New York Rangers vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 5, 2023

FinalThursday, Jan 5, 2023· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	3	1	4		NYR	6	12	13	31
MTL	0	0	1	1		MTL	4	7	7	18

: NYR 62MTL 49
: NYR 2.95MTL 2.22
PP goals: NYR 0MTL 0
Hits: NYR 17MTL 21
Blocks: NYR 17MTL 17
PIM: NYR 2MTL 4
: NYR 51%MTL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at MTL. Filip Chytil (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Dadonov–Armia–Evans skated 11:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Filip Chytil had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:36.Chytil
New line
New look for MTL: Dadonov–Armia–Evans skated 11:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Armia Evans
New line
New look for MTL: Drouin–Richard–Pezzetta skated 7:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Richard Pezzetta
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (MTL) played 10:39, −4:20 down on his 14:59 season average over 57 games.Drouin
Usage
Joel Edmundson (MTL) played 23:41, +4:11 up on his 19:30 season average over 60 games.Edmundson
Usage
Johnathan Kovacevic (MTL) played 21:26, +4:04 up on his 17:22 season average over 76 games.Kovacevic

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 111 of 111 attempts · MTL 49 · NYR 62

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 18% of the game, MTL 23%.

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
	61	50
	1.57	2.04
	1.55	1.99
	6	10
	1	2
	16	19
	+0.009	−0.009
	18%	23%

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 – Kakko
12:3157% CF
L2Trocheck – Panarin – Kravtsov
11:4761% CF
L3Vesey – Chytil – Lafrenière
9:5153% CF
L4Goodrow – Blais – Gauthier
8:1264% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
18:0763% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
14:5263% CF
D3Harpur – Schneider
12:4446% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
2:1575% CF
PP2Trouba – Chytil – Miller – Kakko – Lafrenière
1:12100% CF
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
1:53
PK2FGoodrow – Vesey
1:17
PK1DTrouba – Miller
2:07
PK2DFox – Lindgren
1:17

Current NYR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
16:0130% CF
L2Dadonov – Armia – Evans
11:2354% CF
L3Anderson – Dvorak – Slafkovský
10:0854% CF
L4Drouin – Richard – Pezzetta
7:1430% CF
D1Savard – Edmundson
18:2839% CF
D2Kovacevic – Harris
18:0542% CF
D3Wideman – Xhekaj
10:0550% CF

PP1Wideman – Dvorak – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
1:45
PP2Dadonov – Anderson – Drouin – Xhekaj – Slafkovský
1:2060% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
1:12
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
1:08
PK1DSavard – Edmundson
2:52
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
0:22

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:43
NYRChris KreiderSHwrist0.24 xG
NYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, MillerMTL: Dadonov, Anderson, Drouin, Xhekaj, Slafkovský
NYR 1 – 0 MTL
12:28
NYRBraden Schneider (Artemi Panarin, Vitali Kravtsov)wrist0.03 xG
NYR: Trocheck, Harpur, Panarin, Kravtsov, SchneiderMTL: Dadonov, Savard, Edmundson, Armia, Evans
NYR 2 – 0 MTL
13:27
NYRFilip Chytil (Ryan Lindgren, Jimmy Vesey)wrist0.05 xG
NYR: Vesey, Fox, Lindgren, Chytil, LafrenièreMTL: Suzuki, Kovacevic, Dach, Caufield, Xhekaj
NYR 3 – 0 MTL

3rd period

14:46
MTLJoel Armia (Arber Xhekaj, Jake Evans)wrist0.17 xG
NYR: Goodrow, Harpur, Blais, Gauthier, SchneiderMTL: Dadonov, Wideman, Armia, Evans, Xhekaj
NYR 3 – 1 MTL
18:50
NYRFilip ChytilEN (Adam Fox, K'Andre Miller)wrist0.74 xG
NYR: Panarin, Fox, Chytil, Miller, LafrenièreMTL: Suzuki, Harris, Dach, Caufield, Xhekaj
NYR 4 – 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
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	1	1	0	19:18	—	—	52	36
Chris Kreider L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.64	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	53	37
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	57	47
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	18:32	—	—	54	36
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	3	0	0	17:55	—	—	57	45
Vitali Kravtsov R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	12:35	—	—	63	49
Filip Chytil C	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	0.81	0	1	0	13:36	—	—	56	62
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	4	0	0	13:29	—	—	56	62
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:13	—	—	50	50
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	1	0	13:02	—	—	48	35
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	10:23	—	—	53	47
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	9:15	—	—	59	39
Adam Fox D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	1	3	0	24:58	—	—	62	57
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:45	—	—	58	54
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	22:04	—	—	61	39
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.05	1	3	0	20:33	—	—	58	41
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	2	0	15:06	—	—	40	31
Braden Schneider D	D3	1	0	1	0	4	0.07	1	3	0	13:44	—	—	50	42

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	18	17	1	.944	2.22	59:46

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:44	—	—	30	46
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	2	0	20:47	—	—	33	57
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.48	0	3	0	20:14	—	—	36	57
Jake Evans C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.24	4	2	0	15:37	—	—	57	75
Joel Armia R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.28	2	0	2	15:30	—	—	53	68
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.44	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	55	69
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	53	32
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.44	1	2	0	14:25	—	—	57	33
Juraj Slafkovský L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:23	—	—	53	26
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	1	0	10:39	—	—	47	27
Anthony Richard C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	0	0	8:18	—	—	39	27
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:12	—	—	42	16
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	24:09	—	—	48	56
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	3	0	0	23:41	—	—	40	39
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	1	0	21:26	—	—	41	57
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:47	—	—	46	65
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.00	2	2	2	14:23	—	—	48	62
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	12:29	—	—	52	63

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	2.22	59:37

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.