Game Recap: LAK 4, MTL 0, December 7, 2023

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Game Recap

LAK4

FinalThu, Dec 7, 2023Every game that night

MTL0

LAK beat MTL 4-0, with the chances close: 2.99 expected goals to 2.87. LAK outshot MTL 42 to 24. Q. Byfield led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). C. Talbot stopped 24 of 24.

Scoring

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

1st 8:13LAKD. Doughty0.17 xG
1st 17:46LAKQ. Byfield0.19 xG
2nd 18:15LAKQ. ByfieldPP0.23 xG
3rd 7:58LAKT. Moore0.26 xG

Team Stats

LAKMTL

42Shots on goal24

2.99Expected goals2.87

63Shot attempts62

395v5 shots on goal20

1/1Power play0/3

22Hits16

18Blocked shots9

13Penalty minutes9

21Giveaways8

3Takeaways1

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 2.99 xGMTL 2.87 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

LAK42 on goal, 4 scored

MTL24 on goal, 0 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Kopitar	C	0	3	3	3	0	1	+1	0	14:46	0:14
Q. Byfield	RW	2	1	3	2	0	0	+2	0	11:29	0:14
K. Fiala	LW	0	2	2	4	0	0	+1	2	15:16	0:14
T. Moore	LW	1	0	1	5	1	0	+2	0	17:19	0:57
A. Kempe	RW	0	1	1	3	1	1	+1	0	13:44	0:14
P. Danault	C	0	0	0	1	2	2	+2	2	17:13	0:57
P. Dubois	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	15:13	0:57
C. Grundstrom	RW	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	14:33	0:00
T. Lewis	C	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	13:46	0:00
A. Laferriere	RW	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	13:44	0:00
B. Lizotte	C	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	13:19	0:00
A. Kaliyev	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	12:27	0:57
D. Doughty	D	1	1	2	2	2	2	+2	2	22:18	0:14
M. Anderson	D	0	0	0	1	4	1	+1	0	22:38	0:00
M. Roy	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	+1	0	22:24	0:00
V. Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	+1	0	21:31	0:00
J. Spence	D	0	0	0	3	2	1	+1	0	16:22	0:57
A. Englund	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	13:58	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Talbot	24	24	0	1.000	60:00	Win
P. Copley	0	0	0	–	0:00

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	0	0	20:41	4:32
C. Caufield	RW	3	0	1	0	0	20:18	4:27
J. Slafkovský	LW	1	0	1	0	0	18:16	3:29
T. Pearson	LW	1	0	1	-2	0	16:33	1:24
C. Dvorak	C	1	0	0	-1	2	16:19	0:02
S. Monahan	C	0	1	1	-1	0	16:16	4:14
B. Gallagher	RW	1	1	0	0	0	15:43	1:29
J. Anderson	RW	2	0	0	-2	0	14:36	1:29
J. Evans	C	2	1	0	-2	0	13:34	0:21
J. Ylonen	RW	0	0	0	-1	0	10:51	1:07
M. Stephens	C	2	0	0	0	0	10:23	0:00
M. Pezzetta	LW	2	8	0	0	7	9:12	0:06
M. Matheson	D	2	1	0	-1	0	23:37	4:22
K. Guhle	D	3	0	0	-3	0	20:03	0:25
J. Barron	D	1	1	2	-1	0	19:27	1:37
G. Lindstrom	D	1	0	2	0	0	17:25	0:00
J. Kovacevic	D	2	2	0	-1	0	17:11	0:01
J. Struble	D	0	1	1	0	0	16:48	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Montembeault	42	38	4	.905	59:36	Loss
J. Allen	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamPhillip Danault MTL Faces LAK, his team until Dec 20251 SOG

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