Game Recap: NJD 3, MTL 1, March 11, 2023

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Game Recap

NJD3

FinalSat, Mar 11, 2023Every game that night

MTL1

NJD beat MTL 3-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.50 expected goals to 1.76. NJD outshot MTL 37 to 24. N. Hischier led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). A. Schmid stopped 23 of 24.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
NJD	2	0	1	3
MTL	0	1	0	1

1st 8:24NJDN. Bastian0.19 xG
1st 18:59NJDN. Hischier0.13 xG
2nd 18:23MTLD. Gurianov0.02 xG
3rd 18:30NJDT. TatarEN0.88 xG

Team Stats

NJDMTL

37Shots on goal24

3.50Expected goals1.76

73Shot attempts52

365v5 shots on goal24

0/0Power play0/0

17Hits34

20Blocked shots26

17Giveaways15

8Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NJD 3.50 xGMTL 1.76 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

NJD36 on goal, 3 scored

MTL24 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NJD Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
N. Hischier	C	1	1	2	2	1	2	+1	17:02	0:00
D. Mercer	C	0	1	1	4	0	0	+1	17:34	0:00
T. Tatar	LW	1	0	1	4	1	0	+1	15:53	0:00
M. Wood	LW	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	10:19	0:00
N. Bastian	RW	1	0	1	5	5	0	+1	9:44	0:00
J. Hughes	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:48	0:00
T. Meier	RW	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	18:11	0:00
J. Boqvist	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	16:20	0:00
O. Palat	LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	15:30	0:00
E. Haula	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:10	0:00
J. Bratt	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	14:41	0:00
M. McLeod	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	10:39	0:00
D. Hamilton	D	0	1	1	2	2	1	+1	18:55	0:00
D. Severson	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	+1	17:13	0:00
R. Graves	D	0	0	0	4	3	3	0	23:49	0:00
J. Marino	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	+1	22:08	0:00
J. Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	19:19	0:00
B. Smith	D	0	0	0	3	1	2	+1	18:45	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Schmid	24	23	1	.958	60:00	Win
V. Vanecek	0	0	0	–	0:00

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
D. Gurianov	RW	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	15:59	0:00
R. Pitlick	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	14:18	0:00
N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	19:46	0:00
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	2	7	3	-1	18:56	0:00
J. Drouin	LW	0	0	0	1	0	3	-1	18:27	0:00
M. Hoffman	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	17:56	0:00
J. Ylonen	RW	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	17:55	0:00
R. Harvey-Pinard	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	17:21	0:00
C. Tierney	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13:53	0:00
A. Richard	C	0	0	0	3	4	1	-1	9:30	0:00
A. Belzile	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	9:16	0:00
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	1	4	1	-1	9:12	0:00
M. Matheson	D	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	27:03	0:00
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	25:44	0:00
K. Guhle	D	0	0	0	2	4	2	-3	21:43	0:00
J. Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	3	1	1	+1	18:11	0:00
J. Edmundson	D	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	17:31	0:00
C. Wideman	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	-1	8:32	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Allen	36	34	2	.944	58:47	Loss
S. Montembeault	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamJake Allen NJD Faces MTL, his team until Mar 202434 saves on 36

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