Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 17, 2022

FinalSaturday, Dec 17, 2022· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	2	2	1	5		TBL	11	12	4	27
MTL	0	0	1	1		MTL	14	4	5	23

: TBL 45MTL 44
: TBL 2.81MTL 2.28
PP goals: TBL 2MTL 0
Hits: TBL 17MTL 16
Blocks: TBL 13MTL 12
PIM: TBL 13MTL 17
: TBL 42%MTL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning rout Montreal Canadiens 5–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 5–1 at MTL. Brandon Hagel (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Point and Hagel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:29 together.

Points
Brandon Hagel had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:55.Hagel
Points
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:23.Kucherov
Points
Steven Stamkos had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:04.Stamkos
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Point and Hagel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:29 together.Stamkos Hedman Kucherov Point Hagel
New line
New look for MTL: Drouin–Dach–Slafkovský skated 10:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Dach Slafkovský
Luck
TBL scored 5 goals on 2.81 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Hoffman–Armia–Dvorak skated 8:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Armia Dvorak
Usage
Ian Cole (TBL) played 23:17, +3:57 up on his 19:20 season average over 77 games.Cole

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 89 of 89 attempts · MTL 44 · TBL 45

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 21% of the game, MTL 22%.

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
	32	47
	2.13	2.30
	2.10	2.23
	8	8
	7	1
	11	18
	−0.047	+0.047
	21%	22%

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

L1Kucherov – Point – Hagel
11:2139% CF
L2Maroon – Cirelli – Colton
9:1538% CF
L3Perry – Namestnikov – Bellemare
8:5950% CF
L4Killorn – Stamkos – Paul
8:1740% CF
D1Cole – Cernak
15:0233% CF
D2Hedman – Perbix
11:5645% CF
D3Fleury – Foote
11:4029% CF

PP1Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Point – Hagel
4:2980% CF
PP2Perry – Killorn – Paul – Colton – Perbix
2:38100% CF
PK1FKillorn – Bellemare
1:53
PK2FCirelli – Hagel
1:51
PK1DCole – Cernak
1:57
PK2DHedman – Fleury
1:17

Current TBL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
11:3550% CF
L2Drouin – Dach – Slafkovský
10:5475% CF
L3Hoffman – Armia – Dvorak
8:0556% CF
L4Evans – Pitlick – Pezzetta
6:0355% CF
D1Matheson – Harris
13:1464% CF
D2Edmundson – Guhle
11:2547% CF
D3Kovacevic – Xhekaj
10:0267% CF

PP1Drouin – Dvorak – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
3:4225% CF
PP2Hoffman – Matheson – Anderson – Dvorak – Slafkovský
1:5467% CF
PK1FArmia – Dvorak
3:20
PK2FAnderson – Evans
0:57
PK1DEdmundson – Guhle
2:54
PK2DMatheson – Kovacevic
1:50

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:57
TBLBrandon Hagel (Ian Cole, Erik Cernak)wrist0.18 xG
TBL: Cole, Kucherov, Point, Cernak, HagelMTL: Edmundson, Anderson, Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle
TBL 1 – 0 MTL
11:39
TBLNick Paul (Nick Perbix, Steven Stamkos)wrist0.45 xG
TBL: Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Paul, PerbixMTL: Anderson, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harris, Caufield
TBL 2 – 0 MTL

2nd period

9:26
TBLAnthony CirelliPP (Corey Perry, Nikita Kucherov)wrist0.05 xG
TBL: Perry, Killorn, Stamkos, Kucherov, CirelliMTL: Edmundson, Matheson, Suzuki, Kovacevic
TBL 3 – 0 MTL
17:47
TBLBrandon HagelPP (Victor Hedman, Steven Stamkos)tip-in0.08 xG
TBL: Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Point, HagelMTL: Edmundson, Armia, Dvorak, Guhle
TBL 4 – 0 MTL

3rd period

0:16
MTLNick Suzuki (Kaiden Guhle)snap0.05 xG
TBL: Cole, Kucherov, Point, Cernak, HagelMTL: Edmundson, Anderson, Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle
TBL 4 – 1 MTL
18:01
TBLNikita Kucherov (Brandon Hagel)wrist0.18 xG
TBL: Cole, Kucherov, Point, Hagel, FooteMTL: Edmundson, Evans, Pitlick, Pezzetta, Guhle
TBL 5 – 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
Brandon Hagel L	L1	2	1	3	+1	3	0.45	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	39	40
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.38	1	1	0	18:23	—	—	45	48
Brayden Point C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	45	48
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.33	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	29	36
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	4	0	0	14:13	—	—	40	45
Patrick Maroon L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	5	11:03	—	—	38	41
Corey Perry R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	50	50
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	1	0	12:56	—	—	47	44
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	12:25	—	—	46	50
Steven Stamkos C	L4	0	2	2	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	17:04	—	—	40	57
Alex Killorn L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	38	54
Nick Paul L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.45	2	1	2	13:50	—	—	40	56
Ian Cole D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	23:17	—	—	40	68
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4	4	2	19:13	—	—	33	59
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.22	0	1	0	22:54	—	—	44	49
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	1	0	0	16:31	—	—	50	49
Haydn Fleury D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	0	15:54	—	—	33	23
Cal Foote D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	4	14:35	—	—	40	47

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	2.28	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	21:50	—	—	53	27
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	0	0	18:14	—	—	56	27
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	17:55	—	—	50	27
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	75	90
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.67	2	1	0	16:15	—	—	77	90
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	2	14:35	—	—	78	91
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	56	53
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	1	0	15:52	—	—	53	44
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	58	56
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	4	10:46	—	—	50	34
Rem Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	0	2	9:44	—	—	58	43
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	1	0	0	8:57	—	—	46	31
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	4	0	2	22:37	—	—	68	70
Jordan Harris D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	1	0	18:25	—	—	61	39
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	18:37	—	—	47	50
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	5	0	17:52	—	—	45	49
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	1	0	17:38	—	—	61	46
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	5	15:20	—	—	67	65

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	2.81	59:50

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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.