Vegas Golden Knights vs. Montreal CanadiensJun 20, 2021

Final / OTPlayoffsSunday, Jun 20, 2021· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
VGK	0	0	1	1	2		VGK	4	8	6	3	21
MTL	0	1	0	0	1		MTL	11	9	8	0	28

: VGK 56MTL 54
: VGK 2.06MTL 2.32
PP goals: VGK 0MTL 0
Hits: VGK 24MTL 40
Blocks: VGK 16MTL 19
PIM: VGK 4MTL 4
: VGK 56%MTL 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 in overtime at MTL. Brayden McNabb (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Paul Byron (MTL) played 17:41, +3:15 up on his 14:26 season average over 21 games.

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Paul Byron (MTL) played 17:41, +3:15 up on his 14:26 season average over 21 games.Byron
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Tomas Nosek (VGK) played 14:49, +4:16 up on his 10:33 season average over 5 games.Nosek
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Joel Edmundson (MTL) played 26:49, +3:35 up on his 23:14 season average over 21 games.Edmundson
Cats
Josh Anderson (MTL) threw 10 hits, a night for hits leagues.Anderson
Cats
Jon Merrill (MTL) blocked 5 shots in 13:27.Merrill

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 110 of 110 attempts · MTL 54 · VGK 56

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 26% of the game, MTL 27%.

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
	59	61
	2.10	2.44
	2.01	2.39
	2	20
	6	5
	24	26
	+0.046	−0.046
	26%	27%

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
14:1443% CF
L2Janmark – Tuch – Roy
7:1267% CF
L3Pacioretty – Stone – Nosek
7:1047% CF
L4Carrier – Brown – Kolesar
4:0425% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
18:4243% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
17:2157% CF
D3Holden – Whitecloud
13:0159% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Pietrangelo – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault
1:53100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:30
PK2FStone – Nosek
0:30
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:30
PK2DHolden – Whitecloud
0:30

Current VGK line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
11:4458% CF
L2Gallagher – Danault – Lehkonen
11:2462% CF
L3Byron – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
11:0658% CF
L4Staal – Perry – Armia
7:5058% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
15:2457% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
14:4148% CF
D3Merrill – Gustafsson
0:33100% CF

PP1Perry – Toffoli – Gustafsson – Suzuki – Caufield
1:2967% CF
PP2Weber – Petry – Gallagher – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
0:31100% CF
PK1FToffoli – Danault
0:47
PK2FByron – Armia
0:40
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
1:52

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

18:55
MTLPaul Byron (Nick Suzuki)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: Martinez, Smith, Theodore, Tuch, RoyMTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, Toffoli, Suzuki
VGK 0 – 1 MTL

3rd period

10:37
VGKBrayden McNabb (William Karlsson, Shea Theodore)snap0.17 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreMTL: Toffoli, Merrill, Edmundson, Suzuki, Caufield
VGK 1 – 1 MTL

OT period

1:18
VGKNicolas Roy (Max Pacioretty, Alex Tuch)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Tuch, RoyMTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, Anderson, Kotkaniemi
VGK 2 – 1 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	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	19:14	—	—	43	47
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.40	1	1	0	18:24	—	—	46	45
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	44	43
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	2	1	0	16:38	—	—	61	63
Nicolas Roy C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.35	3	0	0	15:33	—	—	65	66
Mattias Janmark C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	59	51
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.34	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	56	56
Mark Stone R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	18:14	—	—	43	23
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	2	14:49	—	—	44	20
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:33	—	—	40	40
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:33	—	—	27	18
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	1	0	9:26	—	—	27	18
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.19	0	5	0	26:37	—	—	44	48
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	5	2	21:53	—	—	44	47
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	22:46	—	—	52	43
Brayden McNabb D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	0	1	0	19:01	—	—	57	50
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	0	15:28	—	—	61	44
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	50	31

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.32	61:03

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.33	7	0	2	18:49	—	—	54	57
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	17:44	—	—	56	60
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.54	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	54	56
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	2	0	16:49	—	—	47	58
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	0	0	16:11	—	—	44	54
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.27	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	55	79
Paul Byron L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.11	1	1	0	17:41	—	—	49	40
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	2	0	15:23	—	—	52	35
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	10	0	0	14:21	—	—	50	19
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	12:22	—	—	50	77
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	3	0	0	11:05	—	—	53	62
Eric Staal C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	1	0	10:28	—	—	53	77
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	0	0	26:49	—	—	43	41
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	24:35	—	—	59	64
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	3	0	25:11	—	—	54	56
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	2	2	23:35	—	—	44	39
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	5	0	13:27	—	—	55	74
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:29	—	—	63	84

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	2.06	61:18

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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.