Game Recap: MTL 2, NYI 3 (OT), April 11, 2024

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Game Recap

MTL2

Final/OTThu, Apr 11, 2024Every game that night

NYI3

NYI beat MTL 3-2 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.25 expected goals to 1.29. NYI outshot MTL 31 to 14. C. Caufield led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). S. Varlamov stopped 12 of 14.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
MTL	1	0	1	0	2
NYI	0	1	1	1	3

1st 17:58MTLJ. Harris0.03 xG
2nd 5:17NYIP. Engvall0.09 xG
3rd 3:42MTLC. Caufield0.12 xG
3rd 6:30NYIC. Cizikas0.11 xG
OT 1:17NYIK. Palmieri0.06 xG

Team Stats

MTLNYI

14Shots on goal31

1.29Expected goals3.25

32Shot attempts74

135v5 shots on goal28

0/0Power play0/4

23Hits25

21Blocked shots10

13Penalty minutes5

5Giveaways12

5Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 1.29 xGNYI 3.25 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

MTL14 on goal, 2 scored

NYI31 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Caufield	RW	1	1	2	4	1	1	+1	0	16:35	0:00
N. Suzuki	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	19:13	0:00
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	19:34	0:00
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	18:01	0:00
J. Slafkovský	LW	0	0	0	0	2	3	-1	2	17:33	0:00
A. Newhook	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	-1	0	14:35	0:00
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	14:01	0:00
C. Dvorak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:50	0:00
T. Pearson	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12:20	0:00
B. Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	5	12:05	0:00
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	8:53	0:00
R. Harvey-Pinard	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8:40	0:00
M. Matheson	D	0	1	1	1	1	3	+1	0	25:46	0:00
J. Kovacevic	D	0	1	1	0	4	1	+1	2	20:03	0:00
J. Harris	D	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	19:53	0:00
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	23:11	0:00
J. Struble	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	0	17:37	0:00
J. Barron	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	15:01	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Montembeault	31	28	3	.903	61:17	OT loss
C. Primeau	0	0	0	–	0:00

NYI Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
B. Nelson	C	0	1	1	2	1	0	+2	0	18:24	3:16
C. Cizikas	C	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	17:56	3:44
K. Palmieri	C	1	0	1	3	0	1	+1	0	15:44	3:20
P. Engvall	LW	1	0	1	6	2	0	+1	0	15:10	1:00
M. Barzal	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	25:47	4:57
B. Horvat	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	+1	0	20:31	4:30
A. Lee	LW	0	0	0	1	2	1	+1	0	18:42	3:56
J. Pageau	C	0	0	0	2	3	0	-1	5	16:33	3:17
S. Holmstrom	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	13:21	0:00
K. MacLean	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	9:24	0:12
M. Martin	LW	0	0	0	1	4	1	-1	0	8:22	0:00
C. Clutterbuck	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	7:21	0:15
A. Pelech	D	0	2	2	1	1	0	+2	0	24:36	0:26
R. Pulock	D	0	1	1	2	1	2	-1	0	24:47	3:08
M. Reilly	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	22:27	3:52
S. Aho	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	22:46	3:49
A. Romanov	D	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	20:48	0:18
N. Dobson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1:28	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Varlamov	14	12	2	.857	61:01	Win
I. Sorokin	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamNoah Dobson MTL First game back in New York, his team until Apr 20250 SOG

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