San Jose Sharks vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 11, 2024

FinalThursday, Jan 11, 2024· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	2	1	0	3		SJS	7	17	11	35
MTL	1	0	1	2		MTL	11	9	15	35

: SJS 62MTL 68
: SJS 3.18MTL 3.08
PP goals: SJS 0MTL 0
Hits: SJS 39MTL 22
Blocks: SJS 19MTL 14
PIM: SJS 4MTL 8
: SJS 54%MTL 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at MTL. Mike Matheson (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for SJS: Granlund–Duclair–Eklund skated 11:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mike Matheson had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 26:56.Matheson
New line
New look for SJS: Granlund–Duclair–Eklund skated 11:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Granlund Duclair Eklund
New line
New look for SJS: Hertl–Zetterlund–Zadina skated 10:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (48% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Zetterlund Zadina
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (SJS) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +4 against a season average of 31.4; the win.Blackwood
New line
New look for MTL: Monahan–Ylonen–Harvey-Pinard skated 8:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Monahan Ylonen Harvey-Pinard
New line
New look for SJS: Hoffman–Carpenter–Labanc skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Carpenter Labanc
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +3 against a season average of 31.9; the loss.Montembeault
Usage
Mario Ferraro (SJS) played 27:55, +5:07 up on his 22:48 season average over 77 games.Ferraro

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 130 of 130 attempts · MTL 68 · 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 33% of the game, MTL 35%.

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
	64	58
	2.97	2.30
	2.70	2.19
	11	6
	8	4
	14	19
	+0.006	−0.006
	33%	35%

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

L1Granlund – Duclair – Eklund
11:3864% CF
L2Hertl – Zetterlund – Zadina
10:5348% CF
L3Bailey – Kunin – Barabanov
8:3131% CF
L4Hoffman – Carpenter – Labanc
5:5967% CF
D1Vlasic – Ferraro
16:5844% CF
D2Rutta – Thrun
12:5654% CF
D3Addison – Okhotiuk
11:0043% CF

PP1Granlund – Hertl – Zetterlund – Addison – Eklund
1:34100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Duclair – Labanc – Ferraro – Barabanov
0:41100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Zetterlund
0:18
PK1DVlasic – Ferraro
0:18

Current SJS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
11:4840% CF
L2Gallagher – Anderson – Evans
11:3446% CF
L3Monahan – Ylonen – Harvey-Pinard
8:2160% CF
L4Armia – Stephens – Pezzetta
5:5140% CF
D1Guhle – Barron
15:0058% CF
D2Savard – Matheson
15:0056% CF
D3Harris – Struble
12:3140% CF

PP1Savard – Armia – Matheson – Suzuki – Caufield
0:18
PK1FArmia – Evans
1:17
PK2FSuzuki – Harvey-Pinard
0:39
PK1DSavard – Matheson
1:34
PK2DStruble – Guhle
0:39

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
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:31	—	—	63	75
William Eklund L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.32	2	1	2	18:13	—	—	63	75
Anthony Duclair L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.26	1	0	0	16:04	—	—	62	83
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	3	2	0	21:34	—	—	52	55
Fabian Zetterlund L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.36	1	3	0	21:10	—	—	44	42
Filip Zadina R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.27	5	0	0	12:56	—	—	52	56
Alexander Barabanov L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	35	27
Luke Kunin C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	6	1	0	14:00	—	—	32	37
Justin Bailey R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	3	1	0	10:55	—	—	38	28
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.72	2	0	0	10:34	—	—	62	70
Mike Hoffman C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	0	0	10:20	—	—	67	74
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	8:05	—	—	64	63
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	2	0	27:55	—	—	54	56
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	3	0	20:49	—	—	46	56
Henry Thrun D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	19:16	—	—	59	60
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	1	2	17:09	—	—	55	51
Calen Addison D	D3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.42	1	1	0	15:10	—	—	50	57
Nikita Okhotiuk D	D3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.17	3	0	0	13:58	—	—	53	62

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	3.08	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.59	2	1	0	22:10	—	—	41	36
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	0	7	0.43	3	1	0	19:42	—	—	47	40
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	1	0	0	17:47	—	—	42	36
Josh Anderson R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.21	2	1	2	17:48	—	—	47	44
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:46	—	—	47	46
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.22	1	1	0	14:26	—	—	41	39
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.25	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	65	63
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	63	57
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	2	10:35	—	—	53	54
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	2	13:13	—	—	55	45
Mitchell Stephens C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	2	0	7:23	—	—	31	10
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:59	—	—	40	17
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.05	1	4	0	19:50	—	—	53	40
Justin Barron D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	1	0	17:31	—	—	48	43
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	2	2	0	6	0.49	0	0	0	26:56	—	—	51	52
David Savard D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:50	—	—	51	54
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	17:03	—	—	29	22
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	0	2	15:04	—	—	46	30

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	3.18	55:47

Goal anatomy

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

Luke Kunin (SJS) 1st 5:19 · unassisted · Rush · passed in · 24.5 mph shot · 4.5 s from entry to goal.

Luke Kunin · 1st 5:19 · SJS

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.5 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Fabian Zetterlund · 1st 17:25 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.6 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s

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Brendan Gallagher · 1st 17:46 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 44.3 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nikita Okhotiuk · 2nd 16:44 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Josh Anderson · 3rd 16:26 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 70.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: deflection

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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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 11, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

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

Goal anatomy

Luke Kunin · 1st 5:19 · SJS

Fabian Zetterlund · 1st 17:25 · SJS

Brendan Gallagher · 1st 17:46 · MTL

Nikita Okhotiuk · 2nd 16:44 · SJS

Josh Anderson · 3rd 16:26 · MTL