Game Recap: CAR 3, EDM 1, December 11, 2021

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Game Recap

CAR3

FinalSat, Dec 11, 2021Every game that night

EDM1

CAR beat EDM 3-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.70 expected goals to 2.84. CAR outshot EDM 31 to 23. S. Aho led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). F. Andersen stopped 22 of 23.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
CAR	1	1	1	3
EDM	0	1	0	1

1st 7:17CARS. AhoPP0.05 xG
2nd 6:19CARN. Niederreiter0.19 xG
2nd 10:11EDMR. Nugent-Hopkins0.18 xG
3rd 17:16CARS. Aho0.12 xG

Team Stats

CAREDM

31Shots on goal23

3.70Expected goals2.84

55Shot attempts47

265v5 shots on goal16

1/2Power play0/2

22Hits34

12Blocked shots10

4Penalty minutes4

6Giveaways9

8Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CAR 3.70 xGEDM 2.84 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

CAR30 on goal, 3 scored

EDM22 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CAR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
S. Aho	C	2	1	3	5	2	1	+2	0	16:52	2:42
T. Teravainen	C	0	2	2	1	0	1	+2	0	17:04	2:42
V. Trocheck	C	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	20:48	2:42
N. Niederreiter	RW	1	0	1	1	0	0	+2	0	10:42	0:00
A. Svechnikov	RW	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	18:48	2:42
J. Staal	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	17:01	0:10
M. Necas	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	15:42	0:10
S. Jarvis	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	14:04	0:10
J. Fast	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:56	0:00
J. Kotkaniemi	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	-1	0	11:30	0:00
D. Stepan	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	10:58	0:00
S. Lorentz	C	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	10:58	0:00
I. Cole	D	0	1	1	2	2	1	+1	0	25:50	0:00
J. Slavin	D	0	0	0	3	1	2	+1	0	29:49	2:42
B. Skjei	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	+1	4	19:27	0:10
J. Chatfield	D	0	0	0	0	3	3	+1	0	18:29	0:10
B. Smith	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	-1	0	13:06	0:00
E. Bear	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	10:56	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
F. Andersen	23	22	1	.957	60:00	Win
A. Raanta	0	0	0	–	0:00

EDM Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
R. Nugent-Hopkins	C	1	0	1	3	2	1	+1	0	19:51	3:21
J. Puljujarvi	RW	0	1	1	1	2	0	-1	0	17:51	1:07
L. Draisaitl	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	-1	0	22:51	3:29
C. McDavid	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	-2	0	22:06	3:21
Z. Hyman	LW	0	0	0	3	1	0	-1	0	16:25	2:43
R. McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:26	0:39
W. Foegele	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	0	14:09	0:10
K. Yamamoto	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	14:01	0:00
Z. Kassian	RW	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	13:43	0:31
C. Sceviour	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11:22	0:00
D. Ryan	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9:27	0:00
D. Shore	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8:11	0:00
D. Nurse	D	0	1	1	1	6	1	0	0	28:51	0:49
E. Bouchard	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	-2	2	20:30	0:39
T. Barrie	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	20:08	3:11
C. Ceci	D	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	18:42	0:00
M. Niemelainen	D	0	0	0	1	10	1	0	0	14:52	0:00
W. Lagesson	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	12:05	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
M. Koskinen	31	28	3	.903	57:37	Loss
S. Skinner	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamFrederik Andersen EDM First game against CAR since he left (his team until Jun 2026)22 saves on 23, the win

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.