Game Recap: MTL 2, PIT 3 (OT), January 27, 2024

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Game Recap

MTL2

Final/OTSat, Jan 27, 2024Every game that night

PIT3

PIT beat MTL 3-2 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.59 expected goals to 2.68. M. Pettersson led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). T. Jarry stopped 25 of 27.

Scoring

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

1st 15:53MTLK. Guhle0.09 xG
2nd 4:05PITL. Eller0.19 xG
2nd 12:23MTLJ. SlafkovskýPP0.10 xG
3rd 10:03PITJ. Guentzel0.17 xG
OT 2:43PITM. Pettersson0.20 xG

Team Stats

MTLPIT

27Shots on goal33

2.68Expected goals3.59

48Shot attempts86

245v5 shots on goal28

1/1Power play0/2

23Hits23

26Blocked shots4

4Penalty minutes2

4Giveaways6

12Takeaways16

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 2.68 xGPIT 3.59 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

MTL27 on goal, 2 scored

PIT33 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Suzuki	C	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	21:57	1:00
S. Monahan	C	0	1	1	5	1	0	-2	0	21:33	1:00
C. Caufield	RW	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18:53	1:00
J. Slafkovský	LW	1	0	1	5	2	0	-1	0	17:09	1:00
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	19:05	0:00
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	2	1	4	-1	0	17:51	0:00
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	0	17:10	0:00
T. Pearson	LW	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	14:20	0:00
R. Harvey-Pinard	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12:09	0:00
J. Ylonen	RW	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	11:27	0:00
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5:44	0:00
L. Condotta	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5:20	0:00
M. Matheson	D	0	1	1	3	0	4	-2	0	27:36	1:00
K. Guhle	D	1	0	1	4	1	2	-1	2	25:45	0:00
J. Struble	D	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	18:17	0:00
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	17:56	0:00
J. Harris	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	16:29	0:00
J. Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	16:11	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Allen	33	30	3	.909	62:00	OT loss
S. Montembeault	0	0	0	–	0:00

PIT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
R. Rakell	RW	0	2	2	0	1	0	+2	0	13:53	1:38
J. Guentzel	C	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	21:38	2:23
S. Crosby	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	20:06	2:22
E. Malkin	C	0	1	1	2	1	1	+1	0	19:48	1:39
L. Eller	C	1	0	1	4	1	0	+1	0	17:01	1:37
V. Puustinen	RW	0	1	1	0	0	0	+1	0	9:24	2:19
B. Rust	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	22:59	2:21
D. O'Connor	LW	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	16:25	0:00
N. Acciari	C	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	14:40	0:00
J. Carter	C	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	13:07	1:41
C. White	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	12:30	0:00
J. Harkins	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6:57	0:00
M. Pettersson	D	1	1	2	2	1	0	+2	0	23:52	0:00
K. Letang	D	0	0	0	3	0	0	+1	2	27:05	2:20
E. Karlsson	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	26:48	1:40
R. Graves	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	21:56	0:00
C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	10:27	0:00
P. Joseph	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8:33	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
T. Jarry	27	25	2	.926	62:43	Win
A. Nedeljkovic	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamMike Matheson MTL Faces PIT, his team until May 20221 A, 3 SOG

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