San Jose Sharks vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 2, 2018

FinalTuesday, Jan 2, 2018· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	2	1	4		SJS	10	15	8	33
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	11	8	12	31

: SJS 57MTL 57
: SJS 2.63MTL 1.81
PP goals: SJS 1MTL 1
Hits: SJS 13MTL 21
Blocks: SJS 15MTL 10
PIM: SJS 8MTL 8
: SJS 50%MTL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at MTL. Timo Meier (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for SJS: Boedker–Tierney–Labanc skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Timo Meier had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:43.Meier
Points
Marc-Edouard Vlasic had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:20.Vlasic
Points
Kevin Labanc had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:54.Labanc
New line
New look for SJS: Boedker–Tierney–Labanc skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boedker Tierney Labanc
New line
New look for MTL: Deslauriers–Shaw–Carr skated 7:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Deslauriers Shaw Carr
Usage
Joakim Ryan (SJS) played 13:16, −3:33 down on his 16:49 season average over 61 games.Ryan
PP1
MTL's PP1 (Petry, Shaw, Galchenyuk, Lehkonen and Drouin) went scoreless in 4:49 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Petry Shaw Galchenyuk Lehkonen Drouin
PP1
SJS's PP1 (Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture and Hertl) went scoreless in 3:18 of 5v4 time with 4 attempts.Thornton Burns Pavelski Couture Hertl

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

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

MTL
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · MTL 57 · SJS 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 38% of the game, MTL 24%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

SJS

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	SJS	MTL
	52	52
	1.96	1.36
	1.90	1.30
	10	11
	5	4
	20	17
	−0.012	+0.012
	38%	24%

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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Thornton – Pavelski – Meier
11:2355% CF
L2Boedker – Tierney – Labanc
11:1250% CF
L3Couture – Donskoi – Hertl
8:2861% CF
L4Ward – Sorensen – Karlsson
7:0129% CF
D1Vlasic – Braun
14:5654% CF
D2Burns – Dillon
13:5146% CF
D3DeMelo – Ryan
10:4841% CF

PP1Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Hertl
3:1880% CF
PP2Vlasic – Donskoi – DeMelo – Tierney – Meier
0:57100% CF
PK1FTierney – Karlsson
2:43
PK2FCouture – Hertl
2:33
PK1DVlasic – Braun
4:30
PK2DBurns – Dillon
1:59

Current SJS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher
11:3726% CF
L2Pacioretty – Danault – Hudon
10:0789% CF
L3Galchenyuk – Lehkonen – Drouin
9:3344% CF
L4Deslauriers – Shaw – Carr
7:1653% CF
D1Alzner – Jerabek
14:2848% CF
D2Petry – Benn
12:1164% CF
D3Schlemko – Morrow
10:4435% CF

PP1Petry – Shaw – Galchenyuk – Lehkonen – Drouin
4:4983% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Gallagher – Morrow – Hudon – Carr
1:38100% CF
PK1FPlekanec – Byron
1:26
PK2FPacioretty – Danault
1:11
PK1DAlzner – Benn
2:47
PK2DPetry – Schlemko
0:57

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.

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:25	—	—	56	63
Joe Thornton C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.11	1	0	0	16:39	—	—	60	67
Timo Meier R	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.34	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	54	63
Chris Tierney C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	3	0	18:09	—	—	52	27
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	46	25
Mikkel Boedker L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	2	11:48	—	—	50	24
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.68	1	2	0	18:13	—	—	56	79
Logan Couture C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	1	0	17:02	—	—	52	92
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	13:53	—	—	57	78
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	25	0
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:23	—	—	18	0
Joel Ward R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	10:02	—	—	30	35
Justin Braun D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.18	1	0	0	23:14	—	—	49	55
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	1	1	2	+2	6	0.28	0	3	0	22:20	—	—	55	70
Brent Burns D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.19	0	1	2	23:28	—	—	53	65
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	5	1	0	19:16	—	—	45	32
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	2	14:20	—	—	40	48
Joakim Ryan D	D3	0	0	0	0	5	0.05	1	1	0	13:16	—	—	54	77

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	1.81	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Plekanec C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	21	26
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:39	—	—	30	42
Paul Byron L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	3	0	2	15:05	—	—	20	23
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	1	1	-1	7	0.28	3	0	0	17:41	—	—	88	93
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	82	87
Charles Hudon L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:13	—	—	89	92
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	55	42
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	50	34
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	55	42
Andrew Shaw R	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.19	0	1	0	15:05	—	—	60	47
Daniel Carr L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	2	0	0	11:37	—	—	36	21
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	2	2	9:55	—	—	42	49
Karl Alzner D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	1	0	20:25	—	—	45	48
Jakub Jerabek D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.08	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	50	52
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	22:59	—	—	59	33
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	58	51
Joe Morrow D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	4	16:20	—	—	48	57
David Schlemko D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	25	21

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	2.63	60:00

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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 2, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Montreal Canadiens