Game Recap: MTL 3, WSH 6, November 24, 2021

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Game Recap

MTL3

FinalWed, Nov 24, 2021Every game that night

WSH6

WSH beat MTL 6-3, with the chances close: 3.15 expected goals to 2.98. A. Ovechkin led the way with 3 points (0 G, 3 A). I. Samsonov stopped 25 of 28.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MTL	1	1	1	3
WSH	3	1	2	6

1st 3:34WSHN. Dowd0.04 xG
1st 9:43WSHJ. CarlsonPP0.04 xG
1st 14:31WSHM. Sgarbossa0.16 xG
1st 18:46MTLJ. Evans0.17 xG
2nd 9:05WSHE. Kuznetsov0.11 xG
2nd 18:54MTLC. Caufield0.45 xG
3rd 1:49WSHT. Wilson0.06 xG
3rd 5:57WSHD. Orlov0.02 xG
3rd 17:34MTLA. Lehkonen0.23 xG

Team Stats

MTLWSH

28Shots on goal34

2.98Expected goals3.15

42Shot attempts67

235v5 shots on goal32

0/3Power play1/1

22Hits20

13Blocked shots7

2Penalty minutes6

9Giveaways9

6Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MTL 2.98 xGWSH 3.15 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

MTL26 on goal, 3 scored

WSH34 on goal, 6 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Lehkonen	LW	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	15:27	0:21
J. Evans	C	1	1	2	4	0	0	-1	0	15:14	1:02
J. Drouin	LW	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	17:49	3:04
N. Suzuki	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	+1	0	16:45	2:44
B. Gallagher	RW	0	1	1	3	0	1	+1	0	16:20	2:44
C. Caufield	RW	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	15:57	2:35
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	0	17:29	1:53
C. Dvorak	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	-1	0	17:15	1:53
T. Toffoli	C	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	16:54	2:44
R. Poehling	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	11:13	1:23
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	10:55	0:21
C. Paquette	C	0	0	0	0	4	2	-1	0	10:18	0:00
B. Chiarot	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	22:27	2:38
J. Petry	D	0	0	0	1	4	1	+1	2	20:59	2:56
A. Romanov	D	0	0	0	1	4	1	-1	0	20:59	0:00
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20:16	0:00
C. Wideman	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	-2	0	18:10	3:22
S. Niku	D	0	0	0	4	0	1	-2	0	14:25	0:20

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Allen	34	28	6	.824	60:00	Loss
S. Montembeault	0	0	0	–	0:00

WSH Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Ovechkin	LW	0	3	3	4	2	0	+2	0	21:00	1:08
E. Kuznetsov	C	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	22:06	1:08
N. Dowd	C	1	1	2	1	5	0	+1	0	16:21	0:00
T. Wilson	RW	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	16:35	1:08
C. McMichael	LW	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	11:09	0:00
M. Sgarbossa	C	1	0	1	2	0	0	+1	0	8:43	0:00
A. Protas	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:52	1:08
C. Hagelin	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	15:31	0:00
G. Hathaway	RW	0	0	0	5	1	0	+1	2	14:17	0:00
D. Sprong	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	11:25	0:00
B. Malenstyn	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	10:10	0:00
B. Leason	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	+1	0	9:33	0:00
D. Orlov	D	1	1	2	5	2	1	+3	2	23:49	0:00
J. Carlson	D	1	1	2	4	0	2	-1	2	21:46	1:08
N. Jensen	D	0	1	1	1	1	2	+2	0	22:32	0:00
M. Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	22:56	0:00
T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	21:30	0:00
J. Schultz	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6:53	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
I. Samsonov	28	25	3	.893	59:52	Win
V. Vanecek	0	0	0	–	0:00