Game Recap: NYR 3, MTL 4 (SO), January 6, 2024

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Game Recap

NYR3

Final/SOSat, Jan 6, 2024Every game that night

MTL4

MTL beat NYR 4-3 in a shootout despite fewer good chances: 2.33 expected goals to 3.74. NYR outshot MTL 48 to 30. A. Panarin led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). S. Montembeault stopped 45 of 48.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	SO	T
NYR	0	2	1	0	3
MTL	1	2	0	1	4

1st 11:37MTLB. Gallagher0.19 xG
2nd 1:09MTLS. Monahan0.11 xG
2nd 2:39MTLJ. Armia0.12 xG
2nd 10:28NYRV. Trocheck0.09 xG
2nd 14:29NYRA. Panarin0.10 xG
3rd 9:30NYRA. Fox0.03 xG

Team Stats

NYRMTL

48Shots on goal30

3.74Expected goals2.33

88Shot attempts60

305v5 shots on goal21

0/3Power play0/2

24Hits18

14Blocked shots25

4Penalty minutes6

17Giveaways17

6Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NYR 3.74 xGMTL 2.33 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

NYR47 on goal, 3 scored

MTL29 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NYR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
V. Trocheck	C	1	1	2	4	2	0	+1	0	24:21	4:42
A. Panarin	LW	1	1	2	8	0	1	0	0	24:09	4:37
J. Vesey	LW	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	14:18	1:01
W. Cuylle	LW	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	12:27	0:00
M. Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	22:29	4:33
A. Lafrenière	LW	0	0	0	4	1	0	+1	0	20:20	1:23
C. Kreider	LW	0	0	0	6	3	1	0	2	19:33	4:30
B. Wheeler	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	17:09	1:30
B. Goodrow	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	11:50	0:00
N. Bonino	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	10:32	0:00
J. Brodzinski	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9:05	1:26
B. Othmann	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7:16	0:00
A. Fox	D	1	0	1	3	0	0	-1	0	25:37	4:43
E. Gustafsson	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	+1	0	16:27	1:17
K. Miller	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	23:35	0:17
J. Trouba	D	0	0	0	3	7	3	0	0	22:00	0:01
R. Lindgren	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	18:52	0:00
B. Schneider	D	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	13:00	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Quick	30	27	3	.900	65:00	OT loss
I. Shesterkin	0	0	0	–	0:00

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
S. Monahan	C	1	0	1	4	0	1	+1	0	19:27	1:34
J. Evans	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	+1	0	19:00	0:38
B. Gallagher	RW	1	0	1	1	1	1	+1	0	14:56	0:38
J. Armia	RW	1	0	1	3	0	4	-1	0	12:36	0:00
J. Ylonen	RW	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	0	11:36	0:38
M. Stephens	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	-1	0	10:15	0:00
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	8:25	0:00
N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	2	22:09	1:34
C. Caufield	RW	0	0	0	6	0	0	-1	0	20:58	1:34
J. Slafkovský	LW	0	0	0	1	2	1	-1	0	19:25	1:22
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	+1	0	16:05	0:38
E. Heineman	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	11:31	0:00
D. Savard	D	0	1	1	3	0	4	-1	0	22:19	0:00
M. Matheson	D	0	0	0	4	0	2	-1	0	27:38	1:34
J. Struble	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	+2	0	20:28	0:00
K. Guhle	D	0	0	0	1	1	5	-1	4	18:00	0:00
J. Barron	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	17:33	0:38
J. Harris	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	+1	0	16:51	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Montembeault	48	45	3	.938	65:00	Win
J. Allen	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamChris Kreider MTL Faces NYR, his team until Apr 20256 SOG
HometownAlexis Lafrenière NYR Plays near home (born in St-Eustache)4 SOG

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