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Game Recap
WSH2
MTL6
MTL beat WSH 6-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.85 expected goals to 2.36. J. Armia scored three for MTL. S. Montembeault stopped 24 of 26.
Scoring
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| MTL | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
- 1st 5:30WSHD. Strome0.10 xG
- 2nd 3:42MTLN. SuzukiSH0.27 xG
- 2nd 7:52MTLJ. ArmiaSH0.12 xG
- 2nd 9:23MTLB. Gallagher0.17 xG
- 2nd 11:15MTLJ. Armia0.16 xG
- 3rd 14:27WSHN. BackstromPP0.16 xG
- 3rd 16:58MTLJ. ArmiaEN0.76 xG
- 3rd 19:42MTLM. Hoffman0.04 xG
Team Stats
WSHMTL
26Shots on goal32
2.36Expected goals3.85
50Shot attempts61
205v5 shots on goal21
1/5Power play0/3
17Hits8
19Blocked shots16
21Penalty minutes13
11Giveaways15
4Takeaways6
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.
Expected Goals Over the Game
WSH 2.36 xGMTL 3.85 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
GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance
Box Score
WSH Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Strome | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:10 | 5:58 |
| A. Ovechkin | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:50 | 9:02 |
| N. Backstrom | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 19:53 | 6:51 |
| C. Sheary | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:01 | 2:23 |
| C. Smith | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:48 | 4:13 |
| E. Kuznetsov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 18:45 | 3:40 |
| T. Wilson | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17 | 17:34 | 3:32 |
| N. Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 17:24 | 0:07 |
| A. Protas | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:34 | 1:19 |
| S. Milano | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 10:06 | 0:00 |
| N. Aube-Kubel | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 9:24 | 0:07 |
| J. Carlson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 24:18 | 6:02 |
| N. Jensen | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 19:02 | 0:01 |
| M. Fehérváry | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 18:41 | 0:00 |
| R. Sandin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:50 | 3:17 |
| A. Alexeyev | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 16:01 | 0:13 |
| M. Irwin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Kuemper | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 58:02 | Loss |
| C. Lindgren | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |
MTL Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Armia | RW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:21 | 4:01 |
| N. Suzuki | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:25 | 4:19 |
| J. Evans | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:05 | 0:00 |
| M. Hoffman | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:10 | 4:07 |
| R. Harvey-Pinard | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:50 | 3:59 |
| J. Drouin | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:07 | 1:59 |
| B. Gallagher | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:58 | 2:00 |
| R. Pitlick | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:04 | 1:31 |
| D. Gurianov | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:39 | 1:59 |
| C. Tierney | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 | 0:00 |
| J. Ylonen | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:22 | 0:00 |
| M. Pezzetta | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9:28 | 0:00 |
| M. Matheson | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | +4 | 0 | 25:45 | 4:19 |
| J. Edmundson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 22:46 | 0:08 |
| J. Kovacevic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:40 | 0:05 |
| J. Barron | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:23 | 1:32 |
| C. Wideman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:59 | 0:00 |
| C. Schueneman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:33 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Montembeault | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 59:16 | Win |
| C. Primeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |