Game Recap: MTL 2, NJD 3 (SO), March 27, 2022

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Game Recap

MTL2

Final/SOSun, Mar 27, 2022Every game that night

NJD3

NJD beat MTL 3-2 in a shootout, with the chances close: 4.47 expected goals to 4.30. J. Hughes led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). N. Daws stopped 31 of 33.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	SO	T
MTL	0	1	1	0	2
NJD	1	1	0	1	3

1st 19:16NJDJ. Hughes0.08 xG
2nd 14:16NJDJ. HughesPP0.13 xG
2nd 17:36MTLJ. Anderson0.10 xG
3rd 19:18MTLR. Pitlick0.02 xG

Team Stats

MTLNJD

33Shots on goal32

4.30Expected goals4.47

55Shot attempts61

195v5 shots on goal30

0/5Power play1/2

20Hits25

16Blocked shots11

4Penalty minutes8

9Giveaways16

6Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 4.30 xGNJD 4.47 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

MTL32 on goal, 2 scored

NJD31 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
R. Pitlick	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	+1	0	23:54	4:20
C. Caufield	RW	0	1	1	4	1	0	+1	0	20:46	5:39
J. Anderson	RW	1	0	1	4	3	2	+1	2	19:45	5:01
C. Dvorak	C	0	1	1	4	0	1	+1	0	19:13	5:53
J. Ylonen	RW	0	1	1	0	0	1	+1	0	7:35	0:32
N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	4	1	0	+1	0	23:32	5:45
M. Hoffman	C	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	19:37	4:14
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	16:32	0:01
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	15:14	2:35
P. Byron	LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	14:15	0:52
L. Dauphin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	11:12	2:10
M. Perreault	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	5:45	0:32
C. Wideman	D	0	1	1	1	1	1	+2	0	14:38	4:26
A. Romanov	D	0	0	0	2	4	3	-1	0	24:05	0:00
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	-1	0	22:40	0:10
J. Edmundson	D	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	18:27	0:00
J. Barron	D	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	17:55	0:00
C. Schueneman	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	16:14	3:10

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Montembeault	32	30	2	.938	64:46	OT loss
J. Allen	0	0	0	–	0:00

NJD Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Hughes	C	2	0	2	7	0	0	+1	0	24:50	3:29
J. Bratt	LW	0	1	1	5	1	2	0	0	19:28	3:29
N. Hischier	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	24:11	3:29
Y. Sharangovich	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	0	19:45	0:26
D. Mercer	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	+1	2	19:06	0:26
N. Bastian	RW	0	0	0	2	5	0	-1	0	13:22	3:29
T. Tatar	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12:32	0:26
J. Vesey	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	-2	0	11:46	0:00
M. Wood	LW	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	11:46	0:26
M. McLeod	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	11:00	0:00
J. Boqvist	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9:11	0:00
A. Greer	LW	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	6:47	0:00
D. Severson	D	0	1	1	1	1	0	-1	0	30:56	3:29
J. Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	4	4	-1	2	22:39	0:00
D. Hamilton	D	0	0	0	3	6	2	+1	2	22:37	0:26
R. Graves	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	21:41	0:00
K. Bahl	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	11:48	0:00
P. Subban	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	11:45	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
N. Daws	33	31	2	.939	65:00	Win
J. Gillies	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamJake Allen NJD Faces MTL, his team until Mar 20240 saves on 0

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