New York Islanders vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 3, 2024

Final / OTTuesday, Dec 3, 2024· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYI	0	1	0	0	1		NYI	5	17	6	3	31
MTL	0	1	0	1	2		MTL	7	11	7	2	27

: NYI 59MTL 51
: NYI 3.39MTL 2.63
PP goals: NYI 0MTL 1
Hits: NYI 32MTL 37
Blocks: NYI 9MTL 19
PIM: NYI 4MTL 6
: NYI 44%MTL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge New York Islanders 2–1 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Islanders 2–1 in overtime at home. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:47 together.

Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:17.Suzuki
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:47 together.Laine Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský
New line
New look for MTL: Laine–Dach–Slafkovský skated 12:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Laine Dach Slafkovský
Luck
NYI scored 1 goal on 3.39 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYI: Pageau–Wahlstrom–MacLean skated 9:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pageau Wahlstrom MacLean
Usage
Patrik Laine (MTL) played 17:27, +3:12 up on his 14:15 season average over 51 games.Laine
Usage
Arber Xhekaj (MTL) played 18:50, +4:16 up on his 14:34 season average over 69 games.Xhekaj
Usage
Kyle MacLean (NYI) played 13:19, +3:24 up on his 9:55 season average over 80 games.MacLean

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 110 of 110 attempts · MTL 51 · NYI 59

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 29% of the game, MTL 34%.

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
	48	44
	2.42	2.02
	2.28	1.76
	8	7
	6	1
	18	16
	−0.011	+0.011
	29%	34%

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 – Holmstrom
11:4440% CF
L2Palmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov
10:0361% CF
L3Pageau – Wahlstrom – MacLean
9:4447% CF
L4Martin – Cizikas – Fasching
7:4433% CF
D1Pulock – Romanov
16:2740% CF
D2Dobson – George
15:4270% CF
D3Mayfield – Hutton
11:5545% CF

PP1Palmieri – Lee – Nelson – Horvat – Dobson
4:2091% CF
PP2Pageau – Pulock – Hutton – Holmstrom – Tsyplakov
1:21100% CF
PK1FPalmieri – Nelson
1:16
PK2FPageau – MacLean
1:05
PK1DPulock – Romanov
1:44
PK2DMayfield – Hutton
0:44

Current NYI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Laine – Dach – Slafkovský
12:1629% CF
L2Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook
11:5142% CF
L3Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
7:3380% CF
L4Armia – Evans – Heineman
6:4671% CF
D1Savard – Xhekaj
14:0468% CF
D2Matheson – Guhle
11:3940% CF
D3Struble – Hutson
11:0050% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
1:47100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Dach – Newhook – Heineman
0:41100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
3:12
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
1:20
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:02
PK2DGuhle – Xhekaj
1:29

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:23
MTLPatrik LainePP (Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.08 xG
NYI: Pageau, Pulock, Romanov, MacLeanMTL: Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský
NYI 0 – 1 MTL
18:55
NYIAnders Lee (Oliver Wahlstrom, Noah Dobson)snap0.61 xG
NYI: Lee, Horvat, Wahlstrom, Dobson, GeorgeMTL: Laine, Dach, Guhle, Hutson, Slafkovský
NYI 1 – 1 MTL

OT period

2:39
MTLNick Suzuki (Mike Matheson, Cole Caufield)backhand0.19 xG
NYI: Horvat, Dobson, HolmstromMTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield
NYI 1 – 2 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
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	21:59	—	—	54	73
Anders Lee L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.89	1	0	0	19:10	—	—	46	81
Simon Holmstrom R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	46	61
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.61	2	0	0	19:45	—	—	55	28
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	62	38
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	5	0	2	15:47	—	—	64	29
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	3	0	0	14:28	—	—	56	55
Kyle MacLean C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	13:19	—	—	41	52
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.26	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	60	78
Hudson Fasching R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	2	11:16	—	—	46	26
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:12	—	—	29	26
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	10:13	—	—	54	39
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	22:59	—	—	42	37
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	3	0	22:46	—	—	43	37
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.12	2	0	0	24:40	—	—	69	70
Isaiah George D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	71	74
Grant Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	1	0	15:19	—	—	50	58
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:16	—	—	39	42

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	O	27	25	2	.926	2.63	62:39

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	2	1	0	17:33	—	—	29	13
Patrik Laine L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.19	2	1	0	17:27	—	—	37	6
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	6	0	0	17:23	—	—	21	4
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.51	1	2	0	19:17	—	—	42	71
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.31	1	1	0	18:26	—	—	40	66
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	2	0	16:17	—	—	35	70
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	2	13:02	—	—	65	57
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	13:01	—	—	63	80
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.49	4	0	0	11:22	—	—	76	81
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:11	—	—	64	57
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	13:09	—	—	55	53
Emil Heineman L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	9:24	—	—	73	59
Arber Xhekaj D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.11	3	1	2	18:50	—	—	64	75
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	18:35	—	—	68	77
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	1	3	0	25:19	—	—	33	53
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	20:03	—	—	35	28
Lane Hutson D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	20:34	—	—	37	31
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	4	2	17:17	—	—	48	51

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	3.39	62:26

Goal anatomy

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

Patrik Laine (MTL PP) 2nd 7:23 · assists Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki · Cycle · 70.6 mph shot.

Patrik Laine · 2nd 7:23 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 70.6 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Nick Suzuki · OT 2:39 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.5 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s
Type: rebound

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Anders Lee · 2nd 18:55 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 5.7 mph
Distance: 14 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.