New York Islanders vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 21, 2019

FinalThursday, Mar 21, 2019· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	0	0		NYI	10	10	8	28
MTL	1	3	0	4		MTL	13	13	8	34

: NYI 50MTL 64
: NYI 1.47MTL 2.06
PP goals: NYI 0MTL 1
Hits: NYI 38MTL 36
Blocks: NYI 19MTL 17
PIM: NYI 19MTL 11
: NYI 35%MTL 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout New York Islanders 4–0

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Islanders 4–0 at home. Jordan Weal (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Weal, Armia, Drouin and Kotkaniemi) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:21 together.

Points
Joel Armia had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:04.Armia
Points
Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:15.Drouin
Points
Jordan Weal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:50.Weal
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Weal, Armia, Drouin and Kotkaniemi) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:21 together.Weber Weal Armia Drouin Kotkaniemi
New line
New look for NYI: Ladd–Bailey–Nelson skated 12:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ladd Bailey Nelson
Luck
MTL scored 4 goals on 2.06 expected goals (64 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for NYI: Komarov–Beauvillier–Fritz skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Komarov Beauvillier Fritz
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (MTL) played 12:15, −4:44 down on his 16:59 season average over 80 games.Drouin

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 114 of 114 attempts · MTL 64 · NYI 50

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 19% of the game, MTL 29%.

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
	56	67
	1.43	1.55
	1.39	1.46
	6	7
	4	4
	23	32
	−0.066	+0.067
	19%	29%

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

L1Ladd – Bailey – Nelson
12:2747% CF
L2Eberle – Lee – Barzal
10:5634% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
9:3038% CF
L4Komarov – Beauvillier – Fritz
8:4160% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
17:0949% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
16:3833% CF
D3Hickey – Toews
11:3768% CF

PP1Eberle – Lee – Nelson – Toews – Barzal
3:060% CF
PP2Ladd – Clutterbuck – Leddy – Pulock – Beauvillier
1:18
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:16
PK2FKomarov – Fritz
1:00
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:37
PK2DHickey – Pulock
0:39

Current NYI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Shaw – Lehkonen – Domi
12:4446% CF
L2Thompson – Byron – Weal
10:0176% CF
L3Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
9:4653% CF
L4Armia – Drouin – Kotkaniemi
8:4855% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
16:5351% CF
D2Weber – Mete
15:3469% CF
D3Benn – Folin
13:3040% CF

PP1Weber – Weal – Armia – Drouin – Kotkaniemi
1:21100% CF
PP2Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Shaw – Domi
0:53
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:44
PK2FThompson – Armia
1:29
PK1DWeber – Benn
3:05
PK2DFolin – Mete
0:50

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:53
MTLJoel ArmiaPP (Jordan Weal, Jonathan Drouin)snap0.31 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Cizikas, Mayfield, PelechMTL: Weber, Weal, Armia, Drouin, Kotkaniemi
NYI 0 – 1 MTL

2nd period

1:03
MTLShea Weberslap0.05 xG
NYI: Ladd, Bailey, Nelson, Pelech, PulockMTL: Weber, Shaw, Lehkonen, Domi, Mete
NYI 0 – 2 MTL
6:00
MTLJonathan Drouin (Joel Armia, Jesperi Kotkaniemi)wrist0.23 xG
NYI: Komarov, Pelech, Pulock, Barzal, BeauvillierMTL: Benn, Armia, Drouin, Folin, Kotkaniemi
NYI 0 – 3 MTL
8:19
MTLJordan Weal (Jordie Benn, Nate Thompson)tip-in0.03 xG
NYI: Komarov, Hickey, Toews, Beauvillier, FritzMTL: Thompson, Byron, Benn, Weal, Folin
NYI 0 – 4 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	-1	3	0.23	1	1	2	18:14	—	—	51	50
Josh Bailey R	L1	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:43	—	—	50	43
Andrew Ladd L	L1	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	15:06	—	—	47	38
Anders Lee L	L2	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	17:00	—	—	36	55
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	3	0.28	1	1	0	16:37	—	—	41	63
Mathew Barzal C	L2	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:12	—	—	36	39
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0.03	2	2	0	14:51	—	—	35	54
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0.11	3	0	0	14:02	—	—	40	51
Matt Martin L	L3	0	1	0.04	8	0	10	12:47	—	—	41	51
Leo Komarov R	L4	-2	1	0.01	4	1	2	15:29	—	—	55	34
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:24	—	—	58	39
Tanner Fritz C	L4	-1	1	0.10	3	1	0	12:42	—	—	60	57
Ryan Pulock D	D1	-2	3	0.08	2	1	0	24:26	—	—	42	39
Adam Pelech D	D1	-2	3	0.09	4	3	0	19:52	—	—	49	46
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	2	0.15	0	4	0	20:10	—	—	34	56
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	3	0.05	0	1	0	19:50	—	—	31	42
Devon Toews D	D3	-1	3	0.09	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	74	68
Thomas Hickey D	D3	-1	1	0.00	1	1	5	13:36	—	—	67	46

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner	—	12	12	0	.1000	0.52	31:41
Thomas Greiss(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	1.53	28:19

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	1	0	18:18	—	—	44	38
Andrew Shaw R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	3	0	2	16:31	—	—	45	38
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:13	—	—	46	40
Jordan Weal C	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.20	0	1	0	14:50	—	—	64	53
Nate Thompson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.32	4	1	0	14:42	—	—	72	61
Paul Byron L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.14	2	0	0	13:47	—	—	75	68
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	2	1	0	16:15	—	—	52	53
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	13:27	—	—	49	48
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	3	1	5	13:16	—	—	56	59
Joel Armia R	L4	1	1	2	+1	1	0.31	6	0	0	14:04	—	—	50	61
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	2	1	0	13:12	—	—	44	55
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	1	1	2	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	50	52
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	3	2	22:24	—	—	50	50
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:06	—	—	50	50
Shea Weber D	D2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.16	3	2	2	22:36	—	—	68	60
Victor Mete D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	70	54
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.02	0	1	0	19:18	—	—	40	45
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	4	1	0	17:35	—	—	39	53

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	1.47	59:54

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.