Game Recap: MTL 1, COL 2 (OT), December 21, 2022

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Game Recap

MTL1

Final/OTWed, Dec 21, 2022Every game that night

COL2

COL beat MTL 2-1 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.10 expected goals to 1.76. COL outshot MTL 36 to 20. M. Rantanen led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). A. Georgiev stopped 19 of 20.

Scoring

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

1st 1:48MTLA. Richard0.22 xG
3rd 2:16COLA. LehkonenPP0.15 xG
OT 1:51COLM. Rantanen0.18 xG

Team Stats

MTLCOL

20Shots on goal36

1.76Expected goals3.10

42Shot attempts74

185v5 shots on goal32

0/1Power play1/2

24Hits26

23Blocked shots15

4Penalty minutes2

3Giveaways6

7Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 1.76 xGCOL 3.10 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

MTL20 on goal, 1 scored

COL36 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Evans	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	+1	0	14:24	0:00
J. Armia	RW	0	1	1	0	0	0	+1	0	11:16	0:00
A. Richard	C	1	0	1	1	1	0	+1	2	9:44	0:00
K. Dach	C	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	19:58	1:09
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	0	19:29	1:09
N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	19:14	0:51
C. Caufield	RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	18:27	0:51
C. Dvorak	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	15:05	0:51
J. Drouin	LW	0	0	0	1	2	1	-1	0	14:32	0:51
M. Hoffman	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	14:06	1:09
E. Dadonov	LW	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	14:05	1:09
J. Slafkovský	LW	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	12:59	0:00
K. Guhle	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	25:23	1:09
J. Harris	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	22:54	0:00
J. Edmundson	D	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	21:04	0:00
J. Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20:21	0:00
C. Wideman	D	0	0	0	1	2	4	+1	0	15:58	0:51
A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	3	2	1	+1	2	14:34	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Allen	36	34	2	.944	61:44	OT loss
S. Montembeault	0	0	0	–	0:00

COL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Rantanen	RW	1	1	2	8	3	0	+1	0	25:57	2:00
A. Lehkonen	LW	1	0	1	3	4	1	0	0	19:16	2:00
J. Compher	LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	22:51	2:07
E. Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	20:40	0:07
V. Nichushkin	RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	19:50	1:51
A. Newhook	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	16:52	0:00
L. O'Connor	RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1	0	16:26	0:00
D. Malgin	C	0	0	0	3	3	0	-1	2	16:21	0:00
B. Meyers	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	0	14:00	0:00
M. Kaut	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5:45	0:07
K. MacDermid	LW	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	3:06	0:00
D. Toews	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	+1	0	27:34	0:16
C. Makar	D	0	1	1	4	1	2	0	0	26:58	2:07
S. Girard	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	-1	0	21:44	0:00
E. Johnson	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	-1	0	18:35	0:00
B. Hunt	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	13:05	0:00
A. Englund	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	12:06	0:00
J. MacDonald	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2:55	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Georgiev	20	19	1	.950	61:23	Win
P. Francouz	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamAlex Newhook MTL Faces COL, his team until Apr 20231 SOG
Old teamArtturi Lehkonen COL Faces MTL, his team until Mar 20221 G, 3 SOG

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