Game Recap: MTL 1, VAN 4, March 21, 2024

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Game Recap

MTL1

FinalThu, Mar 21, 2024Every game that night

VAN4

VAN beat MTL 4-1, and the chances backed it up: 2.81 expected goals to 1.21. VAN outshot MTL 25 to 17. N. Zadorov led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). C. DeSmith stopped 16 of 17.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MTL	0	1	0	1
VAN	2	1	1	4

1st 15:38VANN. Zadorov0.02 xG
1st 19:33VANN. Zadorov0.16 xG
2nd 18:14VANC. Garland0.06 xG
2nd 19:07MTLJ. Slafkovský0.11 xG
3rd 11:44VANN. Aman0.07 xG

Team Stats

MTLVAN

17Shots on goal25

1.21Expected goals2.81

39Shot attempts68

145v5 shots on goal22

0/3Power play0/3

25Hits42

18Blocked shots12

8Penalty minutes8

4Giveaways4

4Takeaways12

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 1.21 xGVAN 2.81 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

MTL17 on goal, 1 scored

VAN25 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Slafkovský	LW	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	18:58	4:36
C. Caufield	RW	0	1	1	2	1	0	-1	0	18:33	4:39
N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	2	2	0	+1	2	21:53	4:46
A. Newhook	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-2	0	18:19	4:40
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	17:21	0:00
R. Harvey-Pinard	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	14:35	1:11
B. Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	14:12	1:21
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	14:12	0:09
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	0	3	2	-2	0	13:40	1:16
T. Pearson	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:31	1:10
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	9:21	0:00
C. White	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	8:24	0:00
M. Matheson	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	-1	0	24:24	4:54
K. Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	-1	2	21:03	0:12
J. Harris	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	+1	0	18:20	0:00
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	3	0	2	-3	0	17:54	0:09
A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	3	3	1	-2	4	17:26	0:57
J. Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	14:54	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Montembeault	25	21	4	.840	60:00	Loss
C. Primeau	0	0	0	–	0:00

VAN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
I. Mikheyev	RW	0	2	2	2	1	1	+2	0	15:44	0:00
E. Lindholm	C	0	1	1	2	2	1	+1	0	16:22	1:50
S. Lafferty	C	0	1	1	1	3	0	+2	2	14:18	0:00
C. Garland	RW	1	0	1	1	1	0	+1	4	13:45	2:03
T. Blueger	C	0	1	1	3	2	1	+3	0	13:31	0:00
V. Podkolzin	RW	0	1	1	2	6	0	+2	0	10:16	1:51
N. Aman	C	1	0	1	1	1	3	+1	0	10:07	0:00
E. Pettersson	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	-1	0	20:16	3:03
J. Miller	C	0	0	0	3	5	2	-1	0	17:48	2:51
B. Boeser	RW	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	0	16:22	3:04
P. Suter	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	15:29	1:43
N. Hoglander	LW	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	13:29	2:05
N. Zadorov	D	2	0	2	5	1	2	+2	0	17:37	0:00
T. Myers	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	+2	2	19:11	0:00
Q. Hughes	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23:34	3:07
F. Hronek	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	22:48	2:53
C. Soucy	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	+2	0	19:11	0:00
N. Juulsen	D	0	0	0	1	6	1	+1	0	14:12	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. DeSmith	17	16	1	.941	60:00	Win
A. Silovs	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamBrendan Gallagher VAN First game against MTL since he left (his team until May 2026)1 SOG

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