San Jose Sharks vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 2, 2018

FinalSunday, Dec 2, 2018· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	2	1	0	3		SJS	11	11	7	29
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	9	10	22	41

: SJS 62MTL 73
: SJS 2.89MTL 2.75
PP goals: SJS 1MTL 0
Hits: SJS 16MTL 35
Blocks: SJS 22MTL 19
PIM: SJS 2MTL 8
: SJS 40%MTL 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1 at MTL. Joe Pavelski (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SJS: Pavelski–Couture–Hertl skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brent Burns had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:08.Burns
Points
Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:50.Pavelski
New line
New look for SJS: Pavelski–Couture–Hertl skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pavelski Couture Hertl
Goalie
Martin Jones (SJS) faced 41 shots and stopped 40 (.976), +14 against a season average of 27.4; the win.Jones
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 2.74 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jeff Petry (MTL) played 19:37, −3:33 down on his 23:10 season average over 81 games.Petry
Usage
Brett Kulak (MTL) played 21:54, +4:08 up on his 17:46 season average over 56 games.Kulak
Usage
Brenden Dillon (SJS) played 14:39, −3:07 down on his 17:46 season average over 81 games.Dillon

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 135 of 135 attempts · MTL 73 · SJS 62

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 32% of the game, MTL 39%.

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
	60	78
	1.94	2.98
	1.90	2.91
	12	13
	4	6
	17	18
	−0.096	+0.096
	32%	39%

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

L1Pavelski – Couture – Hertl
10:5043% CF
L2Kane – Donskoi – Suomela
10:0442% CF
L3Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc
8:1952% CF
L4Goodrow – Karlsson – Radil
7:4878% CF
D1Vlasic – Braun
15:2428% CF
D2Karlsson – Dillon
14:1747% CF
D3Burns – Simek
12:5765% CF

PP1Pavelski – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc
3:34
PP2Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Karlsson
1:24100% CF
PK1FCouture – Hertl
1:03
PK2FGoodrow – Karlsson
0:54
PK1DVlasic – Braun
1:55
PK2DBurns – Karlsson
1:26

Current SJS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Shaw – Drouin – Domi
11:3085% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
10:0452% CF
L3Byron – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
8:4141% CF
L4Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino
8:1129% CF
D1Weber – Kulak
17:1251% CF
D2Petry – Schlemko
12:4865% CF
D3Benn – Reilly
12:0658% CF

PP1Petry – Schlemko – Tatar – Agostino – Shaw
1:46100% CF
PP2Weber – Gallagher – Drouin – Domi – Kotkaniemi
1:38100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:19
PK2FByron – Chaput
1:29
PK1DWeber – Benn
1:02
PK2DPetry – Schlemko
0:53

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:55
SJSJustin Braunslap0.01 xG
SJS: Thornton, Vlasic, Braun, Sorensen, LabancMTL: Petry, Schlemko, Deslauriers, Chaput, Agostino
SJS 1 – 0 MTL
10:29
SJSBrent BurnsPP (Joe Pavelski, Erik Karlsson)wrist0.11 xG
SJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture, KarlssonMTL: Weber, Benn, Danault
SJS 2 – 0 MTL

2nd period

12:15
MTLJeff Petry (Jonathan Drouin, Andrew Shaw)wrist0.19 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Braun, Kane, Donskoi, SuomelaMTL: Petry, Schlemko, Shaw, Drouin, Domi
SJS 2 – 1 MTL
15:51
SJSJoe Pavelski (Brent Burns, Logan Couture)wrist0.12 xG
SJS: Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl, SimekMTL: Petry, Schlemko, Byron, Lehkonen, Kotkaniemi
SJS 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.

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.35	0	3	0	21:21	—	—	33	48
Joe Pavelski C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.30	0	2	0	20:50	—	—	42	60
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	2	0	18:14	—	—	40	67
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	39	35
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	12:12	—	—	44	37
Antti Suomela C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.29	1	1	0	11:42	—	—	43	35
Joe Thornton C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.67	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	45	14
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	45	7
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	3	0	0	14:08	—	—	39	13
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	1	2	13:12	—	—	41	35
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:09	—	—	69	55
Lukas Radil C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	9:51	—	—	83	60
Justin Braun D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.02	2	5	0	21:07	—	—	22	6
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	0	4	0	20:34	—	—	34	27
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	24:38	—	—	48	50
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	14:39	—	—	46	39
Brent Burns D	D3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.16	1	3	0	23:08	—	—	58	49
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	67	53

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	41	40	1	.976	2.75	59:57

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	81	94
Andrew Shaw R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	4	0	0	17:36	—	—	87	95
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.31	0	0	0	17:21	—	—	74	82
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	3	0	17:59	—	—	60	53
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.24	1	1	0	15:56	—	—	48	42
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	14:51	—	—	46	30
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	3	0	0	15:44	—	—	46	43
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.47	1	2	0	14:47	—	—	54	59
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:53	—	—	47	52
Kenny Agostino L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	1	0	11:49	—	—	32	29
Michael Chaput C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	2	2	10:50	—	—	26	23
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	8	1	0	9:01	—	—	30	44
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	6	1	2	25:07	—	—	51	54
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	2	0	21:54	—	—	50	59
Jeff Petry D	D2	1	0	1	-1	5	0.36	1	2	2	19:37	—	—	58	62
David Schlemko D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	19:12	—	—	65	74
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	55	47
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	0	5	0.43	1	0	2	15:42	—	—	65	63

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.28	57:32

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.