New York Rangers vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 19, 2025

Final / OTSunday, Jan 19, 2025· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYR	2	2	0	0	4		NYR	5	14	6	3	28
MTL	1	2	1	1	5		MTL	9	10	16	2	37

: NYR 58MTL 67
: NYR 3.34MTL 5.12
PP goals: NYR 1MTL 0
Hits: NYR 17MTL 16
Blocks: NYR 14MTL 11
PIM: NYR 17MTL 15
: NYR 53%MTL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge New York Rangers 5–4 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 5–4 in overtime at home. Brendan Gallagher (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:15 together.

Points
Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 12:08.Gallagher
Points
Christian Dvorak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:40.Dvorak
Points
Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:55.Fox
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:15 together.Kreider Trocheck Zibanejad Panarin Fox
Usage
Patrik Laine (MTL) played 20:41, +6:30 up on his 14:11 season average over 51 games.Laine
Goalie
Jonathan Quick (NYR) faced 37 shots and stopped 32 (.865), +10 against a season average of 27.4; the overtime loss.Quick
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Evans–Beck skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Evans Beck
Usage
Alex Newhook (MTL) played 18:33, +3:28 up on his 15:05 season average over 81 games.Newhook

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 125 of 125 attempts · MTL 67 · NYR 58

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 17% of the game, MTL 42%.

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
	50	64
	2.75	4.29
	2.62	4.01
	10	11
	6	4
	34	24
	+0.011	−0.011
	17%	42%

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

L1Smith – Zibanejad – Cuylle
10:3938% CF
L2Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
10:3245% CF
L3Kreider – Chytil – Kaliyev
9:5562% CF
L4Carrick – Edstrom – Rempe
6:2820% CF
D1Borgen – Miller
16:0441% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
16:0452% CF
D3Vaakanainen – Schneider
11:3352% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
2:15100% CF
PP2Smith – Miller – Kaliyev – Lafrenière – Cuylle
0:27100% CF
PK1FSmith – Trocheck
2:51
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
1:45
PK1DLindgren – Schneider
4:19
PK2DFox – Miller
1:27

Current NYR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Laine – Dach – Newhook
13:2246% CF
L2Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
11:4380% CF
L3Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
10:1756% CF
L4Armia – Evans – Beck
7:3036% CF
D1Carrier – Guhle
17:3862% CF
D2Matheson – Hutson
16:4462% CF
D3Savard – Xhekaj
9:1417% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
4:3388% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Dvorak – Dach – Newhook
1:0875% CF
PK1FDvorak – Suzuki
1:30
PK2FArmia – Evans
1:12
PK1DSavard – Matheson
2:15

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
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	33	35
Will Cuylle L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.51	3	2	0	16:57	—	—	38	37
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	39	41
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.45	0	1	0	17:51	—	—	40	23
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.16	0	1	0	17:19	—	—	49	42
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.38	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	50	37
Chris Kreider L	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.69	0	1	0	19:07	—	—	55	49
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.58	0	0	2	17:33	—	—	53	49
Arthur Kaliyev R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	12:50	—	—	58	48
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	13:12	—	—	33	36
Adam Edstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:50	—	—	29	28
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	7	7:18	—	—	20	24
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.02	1	1	0	23:06	—	—	39	43
Will Borgen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	2	0	18:14	—	—	47	44
Adam Fox D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.12	1	0	2	22:55	—	—	55	53
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	1	1	0	22:37	—	—	42	36
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	2	20:09	—	—	37	26
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	2	13:57	—	—	46	33

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	O	37	32	5	.865	5.12	63:20

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrik Laine L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.54	1	0	0	20:41	—	—	48	49
Alex Newhook C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.49	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	50	56
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	17:51	—	—	46	49
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.87	0	1	0	22:29	—	—	77	85
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.71	0	0	0	18:47	—	—	82	89
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.47	3	0	0	18:15	—	—	77	90
Christian Dvorak C	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.23	0	2	0	15:40	—	—	52	55
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	0	4	13:23	—	—	48	51
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	1	1	2	+2	5	0.52	2	0	2	12:08	—	—	55	61
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	35	23
Jake Evans C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	33	23
Owen Beck C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:13	—	—	33	26
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.34	0	1	4	23:02	—	—	54	47
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.07	0	3	0	19:48	—	—	64	57
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	0	2	0	26:01	—	—	56	68
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.35	0	1	0	25:10	—	—	59	78
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:10	—	—	38	22
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	5	10:59	—	—	33	34

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	28	24	4	.857	3.34	63:20

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) 1st 11:17 · assists K'Andre Miller · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 32.6 mph shot · 8.4 s from entry to goal.

Alexis Lafrenière · 1st 11:17 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.6 mph
Distance: 50 ft
Entry to goal: 8.4 s

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Brendan Gallagher · 1st 13:52 · MTL

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.9 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s
Type: deflection

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Will Cuylle · 1st 14:38 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.5 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 8.4 s

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Christian Dvorak · 2nd 5:07 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 21.4 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 10:24 · NYR PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 60.4 mph
Distance: 43 ft

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Nick Suzuki · 2nd 15:05 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.4 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Chris Kreider · 2nd 16:20 · NYR

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 12:52 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s
Type: rebound

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Patrik Laine · OT 3:20 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 28.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s
Type: one-timer

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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.

New York Rangers vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 19, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge New York Rangers 5–4 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

New York Rangers

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Alexis Lafrenière · 1st 11:17 · NYR

Brendan Gallagher · 1st 13:52 · MTL

Will Cuylle · 1st 14:38 · NYR

Christian Dvorak · 2nd 5:07 · MTL

Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 10:24 · NYR PP

Nick Suzuki · 2nd 15:05 · MTL

Chris Kreider · 2nd 16:20 · NYR

Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 12:52 · MTL

Patrik Laine · OT 3:20 · MTL