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Game Recap
COL5
FinalSat, May 21, 2022PlayoffsEvery game that night
STL2

COL beat STL 5-2, with the chances close: 2.92 expected goals to 2.93. A. Lehkonen led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). D. Kuemper stopped 29 of 31.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
COL1225
STL1102
  1. 1st 3:55STLC. Parayko0.04 xG
  2. 1st 10:57COLL. O'Connor0.22 xG
  3. 2nd 13:38COLN. Kadri0.08 xG
  4. 2nd 17:15COLA. Lehkonen0.05 xG
  5. 2nd 19:30STLR. O'Reilly0.12 xG
  6. 3rd 17:52COLG. Landeskog0.08 xG
  7. 3rd 19:02COLA. LehkonenEN0.39 xG

Team Stats

COLSTL
27Shots on goal31
2.92Expected goals2.93
51Shot attempts54
245v5 shots on goal25
0/1Power play0/2
25Hits37
13Blocked shots10
6Penalty minutes4
4Giveaways7
5Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

COL 2.92 xGSTL 2.93 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdSTL goal, 3:55COL goal, 10:57COL goal, 13:38COL goal, 17:15STL goal, 19:30COL goal, 17:52COL goal, 19:02

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

COL27 on goal, 5 scored
STL31 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

COL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. RantanenRW0223110020:351:27
N. KadriC112210+2017:101:35
A. LehkonenLW202522+2014:330:02
N. MacKinnonC011200+2021:471:32
V. NichushkinRW0111100020:070:10
G. LandeskogLW101331+2019:411:29
D. HelmC0110500210:300:08
L. O'ConnorRW101100+107:420:00
J. CompherLW0001010014:010:00
N. Aube-KubelRW0001300211:500:00
A. BurakovskyLW000110009:350:00
A. CoglianoC000010007:540:00
C. MakarD011113+2028:491:36
J. MansonD011031+1220:420:00
D. ToewsD0003100030:560:05
E. JohnsonD000022+1019:270:00
B. ByramD000302+2017:450:01
S. GirardD000000000:560:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Kuemper31292.93560:00Win
P. Francouz000–0:00

STL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
R. O'ReillyC1123200022:032:20
P. BuchnevichLW011220-2220:051:16
D. PerronLW0001010021:332:21
R. ThomasC000312-3019:561:18
V. TarasenkoRW000630-1018:192:25
J. KyrouRW000310-1216:111:14
B. SchennC000140-1016:032:21
B. SaadLW0002000015:420:29
I. BarbashevLW000151-2014:240:29
T. BozakC000120-109:520:00
A. ToropchenkoRW000040-108:240:00
C. ParaykoD1011200021:350:14
N. LeddyD011200+2020:120:00
J. FaulkD000431-2024:191:05
N. MikkolaD000030-1012:590:00
S. PerunovichD000021-1012:172:33
R. BortuzzoD000031-1011:560:00
C. RosenD000103-1011:420:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Binnington3301.0006:45
V. Husso23194.82651:43Loss