New York Islanders vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 16, 2023

FinalSaturday, Dec 16, 2023· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	3	3		NYI	10	6	17	33
MTL	0	4	1	5		MTL	15	21	5	41

: NYI 62MTL 73
: NYI 2.94MTL 4.50
PP goals: NYI 0MTL 0
Hits: NYI 27MTL 20
Blocks: NYI 14MTL 18
PIM: NYI 4MTL 2
: NYI 33%MTL 67%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Islanders 5–3

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Islanders 5–3 at home. Noah Dobson (NYI) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +10 against a season average of 29.9; the loss.

Points
Noah Dobson had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 26:43.Dobson
Points
Brock Nelson had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:19.Nelson
Points
Josh Anderson had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:40.Anderson
Points
Justin Barron had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:55.Barron
Points
Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:17.Suzuki
Points
Sean Monahan had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:26.Monahan
Goalie
Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +10 against a season average of 29.9; the loss.Varlamov
Usage
Sebastian Aho (NYI) played 23:47, +7:31 up on his 16:16 season average over 57 games.Aho

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 135 of 135 attempts · MTL 73 · 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 25% of the game, MTL 38%.

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
	66	71
	2.89	3.32
	2.74	3.20
	18	22
	2	5
	12	12
	−0.080	+0.080
	25%	38%

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

L1Lee – Horvat – Barzal
14:3459% CF
L2Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall
10:3239% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Fasching
7:5838% CF
L4Pageau – Gauthier – Holmstrom
7:5842% CF
D1Reilly – Aho
16:4858% CF
D2Dobson – Romanov
15:3347% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Bolduc
10:4913% CF

PP1Palmieri – Nelson – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson
1:32100% CF
PP2Lee – Pageau – Reilly – Engvall – Aho
0:28100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:23
PK2FPageau – Holmstrom
1:00
PK1DBortuzzo – Romanov
1:50
PK2DAho – Dobson
1:29

Current NYI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
14:0363% CF
L2Anderson – Monahan – Evans
12:3556% CF
L3Gallagher – Armia – Dvorak
10:4354% CF
L4Stephens – Pezzetta – Ylonen
7:0155% CF
D1Savard – Matheson
18:3851% CF
D2Guhle – Barron
15:0445% CF
D3Kovacevic – Struble
13:4758% CF

PP1Matheson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
2:1186% CF
PP2Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak – Ylonen – Barron
1:30100% CF
PK1FDvorak – Stephens
1:32
PK2FArmia – Evans
0:28
PK1DSavard – Matheson
1:32
PK2DGuhle – Barron
0:28

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:45
MTLJoel Armia (Brendan Gallagher, Kaiden Guhle)wrist0.18 xG
NYI: Pageau, Gauthier, Dobson, Romanov, HolmstromMTL: Gallagher, Armia, Dvorak, Guhle, Barron
NYI 0 – 1 MTL
10:35
MTLJosh Anderson (Justin Barron, Sean Monahan)wrist0.03 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Nelson, Reilly, Engvall, AhoMTL: Anderson, Monahan, Evans, Guhle, Barron
NYI 0 – 2 MTL
19:06
MTLJosh Anderson (Sean Monahan, Justin Barron)backhand0.18 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Nelson, Reilly, Engvall, AhoMTL: Anderson, Monahan, Evans, Guhle, Barron
NYI 0 – 3 MTL
19:21
MTLCole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský)wrist0.16 xG
NYI: Lee, Horvat, Barzal, Dobson, RomanovMTL: Savard, Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovský
NYI 0 – 4 MTL

3rd period

2:07
NYIBrock NelsonSH (Noah Dobson)wrist0.15 xG
NYI: Nelson, Dobson, Romanov, HolmstromMTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak, Caufield
NYI 1 – 4 MTL
3:43
NYIBrock Nelson (Noah Dobson)snap0.19 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Nelson, Engvall, Dobson, BolducMTL: Savard, Matheson, Anderson, Monahan, Evans
NYI 2 – 4 MTL
14:06
NYIBo Horvat (Noah Dobson, Alexander Romanov)snap0.21 xG
NYI: Lee, Horvat, Barzal, Dobson, RomanovMTL: Savard, Matheson, Evans, Suzuki, Slafkovský
NYI 3 – 4 MTL
19:40
MTLChristian DvorakEN (Nick Suzuki)wrist0.53 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Nelson, Reilly, Horvat, Barzal, DobsonMTL: Dvorak, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Guhle, Slafkovský
NYI 3 – 5 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
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	1	0	0	21:04	—	—	57	51
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.45	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	56	50
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.51	0	1	2	16:06	—	—	59	52
Pierre Engvall L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	1	0	0	16:08	—	—	44	41
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	1	3	0	15:44	—	—	39	48
Brock Nelson C	L2	2	0	2	-1	4	0.64	0	1	2	15:19	—	—	46	44
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	2	0	0	13:15	—	—	53	63
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	12:23	—	—	40	6
Hudson Fasching R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	2	1	0	10:36	—	—	52	63
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	3	2	0	15:10	—	—	39	29
Simon Holmstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:31	—	—	44	37
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:03	—	—	50	32
Sebastian Aho D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	2	0	23:47	—	—	59	60
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.06	1	0	0	19:51	—	—	59	59
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	3	3	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	26:43	—	—	46	41
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:54	—	—	47	31
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	22	6
Samuel Bolduc D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	4	1	0	13:27	—	—	33	48

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	40	36	4	.900	3.52	58:57

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.60	4	3	0	19:26	—	—	52	74
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	2	2	+1	6	0.35	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	57	76
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.76	0	1	0	18:57	—	—	53	85
Josh Anderson R	L2	2	0	2	0	6	0.73	1	0	0	16:40	—	—	51	52
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	2	2	+1	4	0.27	0	1	0	16:26	—	—	57	55
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	1	0	15:26	—	—	49	46
Christian Dvorak C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.57	2	0	0	16:52	—	—	54	40
Joel Armia R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	49	33
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.39	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	54	40
Mitchell Stephens C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:18	—	—	41	14
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	10:06	—	—	55	74
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	9:49	—	—	47	18
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.12	0	1	0	25:12	—	—	54	61
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	22:17	—	—	53	60
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	1	1	+4	2	0.10	3	2	0	19:51	—	—	50	44
Justin Barron D	D2	0	2	2	+3	2	0.18	1	0	0	17:55	—	—	44	40
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	15:34	—	—	55	70
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	4	2	15:18	—	—	58	76

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	2.94	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Brock Nelson (NYI SH) 3rd 2:07 · assists Noah Dobson · Odd-man rush · passed in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 51.7 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Brock Nelson · 3rd 2:07 · NYI SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 51.7 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Joel Armia · 2nd 7:45 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.1 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s

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Josh Anderson · 2nd 10:35 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3
Shot: 46.3 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Josh Anderson · 2nd 19:06 · MTL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Cole Caufield · 2nd 19:21 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 8.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Brock Nelson · 3rd 3:43 · NYI

Play: rebound
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 14.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Bo Horvat · 3rd 14:06 · NYI

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.8 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: rebound

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Christian Dvorak · 3rd 19:40 · MTL EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.7 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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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.