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Game Recap
COL2
FinalThu, Jan 5, 2023Every game that night
VAN4

VAN beat COL 4-2, and the chances backed it up: 5.54 expected goals to 3.37. VAN outshot COL 43 to 32. A. Kuzmenko led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). C. Delia stopped 30 of 32.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
COL1102
VAN0314
  1. 1st 19:00COLM. RantanenPP0.05 xG
  2. 2nd 1:49COLS. Girard0.02 xG
  3. 2nd 13:15VANA. KuzmenkoPP0.04 xG
  4. 2nd 15:14VANA. Kuzmenko0.53 xG
  5. 2nd 15:48VANB. Boeser0.07 xG
  6. 3rd 18:24VANJ. MillerEN0.97 xG

Team Stats

COLVAN
32Shots on goal43
3.37Expected goals5.54
71Shot attempts58
175v5 shots on goal23
1/5Power play1/7
24Hits29
6Blocked shots24
22Penalty minutes10
7Giveaways9
2Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

COL 3.37 xGVAN 5.54 xGGoal

01234561st2nd3rdCOL goal, 19:00COL goal, 1:49VAN goal, 13:15VAN goal, 15:14VAN goal, 15:48VAN goal, 18:24

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, 2 scored
VAN42 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

COL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. RantanenRW101910-1025:573:38
A. LehkonenLW011511-1023:143:26
A. NewhookC0110200016:441:15
N. MacKinnonC000310-2025:553:26
J. CompherLW000300-1219:472:53
L. O'ConnorRW000122-2016:520:05
A. CoglianoC00000001211:050:00
D. HelmC000210-2010:250:00
B. MeyersC0000100010:061:04
M. KautRW000020+109:420:58
K. MacDermidLW000020002:470:00
D. MalginC000000000:470:00
C. MakarD011112-2230:173:06
S. GirardD1011110219:171:33
A. EnglundD011140+108:050:00
D. ToewsD000240-1226:451:22
E. JohnsonD000410-1021:430:35
B. HuntD000000029:090:04
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Georgiev42393.92958:05Loss
J. Johansson000–0:00

VAN Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
E. PetterssonC022701+2019:515:43
I. MikheyevRW0223010017:153:16
A. KuzmenkoLW202400+1217:024:07
J. MillerC101311+2021:345:38
B. HorvatC011400+1018:255:28
B. BoeserRW1013000215:054:51
C. LazarC0002450014:510:00
S. DriesC0001030012:303:12
D. JoshuaC0001200011:440:00
C. GarlandRW0000200011:413:21
J. StudnickaC000321029:530:00
W. LockwoodRW000080009:390:00
O. Ekman-LarssonD022211+2024:013:18
E. BearD0111100015:090:12
Q. HughesD0003020222:555:35
T. MyersD000313+3222:530:07
L. SchennD000366-1014:260:00
T. DermottD0000100012:020:07
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Delia32302.93860:00Win
S. Martin000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • HometownDevon Toews COL Plays near home (born in Abbotsford)2 SOG

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