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Florida Panthers vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 15, 2025

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FLA 70MTL 49
FLA 3.32MTL 2.32
PP goals
FLA 0MTL 1
Hits
FLA 35MTL 21
Blocks
FLA 14MTL 24
PIM
FLA 6MTL 4
FLA 55%MTL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 3–1 at home. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:54 together.

  1. Points
    Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:04.Caufield
  2. PP1
    MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:54 together.LaineSuzukiCaufieldHutsonSlafkovský
  3. New line
    New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Bennett–Samoskevich skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.VerhaegheBennettSamoskevich
  4. New line
    New look for MTL: Laine–Newhook–Roy skated 9:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LaineNewhookRoy
  5. Usage
    Mackie Samoskevich (FLA) played 20:22, +7:09 up on his 13:13 season average over 71 games.Samoskevich
  6. Luck
    FLA scored 1 goal on 3.32 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
  7. New line
    New look for FLA: Barkov–Reinhart–Rodrigues skated 7:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (90.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BarkovReinhartRodrigues
  8. Usage
    Sam Bennett (FLA) played 20:26, +3:01 up on his 17:25 season average over 75 games.Bennett

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.

Shot map, FLA at MTL: 119 attempts, 37 on goal, 4 goals, 5.64 expected goals; best chance Brendan Gallagher at 0.36 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← FLA attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • MTL
  • FLA
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · MTL 49 · FLA 70

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, FLA at MTL: expected goals 2.32 to 3.32 (FLA led the chances), shot attempts 49 to 70, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdMTLFLALCSDnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • MTL
  • FLA
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
MTLFLAcontrol2nd3rdLaine · 1st 5:15Caufield · 1st 15:56Samoskevich · 2nd 3:51Dvorak · 3rd 8:11
  • 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 27% of the game, MTL 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, FLA at MTL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Samuel Montembeault (59:39) for MTL and Sergei Bobrovsky (56:52) for FLA, 4 goals.

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
StatFLAMTL
5649
1.562.13
1.532.10
810
46
1430
−0.004+0.004
27%30%

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

Current FLA line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 5:15
    MTLPatrik LainePP (Lane Hutson, Cole Caufield)snap0.09 xG
    FLA: Kulikov, Barkov, Reinhart, MikkolaMTL: Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský
    FLA 0 – 1 MTL
  2. 15:56
    MTLCole Caufield (Juraj Slafkovský)snap0.09 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Jones, Reinhart, ForslingMTL: Matheson, Carrier, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovský
    FLA 0 – 2 MTL

2nd period

  1. 3:51
    FLAMackie Samoskevich (Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Bennett)wrist0.11 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Jones, Bennett, Forsling, SamoskevichMTL: Armia, Matheson, Evans, Carrier, Heineman
    FLA 1 – 2 MTL

3rd period

  1. 8:11
    MTLChristian Dvorak (David Savard)tip-in0.04 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Jones, Bennett, Forsling, SamoskevichMTL: Savard, Gallagher, Anderson, Dvorak, Xhekaj
    FLA 1 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Eetu Luostarinen CL1000000.0821012:41——5479
Anton Lundell CL1000010.0421011:56——6281
Jesper Boqvist CL1000000.0020011:50——5774
Sam Bennett CL2011030.7621220:26——3825
Mackie Samoskevich RL2101010.2730220:22——4025
Carter Verhaeghe CL2011-120.4301018:35——5447
Sam Reinhart CL3000-110.5910023:09——6970
Aleksander Barkov CL3000-120.2733022:44——6671
Evan Rodrigues CL3000030.2540015:24——6145
A.J. Greer LL4000000.002109:11——4727
Nico Sturm CL4000010.181009:05——4725
Jonah Gadjovich LL4000000.013007:29——4727
Seth Jones DD1000-120.2852027:26——4238
Gustav Forsling DD1000-110.0111023:16——3737
Dmitry Kulikov DD2000000.0221020:43——5647
Niko Mikkola DD2000040.1010220:11——6661
Uvis Balinskis DD3000010.0311011:52——7444
Nate Schmidt DD3000000.0001011:51——6118
FLA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)L15123.8002.0956:52

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nick Suzuki CL1000+110.0514020:09——4441
Cole Caufield RL1112+130.1810019:04——4944
Juraj Slafkovský LL1011+100.0851018:43——4646
Patrik Laine LL2101020.3500016:45——5360
Alex Newhook CL2000000.0010014:03——5359
Joshua Roy RL2000010.2402011:16——4158
Christian Dvorak CL3101+120.5202214:25——4868
Brendan Gallagher RL3000+110.4300012:39——4668
Josh Anderson RL3000+100.0121012:19——5567
Jake Evans CL4000-100.2120015:27——4165
Joel Armia RL4000-110.0001014:46——4355
Emil Heineman LL4000-100.0041211:08——4059
Mike Matheson DD1000020.0405025:32——4033
Alexandre Carrier DD1000010.0112020:10——3624
Lane Hutson DD2011000.0101021:37——5872
Jayden Struble DD2000000.0411017:36——5772
David Savard DD3011+100.0013017:03——5075
Arber Xhekaj DD3000+110.1520013:39——4875
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)W22211.9553.3259:39

Goal anatomy

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

Patrik Laine (MTL PP) 1st 5:15 · assists Lane Hutson, Cole Caufield · Forecheck turnover · 65.6 mph shot.

Patrik Laine · 1st 5:15 · MTL PP

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
4 (royal road)
Shot
65.6 mph
Distance
35 ft

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