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Sun, Mar 5, 2023·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Montréal Canadiens 3, Vegas Golden Knights 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 53% of the time.

VGK winsMTL wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

VGK forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against MTL's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

Hoffman–Anderson–DrouinSuzuki–Ylonen–Harvey-PinardGurianov–Suzuki–Harvey-PinardBelzile–Tierney–PezzettaDvorak–Pitlick–YlonenDvorak–Gurianov–PitlickHoffman–Anderson–SuzukiBelzile–Dvorak–PitlickSavard–MathesonKovacevic–HarrisEdmundson–AllardEdmundson–HarrisSavard–HarrisEdmundson–MathesonMatheson–AllardAllard–HarrisSavard–Edmundson
Marchessault–Barbashev–Eichel0:530.00–0.002:360.05–0.001:320.02–0.002:220.10–0.251:120.10–0.001:100.00–0.004:050.13–0.002:140.09–0.001:590.09–0.010:300.00–0.001:280.24–0.000:550.02–0.13
Blueger–Kolesar–Howden5:340.22–0.220:430.00–0.001:030.14–0.000:510.10–0.004:330.21–0.061:110.14–0.011:550.00–0.121:220.07–0.000:410.00–0.000:410.00–0.05
Kessel–Stephenson–Cotter3:260.09–0.521:220.00–0.142:210.12–0.100:410.00–0.014:070.21–0.411:500.00–0.011:080.02–0.000:470.00–0.00
Smith–Karlsson–Amadio1:460.00–0.262:390.33–0.001:310.00–0.030:390.00–0.000:450.00–0.004:190.26–0.031:320.00–0.261:220.07–0.000:410.00–0.10
Kessel–Smith–Karlsson0:430.00–0.000:430.00–0.00
Hague–Whitecloud2:290.02–0.581:370.00–0.131:300.07–0.002:240.11–0.091:410.00–0.140:340.00–0.003:370.11–0.113:320.10–0.291:420.07–0.161:220.02–0.000:310.00–0.05
Martinez–Pietrangelo3:080.15–0.101:250.00–0.263:060.26–0.141:510.01–0.000:570.00–0.000:440.02–0.000:330.02–0.004:470.36–0.003:400.07–0.402:400.02–0.101:050.01–0.00
McNabb–Theodore1:520.02–0.001:380.05–0.001:570.22–0.000:510.00–0.002:270.21–0.122:060.10–0.004:250.12–0.003:050.23–0.001:180.20–0.001:250.09–0.010:330.00–0.000:430.02–0.00
McNabb–Whitecloud1:070.05–0.000:350.05–0.000:520.00–0.00
Pietrangelo–Hague1:000.07–0.001:000.07–0.00
Theodore–Hague0:300.00–0.001:050.00–0.00
Pietrangelo–McNabb0:370.00–0.060:520.00–0.06
Martinez–Theodore0:480.12–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndHowden FBlueger FKolesar FEichel FMarchessault FBarbashev FKessel FStephenson FCotter FAmadio FSmith FKarlsson FPietrangelo DMartinez DMcNabb DTheodore DWhitecloud DHague DQuick GAnderson FDrouin FHoffman FHarvey-Pinard FSuzuki FGurianov FDvorak FPitlick FYlonen FTierney FBelzile FPezzetta FMatheson DSavard DHarris DKovacevic DAllard DEdmundson DAllen G
VGKMTLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Mike MathesonMTL2526:571:052:2722
David SavardMTL2224:591:083:1011
Alex PietrangeloVGK2923:340:492:0833
Nick SuzukiMTL2422:100:551:5836
Jordan HarrisMTL2221:581:001:4501
Brayden McNabbVGK2621:470:502:0942
Rafael Harvey-PinardMTL2219:470:541:5935
Josh AndersonMTL2219:190:531:2823
Nicolas HagueVGK2419:040:481:2022
Shea TheodoreVGK2218:350:511:4050
Zach WhitecloudVGK2217:500:491:2322
Ivan BarbashevVGK2217:350:481:2140
Alec MartinezVGK2217:340:481:2732
Mike HoffmanMTL2117:180:491:3232
Jonathan DrouinMTL2117:100:491:3911
Chandler StephensonVGK1817:030:571:3422
Jesse YlonenMTL2216:580:461:3831
Joel EdmundsonMTL2416:380:421:2113
Brett HowdenVGK1915:420:501:2612
Jack EichelVGK2015:360:471:1350
Jonathan MarchessaultVGK2015:350:471:1340
Reilly SmithVGK1815:300:521:3522
Teddy BluegerVGK1915:150:481:0511
Rem PitlickMTL1915:080:481:3422
William KarlssonVGK1714:460:521:2422
Johnathan KovacevicMTL1514:290:581:3701
Keegan KolesarVGK1713:530:491:1111
Denis GurianovMTL1613:340:511:5015
Christian DvorakMTL2113:260:381:1524
Phil KesselVGK1413:150:571:2610
Michael AmadioVGK1412:130:521:1331
Frederic AllardMTL1411:310:491:1711
Paul CotterVGK1311:130:521:1911
Alex BelzileMTL1510:400:431:1500
Chris TierneyMTL149:440:421:1000
Michael PezzettaMTL127:360:381:0200