Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal CanadiensMay 24, 2021

FinalPlayoffsMonday, May 24, 2021· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	0	2	0	2		TOR	7	20	2	29
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	6	8	15	29

: TOR 50MTL 55
: TOR 2.01MTL 2.29
PP goals: TOR 0MTL 0
Hits: TOR 28MTL 37
Blocks: TOR 17MTL 14
PIM: TOR 10MTL 12
: TOR 50%MTL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 at MTL. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Artturi Lehkonen (MTL) played 3:12, −12:40 down on his 15:52 season average over 16 games.

Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (MTL) played 3:12, −12:40 down on his 15:52 season average over 16 games.Lehkonen
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Suzuki–Caufield skated 9:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Suzuki Caufield
New line
New look for MTL: Toffoli–Gallagher–Kotkaniemi skated 7:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toffoli Gallagher Kotkaniemi
New line
New look for TOR: Galchenyuk–Kerfoot–Nylander skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Galchenyuk Kerfoot Nylander
New line
New look for TOR: Simmonds–Engvall–Mikheyev skated 5:09 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (88.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Simmonds Engvall Mikheyev
Usage
Morgan Rielly (TOR) played 22:56, −3:21 down on his 26:17 season average over 6 games.Rielly
Usage
Josh Anderson (MTL) played 19:58, +5:43 up on his 14:15 season average over 21 games.Anderson
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Ben Chiarot (MTL) played 20:35, −4:53 down on his 25:28 season average over 21 games.Chiarot

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 105 of 105 attempts · MTL 55 · TOR 50

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 27% of the game, MTL 35%.

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
	48	50
	1.82	2.43
	1.72	2.29
	8	8
	1	2
	17	12
	+0.023	−0.023
	27%	35%

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 – Marner – Matthews
12:3850% CF
L2Galchenyuk – Kerfoot – Nylander
7:4833% CF
L3Simmonds – Engvall – Mikheyev
5:0989% CF
L4Thornton – Spezza – Nash
3:270% CF
D1Brodie – Rielly
13:0760% CF
D2Muzzin – Holl
12:3141% CF
D3Bogosian – Sandin
4:1729% CF

PP1Thornton – Hyman – Marner – Matthews – Sandin
3:4771% CF
PP2Spezza – Simmonds – Rielly – Kerfoot – Nylander
2:3180% CF
PK1FNash – Hyman
1:59
PK2FKerfoot – Marner
1:13
PK1DMuzzin – Holl
1:56
PK2DBogosian – Brodie
1:50

Current TOR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Armia – Suzuki – Caufield
9:2363% CF
L2Toffoli – Gallagher – Kotkaniemi
7:1547% CF
L3Byron – Danault – Anderson
5:2931% CF
L4Perry – Tatar – Lehkonen
0:00
D1Weber – Chiarot
15:3840% CF
D2Merrill – Kulak
11:5445% CF
D3Petry – Edmundson
11:4074% CF

PP1Perry – Petry – Gallagher – Kotkaniemi – Caufield
3:0267% CF
PP2Weber – Tatar – Toffoli – Anderson – Suzuki
2:42100% CF
PK1FArmia – Danault
3:40
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
1:42
PK1DWeber – Edmundson
4:00
PK2DPetry – Chiarot
1:35

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:18
TORWilliam Nylander (Alexander Kerfoot)wrist0.03 xG
TOR: Brodie, Galchenyuk, Rielly, Kerfoot, NylanderMTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Danault, Anderson
TOR 1 – 0 MTL
13:56
MTLNick Suzuki (Corey Perry, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.04 xG
TOR: Holl, Rielly, Nylander, Engvall, MikheyevMTL: Perry, Tatar, Merrill, Kulak, Suzuki
TOR 1 – 1 MTL
16:35
TORMorgan Rielly (Mitch Marner, TJ Brodie)wrist0.02 xG
TOR: Brodie, Hyman, Rielly, Marner, MatthewsMTL: Petry, Toffoli, Gallagher, Edmundson, Kotkaniemi
TOR 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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.15	1	1	0	24:25	—	—	49	31
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.36	3	2	0	23:07	—	—	46	38
Zach Hyman L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	6	2	0	22:29	—	—	46	31
Alexander Kerfoot C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	2	1	2	18:32	—	—	53	41
William Nylander R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	41	38
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	4	9:23	—	—	36	14
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	1	0	13:12	—	—	44	57
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	5	0	0	12:19	—	—	78	75
Pierre Engvall L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	1	0	0	9:24	—	—	67	83
Joe Thornton C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	1	0	0	12:04	—	—	50	45
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	10:38	—	—	56	56
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:31	—	—	13	20
Morgan Rielly D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.09	1	0	0	22:56	—	—	64	67
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	0	1	2	21:51	—	—	60	48
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	4	0	19:44	—	—	42	32
Justin Holl D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	2	19:38	—	—	38	30
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	2	0	15:52	—	—	42	36
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	12:08	—	—	33	58

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jack Campbell(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.29	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.39	2	0	0	20:04	—	—	61	71
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	65	84
Joel Armia R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	14:53	—	—	56	83
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	3	0	2	19:53	—	—	40	35
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	15:36	—	—	55	63
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	2	0	13:15	—	—	47	48
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	1	0	20:14	—	—	41	40
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.41	6	0	4	19:58	—	—	49	43
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:32	—	—	38	42
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	5	0	0	13:15	—	—	83	78
Corey Perry R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	3	0	2	12:11	—	—	57	42
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	3:12	—	—	0	0
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	0	0	24:51	—	—	45	49
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	4	2	20:35	—	—	39	41
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	13:47	—	—	48	61
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	50	60
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.07	4	1	0	22:24	—	—	67	68
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	2	0	18:39	—	—	75	84

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	2.01	58:05

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.