Game Recap: CBJ 2, MTL 8, March 25, 2023

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Game Recap

CBJ2

FinalSat, Mar 25, 2023Every game that night

MTL8

MTL beat CBJ 8-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.13 expected goals to 1.78. MTL outshot CBJ 32 to 23. N. Suzuki led the way with 4 points (1 G, 3 A). S. Montembeault stopped 21 of 23.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
CBJ	2	0	0	2
MTL	2	4	2	8

1st 1:32CBJL. Pederson0.14 xG
1st 3:39MTLM. Hoffman0.07 xG
1st 9:43MTLJ. Ylonen0.08 xG
1st 18:00CBJK. Marchenko0.01 xG
2nd 0:13MTLR. Harvey-Pinard0.29 xG
2nd 7:13MTLR. Harvey-Pinard0.11 xG
2nd 13:08MTLB. Gallagher0.29 xG
2nd 16:42MTLR. Harvey-PinardPP0.10 xG
3rd 11:48MTLA. Belzile0.03 xG
3rd 13:49MTLN. Suzuki0.11 xG

Team Stats

CBJMTL

23Shots on goal32

1.78Expected goals3.13

44Shot attempts62

155v5 shots on goal26

0/4Power play1/3

18Hits13

17Blocked shots14

6Penalty minutes8

10Giveaways14

3Takeaways5

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

CBJ 1.78 xGMTL 3.13 xGGoal

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

CBJ23 on goal, 2 scored

MTL32 on goal, 8 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CBJ Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Roslovic	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	-1	0	17:24	3:53
K. Marchenko	RW	1	0	1	4	1	1	-2	0	16:58	4:01
K. Johnson	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	-1	0	15:18	3:29
L. Pederson	C	1	0	1	3	3	0	-2	0	14:30	2:53
B. Jenner	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	19:07	4:30
J. Gaudreau	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	18:18	3:53
H. McKown	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	14:58	3:30
E. Bemstrom	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	14:05	3:22
S. Kuraly	C	0	0	0	1	5	0	-3	0	13:22	0:00
T. Fix-Wolansky	RW	0	0	0	1	2	1	-1	0	13:19	0:00
L. Foudy	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12:41	0:00
E. Robinson	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-3	0	12:01	0:00
A. Peeke	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	-4	0	21:13	0:15
G. Bayreuther	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	-4	2	17:29	0:00
A. Boqvist	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	20:03	3:35
N. Blankenburg	D	0	0	0	2	1	2	-1	0	19:40	3:33
J. Christiansen	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	0	19:05	0:00
T. Berni	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	14:57	0:01

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
E. Merzlikins	24	18	6	.750	37:02	Loss
M. Hutchinson	8	6	2	.750	22:58

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Suzuki	C	1	3	4	3	0	0	+3	0	15:59	2:44
R. Harvey-Pinard	LW	3	0	3	3	2	0	+3	0	14:55	1:48
M. Hoffman	C	1	2	3	2	0	0	+3	2	14:21	2:55
B. Gallagher	RW	1	1	2	2	0	0	+2	0	12:58	1:18
J. Ylonen	RW	1	1	2	4	0	0	+2	0	11:17	0:14
J. Evans	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	+2	0	17:02	1:47
C. Tierney	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	+1	0	14:28	1:38
A. Belzile	RW	1	0	1	1	1	0	+1	0	14:13	0:22
K. Dach	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	17:12	2:54
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	15:03	1:44
D. Gurianov	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	13:52	0:00
J. Drouin	LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	2	13:02	0:00
M. Matheson	D	0	3	3	3	0	1	+3	0	22:15	2:55
J. Kovacevic	D	0	2	2	3	0	0	+3	0	17:53	0:41
J. Edmundson	D	0	1	1	0	4	3	-1	0	20:26	1:07
J. Harris	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	+3	2	17:45	0:47
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	3	0	6	+2	2	20:19	1:18
J. Barron	D	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	19:00	0:23

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Montembeault	23	21	2	.913	60:00	Win
J. Allen	0	0	0	–	0:00