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Game Recap
MTL3
Final/SOSun, Feb 20, 2022Every game that night
NYI2

MTL beat NYI 3-2 in a shootout despite fewer good chances: 2.06 expected goals to 2.76. A. Hammond stopped 30 of 32.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdSOT
MTL11013
NYI01102
  1. 1st 9:01MTLJ. Petry0.01 xG
  2. 2nd 1:29NYIK. PalmieriPP0.03 xG
  3. 2nd 18:49MTLJ. Anderson0.06 xG
  4. 3rd 17:03NYIB. Nelson0.14 xG

Team Stats

MTLNYI
27Shots on goal32
2.06Expected goals2.76
43Shot attempts55
215v5 shots on goal22
0/2Power play1/4
24Hits33
10Blocked shots12
8Penalty minutes4
10Giveaways21
6Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 2.06 xGNYI 2.76 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdOTMTL goal, 9:01NYI goal, 1:29MTL goal, 18:49NYI goal, 17:03

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, 2 scored
NYI30 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MTL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. SuzukiC0113010022:112:54
J. AndersonRW1012210221:381:06
C. CaufieldRW0113000019:382:54
R. PoehlingC011121+1010:050:50
J. EvansC0005110219:051:24
R. PitlickC0001010016:310:36
A. LehkonenLW000101+1014:020:54
B. GallagherRW0001010013:553:06
M. HoffmanC0001000013:491:30
P. ByronLW0002300013:290:00
L. DauphinC0001100212:430:12
M. PezzettaLW000140+109:190:00
J. PetryD1012420023:270:18
B. KulakD0110100022:360:00
B. ChiarotD000120+1023:480:36
A. RomanovD000231+1022:010:04
C. WidemanD0000100016:323:24
K. ClagueD0000000212:150:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Hammond32302.93865:00Win
S. Montembeault000–0:00

NYI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
Z. PariseLW011111-1019:102:41
B. NelsonC101601+1019:103:32
J. BaileyRW011100-1016:362:41
K. PalmieriC101330-1013:362:41
K. BellowsLW011420+1012:300:00
J. PageauC000351-1020:074:07
M. BarzalC000000-1018:494:07
A. BeauvillierRW000100+1018:213:16
A. LeeLW000201-1015:184:07
C. ClutterbuckRW0001400013:510:05
C. CizikasC0000200012:420:05
M. MartinLW0001510212:200:05
S. AhoD0111100218:240:00
N. DobsonD000220-1023:374:07
A. PelechD000030-1022:400:05
S. MayfieldD000131+1019:370:05
R. PulockD000312-1018:542:41
Z. CharaD0002140015:180:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Sorokin27252.92665:00OT loss
C. Schneider000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamNoah Dobson MTL First game back in New York, his team until Apr 20252 SOG

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