Game Recap: MTL 2, LAK 5, October 30, 2021

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Game Recap

MTL2

FinalSat, Oct 30, 2021Every game that night

LAK5

LAK beat MTL 5-2, and the chances backed it up: 4.00 expected goals to 2.51. LAK outshot MTL 38 to 28. A. Iafallo led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). C. Petersen stopped 26 of 28.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MTL	1	0	1	2
LAK	0	2	3	5

1st 18:22MTLJ. Anderson0.08 xG
2nd 4:31LAKV. Arvidsson0.08 xG
2nd 12:19LAKA. KaliyevPP0.06 xG
3rd 1:53LAKR. KupariPP0.11 xG
3rd 5:37LAKA. Iafallo0.30 xG
3rd 14:16LAKA. IafalloPP0.18 xG
3rd 17:40MTLB. Chiarot0.14 xG

Team Stats

MTLLAK

28Shots on goal38

2.51Expected goals4.00

51Shot attempts64

235v5 shots on goal29

0/3Power play3/5

32Hits16

16Blocked shots13

10Penalty minutes6

1Giveaways3

4Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 2.51 xGLAK 4.00 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

MTL28 on goal, 2 scored

LAK37 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Anderson	RW	1	1	2	6	2	0	+1	2	16:13	2:22
C. Dvorak	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	16:52	1:59
N. Suzuki	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	16:32	2:17
T. Toffoli	C	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	17:36	1:59
J. Drouin	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	15:52	1:59
C. Caufield	RW	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	15:14	2:01
M. Perreault	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	14:39	0:00
M. Hoffman	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	14:36	1:59
B. Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	13:02	2:01
A. Lehkonen	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	12:43	0:00
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11:39	0:00
C. Paquette	C	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	11:08	0:00
B. Chiarot	D	1	0	1	4	2	1	-1	0	24:25	0:21
A. Romanov	D	0	1	1	1	2	3	+1	2	19:17	0:05
J. Petry	D	0	0	0	4	2	2	-1	0	23:26	2:17
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	0	3	3	+1	0	19:42	0:05
S. Niku	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	14:57	2:15
B. Kulak	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	14:35	0:05

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Allen	38	33	5	.868	60:00	Loss
S. Montembeault	0	0	0	–	0:00

LAK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Iafallo	LW	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	14:55	2:07
A. Kopitar	C	0	2	2	4	2	0	+1	0	19:46	3:19
R. Kupari	C	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	12:58	2:07
V. Arvidsson	LW	1	0	1	3	1	0	+1	0	17:50	3:19
P. Danault	C	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	16:39	2:07
A. Kaliyev	RW	1	0	1	2	0	0	-1	2	13:13	3:19
D. Brown	RW	0	0	0	5	2	0	+1	0	17:03	2:07
A. Kempe	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	15:25	3:19
L. Andersson	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	13:17	0:27
B. Lizotte	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	13:13	0:27
B. Lemieux	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13:01	0:27
T. Moore	LW	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	12:06	0:00
M. Roy	D	0	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	21:31	1:24
K. Clague	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	19:10	4:02
O. Maatta	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	17:34	0:00
T. Bjornfot	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	20:54	0:27
M. Anderson	D	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	19:51	0:27
A. Edler	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15:34	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Petersen	28	26	2	.929	60:00	Win
J. Quick	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamJoel Armia LAK Faces MTL, his team until Apr 20250 SOG
Old teamPhillip Danault MTL Faces LAK, his team until Dec 20251 A, 4 SOG
BirthdaySamuel Montembeault MTL Turns 25 that day0 saves on 0

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