Game Recap: VGK 6, MTL 5, November 16, 2023

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Game Recap

VGK6

FinalThu, Nov 16, 2023Every game that night

MTL5

VGK beat MTL 6-5, and the chances backed it up: 5.12 expected goals to 2.62. VGK outshot MTL 42 to 28. S. Theodore led the way with 4 points (1 G, 3 A). A. Hill stopped 23 of 28.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VGK	0	4	2	6
MTL	2	2	1	5

1st 6:43MTLA. Newhook0.04 xG
1st 10:03MTLJ. Kovacevic0.13 xG
2nd 2:33VGKB. HowdenSH0.12 xG
2nd 8:28MTLJ. Ylonen0.17 xG
2nd 8:46VGKB. McNabb0.13 xG
2nd 11:20VGKJ. Marchessault0.15 xG
2nd 11:53MTLJ. Ylonen0.11 xG
2nd 16:07VGKS. TheodorePP0.03 xG
3rd 18:04VGKJ. EichelPP0.07 xG
3rd 18:48VGKM. StonePP0.16 xG
3rd 19:06MTLJ. Barron0.12 xG

Team Stats

VGKMTL

42Shots on goal28

5.12Expected goals2.62

96Shot attempts50

275v5 shots on goal20

3/7Power play0/3

29Hits23

13Blocked shots26

6Penalty minutes14

7Giveaways11

8Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 5.12 xGMTL 2.62 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

MTL27 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Eichel	C	1	2	3	5	0	0	-1	0	25:26	9:32
M. Stone	RW	1	2	3	3	0	0	-1	4	21:40	9:02
J. Marchessault	RW	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	22:02	9:06
W. Karlsson	C	0	1	1	9	0	1	-1	0	21:44	9:02
M. Amadio	RW	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	13:52	1:04
B. Howden	C	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	13:42	0:00
I. Barbashev	LW	0	1	1	1	2	0	+1	0	13:19	1:11
K. Kolesar	RW	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	2	10:00	0:00
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1	0	12:04	1:07
P. Cotter	LW	0	0	0	3	7	0	-1	0	10:58	0:38
P. Dorofeyev	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	-2	0	10:38	0:25
W. Carrier	LW	0	0	0	2	6	0	-1	0	7:58	0:00
S. Theodore	D	1	3	4	2	0	1	0	0	25:13	9:53
B. McNabb	D	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	17:49	0:00
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	23:51	1:55
A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	16:37	0:05
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	2	1	0	-2	0	14:56	0:00
B. Hutton	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	12:11	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Hill	28	23	5	.821	60:00	Win
L. Thompson	0	0	0	–	0:00

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Suzuki	C	0	2	2	2	0	1	+2	0	19:55	3:36
A. Newhook	C	1	1	2	1	0	1	+2	0	13:43	1:51
J. Ylonen	RW	2	0	2	4	1	0	+2	0	7:22	0:00
C. Caufield	RW	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	15:52	3:53
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	1	1	0	2	2	+1	0	7:17	0:01
C. Dvorak	C	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	19:25	1:05
S. Monahan	C	0	0	0	3	0	3	-2	0	18:43	3:22
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	0	5	0	+2	0	16:44	3:59
T. Pearson	LW	0	0	0	3	1	1	-1	0	15:40	0:41
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	+2	0	14:53	0:00
J. Slafkovský	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	13:39	2:09
B. Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-2	4	11:20	1:48
M. Matheson	D	0	2	2	4	2	3	+1	2	28:08	3:34
J. Barron	D	1	0	1	2	2	3	+2	2	22:12	2:11
J. Kovacevic	D	1	0	1	1	1	1	-1	0	21:27	0:00
G. Lindstrom	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	+2	0	12:04	0:00
K. Guhle	D	0	0	0	2	0	5	-2	4	21:37	0:35
A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	+3	0	10:19	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Primeau	42	36	6	.857	59:04	Loss
J. Allen	0	0	0	–	0:00