Game Recap: VGK 6, MTL 4, November 5, 2022

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Game Recap

VGK6

FinalSat, Nov 5, 2022Every game that night

MTL4

VGK beat MTL 6-4, and the chances backed it up: 4.61 expected goals to 2.77. VGK outshot MTL 42 to 31. K. Dach led the way with 3 points (0 G, 3 A). A. Hill stopped 27 of 31.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VGK	1	1	4	6
MTL	1	0	3	4

1st 13:25VGKN. Hague0.10 xG
1st 14:16MTLC. Caufield0.11 xG
2nd 2:24VGKR. Smith0.18 xG
3rd 0:56MTLN. Suzuki0.11 xG
3rd 4:45VGKR. SmithPP0.43 xG
3rd 8:14VGKK. Kolesar0.09 xG
3rd 8:35VGKN. Roy0.16 xG
3rd 10:21MTLN. SuzukiPP0.05 xG
3rd 13:16VGKJ. MarchessaultPP0.11 xG
3rd 15:21MTLJ. Slafkovský0.13 xG

Team Stats

VGKMTL

42Shots on goal31

4.61Expected goals2.77

76Shot attempts56

295v5 shots on goal27

2/4Power play1/1

18Hits9

18Blocked shots27

6Penalty minutes21

10Giveaways17

3Takeaways11

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 4.61 xGMTL 2.77 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

VGK42 on goal, 6 scored

MTL30 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Marchessault	RW	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	18:24	5:03
R. Smith	RW	2	0	2	6	1	1	0	0	15:19	1:43
K. Kolesar	RW	1	1	2	4	5	0	+2	2	15:15	0:00
J. Eichel	C	0	1	1	5	2	1	-1	0	20:02	5:08
N. Roy	C	1	0	1	1	3	2	+2	0	15:25	1:23
W. Karlsson	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	15:21	1:47
W. Carrier	LW	0	1	1	4	1	0	+2	0	14:09	0:00
P. Kessel	RW	0	1	1	1	0	0	-1	0	10:07	1:47
M. Stone	RW	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	20:08	4:51
C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	19:33	4:59
B. Howden	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	9:51	0:06
M. Amadio	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8:16	0:00
N. Hague	D	1	1	2	1	0	0	+4	0	14:41	0:18
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	1	1	2	1	6	-3	2	24:11	5:11
S. Theodore	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	-1	0	22:03	1:54
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19:23	0:00
A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	2	0	4	-2	2	17:55	0:07
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	+4	0	15:44	0:03

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Hill	31	27	4	.871	60:00	Win
L. Thompson	0	0	0	–	0:00

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
K. Dach	C	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	16:50	0:13
N. Suzuki	C	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	22:01	0:13
C. Caufield	RW	1	1	2	5	0	1	0	0	19:25	0:13
J. Slafkovský	LW	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	11:34	0:00
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	16:03	0:00
S. Monahan	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15:05	0:13
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	0	13:54	0:00
C. Dvorak	C	0	0	0	2	0	4	-1	0	12:47	0:00
J. Drouin	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	12:05	0:00
M. Hoffman	C	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	11:31	0:00
B. Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	11:27	0:00
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	15	9:55	0:00
K. Guhle	D	0	2	2	1	0	4	+1	0	22:35	0:00
J. Edmundson	D	0	1	1	5	1	8	0	0	22:29	0:00
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1	0	25:44	0:00
J. Harris	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	2	21:54	0:00
A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	2	3	2	-1	4	13:27	0:00
C. Wideman	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	-2	0	12:20	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Allen	42	36	6	.857	58:02	Loss
S. Montembeault	0	0	0	–	0:00