Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 21, 2022

FinalMonday, Feb 21, 2022· Centre Bell

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Toronto Maple LeafsTOR

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	0	0	2	2		TOR	11	12	14	37
MTL	2	3	0	5		MTL	8	11	5	24

: TOR 66MTL 40
: TOR 3.21MTL 2.21
PP goals: TOR 0MTL 0
Hits: TOR 26MTL 38
Blocks: TOR 12MTL 17
PIM: TOR 6MTL 6
: TOR 59%MTL 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 at home. Josh Anderson (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MTL scored 5 goals on 2.21 expected goals (40 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Josh Anderson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:53.Anderson
Points
Cole Caufield had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:35.Caufield
Points
Brendan Gallagher had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:04.Gallagher
Luck
MTL scored 5 goals on 2.21 expected goals (40 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +7 against a season average of 29.6; the win.Montembeault
Usage
Nick Suzuki (MTL) played 16:58, −3:35 down on his 20:33 season average over 81 games.Suzuki
Usage
Jake Muzzin (TOR) played 15:30, −5:20 down on his 20:50 season average over 46 games.Muzzin
Usage
Timothy Liljegren (TOR) played 20:54, +4:34 up on his 16:20 season average over 60 games.Liljegren

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 106 of 106 attempts · MTL 40 · TOR 66

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 41% of the game, MTL 20%.

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
	68	47
	2.95	2.52
	2.84	2.47
	10	14
	7	11
	22	24
	+0.062	−0.062
	41%	20%

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

L1Bunting – Marner – Matthews
14:2274% CF
L2Kase – Kampf – Mikheyev
11:1127% CF
L3Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander
9:3747% CF
L4Spezza – Simmonds – Engvall
8:3480% CF
D1Brodie – Rielly
12:4849% CF
D2Holl – Dermott
10:3675% CF
D3Muzzin – Liljegren
9:4653% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Marner – Matthews
2:28100% CF
PP2Spezza – Muzzin – Bunting – Kase – Mikheyev
1:32100% CF
PK1FMarner – Kampf
1:41
PK2FKerfoot – Mikheyev
0:34
PK1DMuzzin – Liljegren
1:11
PK2DBrodie – Rielly
1:01

Current TOR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
12:2747% CF
L2Hoffman – Gallagher – Dauphin
10:3848% CF
L3Byron – Evans – Pitlick
8:4624% CF
L4Lehkonen – Pezzetta – Poehling
5:3467% CF
D1Chiarot – Romanov
17:3135% CF
D2Petry – Kulak
17:1352% CF
D3Wideman – Clague
11:0956% CF

PP1Byron – Hoffman – Wideman – Gallagher – Caufield
2:11
PP2Chiarot – Anderson – Lehkonen – Pitlick – Poehling
1:05
PK1FLehkonen – Suzuki
1:02
PK2FDauphin – Pitlick
0:35
PK1DChiarot – Romanov
1:51
PK2DPetry – Clague
0:26

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:58
MTLJosh Anderson (Jeff Petry, Cole Caufield)backhand0.15 xG
TOR: Brodie, Rielly, Kase, Kampf, MikheyevMTL: Petry, Kulak, Anderson, Suzuki, Caufield
TOR 0 – 1 MTL
19:10
MTLCole Caufield (Josh Anderson)slap0.02 xG
TOR: Brodie, Tavares, Rielly, Kerfoot, NylanderMTL: Petry, Kulak, Anderson, Suzuki, Caufield
TOR 0 – 2 MTL

2nd period

0:38
MTLMike Hoffman (Brendan Gallagher)wrist0.02 xG
TOR: Muzzin, Kase, Liljegren, Kampf, MikheyevMTL: Hoffman, Chiarot, Gallagher, Dauphin, Romanov
TOR 0 – 3 MTL
15:58
MTLJosh Anderson (Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki)slap0.08 xG
TOR: Tavares, Kerfoot, Nylander, Dermott, LiljegrenMTL: Petry, Kulak, Anderson, Suzuki, Caufield
TOR 0 – 4 MTL
17:56
MTLRem Pitlick (Brendan Gallagher, Ben Chiarot)wrist0.21 xG
TOR: Brodie, Rielly, Bunting, Marner, MatthewsMTL: Chiarot, Gallagher, Evans, Pitlick, Romanov
TOR 0 – 5 MTL

3rd period

4:43
TORIlya Mikheyev (Morgan Rielly, Ondrej Kase)tip-in0.07 xG
TOR: Holl, Rielly, Kase, Kampf, MikheyevMTL: Petry, Kulak, Lehkonen, Pezzetta, Poehling
TOR 1 – 5 MTL
5:28
TORPierre Engvall (Jason Spezza, Justin Holl)wrist0.05 xG
TOR: Spezza, Simmonds, Holl, Engvall, LiljegrenMTL: Wideman, Anderson, Clague, Pezzetta, Suzuki
TOR 2 – 5 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	-1	5	0.61	2	0	0	20:40	—	—	75	61
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	20:37	—	—	71	61
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.20	1	0	0	16:29	—	—	72	60
David Kampf C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	4	1	0	15:54	—	—	33	39
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.17	3	1	0	15:18	—	—	33	35
Ondrej Kase R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.20	0	1	0	14:18	—	—	32	35
John Tavares C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	2	1	0	15:04	—	—	47	42
William Nylander R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.30	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	47	43
Alexander Kerfoot C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	3	0	0	12:38	—	—	47	40
Pierre Engvall L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.32	1	0	0	12:13	—	—	83	77
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	2	10:57	—	—	78	74
Wayne Simmonds R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.29	5	1	0	10:39	—	—	83	77
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.05	0	1	0	22:17	—	—	51	40
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.21	0	4	0	21:08	—	—	51	41
Travis Dermott D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	78	76
Justin Holl D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	1	1	4	18:12	—	—	73	78
Timothy Liljegren D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	1	0	20:54	—	—	55	55
Jake Muzzin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	0	0	15:30	—	—	57	55

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	2.21	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	5	0	2	16:58	—	—	42	51
Josh Anderson R	L1	2	1	3	+2	5	0.64	4	1	0	16:53	—	—	40	50
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	2	3	+3	2	0.13	1	0	0	16:35	—	—	44	53
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	2	2	+2	4	0.16	2	0	0	17:04	—	—	38	34
Mike Hoffman C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.25	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	50	44
Laurent Dauphin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	2	0	14:39	—	—	53	48
Rem Pitlick C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.40	1	2	0	17:27	—	—	24	34
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	2	1	0	16:24	—	—	27	35
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	0	14:57	—	—	33	40
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:43	—	—	56	70
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	3	1	0	11:01	—	—	47	57
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.21	3	1	0	9:32	—	—	67	75
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	2	3	0	24:08	—	—	31	41
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	2	3	0	22:32	—	—	33	36
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	1	2	0	21:10	—	—	49	56
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	1	1	2	20:17	—	—	47	55
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:40	—	—	50	58
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:46	—	—	43	39

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	3.21	60:00

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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.