Game #38 - January 4, 2024 - Buffalo 6 at Montreal 1
Game #38 - January 4, 2024
  Buffalo   6   at     Montreal   1
All times below are based on data from NHL.com.               
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Lines and defensive pairings

Line Time EV PP SH +/-
22 Caufield14 Suzuki20 Slafkovsky
 12:06 12:06 0:00 0:00 E
55 Pezzetta13 Stephens40 Armia
 7:25 7:25 0:00 0:00 -1
11 Gallagher71 Evans56 Ylonen
 6:09 6:09 0:00 0:00 -1
14 Suzuki - 20 Slafkovsky - 22 Caufield - 91 Monahan 3:46 0:14 3:32 0:00 E
17 Anderson91 Monahan11 Gallagher
 3:28 3:28 0:00 0:00 E
17 Anderson91 Monahan40 Armia
 2:39 2:39 0:00 0:00 E
17 Anderson71 Evans56 Ylonen
 2:31 2:31 0:00 0:00 -1
40 Armia71 Evans
 1:53 0:00 0:00 1:53 E
17 Anderson91 Monahan20 Slafkovsky
 1:43 1:43 0:00 0:00 E
11 Gallagher - 14 Suzuki - 17 Anderson - 56 Ylonen 1:33 0:00 1:33 0:00 E
71 Evans91 Monahan
 1:27 0:00 0:00 1:27 E
22 Caufield91 Monahan17 Anderson
 1:21 1:21 0:00 0:00 E
Others 13:59 11:05 0:55 1:59 E
Pair Time EV PP SH +/-
  8 Matheson58 Savard
 12:51 9:50 0:00 3:01 E
47 Struble54 Harris
 9:36 9:27 0:00 0:09 -1
21 Guhle52 Barron
 9:34 9:34 0:00 0:00 E
47 Struble52 Barron
 4:21 4:19 0:00 0:02 E
  8 Matheson
 3:46 0:14 3:32 0:00 E
21 Guhle58 Savard
 3:37 3:37 0:00 0:00 -1
21 Guhle54 Harris
 3:16 2:27 0:00 0:49 E
52 Barron
 2:34 0:06 2:28 0:00 -1
54 Harris26 Kovacevic
 2:22 2:22 0:00 0:00 E
47 Struble26 Kovacevic
 2:00 2:00 0:00 0:00 E
21 Guhle26 Kovacevic
 1:55 1:17 0:00 0:38 E
  8 Matheson26 Kovacevic
 1:47 1:14 0:00 0:33 E
  8 Matheson47 Struble
 1:17 1:16 0:00 0:01 E
Others 1:04 0:58 0:00 0:06 E

Line match-ups:

Line/Pair 22CC
14NS
20JS		 55MP
13MS
40JA		 11BG
71JE
56JY		 14NS
20JS
22CC
91SM		 17JA
91SM
11BG		 17JA
91SM
40JA		 17JA
71JE
56JY		 8MM
58DS		 47JS
54JH		 21KG
52JB		 47JS
52JB		 8MM 21KG
58DS		 21KG
54JH		 52JB 54JH
26JK		 47JS
26JK
9 Benson - 37 Mittelstadt - 12 Greenway 3:52 0:38 1:54     0:15 0:10 0:52 2:55 2:54 1:30     1:15 0:06 1:16 1:02
53 Skinner - 72 Thompson - 89 Tuch 6:15   1:22   0:45     3:51 1:23 0:48     1:07 0:32     0:03
28 Girgensons - 19 Krebs - 71 Olofsson 0:09 3:48     0:24 0:21 0:59 0:54 2:47 2:16 0:50   0:22 0:04   0:33  
22 Quinn - 24 Cozens - 77 Peterka 0:35 0:57 2:09   1:09 0:49 0:33 1:27 0:10 2:28 0:35   0:49     0:08 0:39
53 Skinner - 37 Mittelstadt - 72 Thompson - 89 Tuch               1:44                  
9 Benson - 24 Cozens - 22 Quinn - 77 Peterka               1:11     0:06     0:49      
23 Samuelsson - 75 Clifton 3:25 4:07 1:36   2:17 0:15   2:01 3:03 2:45 2:17   0:47 1:00   0:33 0:53
10 Jokiharju - 26 Dahlin 5:42 1:00 2:18   0:10 1:33 0:59 5:06 2:33 0:43 0:23   0:36 0:21   1:20 0:41
6 Johnson - 25 Power 1:35 0:17 1:27   0:58 0:44 0:54 1:39 1:19 5:13 1:13   0:28 0:43   0:08  
6 Johnson - 23 Samuelsson       2:42             0:11 2:42     1:34    
26 Dahlin               1:50                  
26 Dahlin - 75 Clifton 0:20 0:21 0:01 0:55     0:05 0:17 0:11     0:55 0:29 0:09 0:38 0:02  
25 Power               1:11     0:06     0:51      

