Game 3 Vs Boston 4-2 loss April 18, 2011

Defensemen with three of top-4 grades

The Montreal Canadiens defensemen outplayed the forwards, as the Habs lost 4-2 to the Boston Bruins. The Habs' final mark of 65 was 2 percentage-points above their season average, and equalled the team's playoff average through the previous 2 games.

Ryan White played limited minutes, but still managed the game's top mark. He was immediately followed by 3 d-men including James Wisniewski (75), Jaroslav Spacek (71), and Hal Gill (70).

Interesting in and of itself is the fact that the 2 lowest grades went to White's linemates, David Desharnais (39) and Benoit Pouliot (43).

	6	11	13	14	20	21	32	44	46	52	53	55	57	58	68	75	76	81	94	31		TM TOT
WINS	42	43	56	52	71	46	22	50	40	43	13	36	6	11	0	45	70	25	27	15	WINS	709
EVENTS	59	82	85	94	95	72	32	73	58	65	17	48	14	28	0	64	108	40	38	21	EVENTS	1093
GAME 3 VS BOS	71	52	66	55	75	64	69	68	69	66	76	75	43	39	N/A	70	65	63	71	71	GAME 3 VS BOS	65
PLAYER	6	11	13	14	20	21	32	44	46	52	53	55	57	58	68	75	76	81	94	31		TM GR

Comparing previous games in Boston series

GAME 3 VS BOS	71	52	66	55	75	64	69	68	69	66	76	75	43	39	N/A	70	65	63	71	71	GAME 3 VS BOS	65
PLAYER	6	11	13	14	20	21	32	44	46	52	53	55	57	58	68	75	76	81	94	31		TM GR
GAME 2 VS BOS	68	57	66	58	69	70	75	74	0	68	69	58	56	73	67	63	60	75	67	50	GAME 2 VS BOS	66
GAME 1 VS BOS	63	64	65	63	68	69	62	69	53	65	53	67	45	57	N/A	64	73	65	53	100	GAME 1 VS BOS	64
PLAYER	6	11	13	14	20	21	32	44	46	52	53	55	57	58	68	75	76	81	94	31		TM GR

Offensive-zone team averages


The Habs work winning offensive-zone-puck battles in game 3 was their least effective of the series, and 8 percentage-points below their season average.

METRIC	GAME 3 VS BOS	METRIC	SEASON AVERAGE	GAME 1 VS BOS	GAME 2 VS BOS
%OZPBW	49	%OZPBW	57	60	59
OZPASS%	63	OZPASS%	71	62	65
OZDEAK%	57	OZDEAK%	59	50	53
SKI%	82	SKI%	72	76	82
DI%	84	DI%	78	80	76
OZTA	15	OZTA		12	9
METRIC	TM WIN%	METRIC	SEASON AVERAGE	GAME 1 VS BOS	GAME 2 VS BOS

Offensive-zone player averages

David Desharnais won only 13% of his offensive-zone puck-battles, while Travis Moen led all players with a 75% success-rate when engaging in offensive-zone puck-battles.

METRIC	6	11	13	14	20	21	32	44	46	52	53	55	57	58	75	76	81	94	31	METRIC	TEAM TOT
%OZPBW	60	63	35	55	43	54	75	44	50	44	0	50	50	13	71	63	0	71		%OZPBW	49
OZPASS%	0	36	92	50	86	67	67	80	50	73	100	0	0	50	0	83	67	50		OZPASS%	63
OZDEAK%		33	50	40		50		100	86				50	100			0	25		OZDEAK%	57
SKI%		100	100	75	100	67	100			100				67	100	50	33	100		SKI%	82
DI%	100	100	75	67	50	67	100	60	100	100	100	80	100		80	73	100			DI%	84
OZTA	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	OZTA	15
	6	11	13	14	20	21	32	44	46	52	53	55	57	58	75	76	81	94	31		TEAM TOT

Defensive-zone team averages


The Habs won only 41% of their defensive-zone puck-battles in game 3. Seventeen percentage-points below their season average, and the lowest to-date in the playoffs.

