Game Recap: NYR 3, MTL 1, October 16, 2021

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Game Recap

NYR3

FinalSat, Oct 16, 2021Every game that night

MTL1

NYR beat MTL 3-1, with the chances close: 2.43 expected goals to 2.44. MTL outshot NYR 32 to 24. M. Zibanejad led the way with 2 points (0 G, 2 A). I. Shesterkin stopped 31 of 32.

Scoring

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

2nd 9:59NYRC. KreiderPP0.14 xG
3rd 9:24MTLJ. Drouin0.14 xG
3rd 9:50NYRA. Lafrenière0.02 xG
3rd 19:50NYRK. RooneyEN0.44 xG

Team Stats

NYRMTL

24Shots on goal32

2.43Expected goals2.44

47Shot attempts56

185v5 shots on goal22

1/4Power play0/3

23Hits31

18Blocked shots13

6Penalty minutes8

14Giveaways12

1Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NYR 2.43 xGMTL 2.44 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

NYR23 on goal, 3 scored

MTL31 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NYR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Zibanejad	C	0	2	2	4	1	1	+2	0	18:54	5:06
A. Panarin	LW	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	22:06	5:33
C. Kreider	LW	1	0	1	4	1	0	+2	0	20:22	5:35
A. Lafrenière	LW	1	0	1	5	3	0	+1	2	16:16	5:06
K. Rooney	C	1	0	1	1	2	1	+1	0	14:55	0:05
F. Chytil	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	21:02	1:44
B. Goodrow	C	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	17:56	0:05
S. Blais	LW	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	12:42	1:15
R. Reaves	RW	0	0	0	0	4	0	-1	2	12:17	0:05
D. Hunt	LW	0	0	0	2	2	0	-1	0	9:17	1:15
G. McKegg	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	7:27	0:00
K. Kakko	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6:16	0:00
A. Fox	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	+2	0	26:48	5:35
J. Trouba	D	0	0	0	2	3	2	-1	0	23:18	1:44
R. Lindgren	D	0	0	0	0	0	6	+2	0	20:12	0:02
K. Miller	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	2	16:17	0:05
P. Nemeth	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	16:13	0:05
N. Lundkvist	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:19	1:15

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
I. Shesterkin	32	31	1	.969	59:23	Win
A. Georgiev	0	0	0	–	0:00

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Dvorak	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	20:45	2:45
J. Drouin	LW	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	18:37	2:45
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	18:43	2:45
T. Toffoli	C	0	0	0	4	2	0	-2	0	17:01	2:53
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	3	2	1	-1	0	16:00	0:22
N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	-1	0	15:42	2:53
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	15:39	2:15
B. Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	4	2	0	-1	0	15:17	2:53
C. Caufield	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	13:25	2:53
A. Lehkonen	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	11:32	0:22
C. Paquette	C	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	9:08	0:00
M. Perreault	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	8:46	0:52
B. Kulak	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	+1	0	12:46	0:00
B. Chiarot	D	0	0	0	2	3	1	-1	0	24:40	0:22
J. Petry	D	0	0	0	2	4	2	-1	0	23:14	3:14
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	-1	0	21:36	0:05
A. Romanov	D	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	17:24	0:00
C. Wideman	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	4	14:12	2:41

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Allen	23	21	2	.913	58:38	Loss
S. Montembeault	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamChris Kreider MTL Faces NYR, his team until Apr 20251 G, 4 SOG
HometownAlexis Lafrenière NYR Plays near home (born in St-Eustache)1 G, 5 SOG

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