Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 2, 2020

FinalThursday, Jan 2, 2020· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	2	0	0	2		TBL	9	7	7	23
MTL	1	0	0	1		MTL	12	14	13	39

: TBL 40MTL 70
: TBL 1.54MTL 2.48
PP goals: TBL 0MTL 0
Hits: TBL 29MTL 28
Blocks: TBL 21MTL 8
PIM: TBL 15MTL 9
: TBL 42%MTL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 at MTL. Jeff Petry (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MTL: Tatar–Cousins–Danault skated 12:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for MTL: Tatar–Cousins–Danault skated 12:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Cousins Danault
Goalie
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +8 against a season average of 30.9; the win.Vasilevskiy
New line
New look for MTL: Thompson–Weise–Vejdemo skated 6:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thompson Weise Vejdemo
New line
New look for MTL: Weal–Poehling–Kotkaniemi skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Weal Poehling Kotkaniemi
New line
New look for TBL: Maroon–Johnson–Paquette skated 8:28 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (73.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Maroon Johnson Paquette
Usage
Nick Cousins (MTL) played 17:32, +4:05 up on his 13:27 season average over 64 games.Cousins
Usage
Nick Suzuki (MTL) played 20:43, +4:48 up on his 15:55 season average over 70 games.Suzuki
Usage
Ryan McDonagh (TBL) played 24:57, +4:20 up on his 20:37 season average over 49 games.McDonagh

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

← TBL attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · MTL 70 · TBL 40

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL pressure
TBL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 18% of the game, MTL 46%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

MTL

TBL

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	TBL	MTL
	46	64
	1.84	2.15
	1.77	2.09
	10	7
	2	1
	19	20
	−0.071	+0.071
	18%	46%

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Palat – Kucherov – Point
12:5640% CF
L2Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli
10:4545% CF
L3Maroon – Johnson – Paquette
8:2873% CF
L4Gourde – Verhaeghe – Stephens
5:4125% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
15:3344% CF
D2Shattenkirk – Sergachev
9:1835% CF
D3Coburn – Hedman
7:1253% CF

PK1FGourde – Paquette
1:25
PK2FKillorn – Cirelli
1:20
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
2:03
PK2DHedman – Sergachev
1:37

Current TBL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Cousins – Danault
12:4957% CF
L2Lehkonen – Domi – Suzuki
10:5365% CF
L3Weal – Poehling – Kotkaniemi
7:3650% CF
L4Thompson – Weise – Vejdemo
6:5882% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
17:3853% CF
D2Kulak – Fleury
14:2363% CF
D3Petry – Mete
12:2355% CF

PP1Weber – Weal – Cousins – Domi – Kotkaniemi
1:51100% CF
PP2Petry – Tatar – Danault – Suzuki – Poehling
1:42100% CF

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:42
TBLSteven Stamkos (Anthony Cirelli, Erik Cernak)tip-in0.03 xG
TBL: Killorn, McDonagh, Stamkos, Cernak, CirelliMTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Cousins, Danault
TBL 1 – 0 MTL
5:48
MTLJeff Petry (Nick Cousins, Max Domi)wrist0.04 xG
TBL: Killorn, McDonagh, Gourde, Cernak, CirelliMTL: Petry, Weal, Cousins, Domi, Kotkaniemi
TBL 1 – 1 MTL
8:28
TBLNikita Kucherov (Brayden Point)wrist0.19 xG
TBL: Coburn, Hedman, Palat, Kucherov, PointMTL: Petry, Weal, Mete, Poehling, Kotkaniemi
TBL 2 – 1 MTL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Point C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	39	50
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	2	0	0	17:10	—	—	41	61
Ondrej Palat L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	2	1	2	17:00	—	—	39	63
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	20:06	—	—	38	22
Steven Stamkos C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.13	0	2	0	17:31	—	—	38	27
Alex Killorn L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	16:46	—	—	39	30
Cedric Paquette C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	4	1	0	14:12	—	—	68	73
Tyler Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	3	1	0	11:50	—	—	52	55
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	7	10:49	—	—	60	65
Yanni Gourde C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	4	0	2	10:23	—	—	39	46
Carter Verhaeghe C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	8:19	—	—	24	37
Mitchell Stephens C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:24	—	—	21	58
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	0	3	0	24:57	—	—	44	34
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	4	4	0	21:01	—	—	44	35
Mikhail Sergachev D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	20:13	—	—	40	46
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:50	—	—	31	49
Victor Hedman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	2	4	21:43	—	—	48	71
Braydon Coburn D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	2	0	13:22	—	—	44	66

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	2.48	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	4	0	0	20:21	—	—	59	64
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	0	0	19:57	—	—	55	62
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.34	1	1	0	17:32	—	—	58	65
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	1	0	20:43	—	—	64	75
Max Domi C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.23	1	0	2	19:13	—	—	71	93
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	0	0	16:44	—	—	50	53
Jordan Weal C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	14:03	—	—	50	38
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	48	40
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:09	—	—	47	29
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	11:30	—	—	65	60
Lukas Vejdemo C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	9:18	—	—	80	76
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	0	5	9:05	—	—	67	64
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	1	2	0	24:25	—	—	53	54
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	2	2	22:32	—	—	55	61
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	2	1	0	16:00	—	—	64	60
Cale Fleury D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	2	1	0	15:41	—	—	62	58
Jeff Petry D	D3	1	0	1	0	6	0.19	0	0	0	20:47	—	—	56	37
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	58	45

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	1.54	58:07

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.