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Game Recap
MTL3
Final/SOFri, Nov 24, 2023Every game that night
SJS2

MTL beat SJS 3-2 in a shootout despite fewer good chances: 2.86 expected goals to 3.39. SJS outshot MTL 33 to 24. C. Caufield led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). C. Primeau stopped 31 of 33.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdSOT
MTL01113
SJS02002
  1. 2nd 5:06SJSM. Hoffman0.28 xG
  2. 2nd 12:30SJSW. EklundPP0.11 xG
  3. 2nd 18:02MTLJ. Kovacevic0.08 xG
  4. 3rd 3:26MTLC. Caufield0.05 xG

Team Stats

MTLSJS
24Shots on goal33
2.86Expected goals3.39
59Shot attempts61
205v5 shots on goal23
0/2Power play1/2
13Hits23
15Blocked shots19
4Penalty minutes4
5Giveaways4
7Takeaways18

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 2.86 xGSJS 3.39 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdOTSJS goal, 5:06SJS goal, 12:30MTL goal, 18:02MTL goal, 3:26

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

MTL24 on goal, 2 scored
SJS33 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MTL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. CaufieldRW112610+2020:332:04
J. SlafkovskýLW011311+2019:441:57
N. SuzukiC0001000021:352:04
A. NewhookC0001000020:251:56
C. DvorakC000210+2017:400:18
B. GallagherRW0002110017:151:58
S. MonahanC000001-1016:551:44
T. PearsonLW000201-1016:011:56
J. AndersonRW000020-1015:131:45
J. EvansC0000000011:560:00
J. YlonenRW000100007:160:00
M. PezzettaLW000021006:450:00
J. StrubleD011211+2013:030:00
J. KovacevicD101110+2011:100:00
M. MathesonD0001010226:522:13
J. BarronD0001230225:092:05
K. GuhleD000013-1025:010:00
G. LindstromD000102-1020:230:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Primeau33312.93965:00Win
S. Montembeault000–0:00

SJS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. HertlC0222100022:411:43
W. EklundLW1122000019:201:41
M. HoffmanC1012100218:090:21
M. GranlundC0001110021:481:46
F. ZetterlundLW000721-1021:411:42
A. DuclairLW0002000018:490:00
L. KuninC0003030015:350:23
N. SturmC000313-1015:090:18
R. CarpenterC000100009:250:00
G. SmithRW000020006:540:00
F. ZadinaRW000100004:140:22
C. AddisonD0111000017:541:46
M. FerraroD000233+1226:170:00
T. EmbersonD000231+1023:530:00
M. BenningD0000320018:200:00
K. BurroughsD000231-2018:190:00
N. OkhotiukD000014-2017:100:00
J. MacDonaldD000220-1015:410:18
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
M. Blackwood24222.91764:41OT loss
K. Kahkonen000–0:00