
7:5267% CF
D1Miller – Hunt
16:5967% CF
D2Sbisa – Schmidt
16:1845% CF
D3Engelland – McNabb
12:1664% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Miller – Hunt – Tuch
1:55100% CF
PP2Neal – Perron – Haula – Marchessault – Schmidt
1:53100% CF
PK1FSmith – Bellemare
1:31
PK2FEakin – Karlsson
1:19
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:00
PK2DSbisa – Schmidt
2:00

Current VGK line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Pacioretty – Shaw – Danault
13:4546% CF
L2Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher
8:2244% CF
L3Galchenyuk – Lehkonen – Drouin
7:1844% CF
L4Mitchell – Hudon – McCarron
4:4263% CF
D1Weber – Benn
13:3539% CF
D2Petry – Alzner
12:3958% CF
D3Morrow – Mete
0:00

PP1Weber – Pacioretty – Shaw – Lehkonen – Drouin
2:1586% CF
PP2Petry – Gallagher – Danault – Galchenyuk – Hudon
1:28100% CF
PK1FPlekanec – Byron
1:39
PK2FPacioretty – Danault
1:29
PK1DPetry – Morrow
1:24
PK2DAlzner – Benn
1:09

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:24
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Tomas Plekanec, Jordie Benn)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, MarchessaultMTL: Plekanec, Petry, Alzner, Byron, Gallagher
VGK 0 – 1 MTL
10:55
MTLJordie Benn (Victor Mete, Charles Hudon)slap0.01 xG
VGK: Sbisa, Eakin, Lindberg, Schmidt, TuchMTL: Mitchell, Benn, Hudon, McCarron, Mete
VGK 0 – 2 MTL
17:41
VGKPierre-Edouard Bellemare (Deryk Engelland)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Carrier, Bellemare, NosekMTL: Petry, Morrow, Galchenyuk, Lehkonen, Drouin
VGK 1 – 2 MTL

2nd period

3:31
MTLMax Pacioretty (Jeff Petry, Andrew Shaw)tip-in0.09 xG
VGK: Sbisa, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtMTL: Petry, Alzner, Pacioretty, Shaw, Danault
VGK 1 – 3 MTL

3rd period

18:23
VGKErik Haula (Jonathan Marchessault, David Perron)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Perron, Smith, Eakin, Haula, Marchessault, SchmidtMTL: Weber, Byron, Benn, Gallagher, Galchenyuk
VGK 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.

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	2	0	0	20:09	—	—	50	45
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.20	0	0	0	19:47	—	—	54	48
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.44	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	50	49
James Neal L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.76	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	68	80
Erik Haula L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.44	1	0	2	15:40	—	—	68	80
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.12	5	0	0	14:37	—	—	68	80
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	50	26
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.15	1	0	0	15:15	—	—	57	27
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	3	0	0	13:45	—	—	54	27
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	3	1	2	10:58	—	—	46	37
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	0	2	0	10:34	—	—	63	47
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	4	0	0	9:01	—	—	59	46
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	20:59	—	—	62	21
Brad Hunt D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	64	23
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	2	0	24:47	—	—	44	39
Luca Sbisa D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	2	0	20:46	—	—	49	43
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:22	—	—	60	72
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.05	1	0	0	15:01	—	—	65	66

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Maxime Lagace(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	2.85	57:39

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.13	4	1	0	19:46	—	—	46	58
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	2	0	0	19:19	—	—	41	54
Andrew Shaw R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:25	—	—	46	58
Tomas Plekanec C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.41	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	46	45
Paul Byron L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:53	—	—	37	34
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.45	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	50	45
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	29	65
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	33	70
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.61	1	0	0	11:09	—	—	36	76
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	1	1	+1	5	0.32	1	1	0	12:33	—	—	57	63
Torrey Mitchell C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	8:18	—	—	50	43
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	6:50	—	—	54	39
Jordie Benn D	D1	1	1	2	0	1	0.02	3	5	0	25:51	—	—	39	30
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	2	3	4	24:25	—	—	45	49
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	3	2	0	24:56	—	—	46	76
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:21	—	—	60	84
Joe Morrow D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	0	0	15:02	—	—	33	16
Victor Mete D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:00	—	—	35	36

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.90	60:00

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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.