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Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 21, 2025

Final· Centre Bell
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TBL
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MTL
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Goals123TShots123T
TBL1102TBL1191535
MTL0213MTL59822
TBL 64MTL 53
TBL 4.47MTL 3.05
PP goals
TBL 0MTL 1
Hits
TBL 18MTL 23
Blocks
TBL 15MTL 11
PIM
TBL 4MTL 8
TBL 51%MTL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 at home. Patrik Laine (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:53 together.

  1. Points
    Patrik Laine had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:38.Laine
  2. PP1
    MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:53 together.LaineSuzukiCaufieldHutsonSlafkovský
  3. New line
    New look for TBL: Girgensons–Paul–Geekie skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GirgensonsPaulGeekie
  4. Usage
    Nikita Kucherov (TBL) played 26:55, +5:48 up on his 21:07 season average over 77 games.Kucherov
  5. Luck
    TBL scored 2 goals on 4.47 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
  6. New line
    New look for TBL: Guentzel–Point–Eyssimont skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GuentzelPointEyssimont
  7. Goalie
    Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +8 against a season average of 27.1; the win.Montembeault
  8. Usage
    Darren Raddysh (TBL) played 24:05, +6:53 up on his 17:12 season average over 72 games.Raddysh

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.

Shot map, TBL at MTL: 117 attempts, 57 on goal, 5 goals, 7.53 expected goals; best chance Jake Evans at 0.41 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← TBL attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • MTL
  • TBL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · MTL 53 · TBL 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, TBL at MTL: expected goals 3.05 to 4.47 (TBL led the chances), shot attempts 53 to 64, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdMTLTBLKGSNEnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • MTL
  • TBL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
MTLTBLcontrol2nd3rdKucherov · 1st 14:20Guentzel · 2nd 2:45Slafkovský · 2nd 5:32Newhook · 2nd 7:21Evans · 3rd 17:45
  • 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 44% of the game, MTL 21%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, TBL at MTL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Samuel Montembeault (60:00) for MTL and Andrei Vasilevskiy (58:09) for TBL, 5 goals.

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
StatTBLMTL
6155
3.992.41
3.682.36
224
56
1318
−0.006+0.006
44%21%

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

Current TBL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 14:20
    TBLNikita Kucherov (Anthony Cirelli, Emil Lilleberg)snap0.21 xG
    TBL: Kucherov, Cirelli, Hagel, Perbix, LillebergMTL: Savard, Gallagher, Anderson, Dvorak, Guhle
    TBL 1 – 0 MTL

2nd period

  1. 2:45
    TBLJake Guentzel (Michael Eyssimont)backhand0.18 xG
    TBL: McDonagh, Guentzel, Point, Eyssimont, CrozierMTL: Matheson, Laine, Dach, Newhook, Xhekaj
    TBL 2 – 0 MTL
  2. 5:32
    MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPP (Patrik Laine, Lane Hutson)wrist0.09 xG
    TBL: McDonagh, Cirelli, Hagel, LillebergMTL: Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský
    TBL 2 – 1 MTL
  3. 7:21
    MTLAlex Newhook (Patrik Laine)slap0.09 xG
    TBL: Atkinson, Hedman, Point, Raddysh, ChaffeeMTL: Carrier, Laine, Dach, Newhook, Guhle
    TBL 2 – 2 MTL

3rd period

  1. 17:45
    MTLJake Evans (Joel Armia, Alexandre Carrier)snap0.13 xG
    TBL: Guentzel, Point, Eyssimont, Perbix, LillebergMTL: Armia, Anderson, Evans, Carrier, Guhle
    TBL 2 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nikita Kucherov RL1101+140.5810026:55——6369
Brandon Hagel LL1000+130.5311022:49——6381
Anthony Cirelli CL1011+130.7901021:29——6381
Nick Paul LL2000020.0310017:31——6364
Zemgus Girgensons CL2000010.0840012:51——6759
Conor Geekie CL2000010.1000211:09——6053
Brayden Point CL3000-150.8401019:55——4956
Jake Guentzel CL3101050.5601018:17——5759
Michael Eyssimont CL3011020.3022011:21——5972
Mitchell Chaffee RL4000-100.0820010:17——1729
Luke Glendening CL4000010.181107:44——2536
Cam Atkinson RL4000-100.000107:09——1729
Ryan McDonagh DD1000+100.0010018:46——3946
Maxwell Crozier DD1000+110.0032018:41——4652
Darren Raddysh DD2000-120.0411024:05——4856
Victor Hedman DD2000-130.1614023:48——4958
Emil Lilleberg DD3011010.1800014:19——7578
Nick Perbix DD3000010.0100212:07——7477
TBL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)L22193.8642.2458:09

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nick Suzuki CL1000010.1300019:54——4639
Juraj Slafkovský LL1101040.3631016:21——4033
Cole Caufield RL1000010.2100015:16——5244
Patrik Laine LL2022030.2200014:38——5355
Alex Newhook CL2101010.0910014:23——3535
Kirby Dach CL2000010.2541013:23——4447
Christian Dvorak CL3000-100.0010214:11——206
Josh Anderson RL3000000.0020014:03——2217
Brendan Gallagher RL3000-100.4501211:21——3315
Joel Armia RL4011+130.3222016:58——7054
Jake Evans CL4101+120.7021016:19——6142
Owen Beck CL4000000.011006:57——6745
Mike Matheson DD1000-100.0210223:42——3915
Lane Hutson DD1011010.0132221:01——3412
Kaiden Guhle DD2000+100.0310021:24——4446
Alexandre Carrier DD2011+210.1301020:02——5045
David Savard DD3000-120.0501018:47——6356
Arber Xhekaj DD3000-120.0521013:20——6856
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)W35332.9434.4760:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nikita Kucherov (TBL) 1st 14:20 · assists Anthony Cirelli, Emil Lilleberg · Rush · carried in · 15.9 mph shot · 3.6 s from entry to goal.

Jake Evans · 3rd 17:45 · MTL

Play
rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
41.0 mph
Distance
23 ft
Entry to goal
3.4 s
Type
one-timer

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