New York Islanders vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 28, 2018

FinalWednesday, Feb 28, 2018· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	0	0	1		NYI	11	9	8	28
MTL	1	2	0	3		MTL	11	10	5	26

: NYI 82MTL 50
: NYI 2.77MTL 1.62
PP goals: NYI 0MTL 1
Hits: NYI 39MTL 18
Blocks: NYI 16MTL 32
PIM: NYI 4MTL 4
: NYI 43%MTL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Islanders 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Islanders 3–1 at home. Jonathan Drouin (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jeff Petry (MTL) played 18:01, −5:33 down on his 23:34 season average over 81 games.

Points
Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:14.Drouin
Usage
Jeff Petry (MTL) played 18:01, −5:33 down on his 23:34 season average over 81 games.Petry
Usage
Mike Reilly (MTL) played 22:56, +8:07 up on his 14:49 season average over 56 games.Reilly
New line
New look for MTL: Froese–Shaw–Scherbak skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Froese Shaw Scherbak
New line
New look for NYI: Clutterbuck–Cizikas–Wagner skated 7:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Clutterbuck Cizikas Wagner
Luck
NYI scored 1 goal on 2.77 expected goals (82 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (MTL) played 14:14, −3:25 down on his 17:39 season average over 76 games.Drouin
Usage
Anthony Beauvillier (NYI) played 17:59, +3:30 up on his 14:29 season average over 70 games.Beauvillier

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

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

MTL
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 132 of 132 attempts · MTL 50 · NYI 82

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 46% of the game, MTL 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

NYI

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	NYI	MTL
	74	48
	1.98	1.45
	1.85	1.39
	12	7
	4	4
	26	19
	−0.017	+0.017
	46%	23%

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.

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Barzal – Beauvillier
10:2358% CF
L2Bailey – Tavares – Lee
8:4360% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Wagner
7:0544% CF
L4Ladd – Nelson – Fritz
6:2754% CF
D1Boychuk – Leddy
13:3052% CF
D2Davidson – Pelech
12:3168% CF
D3Hickey – Pulock
12:0064% CF

PP1Bailey – Tavares – Leddy – Lee – Barzal
2:05100% CF
PP2Ladd – Eberle – Nelson – Pulock – Beauvillier
1:27100% CF
PK1FNelson – Wagner
1:22
PK2FClutterbuck – Cizikas
0:36
PK1DBoychuk – Pelech
1:05
PK2DHickey – Leddy
1:02

Current NYI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Danault – Galchenyuk – Hudon
11:0140% CF
L2Pacioretty – Lehkonen – Drouin
10:0536% CF
L3Byron – Gallagher – de la Rose
8:3042% CF
L4Froese – Shaw – Scherbak
8:2543% CF
D1Benn – Reilly
17:1643% CF
D2Alzner – Juulsen
13:0237% CF
D3Petry – Mete
12:0435% CF

PP1Reilly – Hudon – Lehkonen – Scherbak – Mete
1:25100% CF
PP2Petry – Pacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
1:1533% CF
PK1FByron – Froese
1:10
PK2FPacioretty – Danault
0:50
PK1DAlzner – Juulsen
2:32
PK2DPetry – Benn
1:28

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:50
NYIMathew Barzal (Jordan Eberle, Thomas Hickey)backhand0.15 xG
NYI: Hickey, Eberle, Pulock, Barzal, BeauvillierMTL: Alzner, Byron, Gallagher, de la Rose, Juulsen
NYI 1 – 0 MTL
11:02
MTLPaul Byron (Artturi Lehkonen, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.22 xG
NYI: Hickey, Eberle, Pulock, Barzal, BeauvillierMTL: Petry, Byron, Lehkonen, Drouin, Mete
NYI 1 – 1 MTL

2nd period

8:29
MTLJonathan DrouinPP (Jeff Petry, Alex Galchenyuk)wrist0.03 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Cizikas, Davidson, FritzMTL: Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk, Drouin
NYI 1 – 2 MTL
13:37
MTLNikita Scherbak (Brendan Gallagher, Jacob de la Rose)wrist0.10 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Hickey, Cizikas, Pulock, BeauvillierMTL: Petry, Gallagher, de la Rose, Scherbak, Mete
NYI 1 – 3 MTL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	0	0	17:59	—	—	56	37
Mathew Barzal C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	0	2	0	17:35	—	—	52	38
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	54	36
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	0	1	0	18:39	—	—	66	79
John Tavares C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	67	75
Anders Lee L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	3	0	0	17:47	—	—	62	78
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	3	1	0	12:26	—	—	55	37
Chris Wagner R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	5	1	0	12:00	—	—	58	45
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	7	2	2	11:23	—	—	52	29
Brock Nelson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	2	0	0	17:14	—	—	71	74
Andrew Ladd L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	66	60
Tanner Fritz C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	10:04	—	—	68	74
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	21:39	—	—	50	32
Johnny Boychuk D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	2	0	18:33	—	—	54	50
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	3	0	0	18:36	—	—	70	78
Brandon Davidson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	2	16:51	—	—	65	77
Ryan Pulock D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.22	6	1	0	20:58	—	—	61	39
Thomas Hickey D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	18:20	—	—	71	64

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	1.62	57:34

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	2	16:40	—	—	43	42
Alex Galchenyuk C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:17	—	—	35	26
Charles Hudon L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	2	0	14:38	—	—	37	43
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	46	66
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	2	0	16:34	—	—	44	60
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	14:14	—	—	42	61
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	1	2	0	14:35	—	—	37	50
Paul Byron L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	14:10	—	—	43	35
Jacob de la Rose L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	3	2	2	12:16	—	—	33	26
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:10	—	—	35	20
Nikita Scherbak R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.20	0	1	0	14:18	—	—	37	69
Andrew Shaw R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	1	2	0	13:00	—	—	39	27
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	4	0	0	22:56	—	—	45	53
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	6	0	21:42	—	—	41	47
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	1	3	0	20:15	—	—	38	22
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	2	1	0	18:18	—	—	38	22
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	5	0	18:01	—	—	38	59
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	34	55

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.77	59:56

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.