Game Recap: CAR 7, STL 2, March 26, 2022

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Game Recap

CAR7

FinalSat, Mar 26, 2022Every game that night

STL2

CAR beat STL 7-2, and the chances backed it up: 4.10 expected goals to 2.58. P. Buchnevich led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). A. Raanta stopped 30 of 32.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
CAR	1	3	3	7
STL	0	1	1	2

1st 2:37CARM. NecasSH0.00 xG
2nd 1:07CARS. Jarvis0.09 xG
2nd 3:16CARB. Pesce0.13 xG
2nd 13:12STLP. Buchnevich0.10 xG
2nd 14:38CARA. SvechnikovPP0.12 xG
3rd 6:30STLP. BuchnevichPP0.15 xG
3rd 15:05CARA. SvechnikovEN0.73 xG
3rd 15:57CARN. NiederreiterEN0.93 xG
3rd 17:55CARS. Jarvis0.09 xG

Team Stats

CARSTL

28Shots on goal32

4.10Expected goals2.58

41Shot attempts51

205v5 shots on goal27

1/1Power play1/5

18Hits18

4Blocked shots7

25Penalty minutes7

4Giveaways5

18Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CAR 4.10 xGSTL 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

CAR27 on goal, 7 scored

STL32 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CAR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Necas	C	1	1	2	2	1	1	+1	0	18:13	0:11
A. Svechnikov	RW	2	0	2	6	3	0	+1	2	15:43	0:39
T. Teravainen	C	0	2	2	2	0	0	+2	0	14:54	0:45
J. Fast	RW	0	2	2	2	2	0	+2	0	14:47	0:00
S. Jarvis	RW	2	0	2	2	0	0	+2	0	13:50	0:00
V. Trocheck	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	+1	0	19:33	0:50
S. Aho	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	+2	2	15:22	0:50
N. Niederreiter	RW	1	0	1	3	1	0	+1	0	12:22	0:00
J. Kotkaniemi	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	19	9:00	0:00
J. Staal	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	15:46	0:00
M. Domi	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	11:25	0:00
D. Stepan	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	10:46	0:00
B. Pesce	D	1	1	2	2	0	1	+1	0	19:55	0:00
I. Cole	D	0	2	2	1	1	0	+3	2	19:53	0:00
J. Slavin	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	+2	0	21:01	0:00
T. DeAngelo	D	0	1	1	1	4	1	+2	0	20:39	0:50
B. Skjei	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	21:16	0:05
E. Bear	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	0	16:47	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Raanta	32	30	2	.938	60:00	Win
F. Andersen	0	0	0	–	0:00

STL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
R. Thomas	C	0	2	2	1	0	0	-3	0	20:25	4:16
P. Buchnevich	LW	2	0	2	6	0	0	-3	0	18:50	4:21
J. Kyrou	RW	0	1	1	3	0	0	-2	2	16:35	4:05
V. Tarasenko	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-4	0	20:45	3:42
B. Schenn	C	0	0	0	2	4	0	-1	0	18:05	3:49
R. O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	17:32	3:38
D. Perron	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	17:15	4:04
B. Saad	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3	0	16:09	3:07
I. Barbashev	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14:47	1:05
N. Walker	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	10:01	0:00
A. Toropchenko	RW	0	0	0	3	3	1	-1	5	9:14	0:00
L. Brown	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	9:02	0:00
N. Leddy	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	22:34	3:24
J. Faulk	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	-3	0	23:07	4:36
C. Parayko	D	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	21:48	0:03
M. Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17:16	0:00
N. Mikkola	D	0	0	0	1	4	0	-2	0	15:10	0:00
R. Bortuzzo	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	-2	0	11:20	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
V. Husso	26	21	5	.808	58:29	Loss
J. Binnington	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

BirthdayAndrei Svechnikov CAR Turns 22 that day2 G, 6 SOG

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