Game Recap: COL 5, DAL 4 (OT), January 4, 2024

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Game Recap

COL5

Final/OTThu, Jan 4, 2024Every game that night

DAL4

COL beat DAL 5-4 in overtime, with the chances close: 4.06 expected goals to 4.25. N. MacKinnon led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). A. Georgiev stopped 28 of 32.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
COL	1	1	2	1	5
DAL	1	2	1	0	4

1st 11:57DALE. Dadonov0.16 xG
1st 13:44COLN. MacKinnon0.09 xG
2nd 1:28DALT. Seguin0.18 xG
2nd 10:10DALJ. PavelskiPP0.07 xG
2nd 19:48COLJ. DrouinPP0.53 xG
3rd 9:07DALT. Seguin0.15 xG
3rd 9:45COLJ. Drouin0.06 xG
3rd 18:51COLM. Rantanen0.31 xG
OT 3:40COLN. MacKinnon0.21 xG

Team Stats

COLDAL

34Shots on goal32

4.06Expected goals4.25

65Shot attempts70

205v5 shots on goal26

1/3Power play1/3

23Hits16

22Blocked shots14

6Penalty minutes6

7Giveaways9

4Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

COL 4.06 xGDAL 4.25 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

COL33 on goal, 5 scored

DAL31 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

COL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. MacKinnon	C	2	1	3	7	0	2	+4	0	26:47	4:42
J. Drouin	LW	2	0	2	4	1	0	+2	0	24:57	4:44
M. Rantanen	RW	1	0	1	4	0	0	+2	0	28:29	4:44
M. Wood	LW	0	1	1	3	0	0	-1	0	15:31	0:06
L. O'Connor	RW	0	1	1	2	0	1	+1	0	11:39	0:00
V. Nichushkin	RW	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	24:16	4:43
R. Johansen	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	12:48	0:47
R. Colton	C	0	0	0	2	2	1	-2	2	12:11	0:49
J. Kiviranta	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9:39	0:00
F. Olofsson	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9:32	0:00
A. Cogliano	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	8:15	0:00
K. MacDermid	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4:48	0:00
D. Toews	D	0	2	2	2	2	1	+1	0	23:29	1:14
J. Johnson	D	0	2	2	0	0	5	0	4	15:50	0:00
C. Makar	D	0	1	1	3	0	5	0	0	27:38	4:17
S. Girard	D	0	0	0	0	3	4	+1	0	20:32	0:48
J. Manson	D	0	0	0	1	9	1	-1	0	18:20	0:00
B. Byram	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	12:54	0:41

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Georgiev	32	28	4	.875	62:17	Win
I. Prosvetov	0	0	0	–	0:00

DAL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Duchene	C	0	2	2	1	1	3	0	0	18:08	2:06
T. Seguin	C	2	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	16:56	1:54
M. Marchment	LW	0	2	2	0	4	0	+1	0	15:11	2:21
J. Pavelski	C	1	0	1	5	1	0	-1	0	18:26	2:24
E. Dadonov	LW	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	14:10	1:34
R. Hintz	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-2	2	19:57	2:29
W. Johnston	C	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	18:34	2:26
J. Robertson	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	17:37	1:32
J. Benn	LW	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	15:41	2:14
R. Faksa	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	13:11	0:00
S. Steel	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11:15	0:00
C. Smith	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8:31	0:00
M. Heiskanen	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	14:38	2:36
E. Lindell	D	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	26:14	0:12
T. Harley	D	0	0	0	3	0	3	+1	2	24:30	2:12
J. Hakanpää	D	0	0	0	1	3	2	-2	0	21:14	0:00
R. Suter	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	19:30	0:00
J. Hanley	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	+1	0	11:46	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Wedgewood	34	29	5	.853	63:40	OT loss
M. Murray	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamJoel Kiviranta DAL Faces COL, his team until May 20260 SOG
Old teamMikko Rantanen DAL Faces COL, his team until Jan 20251 G, 4 SOG
Old teamScott Wedgewood COL Faces DAL, his team until Jun 202429 saves on 34

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