Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 20, 2021

FinalSaturday, Feb 20, 2021· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	0	4	1	5		TOR	13	8	6	27
MTL	0	2	1	3		MTL	10	16	7	33

: TOR 42MTL 52
: TOR 2.79MTL 2.53
PP goals: TOR 3MTL 0
Hits: TOR 17MTL 44
Blocks: TOR 12MTL 10
PIM: TOR 4MTL 10
: TOR 52%MTL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3 at MTL. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 2A. TOR's first power-play unit (Thornton, Boyd, Rielly, Marner and Matthews) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:39 together.

Points
Auston Matthews had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 20:21.Matthews
Points
Mitch Marner had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:29.Marner
Points
Morgan Rielly had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:33.Rielly
PP1
TOR's first power-play unit (Thornton, Boyd, Rielly, Marner and Matthews) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:39 together.Thornton Boyd Rielly Marner Matthews
New line
New look for TOR: Hyman–Engvall–Mikheyev skated 12:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hyman Engvall Mikheyev
Luck
TOR scored 5 goals on 2.79 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Tomas Tatar (MTL) played 11:19, −3:45 down on his 15:04 season average over 49 games.Tatar
Cats
Josh Anderson (MTL) threw 9 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Anderson

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

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

MTL
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 94 of 94 attempts · MTL 52 · TOR 42

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 30% of the game, MTL 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

TOR

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	TOR	MTL
	42	55
	1.91	2.68
	1.87	2.63
	8	13
	2	8
	24	12
	+0.005	−0.005
	30%	30%

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Hyman – Engvall – Mikheyev
12:1464% CF
L2Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander
11:3650% CF
L3Thornton – Marner – Matthews
11:2542% CF
L4Spezza – Boyd – Vesey
7:2533% CF
D1Muzzin – Holl
17:4939% CF
D2Brodie – Rielly
16:1050% CF
D3Bogosian – Dermott
13:3541% CF

PP1Thornton – Boyd – Rielly – Marner – Matthews
1:39100% CF
PP2Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Marner – Matthews
1:18100% CF
PK1FVesey – Mikheyev
0:42
PK2FKerfoot – Marner
0:29
PK1DBrodie – Rielly
1:11
PK2DMuzzin – Holl
0:36

Current TOR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Toffoli – Gallagher – Danault
13:0071% CF
L2Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
12:2435% CF
L3Byron – Lehkonen – Evans
9:5659% CF
L4Tatar – Armia – Kotkaniemi
9:2162% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
16:4674% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
15:2152% CF
D3Mete – Romanov
15:1741% CF

PP1Petry – Toffoli – Armia – Drouin – Suzuki
0:53100% CF
PP2Weber – Tatar – Gallagher – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
0:50100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:17
PK2FByron – Evans
0:18
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
1:17
PK2DPetry – Romanov
0:17

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:03
TORAuston MatthewsPP (Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly)wrist0.11 xG
TOR: Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Marner, MatthewsMTL: Weber, Edmundson, Danault
TOR 1 – 0 MTL
1:20
TORTravis BoydPP (Joe Thornton, Auston Matthews)wrist0.21 xG
TOR: Thornton, Brodie, Boyd, Marner, MatthewsMTL: Petry, Armia, Evans, Romanov
TOR 2 – 0 MTL
3:24
MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi (Tomas Tatar, Joel Edmundson)wrist0.11 xG
TOR: Brodie, Tavares, Boyd, Rielly, VeseyMTL: Petry, Tatar, Edmundson, Armia, Kotkaniemi
TOR 2 – 1 MTL
3:57
MTLPaul Byronbackhand0.20 xG
TOR: Spezza, Muzzin, Holl, Boyd, VeseyMTL: Byron, Lehkonen, Evans, Mete, Romanov
TOR 2 – 2 MTL
7:31
TORMitch Marner (Auston Matthews, Zach Bogosian)wrist0.18 xG
TOR: Bogosian, Boyd, Dermott, Marner, MatthewsMTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, Gallagher, Evans
TOR 3 – 2 MTL
15:05
TORAuston MatthewsPP (Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner)wrist0.05 xG
TOR: Thornton, Boyd, Rielly, Marner, MatthewsMTL: Weber, Chiarot, Danault, Lehkonen
TOR 4 – 2 MTL

3rd period

13:36
TORAlexander Kerfoot (Jason Spezza, John Tavares)wrist0.18 xG
TOR: Spezza, Brodie, Tavares, Rielly, KerfootMTL: Petry, Edmundson, Anderson, Drouin, Suzuki
TOR 5 – 2 MTL
18:34
MTLTyler Toffoli (Alexander Romanov, Brendan Gallagher)backhand0.16 xG
TOR: Spezza, Muzzin, Holl, Boyd, VeseyMTL: Toffoli, Gallagher, Danault, Mete, Romanov
TOR 5 – 3 MTL

Box score

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

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zach Hyman L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	3	0	0	18:11	—	—	52	57
Ilya Mikheyev R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	2	0	0	15:44	—	—	60	64
Pierre Engvall L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.36	1	0	0	14:04	—	—	60	53
John Tavares C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	50	42
Alexander Kerfoot C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	53	49
William Nylander R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	48	34
Mitch Marner R	L3	1	2	3	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	20:29	—	—	32	50
Auston Matthews C	L3	2	2	4	+1	4	0.80	1	1	0	20:21	—	—	38	53
Joe Thornton C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:14	—	—	39	38
Travis Boyd C	L4	1	0	1	-2	2	0.23	0	3	0	11:36	—	—	33	24
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	2	1	0	10:26	—	—	26	9
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	9:37	—	—	35	31
Justin Holl D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	1	0	22:04	—	—	40	19
Jake Muzzin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	2	2	18:53	—	—	39	22
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	2	2	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	23:33	—	—	48	56
TJ Brodie D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:24	—	—	48	59
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	5	1	2	17:02	—	—	48	54
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	0	1	0	14:25	—	—	39	43

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	2.53	59:42

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.34	1	0	2	17:56	—	—	71	78
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	17:19	—	—	71	78
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	14:32	—	—	68	64
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	9	1	2	17:36	—	—	41	32
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	2	1	0	17:27	—	—	39	33
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	36	33
Paul Byron L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.31	6	0	0	12:44	—	—	57	68
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	0	0	12:24	—	—	60	70
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	1	1	0	12:17	—	—	63	89
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.41	2	0	0	13:37	—	—	60	62
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	2	0	0	13:24	—	—	59	70
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	1	0	11:19	—	—	60	62
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.13	2	1	0	23:54	—	—	74	64
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	1	0	2	20:50	—	—	77	64
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	4	0	0	20:27	—	—	55	73
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	19:08	—	—	54	70
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	3	4	16:58	—	—	43	36
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	7	0	0	16:49	—	—	43	43

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	2.32	59:03

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.