Game Recap: MTL 3, NSH 6, January 3, 2023

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Game Recap

MTL3

FinalTue, Jan 3, 2023Every game that night

NSH6

NSH beat MTL 6-3, and the chances backed it up: 4.27 expected goals to 2.13. N. Niederreiter led the way with 3 points (0 G, 3 A). J. Saros stopped 24 of 27.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MTL	1	1	1	3
NSH	3	2	1	6

1st 4:10NSHC. GlassPP0.11 xG
1st 5:49NSHC. Sissons0.08 xG
1st 10:42NSHM. Ekholm0.03 xG
1st 19:10MTLC. Caufield0.12 xG
2nd 6:40MTLJ. Anderson0.06 xG
2nd 8:18NSHT. Novak0.15 xG
2nd 17:48NSHR. Josi0.09 xG
3rd 4:43NSHM. DuchenePP0.20 xG
3rd 16:59MTLB. Gallagher0.13 xG

Team Stats

MTLNSH

27Shots on goal34

2.13Expected goals4.27

47Shot attempts74

195v5 shots on goal26

0/4Power play2/4

18Hits30

18Blocked shots13

10Penalty minutes10

6Giveaways15

5Takeaways14

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 2.13 xGNSH 4.27 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

NSH32 on goal, 6 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Dvorak	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	-1	0	19:23	4:41
C. Caufield	RW	1	0	1	6	0	0	+1	0	19:17	4:37
J. Anderson	RW	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	15:18	2:25
B. Gallagher	RW	1	0	1	1	0	1	-1	2	15:00	2:34
M. Hoffman	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	13:28	2:45
J. Drouin	LW	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	12:58	1:40
A. Richard	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	11:11	0:00
N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	22:13	4:40
K. Dach	C	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	19:36	5:06
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	2	12:36	0:00
J. Slafkovský	LW	0	0	0	0	3	0	-1	0	11:22	1:13
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	8:55	0:00
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	2	0	4	+1	0	23:03	0:00
J. Harris	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	+1	2	20:34	0:00
J. Edmundson	D	0	0	0	3	3	1	-3	2	17:12	0:00
J. Barron	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1	0	16:54	0:06
A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	16:50	1:09
C. Wideman	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	14:47	0:49

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Montembeault	34	28	6	.824	60:00	Loss
J. Allen	0	0	0	–	0:00

NSH Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Niederreiter	RW	0	3	3	1	4	0	+1	0	16:27	2:27
M. Granlund	C	0	2	2	1	1	1	+1	0	18:03	4:00
T. Novak	C	1	1	2	4	0	0	+2	0	12:48	1:32
T. Jeannot	LW	0	1	1	2	4	1	+1	0	16:28	0:00
F. Forsberg	LW	0	1	1	2	1	0	-1	0	15:21	3:19
M. Duchene	C	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	15:18	3:37
Y. Trenin	C	0	1	1	2	1	0	+1	2	14:37	0:00
C. Sissons	C	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	13:42	0:00
C. Glass	C	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	12:51	2:19
R. Johansen	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	14:41	3:14
J. Parssinen	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	14:30	2:04
M. Jankowski	LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	11:16	0:00
R. Josi	D	1	1	2	7	1	2	+1	0	22:24	3:43
M. Ekholm	D	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	2	21:55	1:55
A. Carrier	D	0	0	0	2	1	2	-1	0	20:37	0:00
R. McDonagh	D	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	18:05	0:00
J. Lauzon	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	+1	0	16:23	0:00
R. McKeown	D	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	14:39	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Saros	27	24	3	.889	59:55	Win
K. Lankinen	0	0	0	–	0:00