Florida Panthers vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 2, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	2	0	1	3		FLA	12	7	21	40
MTL	1	2	2	5		MTL	14	12	12	38

: FLA 77MTL 69
: FLA 4.25MTL 4.46
PP goals: FLA 0MTL 1
Hits: FLA 17MTL 20
Blocks: FLA 16MTL 18
PIM: FLA 40MTL 26
: FLA 64%MTL 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 5–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 5–3 at home. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 8:04 together.

Points
Nick Suzuki had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:04.Suzuki
Points
Anton Lundell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:51.Lundell
Points
Alex Newhook had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:02.Newhook
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 8:04 together.Matheson Suzuki Caufield Newhook Slafkovský
Usage
Aaron Ekblad (FLA) played 7:16, −13:52 down on his 21:08 season average over 50 games.Ekblad
New line
New look for FLA: Tarasenko–Barkov–Reinhart skated 10:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tarasenko Barkov Reinhart
New line
New look for FLA: Rodrigues–Luostarinen–Lundell skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rodrigues Luostarinen Lundell
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +8 against a season average of 31.9; the win.Montembeault

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 146 of 146 attempts · MTL 69 · FLA 77

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 44% of the game, MTL 38%.

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
	58	60
	2.23	3.02
	1.97	2.79
	8	17
	4	0
	10	8
	+0.080	−0.080
	44%	38%

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

L1Tarasenko – Barkov – Reinhart
10:1354% CF
L2Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
7:4372% CF
L3Okposo – Cousins – Bennett
5:3926% CF
L4Stenlund – Lorentz – Lomberg
4:3018% CF
D1Montour – Mikkola
11:1129% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov
6:2762% CF
D3Ekblad – Forsling
5:0445% CF

PP1Tarasenko – Barkov – Reinhart – Montour – Luostarinen
4:2480% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Cousins – Bennett – Rodrigues – Luostarinen
1:24100% CF
PK1FBarkov – Reinhart
1:37
PK2FStenlund – Lundell
1:02
PK1DKulikov – Mikkola
2:19
PK2DEkman-Larsson – Forsling
2:05

Current FLA line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
10:3261% CF
L2Gallagher – Anderson – Evans
5:3675% CF
L3White – Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard
5:2150% CF
L4Armia – Ylonen – Newhook
3:0317% CF
D1Matheson – Guhle
14:4644% CF
D2Savard – Xhekaj
11:2858% CF
D3Harris – Struble
10:4345% CF

PP1Matheson – Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook – Slafkovský
8:0467% CF
PP2Anderson – White – Ylonen – Harvey-Pinard – Guhle
0:5433% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
4:32
PK2FWhite – Harvey-Pinard
1:45
PK1DSavard – Matheson
2:55
PK2DHarris – Guhle
2:06

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	1	0	1	-2	4	0.54	0	0	0	20:44	—	—	54	46
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.84	1	2	0	19:28	—	—	54	47
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.12	2	1	0	17:46	—	—	50	39
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.73	0	1	6	17:01	—	—	68	58
Anton Lundell C	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	73	78
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	71	74
Sam Bennett C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.28	2	0	2	13:09	—	—	46	35
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	2	0	14	11:03	—	—	44	31
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	10:49	—	—	33	30
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.20	0	3	2	14:08	—	—	29	32
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	2	0	11:01	—	—	38	37
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	1	0	0	9:39	—	—	15	73
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.05	1	0	10	23:49	—	—	40	21
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	4	2	20:56	—	—	40	21
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.14	0	1	2	18:12	—	—	60	69
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	60	47
Gustav Forsling D	D3	0	0	0	+1	6	0.24	3	0	0	24:36	—	—	53	63
Aaron Ekblad D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	2	7:16	—	—	46	49

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	L	38	33	5	.868	4.46	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	2	0	2	+1	6	1.10	0	1	2	22:04	—	—	56	79
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.67	0	0	0	21:24	—	—	57	77
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.56	3	0	6	18:46	—	—	57	76
Jake Evans C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	2	1	2	17:02	—	—	52	52
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	56	58
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	2	0	10	12:32	—	—	70	89
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:52	—	—	36	1
Colin White C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:47	—	—	56	29
Michael Pezzetta L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	2	2	7:54	—	—	47	42
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	2	2	0	3	0.53	0	1	0	20:02	—	—	37	33
Joel Armia R	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.22	1	0	0	16:22	—	—	38	32
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	10:10	—	—	24	3
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.29	0	3	0	28:43	—	—	46	64
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	3	1	0	21:40	—	—	46	64
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	4	2	15:49	—	—	58	76
Arber Xhekaj D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.05	4	1	0	14:44	—	—	59	68
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:17	—	—	43	31
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	2	0	14:59	—	—	54	39

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	40	37	3	.925	4.25	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Cole Caufield (MTL) 3rd 0:33 · assists Juraj Slafkovský, Kaiden Guhle · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 11.5 mph shot · 4.2 s from entry to goal.

Cole Caufield · 3rd 0:33 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 11.5 mph
Distance: 66 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Anton Lundell · 1st 9:16 · FLA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 26.7 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Joel Armia · 1st 10:12 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.4 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 6.2 s
Type: rebound

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Aleksander Barkov · 1st 13:13 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 13.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Nick Suzuki · 2nd 5:58 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 74.7 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s

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Nick Suzuki · 2nd 12:24 · MTL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4
Shot: 35.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: deflection

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Jake Evans · 3rd 4:34 · MTL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.5 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Sam Bennett · 3rd 18:44 · FLA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.7 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s

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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.

Florida Panthers vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 2, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Florida Panthers

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Florida Panthers

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Cole Caufield · 3rd 0:33 · MTL

Anton Lundell · 1st 9:16 · FLA

Joel Armia · 1st 10:12 · MTL

Aleksander Barkov · 1st 13:13 · FLA

Nick Suzuki · 2nd 5:58 · MTL

Nick Suzuki · 2nd 12:24 · MTL PP

Jake Evans · 3rd 4:34 · MTL SH

Sam Bennett · 3rd 18:44 · FLA