Montréal Canadiens at Dallas Stars

Jan 2, 2024 · American Airlines Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	4	18
Dallas Stars	3	33

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
00:11	DAL	Jamie Benn (7)	Wyatt Johnston (13)	0 - 1
04:14	MTL	Nick Suzuki (12)	Juraj Slafkovský (10), Jordan Harris (4)	1 - 1
09:46	MTL	Kaiden Guhle (3)	Johnathan Kovacevic (2), Michael Pezzetta (5)	2 - 1
2nd Period
06:54	MTL	Jordan Harris (1)	Unassisted	3 - 1
3rd Period
06:45	MTL	Cole Caufield (11) PP	Sean Monahan (13), Nick Suzuki (22)	4 - 1
16:12	DAL	Wyatt Johnston (10)	Evgenii Dadonov (8), Mason Marchment (13)	4 - 2
18:00	DAL	Jason Robertson (12)	Matt Duchene (21), Mason Marchment (14)	4 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
14:49	MTL	Josh Anderson	Slashing	2
3rd Period
00:42	DAL	Jamie Benn	High sticking double minor	4
05:59	DAL	Joe Pavelski	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	39	26	18	4	2.0	32.5
Dallas Stars	80	53	33	3	3.9	67.5

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 Dallas Stars had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 2.0 expected, 4 scored · Dallas Stars: 3.9 expected, 3 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.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens

Dallas Stars

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský	10:55	62.5	79.2	2-0
Josh Anderson · Sean Monahan · Jesse Ylonen	8:39	18.2	0.0	0-1
Joel Armia · Mitchell Stephens · Michael Pezzetta	5:43	33.3	17.2	1-0
Brendan Gallagher · Jake Evans · Nick Suzuki	2:31	33.3	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
David Savard · Mike Matheson	6:45	18.2	33.5	0-1
Kaiden Guhle · Justin Barron	6:15	55.6	71.5	0-0
Johnathan Kovacevic · Jayden Struble	4:27	60.0	13.7	0-0

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
14	Nick Suzuki	C	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	22:32	0.12	8-5	0.38-0.08
43	Jordan Harris	D	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	14:11	0.04	7-13	0.36-0.56
13	Cole Caufield	R	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	18:11	0.31	8-5	0.35-0.15
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	19:17	0.07	9-21	0.40-0.65
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	12:32	0.02	7-10	0.12-0.28
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	19:14	0.39	7-4	0.55-0.11
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	1	1	-3	0	1	1	20:23	0.11	7-22	0.09-1.01
61	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	8	10:46	0.05	7-13	0.14-0.63
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:29	0.11	6-11	0.41-0.27
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	20:42	0.10	3-22	0.31-1.33
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	5	15:18	0.10	7-27	0.05-1.43
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	14:04	0.04	7-21	0.16-1.11
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18:15	0.00	13-15	0.21-0.61
56	Jesse Ylonen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:05	0.04	7-22	0.16-1.14
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	17:50		6-20	0.29-1.10
67	Mitchell Stephens	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:22		8-13	0.15-0.66
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20:01		6-19	0.41-0.73
72	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:48	0.14	7-7	0.20-0.35

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	33	30	3	60:00	3.90	+0.90

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Duchene · Tyler Seguin · Mason Marchment	12:35	60.7	67.8	0-1
Joe Pavelski · Roope Hintz · Jason Robertson	10:24	81.3	87.1	0-0
Jamie Benn · Evgenii Dadonov · Wyatt Johnston	8:58	70.6	76.9	1-1
Craig Smith · Sam Steel · Ty Dellandrea	5:29	70.0	87.8	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Suter · Miro Heiskanen	13:55	53.8	53.5	0-0
Nils Lundkvist · Thomas Harley	11:37	72.7	72.8	0-1
Jani Hakanpää · Esa Lindell	10:31	70.0	74.3	1-1

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
53	Wyatt Johnston	C	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	15:25	0.10	14-6	0.62-0.23
27	Mason Marchment	L	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	17:59	0.23	20-11	0.67-0.27
14	Jamie Benn	L	1	0	1	0	4	3	1	15:32	0.28	12-6	0.53-0.16
21	Jason Robertson	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	21:16	0.34	14-5	0.75-0.18
33	Evgenii Dadonov	L	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	13:13	0.20	15-6	0.66-0.23
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	20:18	0.47	18-11	0.57-0.27
4	Miro Heiskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	27:32	0.14	16-10	0.70-0.43
5	Nils Lundkvist	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	13:45	0.00	18-7	0.58-0.24
10	Ty Dellandrea	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	08:46		8-5	0.49-0.34
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	07:26	0.29	9-3	0.49-0.07
16	Joe Pavelski	C	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	20:13	0.90	13-5	0.72-0.38
18	Sam Steel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	09:35	0.19	8-6	0.49-0.34
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:53	0.18	13-8	0.78-0.30
23	Esa Lindell	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:31	0.01	19-8	0.92-0.33
24	Roope Hintz	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	20:24	0.21	14-3	0.75-0.11
28	Jani Hakanpää	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	16:36	0.06	17-10	0.88-0.34
55	Thomas Harley	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	20:45	0.12	25-9	1.03-0.25
91	Tyler Seguin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:07	0.12	17-11	0.57-0.27

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Scott Wedgewood	L	18	14	4	53:58	1.67	-2.33