Nashville Predators vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 12, 2023

FinalThursday, Jan 12, 2023· Centre Bell

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	1	1	3		NSH	8	14	20	42
MTL	2	1	1	4		MTL	19	9	7	35

: NSH 82MTL 68
: NSH 3.81MTL 3.44
PP goals: NSH 0MTL 2
Hits: NSH 29MTL 23
Blocks: NSH 17MTL 26
PIM: NSH 13MTL 15
: NSH 45%MTL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Nashville Predators 4–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Nashville Predators 4–3 at home. Jonathan Drouin (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. MTL's first power-play unit (Drouin, Dvorak, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield) scored 2 power-play goals on 2 attempts in 1:37 together.

Points
Jonathan Drouin had 3 assists (3 points) in 10:26.Drouin
Points
Cole Caufield had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:57.Caufield
Points
Juuso Parssinen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:38.Parssinen
Points
Kirby Dach had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:47.Dach
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Drouin, Dvorak, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield) scored 2 power-play goals on 2 attempts in 1:37 together.Drouin Dvorak Suzuki Dach Caufield
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +8 against a season average of 33.6; the win.Montembeault
Usage
Jake Evans (MTL) played 19:13, +4:49 up on his 14:24 season average over 53 games.Evans
Usage
Jesse Ylonen (MTL) played 8:21, −5:14 down on his 13:35 season average over 36 games.Ylonen

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 150 of 150 attempts · MTL 68 · NSH 82

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 43% of the game, MTL 28%.

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
	71	72
	3.62	3.47
	3.39	3.33
	24	20
	5	12
	18	10
	−0.032	+0.032
	43%	28%

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

L1Novak – Trenin – Jeannot
6:5154% CF
L2Granlund – Niederreiter – Glass
6:2946% CF
L3Johansen – Sissons – Smith
5:5053% CF
L4Duchene – Forsberg – Parssinen
5:0757% CF
D1McDonagh – Josi
11:3029% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
8:4355% CF
D3Lauzon – Fabbro
7:5959% CF

PP1Josi – Johansen – Forsberg – Novak – Parssinen
2:2467% CF
PP2Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
1:38100% CF
PK1FTrenin – Smith
0:56
PK2FSissons – Jeannot
0:53
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
1:38
PK2DEkholm – Fabbro
1:11

Current NSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
10:2968% CF
L2Anderson – Dvorak – Slafkovský
8:5343% CF
L3Dadonov – Armia – Evans
8:2675% CF
D1Savard – Edmundson
13:3451% CF
D2Harris – Barron
7:1864% CF
D3Wideman – Xhekaj
6:1117% CF

PP1Drouin – Dvorak – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
1:37100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Anderson – Ylonen – Xhekaj – Slafkovský
0:58100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
1:51
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
1:45
PK1DSavard – Edmundson
3:37
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
1:26

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:35
NSHNino Niederreiter (Roman Josi)deflected0.16 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Duchene, Niederreiter, SissonsMTL: Drouin, Ylonen, Barron, Xhekaj, Slafkovský
NSH 1 – 0 MTL
13:30
MTLJake Evans (David Savard, Joel Edmundson)wrist0.14 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Forsberg, GlassMTL: Dadonov, Savard, Evans, Harris
NSH 1 – 1 MTL
15:08
MTLKirby Dach (Jesse Ylonen, Jonathan Drouin)snap0.27 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Johansen, Forsberg, TreninMTL: Wideman, Drouin, Ylonen, Dach, Xhekaj
NSH 1 – 2 MTL

2nd period

0:12
NSHFilip Forsberg (Matt Duchene, Juuso Parssinen)wrist0.33 xG
NSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Forsberg, Carrier, ParssinenMTL: Savard, Edmundson, Anderson, Dvorak, Slafkovský
NSH 2 – 2 MTL
10:03
MTLCole CaufieldPP (Nick Suzuki, Jonathan Drouin)snap0.09 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Granlund, Lauzon, JeannotMTL: Drouin, Dvorak, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield
NSH 2 – 3 MTL

3rd period

6:15
MTLCole CaufieldPP (Kirby Dach, Jonathan Drouin)snap0.14 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Sissons, Lauzon, JeannotMTL: Drouin, Dvorak, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield
NSH 2 – 4 MTL
18:31
NSHJuuso Parssinen (Mattias Ekholm, Cody Glass)slap0.05 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Sissons, Novak, Jeannot, Glass, ParssinenMTL: Evans, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harris, Caufield
NSH 3 – 4 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	5	0.13	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	54	33
Tommy Novak C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	13:23	—	—	44	15
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	0	5	11:58	—	—	63	44
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	55	63
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.68	3	2	0	14:42	—	—	46	54
Cody Glass C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	3	0	0	10:53	—	—	67	70
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	0	2	20:01	—	—	43	42
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.28	0	3	2	14:39	—	—	35	53
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.49	5	1	0	13:36	—	—	46	57
Filip Forsberg L	L4	1	0	1	-1	6	0.47	3	0	0	19:12	—	—	46	43
Matt Duchene C	L4	0	1	1	+2	3	0.19	1	0	0	19:03	—	—	52	54
Juuso Parssinen C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.12	2	0	0	16:38	—	—	56	83
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.23	0	4	0	29:11	—	—	48	47
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	20:09	—	—	29	20
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.60	0	0	2	21:51	—	—	57	67
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	0	2	12:23	—	—	45	63
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	4	0	14:50	—	—	65	45
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	13:11	—	—	60	48

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	3.44	57:50

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	22:12	—	—	57	43
Cole Caufield R	L1	2	0	2	-1	4	0.95	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	50	43
Kirby Dach C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.41	2	0	2	17:47	—	—	52	46
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	3	2	17:27	—	—	40	48
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.42	0	2	0	17:25	—	—	42	51
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	3	2	0	16:03	—	—	34	39
Jake Evans C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.45	2	0	0	19:13	—	—	56	52
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	60	77
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.28	1	0	2	12:49	—	—	63	54
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.08	4	6	0	23:51	—	—	48	34
David Savard D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.01	0	5	0	21:59	—	—	52	33
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	2	2	0	21:23	—	—	69	69
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	0	2	12:43	—	—	59	45
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	2	5	15:15	—	—	29	48
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	8:09	—	—	25	48
Johnathan Kovacevic D	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	1	3	0	12:27	—	—	56	80
Jonathan Drouin L	—	0	3	3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:26	—	—	47	62
Jesse Ylonen R	—	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	8:21	—	—	64	61

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	42	39	3	.929	3.81	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.