New York Rangers vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 27, 2020

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	1	4	5		NYR	9	11	15	35
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	13	12	9	34

: NYR 54MTL 74
: NYR 3.04MTL 3.37
PP goals: NYR 1MTL 0
Hits: NYR 22MTL 15
Blocks: NYR 25MTL 11
PIM: NYR 4MTL 6
: NYR 44%MTL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at MTL. Ryan Strome (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, DeAngelo and Panarin) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:29 together.

Points
Ryan Strome had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 15:23.Strome
Points
Adam Fox had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:35.Fox
Points
Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:44.Tatar
Points
Artemi Panarin had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:17.Panarin
Points
Ryan Lindgren had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:11.Lindgren
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, DeAngelo and Panarin) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:29 together.Kreider Strome Zibanejad DeAngelo Panarin
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Lehkonen–Suzuki skated 9:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Lehkonen Suzuki
New line
New look for MTL: Weise–Hudon–Evans skated 6:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Weise Hudon Evans

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 128 of 128 attempts · MTL 74 · NYR 54

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 33% of the game, MTL 44%.

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
	53	79
	2.57	3.54
	2.45	3.38
	7	13
	6	7
	20	24
	−0.029	+0.029
	33%	44%

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

L1McKegg – Lemieux – Gauthier
6:5947% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Chytil
5:3931% CF
L3Di Giuseppe – Howden – Kakko
5:1722% CF
L4Fast – Strome – Panarin
5:1537% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
13:3844% CF
D2Smith – Trouba
12:0326% CF
D3Staal – DeAngelo
10:4437% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – DeAngelo – Panarin
3:29100% CF
PP2Trouba – Lemieux – Fox – Chytil – Kakko
1:40100% CF
PK1FStrome – Zibanejad
2:21
PK2FFast – Howden
1:39
PK1DStaal – Lindgren
3:33
PK2DSmith – Trouba
2:07

Current NYR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
12:2966% CF
L2Armia – Lehkonen – Suzuki
9:2171% CF
L3Byron – Weal – Domi
8:2880% CF
L4Weise – Hudon – Evans
6:1833% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
16:0343% CF
D2Petry – Kulak
14:5273% CF
D3Alzner – Folin
12:4370% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Danault – Suzuki
2:37100% CF
PP2Weber – Weal – Armia – Hudon – Domi
2:2475% CF
PK1FByron – Armia
2:18
PK2FDanault – Lehkonen
2:18
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
3:17
PK2DKulak – Folin
1:04

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
Brendan Lemieux L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	4	2	0	13:52	—	—	41	47
Greg McKegg C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	2	0	0	10:06	—	—	44	39
Julien Gauthier R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	9:55	—	—	46	47
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.21	0	0	0	21:34	—	—	52	30
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	31	32
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.32	2	0	0	15:26	—	—	43	36
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	6	0	15:15	—	—	23	43
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	28	45
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	1	0	1	+3	2	0.31	4	2	0	10:34	—	—	37	55
Artemi Panarin L	L4	0	2	2	+1	0	0.03	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	49	47
Jesper Fast R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	0	2	16:17	—	—	44	42
Ryan Strome C	L4	2	1	3	+2	6	1.03	0	0	0	15:23	—	—	39	53
Adam Fox D	D1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.30	0	2	2	21:35	—	—	51	57
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	1	5	0	19:11	—	—	44	59
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	2	0	22:31	—	—	30	24
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	15:34	—	—	32	32
Marc Staal D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	19:10	—	—	31	16
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	18:42	—	—	46	27

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	3.37	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Tatar L	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.24	0	2	0	20:44	—	—	63	80
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.33	1	0	4	19:54	—	—	61	77
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.93	0	0	0	19:37	—	—	65	79
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	68	67
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.15	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	67	65
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	67	68
Max Domi C	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.82	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	63	59
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	69	49
Jordan Weal C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	1	0	0	13:50	—	—	75	54
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:42	—	—	29	7
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	9:38	—	—	29	9
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	9:24	—	—	38	14
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	2	1	0	23:54	—	—	46	53
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	4	0	21:46	—	—	44	46
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	0	1	2	21:00	—	—	72	75
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	20:00	—	—	71	69
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	14:36	—	—	67	50
Karl Alzner D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:23	—	—	72	56

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	2.68	58:57

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 27, 2020

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

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