New York Rangers vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 16, 2021

FinalSaturday, Oct 16, 2021· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	1	2	3		NYR	8	9	7	24
MTL	0	0	1	1		MTL	5	13	14	32

: NYR 48MTL 57
: NYR 2.79MTL 2.59
PP goals: NYR 1MTL 0
Hits: NYR 23MTL 31
Blocks: NYR 18MTL 13
PIM: NYR 6MTL 8
: NYR 39%MTL 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1 at MTL. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:04 together.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:54.Zibanejad
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:04 together.Kreider Zibanejad Panarin Fox Lafrenière
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Suzuki–Caufield skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Suzuki Caufield
New line
New look for NYR: Goodrow–Panarin–Chytil skated 7:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Goodrow Panarin Chytil
Usage
Kaapo Kakko (NYR) played 6:16, −9:24 down on his 15:40 season average over 42 games.Kakko
Usage
Filip Chytil (NYR) played 21:02, +7:59 up on his 13:03 season average over 66 games.Chytil
Usage
Brett Kulak (MTL) played 12:46, −5:03 down on his 17:49 season average over 73 games.Kulak
New line
New look for MTL: Toffoli–Gallagher–Evans skated 8:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toffoli Gallagher 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 105 of 105 attempts · MTL 57 · NYR 48

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 43%.

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
	41	49
	1.56	2.44
	1.53	2.35
	4	11
	6	2
	13	17
	−0.089	+0.089
	33%	43%

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

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Lafrenière
8:2669% CF
L2Goodrow – Panarin – Chytil
7:4922% CF
L3Reaves – Hunt – Rooney
3:4750% CF
L4McKegg – Blais – Kakko
0:00
D1Fox – Lindgren
15:3455% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
14:4037% CF
D3Nemeth – Lundkvist
9:4444% CF

PP1Kreider – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
5:04100% CF
PP2Trouba – Blais – Hunt – Chytil – Lundkvist
1:15100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Rooney
3:22
PK2FZibanejad – Kakko
1:14
PK1DFox – Lindgren
3:26
PK2DNemeth – Trouba
2:34

Current NYR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Drouin – Dvorak
12:4875% CF
L2Armia – Suzuki – Caufield
8:4546% CF
L3Toffoli – Gallagher – Evans
8:2367% CF
L4Perreault – Paquette – Lehkonen
4:4333% CF
D1Savard – Chiarot
17:1441% CF
D2Petry – Romanov
14:0368% CF
D3Wideman – Kulak
9:3657% CF

PP1Petry – Toffoli – Gallagher – Suzuki – Caufield
2:5386% CF
PP2Wideman – Armia – Anderson – Drouin – Dvorak
2:41100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Evans
1:55
PK2FArmia – Dvorak
1:00
PK1DPetry – Romanov
3:06
PK2DSavard – Chiarot
3:04

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:59
NYRChris KreiderPP (Mika Zibanejad, Artemi Panarin)deflected0.15 xG
NYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox, LafrenièreMTL: Petry, Lehkonen, Evans, Romanov
NYR 1 – 0 MTL

3rd period

9:24
MTLJonathan Drouin (Christian Dvorak, Brett Kulak)wrist0.14 xG
NYR: Reaves, McKegg, Trouba, Hunt, MillerMTL: Wideman, Kulak, Anderson, Drouin, Dvorak
NYR 1 – 1 MTL
9:50
NYRAlexis Lafrenière (Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox)wrist0.01 xG
NYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Fox, Lindgren, LafrenièreMTL: Savard, Chiarot, Toffoli, Gallagher, Evans
NYR 2 – 1 MTL
19:50
NYRKevin RooneyENwrist0.58 xG
NYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Rooney, Fox, LindgrenMTL: Petry, Toffoli, Anderson, Drouin, Dvorak, Suzuki
NYR 3 – 1 MTL

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
Chris Kreider L	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.42	1	0	0	20:22	—	—	64	49
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.59	1	1	0	18:54	—	—	64	49
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.29	3	0	2	16:16	—	—	65	45
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	22:06	—	—	29	31
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	31	26
Barclay Goodrow C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	2	0	17:56	—	—	38	43
Kevin Rooney C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.58	2	1	0	14:55	—	—	31	37
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	4	0	2	12:17	—	—	31	31
Dryden Hunt L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	0	0	9:17	—	—	40	48
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	12:42	—	—	60	38
Greg McKegg C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	7:27	—	—	71	57
Kaapo Kakko R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	6:16	—	—	40	12
Adam Fox D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	26:48	—	—	55	49
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	6	0	20:12	—	—	55	49
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	3	2	0	23:18	—	—	33	40
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	2	16:17	—	—	40	37
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	4	0	16:13	—	—	39	31
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	12:19	—	—	42	17

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.59	59:23

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	1	2	20:45	—	—	63	56
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.44	5	0	0	18:43	—	—	67	56
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	79	65
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	1	0	15:42	—	—	44	50
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	4	0	0	15:39	—	—	44	51
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	13:25	—	—	47	50
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.23	2	0	0	17:01	—	—	57	66
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	2	1	0	16:00	—	—	58	67
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.49	2	0	0	15:17	—	—	71	78
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	25	37
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	1	0	9:08	—	—	43	57
Mathieu Perreault C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	8:46	—	—	36	43
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	3	1	0	24:40	—	—	39	55
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	21:36	—	—	41	59
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	4	2	0	23:14	—	—	70	65
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	2	1	0	17:24	—	—	68	65
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	4	14:12	—	—	59	62
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:46	—	—	50	59

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	2.21	58:38

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.