New York Islanders vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 25, 2024

FinalThursday, Jan 25, 2024· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	1	2	3		NYI	12	18	16	46
MTL	3	0	1	4		MTL	13	7	6	26

: NYI 88MTL 43
: NYI 5.97MTL 3.37
PP goals: NYI 3MTL 2
Hits: NYI 15MTL 23
Blocks: NYI 10MTL 18
PIM: NYI 10MTL 25
: NYI 52%MTL 48%

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

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Islanders 4–3 at home. Sean Monahan (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NYI's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Nelson, Horvat, Barzal and Dobson) scored 2 power-play goals on 25 attempts in 9:17 together.

Points
Sean Monahan had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:27.Monahan
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Noah Dobson had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 30:17.Dobson
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Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 26:05.Horvat
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Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:41.Caufield
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Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 11 shots in 19:16.Palmieri
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Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 9 shots in 26:31.Barzal
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Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:58.Suzuki
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Nelson, Horvat, Barzal and Dobson) scored 2 power-play goals on 25 attempts in 9:17 together.Palmieri Nelson Horvat Barzal Dobson

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 131 of 131 attempts · MTL 43 · NYI 88

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 41% of the game, MTL 20%.

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
	59	30
	2.12	1.31
	2.05	1.24
	7	4
	1	2
	12	13
	+0.009	−0.010
	41%	20%

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
9:2667% CF
L2Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall
7:3267% CF
L3Pageau – Gauthier – Holmstrom
6:0544% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Fasching – MacLean
2:260% CF
D1Dobson – Romanov
11:3270% CF
D2Pelech – Aho
9:5662% CF
D3Mayfield – Bolduc
7:1256% CF

PP1Palmieri – Nelson – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson
9:1789% CF
PP2Lee – Pageau – Engvall – Aho – Bolduc
1:590% CF
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
3:54
PK2FClutterbuck – Horvat
2:41
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
4:12
PK2DDobson – Romanov
2:37

Current NYI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Gallagher – Pearson – Evans
7:5650% CF
L2Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
6:2720% CF
L3Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard – Condotta
4:3545% CF
L4Armia – Monahan – Slafkovský
4:2540% CF
D1Savard – Struble
10:1212% CF
D2Matheson – Guhle
9:1033% CF
D3Kovacevic – Xhekaj
8:3450% CF

PP1Matheson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
4:5290% CF
PP2Gallagher – Pearson – Anderson – Harvey-Pinard – Guhle
1:30100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
7:10
PK2FMonahan – Harvey-Pinard
1:56
PK1DSavard – Matheson
7:29
PK2DKovacevic – Guhle
3:52

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	1	1	2	0	9	0.70	0	0	0	26:31	—	—	78	86
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.65	0	1	0	26:05	—	—	68	80
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.47	1	0	2	16:15	—	—	69	81
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.49	0	1	0	21:19	—	—	71	41
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	1	1	2	-1	11	2.45	2	0	2	19:16	—	—	64	39
Pierre Engvall L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	68	40
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	1	0	0	18:41	—	—	69	56
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	57	54
Julien Gauthier R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	2	1	2	7:59	—	—	47	46
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:30	—	—	40	61
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	6:03	—	—	67	100
Hudson Fasching R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	2:52	—	—	0	—
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	3	3	0	3	0.05	2	2	0	30:17	—	—	72	83
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.06	1	1	0	18:12	—	—	67	70
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:27	—	—	77	40
Sebastian Aho D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	64	50
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	14:09	—	—	60	55
Samuel Bolduc D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	11:49	—	—	52	60

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	3.37	58:21

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Evans C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	19:48	—	—	36	38
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.44	1	1	15	12:45	—	—	46	39
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	1	0	12:28	—	—	50	40
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	20:58	—	—	19	7
Cole Caufield R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.76	1	0	0	16:41	—	—	26	28
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	5	1	0	12:38	—	—	35	34
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	3	2	13:49	—	—	32	50
Michael Pezzetta L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	0	0	7:00	—	—	46	52
Lucas Condotta L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:36	—	—	50	54
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	27	49
Sean Monahan C	L4	2	1	3	+1	5	1.24	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	19	55
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:44	—	—	22	52
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	4	0	21:05	—	—	9	14
Jayden Struble D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	0	0	2	16:31	—	—	28	45
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	1	0	26:36	—	—	33	37
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:10	—	—	36	35
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	16:46	—	—	44	40
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	4	11:42	—	—	48	42

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	46	43	3	.935	5.97	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Kyle Palmieri (NYI PP) 3rd 16:28 · assists Noah Dobson, Bo Horvat · Cycle · 3.6 mph shot.

Kyle Palmieri · 3rd 16:28 · NYI PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Nick Suzuki · 1st 7:06 · MTL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 31.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: deflection

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Cole Caufield · 1st 11:36 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 6.2 s

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Sean Monahan · 1st 12:19 · MTL PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.1 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Bo Horvat · 2nd 3:02 · NYI PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.4 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Mathew Barzal · 3rd 14:52 · NYI PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 52.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Sean Monahan · 3rd 17:48 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 48.5 mph
Distance: 35 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.

New York Islanders vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 25, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge New York Islanders 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Islanders

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Islanders

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Kyle Palmieri · 3rd 16:28 · NYI PP

Nick Suzuki · 1st 7:06 · MTL PP

Cole Caufield · 1st 11:36 · MTL

Sean Monahan · 1st 12:19 · MTL PP

Bo Horvat · 2nd 3:02 · NYI PP

Mathew Barzal · 3rd 14:52 · NYI PP

Sean Monahan · 3rd 17:48 · MTL