Game Recap: CBJ 6, TOR 5 (OT), December 14, 2023

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Game Recap

CBJ6

Final/OTThu, Dec 14, 2023Every game that night

TOR5

CBJ beat TOR 6-5 in overtime despite fewer good chances: 3.27 expected goals to 4.36. TOR outshot CBJ 48 to 35. A. Matthews led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). E. Merzlikins stopped 43 of 48.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
CBJ	2	3	0	1	6
TOR	0	0	5	0	5

1st 6:19CBJP. Laine0.23 xG
1st 11:56CBJK. Johnson0.05 xG
2nd 8:16CBJJ. Danforth0.06 xG
2nd 10:45CBJE. Chinakhov0.22 xG
2nd 14:19CBJJ. GaudreauPP0.08 xG
3rd 0:38TORW. Nylander0.20 xG
3rd 3:49TORM. Marner0.07 xG
3rd 14:21TORJ. McCabePP0.05 xG
3rd 18:45TORA. Matthews0.09 xG
3rd 19:15TORA. Matthews0.23 xG
OT 3:26CBJK. Johnson0.16 xG

Team Stats

CBJTOR

35Shots on goal48

3.27Expected goals4.36

53Shot attempts102

255v5 shots on goal36

1/2Power play1/2

33Hits32

38Blocked shots7

6Penalty minutes6

8Giveaways11

10Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CBJ 3.27 xGTOR 4.36 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

CBJ34 on goal, 6 scored

TOR48 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CBJ Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
K. Johnson	C	2	1	3	3	0	0	+4	0	14:23	1:10
E. Chinakhov	RW	1	1	2	5	3	1	0	0	19:21	1:08
J. Danforth	RW	1	1	2	2	3	4	-1	0	19:20	0:35
J. Gaudreau	LW	1	0	1	3	0	0	-3	0	20:55	1:43
P. Laine	LW	1	0	1	1	1	0	+2	0	7:41	0:00
A. Fantilli	C	0	0	0	3	0	1	-1	2	19:29	1:09
K. Marchenko	RW	0	0	0	3	2	3	-1	0	19:18	1:43
C. Sillinger	C	0	0	0	2	4	3	+1	2	16:50	0:00
D. Voronkov	LW	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	15:12	1:09
S. Kuraly	C	0	0	0	1	3	1	-1	0	11:36	0:00
A. Texier	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	9:54	0:00
E. Bemstrom	C	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	9:15	0:35
Z. Werenski	D	0	2	2	2	2	3	0	0	29:05	1:44
I. Provorov	D	0	2	2	1	2	3	0	2	22:57	0:34
D.Jiricek	D	0	2	2	1	1	3	+1	0	15:43	0:00
A. Peeke	D	0	1	1	0	7	4	0	0	19:35	0:00
N. Blankenburg	D	0	0	0	2	3	5	-1	0	21:22	0:00
J. Bean	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	+1	0	12:35	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
E. Merzlikins	48	43	5	.896	63:26	Win
S. Martin	0	0	0	–	0:00

TOR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Marner	RW	1	2	3	3	0	0	+1	0	25:24	3:18
A. Matthews	C	2	1	3	9	1	0	+1	0	24:42	3:34
W. Nylander	RW	1	1	2	10	0	0	0	2	23:18	3:07
J. Tavares	C	0	2	2	4	5	0	+2	0	20:24	3:16
N. Robertson	LW	0	1	1	3	0	0	-1	0	13:01	0:38
B. McMann	C	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	8:23	0:00
C. Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	+2	0	18:32	0:23
T. Bertuzzi	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	16:24	0:29
M. Domi	C	0	0	0	2	3	0	-2	0	14:11	0:13
N. Gregor	LW	0	0	0	2	4	0	-1	0	13:59	0:00
D. Kampf	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10:07	0:00
R. Reaves	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1:36	0:00
J. McCabe	D	1	0	1	1	5	0	-2	0	24:02	0:10
C. Timmins	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	17:19	0:53
W. Lagesson	D	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	4	15:27	0:00
M. Rielly	D	0	0	0	4	2	1	-1	0	26:43	2:54
T. Brodie	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	21:27	0:00
S. Benoit	D	0	0	0	1	4	0	+1	0	12:43	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
I. Samsonov	35	29	6	.829	61:44	OT loss
M. Jones	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamKirill Marchenko TOR Faces CBJ, his team until Apr 20263 SOG
HometownAdam Fantilli CBJ Plays near home (born in Nobleton)3 SOG

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