Game Recap: MTL 2, COL 3 (OT), January 22, 2022

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Game Recap

MTL2

Final/OTSat, Jan 22, 2022Every game that night

COL3

COL beat MTL 3-2 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.53 expected goals to 2.48. COL outshot MTL 46 to 30. D. Toews led the way with 3 points (0 G, 3 A). D. Kuemper stopped 28 of 30.

Scoring

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

1st 8:20COLA. NewhookPP0.14 xG
2nd 8:57COLV. NichushkinPP0.18 xG
2nd 18:17MTLA. Lehkonen0.07 xG
3rd 8:06MTLN. SuzukiPP0.04 xG
OT 1:16COLG. Landeskog0.10 xG

Team Stats

MTLCOL

30Shots on goal46

2.48Expected goals3.53

55Shot attempts69

215v5 shots on goal35

1/2Power play2/4

32Hits24

12Blocked shots15

10Penalty minutes4

1Giveaways10

6Takeaways15

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 2.48 xGCOL 3.53 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

MTL30 on goal, 2 scored

COL46 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Suzuki	C	1	1	2	3	1	3	+1	0	21:35	3:06
T. Toffoli	C	0	1	1	4	2	0	+1	0	19:21	3:06
C. Dvorak	C	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	16:40	2:46
M. Hoffman	C	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	16:13	3:06
A. Lehkonen	LW	1	0	1	4	1	0	+1	0	15:57	0:00
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	17:23	0:42
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	4	1	0	-1	0	16:23	0:00
R. Pitlick	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	13:49	0:42
L. Dauphin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	13:15	0:00
R. Poehling	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	11:52	0:42
C. Paquette	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	7:56	0:00
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7:43	0:00
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	25:03	0:00
B. Chiarot	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	23:57	1:47
J. Petry	D	0	0	0	1	4	0	+1	4	21:18	1:02
B. Kulak	D	0	0	0	1	3	2	+1	0	20:29	0:00
C. Wideman	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1	2	14:05	2:01
A. Romanov	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	13:50	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Primeau	46	43	3	.935	61:16	OT loss
M. McNiven	0	0	0	–	0:00

COL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
V. Nichushkin	RW	1	1	2	2	2	4	+1	0	17:00	1:59
G. Landeskog	LW	1	0	1	4	1	1	+1	0	21:58	5:00
A. Newhook	C	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	14:04	2:57
N. MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	22:33	5:00
M. Rantanen	RW	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	21:22	5:00
N. Kadri	C	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	4	18:45	3:31
A. Burakovsky	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	15:34	1:59
J. Compher	LW	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	14:55	0:31
L. O'Connor	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14:53	0:00
T. Jost	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	8:40	0:00
K. MacDermid	LW	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	7:40	0:00
N. Aube-Kubel	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	7:26	0:00
M. Maltsev	LW	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	0	7:08	0:00
D. Toews	D	0	3	3	4	0	1	0	0	27:08	2:37
S. Girard	D	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	20:12	1:38
C. Makar	D	0	0	0	2	4	3	-1	0	26:02	4:43
J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	18:04	0:00
E. Johnson	D	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	17:10	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
D. Kuemper	30	28	2	.933	60:42	Win
P. Francouz	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamAlex Newhook MTL Faces COL, his team until Apr 20231 G, 4 SOG
Old teamArtturi Lehkonen COL Faces MTL, his team until Mar 20221 G, 4 SOG

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