New York Islanders vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 11, 2023

Final / OTSaturday, Feb 11, 2023· Centre Bell

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New York IslandersNYI

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

4

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYI	1	1	1	0	3		NYI	7	10	8	5	30
MTL	1	0	2	1	4		MTL	14	5	9	3	31

: NYI 62MTL 55
: NYI 2.21MTL 2.93
PP goals: NYI 1MTL 0
Hits: NYI 15MTL 21
Blocks: NYI 13MTL 22
PIM: NYI 4MTL 4
: NYI 55%MTL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge New York Islanders 4–3 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Islanders 4–3 in overtime at home. Mike Hoffman (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for MTL: Belzile–Pezzetta–Ylonen skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mike Hoffman had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:06.Hoffman
Points
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:28.Nelson
Points
Mike Matheson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 25:37.Matheson
Points
Noah Dobson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:11.Dobson
New line
New look for MTL: Belzile–Pezzetta–Ylonen skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Belzile Pezzetta Ylonen
New line
New look for MTL: Drouin–Dvorak–Pitlick skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Dvorak Pitlick
Usage
Arber Xhekaj (MTL) played 21:12, +6:03 up on his 15:09 season average over 50 games.Xhekaj
Usage
Brock Nelson (NYI) played 21:28, +3:04 up on his 18:24 season average over 81 games.Nelson

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 117 of 117 attempts · MTL 55 · NYI 62

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 20% of the game, MTL 36%.

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
	58	55
	1.56	2.82
	1.53	2.74
	8	14
	6	1
	29	20
	+0.039	−0.039
	20%	36%

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

L1Palmieri – Lee – Nelson
14:3644% CF
L2Bailey – Horvat – Barzal
14:1063% CF
L3Parise – Pageau – Holmstrom
7:3550% CF
L4Martin – Cizikas – Fasching
6:4538% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
19:4842% CF
D2Mayfield – Romanov
15:4545% CF
D3Aho – Dobson
14:0062% CF

PP1Lee – Nelson – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson
0:42100% CF
PK1FCizikas – Horvat
1:55
PK2FParise – Nelson
0:43
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
2:23
PK2DPulock – Romanov
1:34

Current NYI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
14:1937% CF
L2Dadonov – Hoffman – Dach
11:2155% CF
L3Drouin – Dvorak – Pitlick
10:0880% CF
L4Belzile – Pezzetta – Ylonen
5:5440% CF
D1Savard – Xhekaj
18:4420% CF
D2Matheson – Barron
16:1770% CF
D3Kovacevic – Harris
15:1954% CF

PP1Dadonov – Hoffman – Matheson – Suzuki – Dach
2:56100% CF
PP2Anderson – Drouin – Dvorak – Pitlick – Xhekaj
0:56100% CF
PK1FDvorak – Suzuki
0:42
PK1DSavard – Matheson
0:42

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:57
MTLNick Suzuki (Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Josh Anderson)snap0.17 xG
NYI: Bailey, Palmieri, Nelson, Pulock, DobsonMTL: Anderson, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harris, Harvey-Pinard
NYI 0 – 1 MTL
15:01
NYIBrock Nelson (Noah Dobson, Sebastian Aho)tip-in0.09 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Lee, Nelson, Aho, DobsonMTL: Dadonov, Hoffman, Savard, Dach, Xhekaj
NYI 1 – 1 MTL

2nd period

19:55
NYIBo HorvatPP (Noah Dobson, Brock Nelson)wrist0.04 xG
NYI: Lee, Nelson, Horvat, Barzal, DobsonMTL: Savard, Matheson, Dvorak, Suzuki
NYI 2 – 1 MTL

3rd period

4:02
MTLJustin Barron (Evgenii Dadonov, Mike Hoffman)wrist0.05 xG
NYI: Parise, Pageau, Aho, Dobson, HolmstromMTL: Dadonov, Hoffman, Matheson, Dach, Barron
NYI 2 – 2 MTL
10:54
NYIMatt Martin (Alexander Romanov, Scott Mayfield)tip-in0.04 xG
NYI: Martin, Cizikas, Mayfield, Fasching, RomanovMTL: Dadonov, Hoffman, Savard, Dach, Xhekaj
NYI 3 – 2 MTL
16:44
MTLKirby Dach (Mike Matheson, Mike Hoffman)tip-in0.06 xG
NYI: Bailey, Pelech, Horvat, Pulock, BarzalMTL: Dadonov, Hoffman, Matheson, Dach, Barron
NYI 3 – 3 MTL

OT period

4:38
MTLMike Matheson (Mike Hoffman)wrist0.03 xG
NYI: Parise, Pageau, Pelech, BarzalMTL: Hoffman, Savard, Matheson, Dvorak
NYI 3 – 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.43	0	0	0	21:28	—	—	46	32
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	1	0	17:17	—	—	39	32
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	46	38
Bo Horvat C	L2	1	0	1	-1	5	0.56	0	0	0	22:32	—	—	62	55
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	1	0	0	22:01	—	—	66	56
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	0	1	0	17:01	—	—	62	47
Zach Parise L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	1	0	13:38	—	—	50	35
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	0	2	12:56	—	—	48	26
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	9:20	—	—	50	36
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:35	—	—	38	6
Matt Martin L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.05	0	0	0	9:32	—	—	46	8
Hudson Fasching R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:03	—	—	39	7
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.07	2	1	0	24:27	—	—	45	32
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	24:17	—	—	47	27
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	5	0	21:08	—	—	50	33
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	3	1	0	19:20	—	—	47	35
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	2	2	-1	2	0.42	1	0	0	20:11	—	—	64	47
Sebastian Aho D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	2	16:16	—	—	65	51

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	O	31	27	4	.871	2.93	64:07

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.27	0	0	0	23:29	—	—	32	49
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.27	3	1	0	19:29	—	—	36	60
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.41	3	5	0	17:45	—	—	33	60
Kirby Dach C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	3	1	0	19:29	—	—	45	63
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	3	3	+1	3	0.17	0	1	2	17:06	—	—	52	63
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.65	0	1	0	16:31	—	—	50	69
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	2	0	17:39	—	—	75	97
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	71	94
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	71	73
Alex Belzile R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	55	85
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	9:27	—	—	33	50
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	3	1	0	8:31	—	—	46	51
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	4	0	24:57	—	—	24	16
Arber Xhekaj D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	3	4	0	21:12	—	—	19	16
Mike Matheson D	D2	1	1	2	+3	5	0.19	2	1	0	25:37	—	—	69	79
Justin Barron D	D2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.16	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	71	79
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	1	2	17:30	—	—	55	77
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	17:06	—	—	56	77

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	2.21	64:38

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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.