Iron Rattles Both Ways, but Canadiens Cruise Past Chicago
A Greenway post and a Caufield crossbar were the only metal on the board, and Fowler's work in the crease did the rest in the 4-1 win.
Written during the game · 10:47 PM ET. Final was MTL 4, CHI 1.
The score says comfortable, but the iron says this game had a little more going on than the 4-1 final.
The data shows two iron hits, not four. Jordan Greenway (CHI) hit a post in the first period, and Cole Caufield (MTL) hit a crossbar in the second. That is one each, so the iron was dead even. The data does not show iron hits for Slafkovský or Donato, so they are not part of this story.
The real gap was in the chances. Montreal had the better ones, worth about 3.26 expected goals (how many the chances were worth) to Chicago's 2.07. Chicago's chances were still worth about two goals, and it scored once at even strength.
Jacob Fowler is why. He stopped 20 of 21 shots, including all 10 high-danger shots he faced. Spencer Knight made 24 saves on 27 shots at the other end.
Jake Evans scored twice, one of them shorthanded, and Kaiden Guhle and Mike Matheson added the rest. Montreal leads in shots on goal, 28-21.
