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Vegas Golden Knights at Montréal Canadiens

Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 4 · Jun 20, 2021 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Vegas Golden Knights 2 21
Montréal Canadiens 1 28

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
18:55 MTL Paul Byron (3) Nick Suzuki (6) 0 - 1
3rd Period
10:37 VGK Brayden McNabb (1) William Karlsson (10), Shea Theodore (8) 1 - 1
Overtime
01:18 VGK Nicolas Roy (4) Max Pacioretty (6), Alex Tuch (5) 2 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
14:45 MTL Shea Weber Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
14:45 VGK Tomas Nosek Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
16:44 MTL Nick Suzuki Hooking 2
19:38 VGK Alec Martinez Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights 56 37 21 2 1.9 49.0
Montréal Canadiens 54 38 28 1 2.8 51.0

How the game went

642024Start2nd3rdOTMontréal Canadiens aheadVegas Golden Knights ahead

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 Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 1.9 expected, 2 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.8 expected, 1 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTVGK goal, 10:37 of 3rd, a 11% chanceVGK goal, 1:18 of overtime, a 18% chanceMTL goal, 18:55 of 2nd, a 15% chanceMTL 2.8VGK 1.9

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

Vegas Golden Knights
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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault14:1443.335.71-0
Mattias Janmark · Alex Tuch · Nicolas Roy7:1266.757.60-0
Max Pacioretty · Mark Stone · Tomas Nosek7:1046.79.60-0
Max Pacioretty · Mark Stone · Alex Tuch5:4050.027.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alec Martinez · Alex Pietrangelo18:4042.644.01-0
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore17:2156.540.31-0
Nick Holden · Zach Whitecloud12:5558.812.70-0

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
3 Brayden McNabb D 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 19:01 0.14 13-10 0.40-0.60
10 Nicolas Roy C 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 15:33 0.52 17-9 0.80-0.35
27 Shea Theodore D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 22:46 0.03 17-17 0.46-1.05
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 18:14 0.25 19-15 0.74-0.69
71 William Karlsson C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:14 0.03 13-17 0.53-0.96
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:38 0.18 22-14 0.90-0.56
5 Nick Holden D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:05 0.03 11-11 0.06-0.44
7 Alex Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 26:37 0.17 24-30 1.06-1.33
13 Mattias Janmark C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:04 0.08 13-9 0.23-0.22
19 Reilly Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:13 0.12 14-18 0.53-1.10
25 Alec Martinez D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 21:53 0.03 22-28 1.07-1.42
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:33 3-8 0.07-0.43
28 Zach Whitecloud D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:28 0.01 12-7 0.16-0.33
38 Patrick Brown C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:26 0.06 3-8 0.07-0.44
55 Keegan Kolesar R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:33 4-6 0.08-0.29
61 Mark Stone R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:14 0.01 13-17 0.13-0.77
81 Jonathan Marchessault R 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:24 0.28 15-18 0.53-1.03
92 Tomas Nosek L 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 14:49 11-14 0.11-0.72
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner W 28 27 1 61:03 2.54 +1.54

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyler Toffoli · Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield11:4457.970.00-1
Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault · Artturi Lehkonen11:2461.992.60-0
Paul Byron · Josh Anderson · Jesperi Kotkaniemi11:0657.919.30-1
Eric Staal · Corey Perry · Joel Armia7:5058.380.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Petry · Joel Edmundson15:2456.758.00-0
Shea Weber · Ben Chiarot14:4148.542.61-1
Jon Merrill · Joel Edmundson6:4018.225.80-1

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 G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
41 Paul Byron L 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 17:41 0.15 16-17 0.49-0.81
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 1 1 0 2 3 7 18:49 0.34 14-12 0.87-0.43
2 Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24:35 23-16 1.02-0.43
4 Jon Merrill D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:27 0.01 12-10 0.86-0.16
6 Shea Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 23:35 0.08 17-22 0.71-0.95
6 Joel Edmundson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 26:49 0.02 19-25 0.60-0.67
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 15:00 0.45 18-15 0.95-0.16
8 Ben Chiarot D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 25:11 26-22 1.48-0.91
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:28 0.19 8-7 0.49-0.12
13 Cole Caufield R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:31 0.58 13-11 0.76-0.37
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 10 14:21 0.15 11-11 0.17-0.78
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:49 0.31 14-16 0.80-0.27
40 Joel Armia R 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 11:05 0.33 8-7 0.49-0.20
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:11 0.00 14-18 0.80-0.35
64 Erik Gustafsson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:29 5-3 0.34-0.02
73 Tyler Toffoli C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:44 0.09 14-11 0.87-0.36
82 Jesperi Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:23 0.05 15-14 0.35-0.75
90 Corey Perry R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:22 0.03 8-8 0.49-0.12
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price L 21 19 2 61:18 1.76 -0.24