Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal CanadiensMay 25, 2021

FinalPlayoffsTuesday, May 25, 2021· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	0	3	1	4		TOR	9	15	4	28
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	6	12	14	32

: TOR 53MTL 62
: TOR 3.95MTL 2.02
PP goals: TOR 1MTL 0
Hits: TOR 16MTL 40
Blocks: TOR 21MTL 18
PIM: TOR 6MTL 4
: TOR 44%MTL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs rout Montreal Canadiens 4–0

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 4–0 at MTL. Alex Galchenyuk (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for MTL: Toffoli–Suzuki–Caufield skated 10:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex Galchenyuk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 12:24.Galchenyuk
Points
Alexander Kerfoot had 3 assists (3 points) in 16:09.Kerfoot
Points
Jason Spezza had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:46.Spezza
New line
New look for MTL: Toffoli–Suzuki–Caufield skated 10:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toffoli Suzuki Caufield
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 2.02 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Byron–Anderson–Kotkaniemi skated 5:53 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Byron Anderson Kotkaniemi
New line
New look for MTL: Staal–Perry–Armia skated 6:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Perry Armia
New line
New look for TOR: Thornton–Spezza–Brooks skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thornton Spezza Brooks

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 115 of 115 attempts · MTL 62 · TOR 53

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 39% of the game, MTL 28%.

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
	50	56
	2.36	1.52
	2.34	1.46
	12	11
	16	5
	25	24
	−0.040	+0.040
	39%	28%

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
10:2861% CF
L2Simmonds – Engvall – Mikheyev
8:5756% CF
L3Thornton – Spezza – Brooks
8:3833% CF
L4Galchenyuk – Kerfoot – Nylander
7:2255% CF
D1Brodie – Rielly
15:1760% CF
D2Muzzin – Holl
14:3446% CF
D3Bogosian – Dermott
9:3953% CF

PP1Thornton – Hyman – Rielly – Marner – Matthews
2:21100% CF
PP2Spezza – Muzzin – Simmonds – Kerfoot – Nylander
0:44
PK1FKerfoot – Marner
3:24
PK2FHyman – Mikheyev
1:54
PK1DMuzzin – Holl
5:03
PK2DBogosian – Brodie
1:51

Current TOR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
10:3461% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
8:1247% CF
L3Staal – Perry – Armia
6:3560% CF
L4Byron – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
5:5321% CF
D1Merrill – Kulak
15:0841% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
12:1844% CF
D3Petry – Edmundson
10:3454% CF

PP1Perry – Petry – Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
4:3886% CF
PP2Weber – Tatar – Gallagher – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
2:4086% CF
PK1FArmia – Danault
1:42
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
0:48
PK1DWeber – Edmundson
2:04
PK2DPetry – Chiarot
0:26

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:27
TORWilliam Nylander (Alex Galchenyuk, Alexander Kerfoot)backhand0.06 xG
TOR: Muzzin, Holl, Galchenyuk, Kerfoot, NylanderMTL: Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, Suzuki, Caufield
TOR 1 – 0 MTL
12:28
TORJason Spezza (Alex Galchenyuk, Jake Muzzin)tip-in0.04 xG
TOR: Spezza, Muzzin, Holl, Galchenyuk, KerfootMTL: Staal, Perry, Petry, Edmundson, Armia
TOR 2 – 0 MTL
14:56
TORJoe ThorntonPP (Jason Spezza, Alexander Kerfoot)tip-in0.14 xG
TOR: Thornton, Spezza, Muzzin, Simmonds, KerfootMTL: Petry, Merrill, Armia, Danault
TOR 3 – 0 MTL

3rd period

16:29
TORAlex GalchenyukEN (Alexander Kerfoot)wrist0.65 xG
TOR: Brodie, Galchenyuk, Rielly, Kerfoot, NylanderMTL: Perry, Petry, Tatar, Toffoli, Suzuki, Caufield
TOR 4 – 0 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	0	0	0	1	0.54	1	1	0	19:41	—	—	58	76
Zach Hyman L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	1.21	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	57	71
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.67	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	52	73
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	2	0	14:59	—	—	53	52
Pierre Engvall L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	12:59	—	—	53	52
Wayne Simmonds R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	1	3	0	11:51	—	—	52	65
Jason Spezza C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.13	1	1	0	12:46	—	—	32	33
Joe Thornton C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	0	1	2	11:40	—	—	31	41
Adam Brooks C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	2	2	11:12	—	—	29	28
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	0	3	3	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	47	64
William Nylander R	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.06	0	1	0	14:34	—	—	41	60
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	1	2	3	+3	2	0.78	1	0	0	12:24	—	—	46	51
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:07	—	—	46	70
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	0	1	2	20:46	—	—	62	65
Justin Holl D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	1	0	24:05	—	—	40	49
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	2	2	0	22:37	—	—	48	71
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	14:06	—	—	47	48
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	2	0	12:57	—	—	46	52

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jack Campbell(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	2.02	59:55

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	-2	5	0.24	6	1	0	20:56	—	—	56	53
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	-2	2	0.14	1	0	0	19:41	—	—	62	49
Cole Caufield R	L1	-2	1	0.11	0	1	0	19:33	—	—	62	43
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	17:02	—	—	56	39
Tomas Tatar L	L2	-1	1	0.01	5	0	0	15:56	—	—	45	26
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	3	0.50	0	1	0	15:11	—	—	52	41
Joel Armia R	L3	-1	4	0.06	3	0	0	15:35	—	—	71	80
Corey Perry R	L3	-2	0	0.00	1	3	0	14:52	—	—	63	50
Eric Staal C	L3	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	9:16	—	—	67	76
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	1	0.20	7	1	0	14:02	—	—	33	22
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	2	0.09	1	0	2	12:43	—	—	39	22
Paul Byron L	L4	0	2	0.10	1	3	0	12:30	—	—	39	29
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:38	—	—	38	19
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	15:49	—	—	45	34
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	2	0.07	3	3	2	19:32	—	—	61	38
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0.06	3	1	0	19:26	—	—	53	39
Jeff Petry D	D3	-3	2	0.10	2	0	0	20:48	—	—	52	43
Joel Edmundson D	D3	-2	3	0.11	3	1	0	18:10	—	—	64	49

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.35	58:41

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.