Game Recap: VAN 5, MTL 2, November 12, 2023

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Game Recap

VAN5

FinalSun, Nov 12, 2023Every game that night

MTL2

VAN beat MTL 5-2, and the chances backed it up: 4.21 expected goals to 2.94. B. Boeser led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). C. DeSmith stopped 30 of 32.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VAN	0	3	2	5
MTL	0	0	2	2

2nd 6:15VANC. Garland0.10 xG
2nd 9:17VANI. Mikheyev0.04 xG
2nd 17:57VAND. Joshua0.19 xG
3rd 6:46MTLM. MathesonPP0.10 xG
3rd 18:30VANB. BoeserEN0.64 xG
3rd 19:11MTLA. Xhekaj0.04 xG
3rd 19:42VANP. Di GiuseppeEN0.92 xG

Team Stats

VANMTL

37Shots on goal32

4.21Expected goals2.94

77Shot attempts59

295v5 shots on goal27

0/2Power play1/2

19Hits16

17Blocked shots24

4Penalty minutes4

7Giveaways18

6Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VAN 4.21 xGMTL 2.94 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

VAN37 on goal, 5 scored

MTL32 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VAN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Miller	C	0	2	2	2	3	1	+3	0	20:10	3:19
B. Boeser	RW	1	1	2	5	1	0	+3	0	19:35	3:13
D. Joshua	C	1	1	2	2	0	0	+2	0	12:11	0:00
C. Garland	RW	1	1	2	5	0	1	+2	0	12:03	0:47
P. Di Giuseppe	LW	1	0	1	3	0	0	+1	0	15:55	0:00
A. Kuzmenko	LW	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	14:53	3:13
I. Mikheyev	RW	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	12:40	0:22
E. Pettersson	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	16:51	3:19
S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	15:09	0:00
A. Beauvillier	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	14:04	0:41
T. Blueger	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:00	0:00
P. Suter	C	0	0	0	4	0	0	+1	0	12:59	0:41
Q. Hughes	D	0	1	1	2	0	3	+3	0	28:37	3:15
F. Hronek	D	0	1	1	1	2	2	+3	0	23:50	0:47
T. Myers	D	0	1	1	5	1	1	+2	2	20:29	0:00
I. Cole	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	+1	0	21:10	0:23
N. Juulsen	D	0	0	0	1	3	2	-1	2	14:33	0:00
C. Soucy	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	8:26	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. DeSmith	32	30	2	.938	59:33	Win
T. Demko	0	0	0	–	0:00

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Anderson	RW	0	1	1	6	0	0	-2	0	16:49	2:05
S. Monahan	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	-3	0	16:24	2:05
N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	-4	0	18:52	1:13
C. Caufield	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	-2	0	17:19	2:05
J. Slafkovský	LW	0	0	0	6	0	1	-2	0	16:48	0:00
A. Newhook	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	15:50	0:52
C. Dvorak	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	15:31	0:00
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	1	1	3	+1	0	14:23	0:00
T. Pearson	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-2	2	13:32	0:00
R. Harvey-Pinard	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	12:54	0:00
B. Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	3	0	1	-3	0	12:53	0:04
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	9:04	0:00
M. Matheson	D	1	0	1	1	1	0	-3	2	23:21	2:05
J. Harris	D	0	1	1	0	0	5	+1	0	20:00	0:00
A. Xhekaj	D	1	0	1	2	1	1	+1	0	15:22	0:00
K. Guhle	D	0	0	0	1	2	4	-2	0	20:20	0:00
J. Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	-2	0	20:04	0:00
J. Barron	D	0	0	0	0	3	4	-1	0	17:41	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Allen	35	32	3	.914	58:53	Loss
C. Primeau	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamBrendan Gallagher VAN First game back in Montreal, his team until May 20263 SOG
BirthdayElias Pettersson VAN Turns 25 that day0 SOG

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