Game Recap: WSH 4, MTL 3, February 17, 2024

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Game Recap

WSH4

FinalSat, Feb 17, 2024Every game that night

MTL3

WSH beat MTL 4-3, and the chances backed it up: 3.34 expected goals to 2.58. A. Protas led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). D. Kuemper stopped 28 of 31.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
WSH	2	0	2	4
MTL	1	1	1	3

1st 3:40WSHA. Mantha0.38 xG
1st 5:04MTLA. Xhekaj0.03 xG
1st 10:00WSHT. OshiePP0.19 xG
2nd 16:15MTLA. Newhook0.16 xG
3rd 3:27WSHS. Milano0.08 xG
3rd 9:45MTLN. SuzukiPP0.10 xG
3rd 11:57WSHA. Protas0.05 xG

Team Stats

WSHMTL

34Shots on goal31

3.34Expected goals2.58

77Shot attempts65

275v5 shots on goal25

1/1Power play1/3

13Hits18

16Blocked shots26

6Penalty minutes2

8Giveaways18

10Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

WSH 3.34 xGMTL 2.58 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

WSH34 on goal, 4 scored

MTL31 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

WSH Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Protas	LW	1	1	2	3	0	1	+2	2	13:24	0:00
A. Mantha	RW	1	1	2	1	0	0	+2	0	12:34	0:00
A. Ovechkin	LW	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	17:22	0:55
D. Strome	C	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	17:14	0:55
T. Oshie	RW	1	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	17:02	0:55
N. Dowd	C	0	1	1	2	2	2	-1	0	15:30	0:00
S. Milano	LW	1	0	1	1	0	0	+1	0	13:03	0:00
M. Pacioretty	LW	0	1	1	4	1	0	+1	0	12:15	0:55
B. Malenstyn	LW	0	0	0	1	3	0	-2	0	16:45	0:00
T. Wilson	RW	0	0	0	1	0	3	-2	2	14:10	0:00
C. McMichael	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	14:01	0:00
M. Sgarbossa	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	+1	0	13:06	0:00
N. Jensen	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	+1	0	26:07	0:00
J. Edmundson	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	+2	0	21:42	0:00
J. Carlson	D	0	0	0	2	1	4	-1	2	29:07	0:55
T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	21:53	0:00
R. Sandin	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	18:48	0:00
M. Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1:36	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
D. Kuemper	31	28	3	.903	59:49	Win
C. Lindgren	0	0	0	–	0:00

MTL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Armia	RW	0	2	2	3	0	0	+2	2	15:07	1:20
J. Slafkovský	LW	0	1	1	7	1	6	0	0	23:52	3:43
N. Suzuki	C	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	23:30	3:43
A. Newhook	C	1	0	1	2	1	0	+2	0	18:27	3:31
J. Roy	RW	0	1	1	0	1	2	+2	0	12:42	1:01
C. Caufield	RW	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	24:00	3:43
J. Anderson	RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	-2	0	14:34	0:49
J. Evans	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	0	13:36	0:00
T. Pearson	LW	0	0	0	0	0	3	-2	0	13:07	0:49
B. Gallagher	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	10:14	0:49
B. Gignac	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	0	9:03	0:00
M. Pezzetta	LW	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	0	8:43	0:00
M. Matheson	D	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	26:05	3:43
A. Xhekaj	D	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	16:35	0:49
K. Guhle	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	21:02	0:00
D. Savard	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	-1	0	19:54	0:00
J. Struble	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	17:04	0:00
J. Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	13:50	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Allen	34	30	4	.882	57:40	Loss
C. Primeau	0	0	0	–	0:00