Shift chart:
(green = even-strength, red = power-play, blue = short-handed)

For each forward: most common linemates
(as a percentage of total ice time)

11 Gallagher
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Evans-Ylonen 39.6% 39.6%    
Anderson-Monahan 22.3% 22.3%    
Suzuki-Anderson-Ylonen 10.0%   10.0%  
Monahan-Armia 6.0% 6.0%    
Anderson-Ylonen-Evans 5.9%   5.9%  
Others 16.2% 16.2%    
Totals   84.1% 15.9%  
13 Stephens
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Pezzetta-Armia 67.0% 67.0%    
Pezzetta-Gallagher 6.2% 6.2%    
Monahan 5.6%     5.6%
Suzuki 5.4%     5.4%
Pezzetta-Ylonen 4.7% 4.7%    
Others 11.1% 8.0%   3.2%
Totals   85.8%   14.2%
14 Suzuki
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Caufield-Slafkovsky 51.9% 51.9%    
Slafkovsky-Caufield-Monahan 16.2% 1.0% 15.2%  
Gallagher-Anderson-Ylonen 6.7%   6.7%  
Evans-Ylonen 4.0% 4.0%    
Anderson-Monahan 2.6% 2.6%    
Others 18.6% 14.4%   4.2%
Totals   74.0% 21.8% 4.2%
17 Anderson
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Monahan-Gallagher 20.3% 20.3%    
Monahan-Armia 15.5% 15.5%    
Evans-Ylonen 14.7% 14.7%    
Monahan-Slafkovsky 10.0% 10.0%    
Gallagher-Suzuki-Ylonen 9.1%   9.1%  
Others 30.3% 25.0% 5.4%  
Totals   85.6% 14.4%  
20 Slafkovsky
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Caufield-Suzuki 61.2% 61.2%    
Suzuki-Caufield-Monahan 19.1% 1.2% 17.9%  
Anderson-Monahan 8.7% 8.7%    
Caufield-Monahan 2.9% 2.9%    
Gallagher-Suzuki 1.8% 1.8%    
Others 6.4% 6.4%    
Totals   82.1% 17.9%  
22 Caufield
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Suzuki-Slafkovsky 59.1% 59.1%    
Suzuki-Slafkovsky-Monahan 18.4% 1.1% 17.3%  
Monahan-Anderson 6.6% 6.6%    
Monahan-Slafkovsky 2.8% 2.8%    
Suzuki-Monahan 2.6% 2.6%    
Others 10.5% 10.5%    
Totals   82.7% 17.3%  
40 Armia
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Pezzetta-Stephens 48.8% 48.8%    
Anderson-Monahan 17.4% 17.4%    
Evans 12.4%     12.4%
Gallagher-Monahan 6.1% 6.1%    
Pezzetta-Suzuki 3.0% 3.0%    
Others 12.3% 9.9%   2.4%
Totals   85.2%   14.8%
55 Pezzetta
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Stephens-Armia 73.7% 73.7%    
Stephens-Gallagher 6.8% 6.8%    
Stephens-Ylonen 5.1% 5.1%    
Monahan-Anderson 4.8% 4.8%    
Suzuki-Armia 4.5% 4.5%    
Others 5.1% 5.1%    
Totals   100.0%    
56 Ylonen
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Gallagher-Evans 45.7% 45.7%    
Anderson-Evans 18.7% 18.7%    
Gallagher-Suzuki-Anderson 11.5%   11.5%  
Evans-Suzuki 6.9% 6.9%    
Gallagher-Anderson-Evans 6.8%   6.8%  
Others 10.4% 10.4%    
Totals   81.7% 18.3%  
71 Evans
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Gallagher-Ylonen 37.3% 37.3%    
Anderson-Ylonen 15.3% 15.3%    
Armia 11.4%     11.4%
Monahan 8.8%     8.8%
Suzuki-Ylonen 5.7% 5.7%    
Others 21.6% 13.5% 5.6% 2.5%
Totals   71.7% 5.6% 22.7%
91 Monahan
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Suzuki-Slafkovsky-Caufield 19.8% 1.2% 18.6%  
Anderson-Gallagher 18.2% 18.2%    
Anderson-Armia 13.9% 13.9%    
Anderson-Slafkovsky 9.0% 9.0%    
Evans 7.6%     7.6%
Others 31.3% 28.1%   3.2%
Totals   70.5% 18.6% 10.9%

For each D-man: most common partners
(as a percentage of total ice time)

8 Matheson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Savard 64.4% 49.3%   15.1%
  18.9% 1.2% 17.7%  
Kovacevic 8.9% 6.2%   2.8%
Struble 6.4% 6.3%   0.1%
Barron 0.7% 0.7%    
Others 0.7% 0.5%   0.2%
Totals   64.2% 17.7% 18.1%
21 Guhle
Partner Total EV PP SH
Barron 50.6% 50.6%    
Savard 19.1% 19.1%    
Harris 17.3% 13.0%   4.3%
Kovacevic 10.1% 6.8%   3.4%
Struble 2.2% 2.2%    
Others 0.6% 0.6%    
Totals   92.3%   7.7%
26 Kovacevic
Partner Total EV PP SH
Harris 29.2% 29.2%    
Struble 24.6% 24.6%    
Guhle 23.6% 15.8%   7.8%
Matheson 22.0% 15.2%   6.8%
Guhle-Struble 0.4% 0.4%    
Others 0.2% 0.2%    
Totals   85.4%   14.6%
47 Struble
Partner Total EV PP SH
Harris 54.1% 53.2%   0.8%
Barron 24.5% 24.3%   0.2%
Kovacevic 11.3% 11.3%    
Matheson 7.2% 7.1%   0.1%
Guhle 2.3% 2.3%    
Others 0.6% 0.4%   0.2%
Totals   98.7%   1.3%
52 Barron
Partner Total EV PP SH
Guhle 57.0% 57.0%    
Struble 25.9% 25.7%   0.2%
  15.3% 0.6% 14.7%  
Matheson 0.8% 0.8%    
Harris 0.5% 0.1%   0.4%
Others 0.5% 0.5%    
Totals   84.7% 14.7% 0.6%
54 Harris
Partner Total EV PP SH
Struble 61.7% 60.7%   1.0%
Guhle 21.0% 15.7%   5.2%
Kovacevic 15.2% 15.2%    
Savard 1.3% 1.3%    
Barron 0.5% 0.1%   0.4%
Others 0.3% 0.3%    
Totals   93.4%   6.6%
58 Savard
Partner Total EV PP SH
Matheson 76.7% 58.7%   18.0%
Guhle 21.6% 21.6%    
Harris 1.2% 1.2%    
Barron 0.2% 0.2%    
Matheson-Struble 0.2%     0.2%
Others 0.1% 0.1%    
Totals   81.8%   18.2%
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