Game Recap: MTL 5, TBL 4 (SO), April 2, 2022

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Game Recap

MTL5

Final/SOSat, Apr 2, 2022Every game that night

TBL4

MTL beat TBL 5-4 in a shootout despite fewer good chances: 2.55 expected goals to 5.15. TBL outshot MTL 41 to 31. N. Kucherov led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). J. Allen stopped 37 of 41.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	SO	T
MTL	0	3	1	1	5
TBL	2	2	0	0	4

1st 8:57TBLS. Stamkos0.19 xG
1st 13:32TBLA. CirelliSH0.08 xG
2nd 8:57MTLC. Caufield0.13 xG
2nd 11:34TBLN. KucherovPP0.08 xG
2nd 13:56MTLC. Schueneman0.03 xG
2nd 15:50MTLJ. Anderson0.25 xG
2nd 19:44TBLB. PointPP0.09 xG
3rd 2:18MTLJ. Ylonen0.07 xG

Team Stats

MTLTBL

31Shots on goal41

2.55Expected goals5.15

53Shot attempts72

295v5 shots on goal25

0/2Power play2/3

32Hits30

15Blocked shots12

4Penalty minutes4

6Giveaways5

5Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 2.55 xGTBL 5.15 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

MTL31 on goal, 4 scored

TBL40 on goal, 4 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	3	1	1	+1	0	22:57	1:55
R. Pitlick	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	22:20	1:03
C. Caufield	RW	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	19:15	1:57
M. Hoffman	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	16:07	2:14
J. Anderson	RW	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	14:20	1:55
J. Ylonen	RW	1	0	1	1	0	0	+1	0	9:40	0:59
R. Poehling	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	9:06	1:03
T. Pitlick	C	0	1	1	0	3	0	+1	0	8:20	0:11
C. Dvorak	C	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	20:15	1:55
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	16:56	0:59
P. Byron	LW	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	16:38	0:12
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	+1	0	14:23	0:13
C. Schueneman	D	1	0	1	1	5	2	+1	0	19:19	0:00
A. Romanov	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	+1	0	22:03	0:00
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	1	2	3	+1	0	21:10	0:02
J. Edmundson	D	0	0	0	1	8	2	+1	0	21:01	0:14
J. Barron	D	0	0	0	2	1	0	+1	0	20:26	0:53
J. Harris	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	+1	2	15:55	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Allen	41	37	4	.902	65:00	Win
S. Montembeault	0	0	0	–	0:00

TBL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Kucherov	RW	1	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	19:39	3:58
A. Killorn	LW	0	1	1	1	3	0	-1	2	21:06	3:58
B. Point	C	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	0	19:45	3:52
A. Cirelli	C	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	0	18:50	0:00
O. Palat	LW	0	1	1	2	1	0	-1	0	17:26	1:27
S. Stamkos	C	1	0	1	4	0	1	0	2	16:49	2:31
N. Paul	LW	0	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	14:51	0:00
R. Colton	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	13:58	0:00
B. Hagel	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	13:49	0:00
P. Bellemare	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	11:54	0:00
C. Perry	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	10:50	0:00
P. Maroon	LW	0	0	0	1	3	0	-1	0	10:40	0:00
V. Hedman	D	0	2	2	3	0	2	+1	0	26:51	3:58
M. Sergachev	D	0	0	0	2	0	4	-2	0	23:49	0:00
E. Cernak	D	0	0	0	5	1	0	-2	0	21:29	0:06
J. Rutta	D	0	0	0	2	4	0	+2	0	20:38	0:00
C. Foote	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	-2	0	14:28	0:00
Z. Bogosian	D	0	0	0	3	2	1	-1	0	14:08	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
B. Elliott	31	27	4	.871	65:00	OT loss
A. Vasilevskiy	0	0	0	–	0:00