Vegas Golden Knights vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 18, 2020

Final / SOSaturday, Jan 18, 2020· Centre Bell

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	0	2	2	0	0	4		VGK	8	11	14	1	34
MTL	3	0	1	0	1	5		MTL	9	6	10	7	32

: VGK 66MTL 50
: VGK 2.16MTL 3.48
PP goals: VGK 0MTL 0
Hits: VGK 41MTL 23
Blocks: VGK 9MTL 20
PIM: VGK 2MTL 4
: VGK 49%MTL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 (SO)

Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 in a shootout at home. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Shea Theodore (VGK) played 28:43, +6:34 up on his 22:09 season average over 70 games.

Points
Shea Theodore had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 28:43.Theodore
Points
Nick Cousins had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:16.Cousins
Points
Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:16.Stastny
Points
Reilly Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:21.Smith
Points
Dale Weise had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 9:10.Weise
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 28:43, +6:34 up on his 22:09 season average over 70 games.Theodore
Luck
VGK scored 4 goals on 2.16 expected goals (66 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (MTL) played 20:49, +5:28 up on his 15:21 season average over 69 games.Lehkonen

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 50 · VGK 66

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 34% of the game, MTL 31%.

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
	61	47
	1.91	2.68
	1.85	2.54
	14	17
	5	6
	37	31
	+0.016	−0.016
	34%	31%

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

L1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
12:1953% CF
L2Smith – Marchessault – Stephenson
11:0367% CF
L3Eakin – Carrier – Tuch
7:5563% CF
L4Reaves – Nosek – Roy
5:2940% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
16:4955% CF
D2Holden – Theodore
14:0645% CF
D3Engelland – Hague
10:4385% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Tuch
2:02100% CF
PP2Smith – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Hague
1:48100% CF
PK1FEakin – Nosek
1:02
PK2FStastny – Stone
0:27
PK1DHolden – Schmidt
1:02
PK2DEngelland – McNabb
0:27

Current VGK line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Armia – Domi – Suzuki
13:0235% CF
L2Kovalchuk – Tatar – Danault
11:5254% CF
L3Lehkonen – Poehling – Kotkaniemi
11:0057% CF
L4Thompson – Weise – Cousins
7:1350% CF
D1Petry – Scandella
16:1138% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
16:0940% CF
D3Kulak – Mete
14:1552% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Danault – Suzuki – Kotkaniemi
1:0367% CF
PP2Kovalchuk – Weber – Cousins – Armia – Domi
0:57
PK1FThompson – Armia
2:02
PK2FDanault – Lehkonen
1:51
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
1:16
PK2DScandella – Mete
0:40

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:51
MTLNick Cousins (Dale Weise, Nate Thompson)wrist0.22 xG
VGK: Engelland, Reaves, Carrier, Roy, HagueMTL: Thompson, Petry, Scandella, Weise, Cousins
VGK 0 – 1 MTL
12:33
MTLIlya Kovalchuk (Phillip Danault)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, SchmidtMTL: Kovalchuk, Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Danault
VGK 0 – 2 MTL
18:05
MTLJoel Armia (Brett Kulak, Max Domi)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Holden, Stone, TheodoreMTL: Armia, Kulak, Domi, Mete, Suzuki
VGK 0 – 3 MTL

2nd period

9:08
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore)wrist0.01 xG
VGK: Holden, Smith, Marchessault, Stephenson, TheodoreMTL: Petry, Scandella, Armia, Domi, Suzuki
VGK 1 – 3 MTL
14:47
VGKPaul Stastnywrist0.05 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, HagueMTL: Weber, Chiarot, Cousins, Armia, Suzuki
VGK 2 – 3 MTL

3rd period

9:40
MTLNick Cousins (Dale Weise)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Reaves, McNabb, Schmidt, Nosek, RoyMTL: Thompson, Weise, Cousins, Kulak, Mete
VGK 2 – 4 MTL
18:02
VGKMax Pacioretty (Shea Theodore)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Marchessault, Theodore, TuchMTL: Kovalchuk, Thompson, Petry, Scandella, Danault
VGK 3 – 4 MTL
19:52
VGKReilly Smith (Paul Stastny, Shea Theodore)tip-in0.06 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Smith, Stone, Marchessault, TheodoreMTL: Kovalchuk, Petry, Scandella, Danault, Lehkonen
VGK 4 – 4 MTL

Decided in the shootout: VGK 4 – 5 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
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	20:45	—	—	55	39
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.25	2	1	0	19:57	—	—	55	32
Paul Stastny C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.11	1	1	0	19:16	—	—	54	39
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	+3	3	0.07	2	0	0	18:56	—	—	67	55
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	1	0	15:42	—	—	68	57
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.30	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	67	53
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.39	3	1	0	17:57	—	—	61	60
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	4	1	0	16:21	—	—	55	47
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	7	0	2	13:31	—	—	58	34
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:48	—	—	38	20
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	9	0	0	11:25	—	—	42	17
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	3	0	0	10:12	—	—	44	13
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	0	1	0	26:41	—	—	58	51
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	3	0	0	17:33	—	—	57	54
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	3	3	+2	3	0.24	0	1	0	28:43	—	—	50	37
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	18:54	—	—	46	26
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	78	47
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	13:19	—	—	73	34

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	O	32	28	4	.875	3.10	63:36

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Armia R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.30	1	1	0	17:48	—	—	29	47
Max Domi C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.30	0	1	0	17:45	—	—	35	51
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	2	2	0	16:32	—	—	29	47
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	1	1	-1	6	0.79	1	1	0	20:10	—	—	62	72
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.24	2	0	0	19:09	—	—	57	65
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	1	1	0	14:49	—	—	52	61
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	1	0	20:49	—	—	42	65
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	1	1	2	14:49	—	—	56	72
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	12:38	—	—	53	54
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:11	—	—	31	58
Nick Cousins C	L4	2	0	2	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	11:16	—	—	29	59
Dale Weise R	L4	0	2	2	+2	1	0.09	4	1	0	9:10	—	—	36	58
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	3	3	0	26:54	—	—	41	60
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.38	1	1	0	21:02	—	—	36	57
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	5	0	22:48	—	—	43	63
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	2	20:09	—	—	41	55
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	55	61
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	1	0	15:45	—	—	52	54

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	34	30	4	.882	2.16	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.