San Jose Sharks vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 24, 2019

FinalThursday, Oct 24, 2019· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	3	0	4		SJS	8	6	9	23
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	13	16	8	37

: SJS 45MTL 68
: SJS 2.36MTL 3.87
PP goals: SJS 2MTL 0
Hits: SJS 20MTL 28
Blocks: SJS 17MTL 13
PIM: SJS 6MTL 6
: SJS 61%MTL 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2 at MTL. Evander Kane (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:30 together.

Points
Evander Kane had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:03.Kane
Points
Tomas Hertl had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:09.Hertl
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:30 together.Couture Karlsson Kane Hertl Labanc
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Drouin–Domi skated 14:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Drouin Domi
Usage
Tim Heed (SJS) played 3:21, −9:55 down on his 13:16 season average over 37 games.Heed
Goalie
Aaron Dell (SJS) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +7 against a season average of 29.9; the win.Dell
New line
New look for MTL: Byron–Lehkonen–Kotkaniemi skated 6:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Byron Lehkonen Kotkaniemi
Luck
MTL scored 2 goals on 3.87 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 113 of 113 attempts · MTL 68 · SJS 45

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 19% of the game, MTL 43%.

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
	38	65
	1.04	3.53
	1.04	2.91
	5	18
	5	2
	16	23
	+0.130	−0.130
	19%	43%

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

L1Marleau – Couture – Meier
12:4938% CF
L2Kane – Hertl – Labanc
8:0429% CF
L3Thornton – Sorensen – Goodrow
7:3325% CF
L4Karlsson – Gregor – Gambrell
5:2256% CF
D1Burns – Vlasic
11:3938% CF
D2Karlsson – Dillon
9:1433% CF
D3Heed – Ferraro
2:4650% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Labanc
2:30100% CF
PP2Thornton – Marleau – Burns – Vlasic – Meier
0:57
PK1FKane – Hertl
1:21
PK2FCouture – Meier
1:09
PK1DKarlsson – Dillon
1:39
PK2DBurns – Vlasic
1:05

Current SJS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Armia – Drouin – Domi
14:0462% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
10:5167% CF
L3Thompson – Cousins – Suzuki
9:1238% CF
L4Byron – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
6:2667% CF
D1Weber – Mete
15:5080% CF
D2Chiarot – Fleury
15:2645% CF
D3Petry – Kulak
13:4564% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Armia – Domi – Suzuki
2:0050% CF
PP2Weber – Gallagher – Cousins – Drouin – Kotkaniemi
1:21100% CF
PK1FThompson – Byron
1:52
PK2FDanault – Lehkonen
1:37
PK1DWeber – Petry
1:34
PK2DChiarot – Mete
0:26

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:36
MTLNick Cousins (Nate Thompson)wrist0.11 xG
SJS: Kane, Dillon, Hertl, Labanc, FerraroMTL: Thompson, Chiarot, Gallagher, Cousins, Fleury
SJS 0 – 1 MTL
19:05
SJSEvander KanePP (Logan Couture, Tomas Hertl)wrist0.11 xG
SJS: Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl, LabancMTL: Thompson, Petry, Byron, Chiarot
SJS 1 – 1 MTL

2nd period

4:54
SJSEvander KanePP (Tomas Hertl, Brent Burns)backhand0.10 xG
SJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Hertl, LabancMTL: Weber, Chiarot, Danault, Lehkonen
SJS 2 – 1 MTL
8:08
SJSKevin Labanc (Tomas Hertl, Evander Kane)wrist0.10 xG
SJS: Karlsson, Kane, Dillon, Hertl, LabancMTL: Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, Kulak
SJS 3 – 1 MTL
19:24
SJSMelker Karlsson (Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau)wrist0.04 xG
SJS: Thornton, Marleau, Vlasic, Karlsson, KarlssonMTL: Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, Kulak
SJS 4 – 1 MTL
19:46
MTLJoel Armia (Max Domi, Shea Weber)tip-in0.05 xG
SJS: Marleau, Burns, Couture, Dillon, MeierMTL: Weber, Armia, Drouin, Domi, Mete
SJS 4 – 2 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	0.04	3	1	0	18:53	—	—	37	22
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	1	0	16:45	—	—	33	19
Patrick Marleau C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.44	1	1	0	16:05	—	—	42	29
Evander Kane L	L2	2	1	3	0	4	0.23	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	32	29
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	3	3	0	1	0.96	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	26	26
Kevin Labanc R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.28	0	1	0	14:15	—	—	36	37
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	13:51	—	—	41	34
Joe Thornton C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	13:43	—	—	44	41
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	27	2
Melker Karlsson C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	1	0	2	13:42	—	—	56	43
Dylan Gambrell C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	44	13
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:19	—	—	40	15
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.11	2	1	2	27:04	—	—	33	5
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	2	0	22:18	—	—	44	15
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	1	3	0	26:35	—	—	50	76
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	2	2	23:25	—	—	24	25
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	15:02	—	—	29	12
Tim Heed D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:21	—	—	43	23

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	3.87	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.47	1	0	2	21:27	—	—	65	84
Max Domi C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.31	0	1	0	21:00	—	—	66	74
Joel Armia R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.52	6	0	0	19:37	—	—	62	74
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	1	0	0	16:27	—	—	64	65
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.34	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	74	77
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	69	61
Nick Suzuki C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	40	53
Nick Cousins C	L3	1	0	1	+1	6	1.10	3	1	0	13:20	—	—	56	88
Nate Thompson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	1	3	0	13:01	—	—	50	71
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	4	0	0	11:25	—	—	67	77
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	11:09	—	—	67	89
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	1	0	10:54	—	—	67	76
Shea Weber D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	1	2	23:23	—	—	75	94
Victor Mete D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	1	3	0	17:49	—	—	80	100
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	19:27	—	—	50	55
Cale Fleury D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	1	1	0	17:23	—	—	46	67
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	4	1	2	21:13	—	—	63	70
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	59	68

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	1.31	57:26

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.