Game Recap: COL 4, MTL 1, December 2, 2021

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Game Recap

COL4

FinalThu, Dec 2, 2021Every game that night

MTL1

COL beat MTL 4-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.91 expected goals to 1.17. COL outshot MTL 34 to 20. V. Nichushkin led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). J. Johansson stopped 19 of 20.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
COL	0	2	2	4
MTL	0	1	0	1

2nd 3:11COLV. NichushkinSH0.13 xG
2nd 6:51MTLB. ChiarotPP0.02 xG
2nd 15:49COLC. Makar0.02 xG
3rd 2:31COLA. Burakovsky0.03 xG
3rd 17:11COLG. LandeskogEN0.93 xG

Team Stats

COLMTL

34Shots on goal20

3.91Expected goals1.17

63Shot attempts42

225v5 shots on goal17

0/3Power play1/5

15Hits19

15Blocked shots16

12Penalty minutes8

12Giveaways16

3Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

COL 3.91 xGMTL 1.17 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

COL31 on goal, 4 scored

MTL20 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

COL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
V. Nichushkin	RW	1	1	2	5	2	2	+2	0	17:43	1:08
G. Landeskog	LW	1	0	1	3	3	0	+2	4	19:53	4:52
M. Rantanen	RW	0	1	1	1	1	0	+2	0	19:52	4:48
N. MacKinnon	C	0	1	1	3	1	1	+2	0	19:26	4:33
N. Kadri	C	0	1	1	3	0	0	+1	0	16:16	4:52
L. O'Connor	RW	0	1	1	1	2	1	+1	0	14:18	0:00
A. Burakovsky	LW	1	0	1	3	1	0	+1	0	12:34	1:12
D. Helm	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	13:19	0:00
T. Jost	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	13:09	0:00
A. Newhook	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11:33	1:08
K. MacDermid	LW	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	10:43	0:00
N. Aube-Kubel	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9:32	0:00
J. Megna	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6:32	0:00
D. Toews	D	0	1	1	3	1	2	+2	0	25:08	1:37
C. Makar	D	1	0	1	2	0	0	+2	0	22:49	4:23
S. Girard	D	0	1	1	1	1	1	+2	0	21:15	1:27
E. Johnson	D	0	0	0	2	1	0	+2	0	19:30	0:00
J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	16:02	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Johansson	20	19	1	.950	59:57	Win
J. Annunen	0	0	0	–	0:00

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Caufield	RW	0	1	1	1	0	0	-2	0	16:37	4:28
J. Armia	RW	0	1	1	0	1	0	-1	0	14:54	1:33
N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-2	0	19:13	3:57
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	18:08	0:02
J. Drouin	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	-2	0	17:50	3:36
C. Dvorak	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-2	0	17:22	4:34
A. Lehkonen	LW	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	17:00	0:02
T. Toffoli	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-2	0	16:47	3:36
R. Poehling	C	0	0	0	3	1	0	-2	2	15:36	3:53
M. Perreault	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	14:00	4:55
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7:20	3:18
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	7:13	0:00
B. Chiarot	D	1	0	1	2	0	2	-1	0	25:39	1:36
J. Petry	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	21:01	3:33
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	19:31	0:04
B. Kulak	D	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	16:46	0:00
A. Romanov	D	0	0	0	2	3	2	-2	2	15:28	0:55
C. Wideman	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	-3	0	12:17	2:23

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Allen	33	30	3	.909	59:03	Loss
S. Montembeault	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamAlex Newhook MTL Faces COL, his team until Apr 20230 SOG
Old teamArtturi Lehkonen COL Faces MTL, his team until Mar 20221 SOG

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.