Nashville Predators vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 20, 2021

FinalSaturday, Nov 20, 2021· Centre Bell

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	3	3		NSH	15	11	10	36
MTL	1	4	1	6		MTL	9	14	6	29

: NSH 62MTL 57
: NSH 2.89MTL 3.48
PP goals: NSH 2MTL 1
Hits: NSH 37MTL 22
Blocks: NSH 12MTL 11
PIM: NSH 21MTL 23
: NSH 43%MTL 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Nashville Predators 6–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Nashville Predators 6–3 at home. Matt Duchene (NSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. MTL won it by committee.

Points
Matt Duchene had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:38.Duchene
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Tyler Toffoli had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:55.Toffoli
Points
Ryan Poehling had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:22.Poehling
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Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:16.Lehkonen
Points
Chris Wideman had 2 assists (2 points) in 11:46.Wideman
Points
Jonathan Drouin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:16.Drouin
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Mikael Granlund had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:06.Granlund
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Ryan Johansen had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:50.Johansen

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

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

MTL
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · MTL 57 · NSH 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 35% of the game, MTL 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

NSH

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	NSH	MTL
	65	62
	2.73	2.82
	2.66	2.74
	14	7
	4	7
	16	12
	−0.039	+0.039
	35%	33%

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.

Nashville Predators

L1Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
12:2440% CF
L2Duchene – Granlund – Kunin
12:2452% CF
L3Johansen – Tolvanen – Tomasino
6:1289% CF
L4Cousins – McCarron – Olivier
4:0971% CF
D1Ekholm – Carrier
15:2654% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
15:2239% CF
D3Borowiecki – Benning
7:5050% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Tolvanen
2:06100% CF
PP2Ekholm – Cousins – Trenin – Kunin – Tomasino
0:56
PK1FGranlund – Kunin
0:59
PK2FSissons – Jeannot
0:40
PK1DBorowiecki – Benning
1:29
PK2DEkholm – Carrier
0:40

Current NSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Gallagher – Lehkonen – Evans
11:4960% CF
L2Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
9:4653% CF
L3Anderson – Drouin – Dvorak
9:3830% CF
D1Petry – Chiarot
14:3761% CF
D2Savard – Norlinder
9:1833% CF
D3Kulak – Romanov
8:1850% CF

PP1Wideman – Toffoli – Gallagher – Drouin – Suzuki
1:38100% CF
PP2Petry – Chiarot – Anderson – Dvorak – Caufield
0:31100% CF
PK1FToffoli – Suzuki
0:52
PK2FLehkonen – Evans
0:44
PK1DSavard – Romanov
1:23
PK2DPetry – Chiarot
0:37

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:41
MTLArtturi Lehkonen (David Savard, Jake Evans)wrist0.17 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Kunin, FabbroMTL: Savard, Gallagher, Lehkonen, Evans, Norlinder
NSH 0 – 1 MTL

2nd period

1:06
MTLChristian Dvorak (Josh Anderson, Jonathan Drouin)snap0.05 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Ekholm, Johansen, KuninMTL: Petry, Savard, Anderson, Drouin, Dvorak
NSH 0 – 2 MTL
3:32
MTLBrendan GallagherPP (Jonathan Drouin, Tyler Toffoli)tip-in0.15 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Sissons, Carrier, JeannotMTL: Wideman, Toffoli, Gallagher, Drouin, Suzuki
NSH 0 – 3 MTL
9:31
MTLRyan Poehling (Chris Wideman, Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.02 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Benning, KuninMTL: Petry, Wideman, Armia, Lehkonen, Poehling
NSH 0 – 4 MTL
10:08
MTLRyan Poehling (Tyler Toffoli, Chris Wideman)slap0.14 xG
NSH: Borowiecki, Sissons, Trenin, Fabbro, JeannotMTL: Wideman, Toffoli, Armia, Poehling, Romanov
NSH 0 – 5 MTL

3rd period

6:36
NSHMatt DuchenePP (Roman Josi, Ryan Johansen)wrist0.13 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, TolvanenMTL: Petry, Chiarot, Armia, Lehkonen
NSH 1 – 5 MTL
12:53
NSHMatt DuchenePP (Mikael Granlund, Eeli Tolvanen)wrist0.14 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, TolvanenMTL: Petry, Chiarot, Toffoli, Evans
NSH 2 – 5 MTL
16:27
NSHMatt Duchene (Ryan Johansen, Mikael Granlund)wrist0.15 xG
NSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Johansen, Granlund, Kunin, FabbroMTL: Toffoli, Kulak, Suzuki, Romanov, Caufield
NSH 3 – 5 MTL
18:30
MTLTyler ToffoliEN (Joel Armia)wrist0.70 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, Carrier, TolvanenMTL: Petry, Chiarot, Toffoli, Armia, Suzuki
NSH 3 – 6 MTL

Box score

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

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yakov Trenin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	7	0	0	16:45	—	—	38	39
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:26	—	—	38	36
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	7	1	0	15:39	—	—	40	37
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	2	2	-2	3	0.45	0	0	0	19:06	—	—	50	55
Matt Duchene C	L2	3	0	3	-3	6	0.69	2	0	0	17:38	—	—	55	55
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	3	0	0	14:59	—	—	50	54
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	2	2	-1	4	0.29	2	0	2	17:50	—	—	66	66
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.33	2	1	0	16:05	—	—	75	59
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	13:52	—	—	60	66
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	13:25	—	—	59	41
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	4	2	0	9:51	—	—	42	30
Mathieu Olivier R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	7	9:35	—	—	36	35
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	1	0	0	22:17	—	—	57	59
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:57	—	—	55	50
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	-4	3	0.14	0	0	0	24:55	—	—	41	29
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	21:23	—	—	49	44
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	16:01	—	—	50	62
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	1	12	10:53	—	—	57	74

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	19	14	5	.737	1.77	30:08
David Rittich	—	9	9	0	.1000	1.01	29:06

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.36	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	55	53
Jake Evans C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	1	1	0	16:20	—	—	59	63
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.44	1	0	2	16:16	—	—	60	62
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	1	2	3	+1	3	0.92	1	1	2	17:55	—	—	44	60
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	57	73
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.29	0	0	0	13:53	—	—	55	60
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.17	2	0	0	19:16	—	—	40	30
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.33	3	1	5	17:42	—	—	45	39
Christian Dvorak C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	1	2	12	13:07	—	—	29	10
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	0	1	2	22:49	—	—	52	38
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	+3	5	0.09	1	0	0	20:44	—	—	60	48
David Savard D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	4	1	0	19:40	—	—	33	43
Mattias Norlinder D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:12	—	—	29	40
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	2	0	16:00	—	—	56	62
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	0	0	15:03	—	—	46	64
Joel Armia R	—	0	1	1	+3	1	0.24	1	2	0	16:07	—	—	50	58
Ryan Poehling C	—	2	0	2	+2	3	0.17	0	0	0	12:22	—	—	57	68
Chris Wideman D	—	0	2	2	+2	0	0.01	1	0	0	11:46	—	—	80	99

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	36	33	3	.917	2.89	59:58

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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.