Game Recap: MTL 3, FLA 4 (SO), February 29, 2024

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Game Recap

MTL3

Final/SOThu, Feb 29, 2024Every game that night

FLA4

FLA beat MTL 4-3 in a shootout, and the chances backed it up: 4.22 expected goals to 2.95. S. Reinhart led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). A. Stolarz stopped 28 of 31.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	SO	T
MTL	1	1	1	0	3
FLA	1	1	1	1	4

1st 7:01FLAA. Barkov0.12 xG
1st 8:24MTLN. Suzuki0.17 xG
2nd 14:08FLAS. ReinhartPP0.16 xG
2nd 19:59MTLJ. Slafkovský0.05 xG
3rd 3:27MTLA. NewhookPP0.02 xG
3rd 13:05FLAS. ReinhartSH0.01 xG

Team Stats

MTLFLA

31Shots on goal35

2.95Expected goals4.22

54Shot attempts77

165v5 shots on goal23

1/4Power play1/5

25Hits29

19Blocked shots10

12Penalty minutes10

8Giveaways7

5Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 2.95 xGFLA 4.22 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

MTL31 on goal, 3 scored

FLA32 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	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	22:16	5:00
C. Caufield	RW	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	2	20:06	5:00
J. Slafkovský	LW	1	0	1	6	3	0	0	0	19:04	5:03
A. Newhook	C	1	0	1	4	1	1	-1	0	18:55	5:02
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	17:30	0:05
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	17:03	0:01
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	14:11	1:21
B. Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	13:19	1:25
T. Pearson	LW	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	12:53	0:00
J. Ylonen	RW	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	10:42	1:16
C. White	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:20	0:04
J. Roy	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8:39	1:12
D. Savard	D	0	1	1	0	3	3	+2	4	22:21	0:00
A. Xhekaj	D	0	1	1	0	1	4	+2	0	19:03	1:21
M. Matheson	D	0	0	0	2	1	0	-2	2	27:27	5:04
K. Guhle	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	-1	0	24:13	0:05
J. Harris	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:14	0:00
J. Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	11:44	0:06

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Montembeault	35	32	3	.914	64:55	OT loss
C. Primeau	0	0	0	–	0:00

FLA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
S. Reinhart	C	2	1	3	5	1	0	+1	0	23:22	7:38
A. Barkov	C	1	2	3	3	0	1	+1	0	22:58	7:06
M. Tkachuk	LW	0	1	1	2	2	0	-1	2	23:36	6:25
C. Verhaeghe	C	0	1	1	2	2	0	+1	0	21:36	7:40
S. Bennett	C	0	0	0	7	2	0	-1	0	19:19	1:59
E. Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	2	15:43	1:27
A. Lundell	C	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	15:27	0:45
N. Cousins	C	0	0	0	2	2	0	-1	0	14:06	0:00
E. Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	13:17	0:00
K. Stenlund	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	2	8:48	0:00
W. Lockwood	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6:23	0:00
R. Lomberg	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6:13	0:00
B. Montour	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	26:35	7:47
A. Ekblad	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	21:04	1:25
G. Forsling	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	18:45	0:00
N. Mikkola	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	17:08	0:00
O. Ekman-Larsson	D	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	2	16:44	1:18
D. Kulikov	D	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	15:31	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Stolarz	31	28	3	.903	65:00	Win
S. Bobrovsky	0	0	0	–	0:00