Game Recap: COL 6, PIT 4, April 5, 2022

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Game Recap

COL6

FinalTue, Apr 5, 2022Every game that night

PIT4

COL beat PIT 6-4 despite fewer good chances: 3.17 expected goals to 4.15. PIT outshot COL 45 to 32. D. Toews led the way with 3 points (0 G, 3 A). D. Kuemper stopped 41 of 45.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
COL	1	2	3	6
PIT	1	1	2	4

1st 2:45COLN. MacKinnon0.21 xG
1st 5:30PITB. Rust0.03 xG
2nd 9:53COLJ. Compher0.04 xG
2nd 12:00COLN. MacKinnon0.05 xG
2nd 17:43PITE. Rodrigues0.57 xG
3rd 1:01COLJ. Manson0.03 xG
3rd 15:03COLD. Helm0.10 xG
3rd 18:36PITJ. Guentzel0.16 xG
3rd 19:07COLA. LehkonenEN0.75 xG
3rd 19:29PITM. Matheson0.01 xG

Team Stats

COLPIT

32Shots on goal45

3.17Expected goals4.15

51Shot attempts68

245v5 shots on goal36

0/3Power play0/2

31Hits26

12Blocked shots9

4Penalty minutes6

7Giveaways11

11Takeaways11

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

COL 3.17 xGPIT 4.15 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

COL32 on goal, 6 scored

PIT46 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	0	2	3	4	0	-1	2	21:41	3:04
M. Rantanen	RW	0	2	2	1	0	1	-1	0	21:26	3:02
A. Burakovsky	LW	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	20:05	1:31
J. Compher	LW	1	1	2	2	1	0	+3	0	17:49	3:04
D. Helm	C	1	1	2	1	1	0	+1	0	9:57	0:19
A. Lehkonen	LW	1	0	1	3	1	1	+3	0	18:28	2:48
A. Newhook	C	0	1	1	4	2	1	+2	0	16:30	1:38
L. O'Connor	RW	0	1	1	0	2	0	+1	0	14:26	0:13
N. Sturm	C	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	15:44	0:40
A. Cogliano	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	13:05	1:03
N. Aube-Kubel	RW	0	0	0	0	4	0	-1	0	6:25	0:00
K. MacDermid	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	3:47	0:00
D. Toews	D	0	3	3	1	0	0	+2	0	24:27	1:31
J. Manson	D	1	0	1	2	3	2	-1	0	16:37	0:00
C. Makar	D	0	0	0	6	0	1	+1	0	28:19	3:00
J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	+1	0	19:56	0:17
B. Byram	D	0	0	0	2	3	1	-1	2	15:02	1:25
E. Johnson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	+2	0	12:55	0:15

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
D. Kuemper	45	41	4	.911	59:21	Win
P. Francouz	0	0	0	–	0:00

PIT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Guentzel	C	1	1	2	7	2	0	-1	0	20:15	1:48
B. Rust	RW	1	0	1	5	0	0	-2	0	19:50	1:45
J. Carter	C	0	1	1	4	1	2	-1	0	19:09	1:02
E. Malkin	C	0	1	1	1	1	1	-1	0	18:55	1:30
E. Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	2	14:39	0:55
B. Boyle	C	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	9:30	0:00
D. Heinen	LW	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6:57	0:00
S. Crosby	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	21:04	1:44
R. Rakell	RW	0	0	0	2	2	0	-1	2	14:51	0:58
T. Blueger	C	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	14:43	0:00
K. Kapanen	RW	0	0	0	3	1	0	+1	0	12:06	1:01
A. Angello	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	7:01	0:00
M. Matheson	D	1	0	1	1	1	1	-1	0	18:05	1:16
M. Pettersson	D	0	1	1	4	1	1	+1	0	15:44	0:00
K. Letang	D	0	0	0	5	6	0	-3	0	25:24	1:43
B. Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	2	22:09	0:00
J. Marino	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19:02	0:08
C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	15:48	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
T. Jarry	31	26	5	.839	58:48	Loss
C. DeSmith	0	0	0	–	0:00