Game Recap: MTL 3, MIN 4 (OT), December 21, 2023

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Game Recap

MTL3

Final/OTThu, Dec 21, 2023Every game that night

MIN4

MIN beat MTL 4-3 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 2.95 expected goals to 1.75. M. Rossi led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). F. Gustavsson stopped 22 of 25.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
MTL	0	1	2	0	3
MIN	2	0	1	1	4

1st 13:19MINM. BoldyPP0.16 xG
1st 14:54MINM. Rossi0.09 xG
2nd 8:17MTLD. Savard0.07 xG
3rd 1:09MTLN. SuzukiPP0.25 xG
3rd 8:57MINB. FaberPP0.04 xG
3rd 16:57MTLJ. Slafkovský0.09 xG
OT 4:55MINK. Kaprizov0.16 xG

Team Stats

MTLMIN

25Shots on goal24

1.75Expected goals2.95

52Shot attempts52

165v5 shots on goal12

1/5Power play2/6

17Hits21

14Blocked shots11

17Penalty minutes25

6Giveaways11

2Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 1.75 xGMIN 2.95 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

MTL25 on goal, 3 scored

MIN23 on goal, 4 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	6	1	3	+1	0	24:17	5:34
J. Slafkovský	LW	1	1	2	2	0	0	+2	0	17:41	5:18
C. Caufield	RW	0	1	1	4	0	0	+1	2	21:56	5:22
S. Monahan	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	20:09	4:23
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	18:07	0:00
C. Dvorak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:48	0:51
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	2	16:45	1:21
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	15:16	0:00
B. Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	14:57	1:14
M. Stephens	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6:46	0:00
J. Ylonen	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6:04	0:50
E. Heineman	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5:56	0:00
M. Matheson	D	0	2	2	3	0	3	+1	2	28:46	5:34
D. Savard	D	1	1	2	1	1	2	+1	2	23:25	0:20
J. Barron	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	21:26	1:08
K. Guhle	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	5	20:01	0:00
J. Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	14:13	0:00
J. Struble	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	14:06	0:15

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Montembeault	24	20	4	.833	64:55	OT loss
J. Allen	0	0	0	–	0:00

MIN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
K. Kaprizov	LW	1	2	3	2	0	1	+2	0	29:09	6:08
M. Rossi	C	1	2	3	3	0	0	+1	17	16:00	3:52
M. Boldy	LW	1	0	1	1	0	2	-1	0	22:39	6:14
M. Johansson	LW	0	1	1	3	1	1	+1	0	20:41	2:50
M. Foligno	LW	0	1	1	2	3	0	+1	2	14:48	1:05
J. Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	23:22	6:21
F. Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	19:02	1:12
P. Maroon	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	14:04	1:15
C. Dewar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	10:09	0:00
B. Duhaime	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	9:25	0:00
V. Lettieri	C	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	2	8:18	0:00
B. Faber	D	1	1	2	2	3	1	-1	0	33:25	6:19
Z. Bogosian	D	0	1	1	2	2	0	+1	4	19:42	0:14
J. Middleton	D	0	0	0	1	3	0	-2	0	26:56	0:00
A. Goligoski	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	16:17	1:07
J. Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	10:31	0:00
D. Mermis	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9:01	0:00
D. Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4:28	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
F. Gustavsson	25	22	3	.880	64:37	Win
M. Fleury	0	0	0	–	0:00