New York Rangers at Montréal Canadiens

1st Round, Game 1 · Apr 12, 2017 · Centre Bell

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Rangers	2	31
Montréal Canadiens	0	31

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
09:50	NYR	Tanner Glass (1)	Oscar Lindberg (1)	1 - 0
3rd Period
18:50	NYR	Michael Grabner (1)	Jesper Fast (1)	2 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:15	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	Tripping	2
15:39	NYR	Ryan McDonagh	Interference	2
17:35	NYR	Brendan Smith	High sticking	2
2nd Period
14:37	NYR	J.T. Miller	Delaying game puck over glass	2
15:35	MTL	Alex Galchenyuk	Delaying game face off violation	2
16:29	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	Holding	2
3rd Period
14:20	MTL	Phillip Danault	Tripping	2
19:35	NYR	Mats Zuccarello	Roughing	2
19:35	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	Roughing	2
19:35	MTL	Andrei Markov	Misconduct	10

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Rangers	60	42	31	2	2.3	48.4
Montréal Canadiens	68	44	31	0	2.5	51.6

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while New York Rangers had.

Expected goals

New York Rangers: 2.3 expected, 2 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.5 expected, 0 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

New York Rangers

Montréal Canadiens

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Derek Stepan · Chris Kreider · Mats Zuccarello	10:55	45.5	58.9	0-0
Michael Grabner · Kevin Hayes · J.T. Miller	9:32	35.3	17.0	0-0
Tanner Glass · Oscar Lindberg · Jesper Fast	6:22	57.9	35.8	1-0
Rick Nash · Mika Zibanejad · Jimmy Vesey	6:21	28.6	57.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh	15:21	41.5	53.4	0-0
Marc Staal · Nick Holden	13:18	40.0	31.2	0-0
Brendan Smith · Brady Skjei	11:40	87.5	97.5	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
15	Tanner Glass	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	08:01	0.03	13-9	0.40-0.69
40	Michael Grabner	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	3	15:10		7-14	0.07-0.37
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	10:36	0.14	15-8	0.43-0.67
71	Jesper Fast	R	0	1	1	2	0	0	5	13:54	0.08	13-9	0.39-0.67
5	Dan Girardi	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	21:16	0.02	18-31	0.75-1.18
5	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	19:27	0.11	9-14	0.12-0.27
7	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	16:15	0.11	16-5	0.50-0.04
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	16:04	0.08	13-15	0.48-0.41
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	16:52	0.12	7-15	0.07-0.42
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	17:00	0.02	8-17	0.12-0.78
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19:36	0.16	15-12	0.58-0.12
22	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:36	0.03	12-12	0.18-0.12
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:49	0.14	9-11	0.43-0.26
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	24:32	0.08	21-25	0.87-0.67
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	20:17	0.36	16-14	0.61-0.17
61	Rick Nash	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14:26	0.22	7-12	0.39-0.26
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	16:51	0.02	18-4	0.60-0.01
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	14:53	0.30	8-13	0.39-0.26

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Henrik Lundqvist	W, SO	31	31	0	60:00	2.34	+2.34

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alexander Radulov · Max Pacioretty · Phillip Danault	11:12	62.5	49.0	0-0
Dwight King · Andrew Shaw · Artturi Lehkonen	10:40	52.9	36.6	0-0
Tomas Plekanec · Paul Byron · Brendan Gallagher	8:38	53.8	0.0	0-1
Steve Ott · Alex Galchenyuk · Andreas Martinsen	8:31	46.4	59.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nikita Nesterov · Nathan Beaulieu	15:01	35.1	24.1	0-0
Andrei Markov · Shea Weber	14:27	65.0	58.5	0-0
Jeff Petry · Jordie Benn	13:32	60.0	67.7	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
2	Jeff Petry	D	-2	0	0	3	20:06	0.05	21-14	1.05-0.50
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	5	2	24:15	0.23	14-7	0.14-0.08
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	-1	6	0	2	13:51		9-7	0.05-0.10
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	-2	0	0	2	13:59		9-7	0.07-0.10
18	Jordie Benn	D	-1	0	3	2	17:11	0.10	22-14	1.07-0.50
21	Dwight King	L	0	0	3	4	14:01	0.08	10-10	0.30-0.48
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	2	0	4	14:07		17-11	0.28-0.28
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	2	19:04	0.03	13-24	0.29-0.90
29	Andreas Martinsen	L	0	0	2	5	09:23	0.21	13-15	0.90-0.60
41	Paul Byron	L	-1	0	1	7	12:43	0.04	8-8	0.02-0.11
47	Alexander Radulov	R	-1	0	1	3	17:37	0.01	15-14	0.25-0.34
47	Alex Galchenyuk	C	0	2	4	0	13:52	0.47	14-17	0.90-0.62
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	2	5	14:09	0.21	10-8	0.26-0.44
65	Andrew Shaw	R	-1	0	2	3	19:03	0.57	10-11	0.26-0.49
67	Max Pacioretty	L	-1	0	5	2	18:20	0.26	16-10	0.25-0.27
79	Andrei Markov	D	-1	10	1	0	23:08	0.02	13-7	0.11-0.08
89	Nikita Nesterov	D	0	0	1	3	15:51	0.01	13-24	0.29-0.90
92	Steve Ott	C	0	0	1	4	12:23	0.17	13-17	0.90-0.61

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Carey Price	L	30	29	1	58:32	1.92	+0.92