New York Rangers vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 22, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	0	1	1		NYR	6	8	18	32
MTL	1	1	1	3		MTL	13	19	9	41

: NYR 63MTL 75
: NYR 2.04MTL 4.56
PP goals: NYR 1MTL 0
Hits: NYR 23MTL 28
Blocks: NYR 24MTL 14
PIM: NYR 10MTL 8
: NYR 51%MTL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 3–1 at home. Tomas Plekanec (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NYR: Desharnais–Carey–Fast skated 10:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tomas Plekanec had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:37.Plekanec
New line
New look for NYR: Desharnais–Carey–Fast skated 10:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Desharnais Carey Fast
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (NYR) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +7 against a season average of 33.1; the loss.Georgiev
New line
New look for NYR: Zuccarello–Hayes–Miller skated 8:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zuccarello Hayes Miller
New line
New look for NYR: Zibanejad–Vesey–Buchnevich skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zibanejad Vesey Buchnevich
Luck
MTL scored 3 goals on 4.56 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Brady Skjei (NYR) played 26:37, +5:40 up on his 20:57 season average over 81 games.Skjei
Usage
Paul Carey (NYR) played 15:26, +5:16 up on his 10:10 season average over 59 games.Carey

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

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

MTL
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 138 of 138 attempts · MTL 75 · NYR 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 19% of the game, MTL 47%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

NYR

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	NYR	MTL
	47	66
	1.27	2.37
	1.27	2.27
	2	20
	4	4
	18	20
	−0.004	+0.004
	19%	47%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Desharnais – Carey – Fast
10:0950% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hayes – Miller
8:4655% CF
L3Zibanejad – Vesey – Buchnevich
7:5250% CF
L4McLeod – Holland – Lettieri
6:0923% CF
D1Skjei – Pionk
13:5535% CF
D2Staal – DeAngelo
7:2837% CF
D3O'Gara – Gilmour
5:4033% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Skjei – Vesey – Buchnevich
4:4290% CF
PP2Desharnais – Hayes – Miller – Gilmour – DeAngelo
1:35100% CF
PK1FCarey – Holland
2:36
PK2FZuccarello – Zibanejad
2:07
PK1DSkjei – Pionk
2:24
PK2DO'Gara – Gilmour
1:27

Current NYR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Pacioretty – Lehkonen – Drouin
9:3055% CF
L2Danault – Galchenyuk – Hudon
7:1550% CF
L3Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher
6:0353% CF
L4Deslauriers – Froese – Shaw
5:1270% CF
D1Benn – Morrow
13:2050% CF
D2Alzner – Juulsen
12:2363% CF
D3Petry – Mete
10:2868% CF

PP1Petry – Pacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
6:4182% CF
PP2Morrow – Danault – Hudon – Lehkonen – Mete
1:46
PK1FPlekanec – Byron
2:36
PK2FDeslauriers – Froese
0:54
PK1DPetry – Mete
3:09
PK2DAlzner – Juulsen
1:25

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.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	2	0	0	15:36	—	—	46	56
David Desharnais C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	0	3	0	15:34	—	—	43	51
Paul Carey C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:26	—	—	41	51
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	2	0	0	18:45	—	—	52	36
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	18:08	—	—	46	36
Kevin Hayes R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	2	17:05	—	—	48	42
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	0	0	-2	6	0.42	2	3	0	18:10	—	—	48	38
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.18	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	44	36
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	46	39
Peter Holland C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	1	0	11:54	—	—	18	3
Vinni Lettieri C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:21	—	—	20	4
Cody McLeod L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	7:19	—	—	20	3
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	3	2	26:37	—	—	35	27
Neal Pionk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	1	2	2	23:46	—	—	32	26
Tony DeAngelo D	D2	0	1	1	0	5	0.23	2	3	0	18:38	—	—	53	47
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	2	13:23	—	—	39	34
John Gilmour D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	2	4	2	19:13	—	—	51	53
Rob O'Gara D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	3	0	13:35	—	—	35	31

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	40	38	2	.950	3.62	58:25

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	1.21	2	1	0	21:41	—	—	63	57
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	1	0	20:56	—	—	65	57
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	0	2	14:29	—	—	58	47
Phillip Danault C	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.37	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	59	75
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	1	0	16:02	—	—	50	53
Charles Hudon L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.32	1	2	2	14:04	—	—	61	76
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	1	1	+2	6	1.36	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	46	63
Tomas Plekanec C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.17	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	50	63
Paul Byron L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:15	—	—	46	61
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	6	0	0	12:02	—	—	71	89
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	1	0	10:17	—	—	64	74
Logan Shaw R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	3	2	2	9:41	—	—	67	82
Joe Morrow D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	19:50	—	—	51	57
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	2	17:29	—	—	52	56
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.09	4	1	0	17:14	—	—	62	80
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	61	79
Jeff Petry D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	5	1	0	23:31	—	—	64	61
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:02	—	—	67	61

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.04	60:00

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.

New York Rangers vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 22, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Rangers

Montreal Canadiens