Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 21, 2024

FinalSaturday, Dec 21, 2024· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DET	1	0	0	1		DET	9	6	6	21
MTL	3	2	0	5		MTL	11	6	7	24

: DET 51MTL 59
: DET 2.63MTL 2.66
PP goals: DET 0MTL 1
Hits: DET 20MTL 19
Blocks: DET 17MTL 12
PIM: DET 10MTL 8
: DET 43%MTL 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout Detroit Red Wings 5–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 5–1 at home. Lane Hutson (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:35 together.

Points
Lane Hutson had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:31.Hutson
Points
Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:18.Suzuki
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:35 together.Laine Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský
New line
New look for DET: Veleno–Berggren–Kasper skated 5:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Veleno Berggren Kasper
Luck
MTL scored 5 goals on 2.66 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Ben Chiarot (DET) played 13:48, −7:32 down on his 21:20 season average over 80 games.Chiarot
Luck
DET scored 1 goal on 2.63 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Nick Suzuki (MTL) played 16:18, −3:48 down on his 20:06 season average over 81 games.Suzuki

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

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

MTL
DET
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · MTL 59 · DET 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
DET
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DET 29% of the game, MTL 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

DET

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	DET	MTL
	42	53
	2.05	2.02
	1.94	1.97
	7	5
	2	6
	22	28
	−0.044	+0.044
	29%	40%

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.

Detroit Red Wings

L1Veleno – Berggren – Kasper
5:3675% CF
L2Kane – Copp – DeBrincat
4:2317% CF
L3Tarasenko – Motte – Compher
3:5330% CF
L4Larkin – Rasmussen – Raymond
3:2683% CF
D1Petry – Lagesson
9:5846% CF
D2Chiarot – Seider
8:1135% CF
D3Holl – Gustafsson
6:4945% CF

PP1Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
3:26100% CF
PP2Tarasenko – Gustafsson – Compher – Rasmussen – Kasper
3:12100% CF
PK1FMotte – Compher
2:02
PK2FLarkin – Raymond
1:09
PK1DChiarot – Seider
2:59
PK2DPetry – Lagesson
0:33

Current DET line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Laine – Dach – Newhook
9:2447% CF
L2Armia – Evans – Heineman
8:5462% CF
L3Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
8:3169% CF
L4Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
7:5279% CF
D1Matheson – Hutson
13:1057% CF
D2Carrier – Guhle
12:3748% CF
D3Savard – Xhekaj
9:3473% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
5:35100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Dach – Newhook – Heineman
1:1450% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
3:39
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
2:42
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:25
PK2DCarrier – Xhekaj
1:10

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:41
DETJoseph Veleno (Jonatan Berggren, Moritz Seider)deflected0.12 xG
DET: Chiarot, Copp, Veleno, Berggren, SeiderMTL: Savard, Laine, Dach, Newhook, Guhle
DET 1 – 0 MTL
14:14
MTLJuraj Slafkovský (Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson)tip-in0.08 xG
DET: Chiarot, Tarasenko, Motte, Compher, SeiderMTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský
DET 1 – 1 MTL
15:26
MTLJake Evans (Joel Armia, Alexandre Carrier)snap0.12 xG
DET: Kane, Holl, Gustafsson, Copp, DeBrincatMTL: Armia, Matheson, Evans, Heineman, Hutson
DET 1 – 2 MTL
19:21
MTLPatrik LainePP (Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki)snap0.07 xG
DET: Chiarot, Motte, Compher, SeiderMTL: Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský
DET 1 – 3 MTL

2nd period

2:40
MTLEmil Heineman (Christian Dvorak)snap0.26 xG
DET: Petry, Lagesson, Veleno, Berggren, KasperMTL: Savard, Armia, Dvorak, Carrier, Heineman
DET 1 – 4 MTL
13:03
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Josh Anderson, David Savard)slap0.05 xG
DET: Holl, Motte, Copp, Lagesson, RasmussenMTL: Savard, Gallagher, Anderson, Dvorak, Xhekaj
DET 1 – 5 MTL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Marco Kasper C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	3	1	0	15:28	—	—	68	62
Joseph Veleno C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	13:26	—	—	48	51
Jonatan Berggren R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	12:59	—	—	65	58
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	15:32	—	—	44	58
Andrew Copp C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:48	—	—	35	53
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.41	1	2	0	14:11	—	—	6	0
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	30	33
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	3	0	0	14:42	—	—	50	55
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	30	36
Lucas Raymond L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	15:22	—	—	53	49
Dylan Larkin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	3	0	2	15:17	—	—	53	53
Michael Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	1	0	4	15:14	—	—	56	87
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	2	18:53	—	—	50	54
William Lagesson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	0	2	2	16:18	—	—	45	35
Moritz Seider D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	3	7	0	26:38	—	—	43	56
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	13:48	—	—	42	47
Justin Holl D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:33	—	—	36	44
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	46	64

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	2.66	59:35

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrik Laine L	L1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.56	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	50	23
Alex Newhook C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	50	27
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	2	13:25	—	—	50	30
Jake Evans C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	1	1	0	15:35	—	—	40	29
Joel Armia R	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.06	1	1	0	15:32	—	—	56	54
Emil Heineman L	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.26	3	0	2	12:35	—	—	47	54
Cole Caufield R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.41	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	57	71
Juraj Slafkovský L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.36	3	0	0	16:29	—	—	58	62
Nick Suzuki C	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.11	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	60	58
Christian Dvorak C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.13	0	1	0	14:32	—	—	74	83
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	2	0	0	14:28	—	—	68	45
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	1	1	0	12:44	—	—	65	64
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:31	—	—	58	52
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.03	2	2	2	21:25	—	—	57	50
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	20:10	—	—	40	37
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	18:50	—	—	53	53
David Savard D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	16:25	—	—	71	72
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	0	0	15:10	—	—	67	34

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	2.63	59:27

Goal anatomy

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

Joseph Veleno (DET) 1st 6:41 · assists Jonatan Berggren, Moritz Seider · Deflection · carried in · 31.7 mph shot · 8.2 s from entry to goal.

Joseph Veleno · 1st 6:41 · DET

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 8.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Juraj Slafkovský · 1st 14:14 · MTL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 35.7 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s
Type: deflection

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Jake Evans · 1st 15:26 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.4 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Patrik Laine · 1st 19:21 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 48.5 mph
Distance: 40 ft

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Emil Heineman · 2nd 2:40 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.1 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s

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Brendan Gallagher · 2nd 13:03 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 68.9 mph
Distance: 49 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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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.