Florida Panthers vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 30, 2023

FinalThursday, Nov 30, 2023· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	1	4	5		FLA	10	8	11	29
MTL	0	0	1	1		MTL	8	9	5	22

: FLA 54MTL 52
: FLA 2.34MTL 3.37
PP goals: FLA 1MTL 0
Hits: FLA 18MTL 17
Blocks: FLA 13MTL 15
PIM: FLA 17MTL 13
: FLA 43%MTL 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers rout Montreal Canadiens 5–1

Florida Panthers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–1 at MTL. Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. FLA scored 5 goals on 2.34 expected goals (54 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:28.Barkov
Points
Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:21.Verhaeghe
Points
Evan Rodrigues had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:18.Rodrigues
Luck
FLA scored 5 goals on 2.34 expected goals (54 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 3.37 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) played 14:21, −3:40 down on his 18:01 season average over 75 games.Verhaeghe
Usage
Juraj Slafkovský (MTL) played 13:33, −4:26 down on his 17:59 season average over 81 games.Slafkovský
Usage
Jayden Struble (MTL) played 12:54, −3:16 down on his 16:10 season average over 55 games.Struble

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

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

MTL
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · MTL 52 · FLA 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 20% 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

FLA

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	FLA	MTL
	52	43
	1.81	2.52
	1.76	2.32
	6	11
	6	7
	20	28
	−0.053	+0.053
	20%	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.

Florida Panthers

L1Barkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues
9:0269% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
8:5120% CF
L3Cousins – Luostarinen – Lundell
8:4456% CF
L4Stenlund – Lomberg – Gadjovich
7:3662% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
13:2460% CF
D2Montour – Mikkola
13:1153% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov
9:1742% CF

PP1Barkov – Reinhart – Bennett – Montour – Tkachuk
2:26100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Verhaeghe – Ekblad – Rodrigues – Lundell
0:54100% CF
PK1FStenlund – Luostarinen
3:18
PK2FBarkov – Reinhart
3:03
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
3:35
PK2DKulikov – Mikkola
1:43

Current FLA line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Gallagher – Suzuki – Newhook
7:3136% CF
L2Pearson – Evans – Ylonen
7:0464% CF
L3Dvorak – Caufield – Slafkovský
5:2320% CF
L4Armia – Anderson – Monahan
4:4150% CF
D1Guhle – Barron
10:1557% CF
D2Kovacevic – Struble
10:1561% CF
D3Matheson – Lindstrom
9:220% CF

PP1Matheson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook
5:3157% CF
PP2Gallagher – Pearson – Ylonen – Barron – Slafkovský
2:19100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
2:06
PK2FPearson – Dvorak
0:36
PK1DMatheson – Kovacevic
2:06
PK2DLindstrom – Barron
0:36

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:07
FLAAleksander Barkovsnap0.18 xG
FLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, ForslingMTL: Suzuki, Lindstrom, Newhook, Barron
FLA 1 – 0 MTL

3rd period

0:08
FLASam Bennett (Carter Verhaeghe)snap0.10 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Bennett, Montour, Mikkola, TkachukMTL: Armia, Anderson, Monahan, Guhle, Barron
FLA 2 – 0 MTL
3:12
FLAEvan Rodrigues (Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov)wrist0.03 xG
FLA: Barkov, Reinhart, Montour, Rodrigues, MikkolaMTL: Matheson, Anderson, Monahan, Suzuki, Struble
FLA 3 – 0 MTL
5:49
FLACarter VerhaeghePP (Anton Lundell, Evan Rodrigues)snap0.07 xG
FLA: Ekman-Larsson, Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Rodrigues, LundellMTL: Armia, Evans, Guhle, Barron
FLA 4 – 0 MTL
9:30
MTLJohnathan Kovacevic (Cole Caufield, Jake Evans)wrist0.06 xG
FLA: Ekman-Larsson, Verhaeghe, Bennett, Montour, TkachukMTL: Monahan, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Caufield, Struble
FLA 4 – 1 MTL
19:49
FLAOliver Ekman-Larsson (Dmitry Kulikov, Nick Cousins)slap0.05 xG
FLA: Ekman-Larsson, Kulikov, Cousins, Stenlund, LombergMTL: Monahan, Kovacevic, Ylonen, Struble, Slafkovský
FLA 5 – 1 MTL

Box score

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

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	68	56
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.53	1	0	0	18:28	—	—	67	52
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.12	1	0	0	13:18	—	—	71	68
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	1	0	15:49	—	—	33	50
Sam Bennett C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	4	0	0	15:45	—	—	24	35
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.49	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	35	45
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	14:31	—	—	57	17
Anton Lundell C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	1	2	14:03	—	—	62	29
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:26	—	—	64	20
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	2	13:35	—	—	68	68
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	2	1	0	10:46	—	—	67	66
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	1	5	8:41	—	—	64	65
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	21:28	—	—	64	65
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	1	2	21:02	—	—	62	64
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:35	—	—	56	54
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	3	1	4	19:23	—	—	55	54
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.28	0	2	0	17:13	—	—	43	19
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	2	0	16:33	—	—	46	19

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	3.37	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	20:51	—	—	48	37
Alex Newhook C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	31	37
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.56	1	0	2	13:45	—	—	53	66
Jake Evans C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.34	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	59	83
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	2	1	0	11:53	—	—	67	82
Jesse Ylonen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	2	1	0	11:07	—	—	53	64
Cole Caufield R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.13	0	0	2	16:46	—	—	42	54
Juraj Slafkovský L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.20	0	1	0	13:33	—	—	20	33
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:12	—	—	25	34
Sean Monahan C	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	0	0	0	18:26	—	—	57	55
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:28	—	—	55	69
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.69	6	0	5	14:24	—	—	45	47
Justin Barron D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.17	1	2	0	22:17	—	—	51	58
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	4	2	20:05	—	—	54	50
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	2	1	0	16:48	—	—	52	77
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	1	0	12:54	—	—	55	75
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	2	2	22:27	—	—	22	43
Gustav Lindstrom D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:52	—	—	27	29

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	L	29	24	5	.828	2.34	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Carter Verhaeghe (FLA PP) 3rd 5:49 · assists Anton Lundell, Evan Rodrigues · Rush · carried in · 58.0 mph shot · 2.8 s from entry to goal.

Carter Verhaeghe · 3rd 5:49 · FLA PP

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.0 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Aleksander Barkov · 2nd 7:07 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.7 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Sam Bennett · 3rd 0:08 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.3 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Evan Rodrigues · 3rd 3:12 · FLA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.3 mph
Distance: 45 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Johnathan Kovacevic · 3rd 9:30 · MTL

Play: point-shot
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 34.9 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 s

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Oliver Ekman-Larsson · 3rd 19:49 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 67.7 mph
Distance: 47 ft

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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.