Game Recap: COL 5, MIN 2, April 4, 2024

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Game Recap

COL5

FinalThu, Apr 4, 2024Every game that night

MIN2

COL beat MIN 5-2, and the chances backed it up: 4.54 expected goals to 3.66. MIN outshot COL 46 to 36. J. Drouin led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). J. Annunen stopped 44 of 46.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
COL	2	1	2	5
MIN	1	1	0	2

1st 4:34COLA. Lehkonen0.02 xG
1st 8:05MINV. Lettieri0.03 xG
1st 12:28COLJ. DrouinPP0.39 xG
2nd 0:43COLJ. Drouin0.11 xG
2nd 10:10MIND. ChisholmPP0.07 xG
3rd 6:32COLN. MacKinnon0.20 xG
3rd 18:32COLM. RantanenEN0.84 xG

Team Stats

COLMIN

36Shots on goal46

4.54Expected goals3.66

69Shot attempts78

335v5 shots on goal33

1/2Power play1/4

18Hits11

15Blocked shots16

8Penalty minutes4

7Giveaways9

6Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

COL 4.54 xGMIN 3.66 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

COL36 on goal, 5 scored

MIN45 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

COL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Drouin	LW	2	1	3	5	0	0	+3	2	21:16	1:30
N. MacKinnon	C	1	2	3	5	0	2	+3	0	20:27	1:30
M. Rantanen	RW	1	0	1	4	1	1	+3	2	20:54	1:30
A. Lehkonen	LW	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	17:02	0:00
C. Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	14:58	1:30
M. Wood	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	14:44	0:00
B. Duhaime	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	14:04	0:00
R. Colton	C	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	12:43	0:00
Z. Parise	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12:28	0:00
A. Cogliano	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9:49	0:00
C. Wagner	RW	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	7:41	0:00
J. Kiviranta	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7:38	0:00
C. Makar	D	0	1	1	4	0	1	+2	0	23:20	1:30
D. Toews	D	0	1	1	2	2	2	+2	0	20:45	0:00
J. Johnson	D	0	1	1	2	2	2	+1	0	16:07	0:00
J. Manson	D	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	22:00	0:00
S. Girard	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	19:06	0:00
S. Walker	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	+1	2	17:53	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Annunen	46	44	2	.957	60:00	Win
A. Georgiev	0	0	0	–	0:00

MIN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
K. Kaprizov	LW	0	1	1	4	1	0	-2	2	24:45	5:27
M. Zuccarello	RW	0	1	1	5	0	0	-2	0	21:11	5:42
J. Lucchini	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	+1	0	9:12	0:00
V. Lettieri	C	1	0	1	2	2	0	+1	0	7:39	0:00
M. Shaw	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	+1	0	7:25	0:00
M. Boldy	LW	0	0	0	6	2	0	-3	2	25:31	5:27
J. Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	7	1	1	-2	0	22:34	4:47
M. Johansson	LW	0	0	0	3	0	0	-2	0	18:15	1:01
M. Rossi	C	0	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0	17:50	0:27
F. Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11:54	0:00
M. Khusnutdinov	C	0	0	0	2	3	1	-1	0	11:33	0:00
A. Beckman	LW	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	8:56	0:00
D. Chisholm	D	1	0	1	2	0	4	-1	0	18:49	1:32
B. Faber	D	0	0	0	3	0	0	-3	0	28:03	4:13
J. Brodin	D	0	0	0	2	0	3	-2	0	24:06	0:24
J. Middleton	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	0	16:46	0:00
J. Merrill	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	+1	0	12:37	0:00
A. Goligoski	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	+1	0	12:17	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
F. Gustavsson	35	31	4	.886	58:29	Loss
M. Fleury	0	0	0	–	0:00