San Jose Sharks vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 29, 2022

FinalTuesday, Nov 29, 2022· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	0	3	4		SJS	7	6	11	24
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	8	6	14	28

: SJS 41MTL 67
: SJS 3.35MTL 2.82
PP goals: SJS 0MTL 0
Hits: SJS 14MTL 11
Blocks: SJS 28MTL 9
PIM: SJS 12MTL 8
: SJS 47%MTL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks rout Montreal Canadiens 4–0

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–0 at MTL. Tomas Hertl (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MTL scored 0 goals on 2.82 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Tomas Hertl had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:42.Hertl
Points
Logan Couture had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:32.Couture
Points
Kevin Labanc had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:13.Labanc
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 2.82 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Lindblom–Lorentz–Viel skated 4:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lindblom Lorentz Viel
Usage
Matt Nieto (SJS) played 17:11, +3:42 up on his 13:29 season average over 80 games.Nieto
Usage
Jordan Harris (MTL) played 13:04, −5:40 down on his 18:44 season average over 64 games.Harris
Usage
David Savard (MTL) played 17:50, −4:38 down on his 22:28 season average over 61 games.Savard

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 108 of 108 attempts · MTL 67 · SJS 41

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 22% 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
	23	64
	0.88	2.81
	0.85	2.55
	7	7
	2	5
	19	26
	−0.021	+0.021
	22%	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

L1Hertl – Labanc – Meier
9:1724% CF
L2Bonino – Kunin – Gregor
7:5517% CF
L3Couture – Nieto – Barabanov
7:1045% CF
L4Lindblom – Lorentz – Viel
4:3825% CF
D1Karlsson – Megna
13:0411% CF
D2Vlasic – Benning
9:4630% CF
D3Simek – Cicek
9:4631% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
5:47100% CF
PP2Bonino – Nieto – Benning – Labanc – Kunin
1:58
PK1FBonino – Kunin
4:00
PK2FCouture – Nieto
3:40
PK1DVlasic – Benning
5:19
PK2DMegna – Simek
2:35

Current SJS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
9:4467% CF
L2Dadonov – Gallagher – Dvorak
6:4888% CF
L3Armia – Anderson – Monahan
6:0370% CF
L4Evans – Pezzetta – Slafkovský
2:5783% CF
D1Savard – Matheson
10:1885% CF
D2Edmundson – Guhle
10:0857% CF
D3Kovacevic – Harris
8:2975% CF

PP1Matheson – Monahan – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
7:2088% CF
PP2Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak – Guhle – Slafkovský
1:54100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
2:11
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
0:37
PK1DSavard – Edmundson
4:05
PK2DMatheson – Guhle
1:14

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:33
SJSMatt Nieto (Alexander Barabanov, Logan Couture)wrist0.03 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Couture, Nieto, Benning, BarabanovMTL: Edmundson, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, Guhle
SJS 1 – 0 MTL

3rd period

2:29
SJSTomas Hertl (Kevin Labanc, Nick Cicek)tip-in0.09 xG
SJS: Hertl, Labanc, Meier, Simek, CicekMTL: Dadonov, Matheson, Anderson, Evans, Harris
SJS 2 – 0 MTL
3:44
SJSLogan Couture (Matt Benning, Marc-Edouard Vlasic)wrist0.12 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Couture, Nieto, Benning, BarabanovMTL: Edmundson, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, Guhle
SJS 3 – 0 MTL
17:46
SJSTomas HertlEN (Kevin Labanc, Timo Meier)wrist0.90 xG
SJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Megna, Labanc, MeierMTL: Savard, Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield
SJS 4 – 0 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
Tomas Hertl C	L1	2	0	2	+2	6	1.55	0	1	0	19:42	—	—	21	27
Timo Meier R	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.50	1	1	2	19:20	—	—	21	28
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	22	26
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	18:01	—	—	22	12
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	0	5	0	17:51	—	—	23	12
Noah Gregor L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:17	—	—	14	4
Logan Couture C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.25	0	2	0	19:32	—	—	43	60
Matt Nieto L	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.03	1	1	0	17:11	—	—	46	54
Alexander Barabanov L	L3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.22	0	1	0	15:57	—	—	39	55
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:17	—	—	10	3
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	7:35	—	—	17	4
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	2	7:22	—	—	11	3
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	0	1	0	25:07	—	—	19	13
Jaycob Megna D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	3	2	17:41	—	—	14	4
Matt Benning D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.09	1	3	0	21:16	—	—	25	34
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	0	4	0	20:21	—	—	32	42
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	14:41	—	—	26	19
Nick Cicek D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	13:36	—	—	41	34

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.82	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	-3	1	0.17	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	70	72
Kirby Dach C	L1	-3	2	0.08	1	0	0	19:46	—	—	67	70
Cole Caufield R	L1	-3	4	0.44	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	67	68
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	14:09	—	—	67	77
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	90	97
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:46	—	—	74	76
Sean Monahan C	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:47	—	—	81	85
Josh Anderson R	L3	-1	3	0.25	1	0	0	17:45	—	—	68	55
Joel Armia R	L3	0	3	0.28	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	78	72
Jake Evans C	L4	-1	0	0.03	1	1	0	14:41	—	—	73	71
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	0	3	0.51	0	1	0	11:42	—	—	77	82
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	2	0.26	2	0	0	6:26	—	—	92	99
Mike Matheson D	D1	-2	2	0.05	0	1	2	25:01	—	—	83	82
David Savard D	D1	-1	3	0.22	1	0	2	17:50	—	—	82	83
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	-2	1	0.01	2	2	0	20:12	—	—	60	59
Joel Edmundson D	D2	-2	0	0.03	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	65	70
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:31	—	—	77	94
Jordan Harris D	D3	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:04	—	—	70	68

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	2.45	59:41

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.