Game Recap: LAK 3, MTL 2 (OT), November 9, 2021

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Game Recap

LAK3

Final/OTTue, Nov 9, 2021Every game that night

MTL2

LAK beat MTL 3-2 in overtime despite fewer good chances: 2.89 expected goals to 3.63. A. Lehkonen led the way with 2 points (0 G, 2 A). C. Petersen stopped 33 of 35.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
LAK	0	1	1	1	3
MTL	1	0	1	0	2

1st 15:03MTLB. Chiarot0.13 xG
2nd 4:56LAKB. Lemieux0.03 xG
3rd 0:06LAKA. Iafallo0.02 xG
3rd 13:22MTLJ. Evans0.05 xG
OT 3:39LAKA. Kempe0.19 xG

Team Stats

LAKMTL

34Shots on goal35

2.89Expected goals3.63

64Shot attempts74

235v5 shots on goal24

0/4Power play0/3

16Hits33

24Blocked shots18

8Penalty minutes10

16Giveaways11

1Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 2.89 xGMTL 3.63 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

LAK34 on goal, 3 scored

MTL35 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Iafallo	LW	1	0	1	8	0	2	0	0	23:20	4:46
A. Kempe	RW	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	19:41	4:46
A. Athanasiou	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	0	18:35	3:02
B. Lizotte	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	+1	0	12:00	0:12
B. Lemieux	LW	1	0	1	1	2	0	+1	2	9:41	0:12
A. Kopitar	C	0	0	0	4	0	1	-2	0	23:54	4:46
P. Danault	C	0	0	0	2	1	3	+1	2	19:45	2:56
D. Brown	RW	0	0	0	4	3	0	-1	0	18:42	4:46
A. Kaliyev	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11:37	2:58
R. Kupari	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	10:54	3:02
T. Moore	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	10:37	0:12
C. Grundstrom	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8:09	0:00
T. Bjornfot	D	0	1	1	1	1	1	+1	2	20:26	0:22
K. Clague	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	+1	0	18:08	2:55
M. Roy	D	0	0	0	3	1	3	-2	0	25:23	3:29
A. Edler	D	0	0	0	1	1	8	0	0	20:08	1:24
M. Anderson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	2	19:44	0:12
O. Maatta	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	-1	0	12:18	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Petersen	35	33	2	.943	63:34	Win
J. Quick	0	0	0	–	0:00

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Lehkonen	LW	0	2	2	0	3	1	+2	0	14:25	0:01
J. Evans	C	1	0	1	3	0	0	+1	2	19:11	0:16
C. Dvorak	C	0	0	0	2	1	4	-1	0	23:06	4:12
N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	4	1	0	-1	0	20:53	4:12
M. Hoffman	C	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	20:34	4:12
T. Toffoli	C	0	0	0	5	3	0	-1	0	19:59	4:12
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	1	2	0	-2	0	16:31	1:35
B. Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	15:41	1:48
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	1	2	1	+1	0	15:41	1:44
A. Belzile	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1	+1	0	5:30	0:00
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	6	5:28	0:00
C. Paquette	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3:46	0:00
B. Chiarot	D	1	0	1	6	2	1	+1	2	24:54	1:48
B. Kulak	D	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	16:35	0:00
J. Petry	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	23:10	1:48
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	-1	0	20:19	0:00
A. Romanov	D	0	0	0	0	7	3	-1	0	19:16	0:00
C. Wideman	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	15:58	4:12

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Allen	34	31	3	.912	63:39	OT loss
S. Montembeault	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamJoel Armia LAK Faces MTL, his team until Apr 20251 SOG
Old teamPhillip Danault MTL Faces LAK, his team until Dec 20252 SOG

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