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Game Recap
COL8
FinalMon, Mar 13, 2023Every game that night
MTL4

COL beat MTL 8-4, and the chances backed it up: 3.79 expected goals to 1.86. COL outshot MTL 33 to 19. A. Lehkonen led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). A. Georgiev stopped 15 of 19.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
COL4228
MTL1124
  1. 1st 2:59COLA. Lehkonen0.09 xG
  2. 1st 6:09COLB. Byram0.22 xG
  3. 1st 8:05COLM. Nieto0.13 xG
  4. 1st 16:00COLA. LehkonenPP0.16 xG
  5. 1st 18:58MTLJ. Anderson0.05 xG
  6. 2nd 1:48COLM. Rantanen0.03 xG
  7. 2nd 3:58COLJ. Compher0.05 xG
  8. 2nd 19:18MTLD. GurianovPP0.04 xG
  9. 3rd 8:09COLN. MacKinnonPP0.14 xG
  10. 3rd 8:48MTLJ. Ylonen0.22 xG
  11. 3rd 10:35MTLM. Matheson0.06 xG
  12. 3rd 13:09COLV. NichushkinPP0.17 xG

Team Stats

COLMTL
33Shots on goal19
3.79Expected goals1.86
62Shot attempts42
265v5 shots on goal18
3/3Power play1/2
6Hits23
12Blocked shots22
13Penalty minutes25
7Giveaways10
5Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

COL 3.79 xGMTL 1.86 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdCOL goal, 2:59COL goal, 6:09COL goal, 8:05COL goal, 16:00MTL goal, 18:58COL goal, 1:48COL goal, 3:58MTL goal, 19:18COL goal, 8:09MTL goal, 8:48MTL goal, 10:35COL goal, 13:09

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

COL32 on goal, 8 scored
MTL19 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

COL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
V. NichushkinRW123220+1016:091:12
A. LehkonenLW213310+209:460:38
N. MacKinnonC1125000217:361:50
M. RantanenRW112500+1017:361:50
L. O'ConnorRW022100+2014:470:00
E. RodriguesC0110010017:100:00
J. CompherLW101400+2017:061:50
L. EllerC011100+1016:100:00
M. NietoLW1012010012:500:00
A. CoglianoC0000000013:580:00
A. NewhookC000200-1013:070:00
D. MalginC000110-2012:560:00
C. MakarD033002+2023:371:50
D. ToewsD022003+1219:440:00
S. GirardD011202+1019:550:00
B. ByramD101220+2718:030:00
J. JohnsonD000003-1219:410:00
B. HuntD000300-1017:170:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Georgiev19154.78960:00Win
J. Johansson000–0:00

MTL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. AndersonRW1123210221:331:45
N. SuzukiC022100+1020:071:48
J. DrouinLW011001-1017:541:32
D. GurianovRW101200-2017:161:33
J. YlonenRW1011120015:410:46
A. BelzileRW0110210012:390:44
R. Harvey-PinardLW0001020217:471:46
M. HoffmanC000212-2016:470:47
A. RichardC0000210013:320:47
C. TierneyC000000-2013:280:00
M. PezzettaLW000040+179:570:00
R. PitlickC000010-105:080:00
M. MathesonD101202+1222:121:00
J. KovacevicD0111230021:400:00
D. SavardD011202-2018:500:00
C. WidemanD01111201016:200:00
J. EdmundsonD0003520019:150:00
K. GuhleD000021-3218:060:12
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Allen1596.60023:58Loss
S. Montembeault18162.88936:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamAlex Newhook MTL Faces COL, his team until Apr 20232 SOG
  • Old teamArtturi Lehkonen COL Faces MTL, his team until Mar 20222 G, 1 A, 3 SOG

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