METRIC	TM WIN%	METRIC	SEASON AVERAGE	GAME 1 VS BOS	GAME 2 VS BOS
%DZPBW	41	%DZPBW	59	48	54
DZPASS%	76	DZPASS%	71	66	63
DZDEAK%	77	DZDEAK%	73	70	57
DZTA	31	DZTA		38	36
DZ-BL-SHOT	15	DZ-BL-SHOT		26	32
DZ-BL-PASS	12	DZ-BL-PASS		4	4
METRIC	TM WIN%	METRIC	SEASON AVERAGE	GAME 1 VS BOS	GAME 2 VS BOS

Defensive-zone player averages


Mathieu Darche managed to win all of the defensive-zone puck-battles he engaged in, while Pouliot, Tomas Plekanec, and Tom Pyatt lost all of the defensive-zone puck-battles they engaged in.

	6	11	13	14	20	21	32	44	46	52	53	55	57	58	75	76	81	94	31		TEAM TOT
%DZPBW	40	0	43	0	55	56	50	42	40	100		54	0	50	38	37	33	0	0	%DZPBW	41
DZPASS%	85	100	100	50	81	100	17	83	67	50	60	78	50	100	72	70	80	100	71	DZPASS%	76
DZDEAK%		67	100		100	0			100						100	0	100			DZDEAK%	77
DZTA	3	0	0	1	7	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	2	2	0	DZTA	31
DZ-BL-SHOT	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	DZ-BL-SHOT	15
DZ-BL-PASS	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	DZ-BL-PASS	12
	6	11	13	14	20	21	32	44	46	52	53	55	57	58	75	76	81	94	31		TEAM TOT

Neutral-zone team-averages



Montreal won only 41% of their neutral-zone puck-battles. Fifteen percentage-points below their season average, but even with their success-rate through the first 2 games of the playoffs.

METRIC	TM WIN%	METRIC	SEASON AVERAGE	GAME 1 VS BOS	GAME 2 VS BOS
%NZPBW	41	%NZPBW	56	38	43
NZPASS%	72	NZPASS%	74	65	72
NZDEAK%	89	NZDEAK%	77	50	86
NZTA	5	NZTA		11	12
METRIC	TM WIN%	METRIC	SEASON AVERAGE	GAME 1 VS BOS	GAME 2 VS BOS

Neutral-zone player averages


Four Hab players were unable to win any neutral-zone puck-battles, while 3 others won all of the NZPBs they engaged in.

	6	11	13	14	20	21	32	44	46	52	53	55	57	58	75	76	81	94	31
%NZPBW		0	40	83	33	67		100	0	20		100		0		0	33	100		%NZPBW
NZPASS%	80	0	100	50	71	60		100	0	50	100	67	0	50	86	67	100	100		NZPASS%
NZDEAK%		100	100	100		100			0					100		86				NZDEAK%
NZTA	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		NZTA
	6	11	13	14	20	21	32	44	46	52	53	55	57	58	75	76	81	94	31

Team faceoff winning percentage by zone and situation



Montreal enjoyed their best even-strength faceoff percentage of the series. That said, they were brutal during defensive-zone penalty-killing faceoffs; winning only 20% of those draws.

METRIC	TM WIN%	METRIC	SEASON AVERAGE	GAME 1 VS BOS	GAME 2 VS BOS
DZFOW%	43	DZFOW%	50	25	33
DZPKFOW%	20	DZPKFOW%	48	100	50
OZPPFOW%	50	OZPPFOW%	56	50	67
OZFOW%	53	OZFOW%	46	50	50
NZFOW%	56	NZFOW%	51	33	33
			SEASON AVERAGE	GAME 1 VS BOS	GAME 2 VS BOS

Player faceoff winning percentage by zone and situation

	11	13	14	53	55	58	81	94		TEAM TOT
DZFOW%	0		50	50	100	0			DZFOW%	43
DZPKFOW%			20						DZPKFOW%	20
OZPPFOW%	50		33			100			OZPPFOW%	50
OZFOW%	43	100	33	100		100	0		OZFOW%	53
NZFOW%	33	50	50			100	100	100	NZFOW%	56
	11	13	14	53	55	58	81	94		TEAM TOT