Game Recap: COL 5, WPG 2, April 23, 2024

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Game Recap

COL5

FinalTue, Apr 23, 2024PlayoffsEvery game that night

WPG2

COL beat WPG 5-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.58 expected goals to 2.78. A. Lehkonen led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). A. Georgiev stopped 28 of 30.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
COL	0	4	1	5
WPG	1	1	0	2

1st 3:15WPGD. Gustafsson0.07 xG
2nd 1:59COLM. Wood0.04 xG
2nd 8:37WPGM. Scheifele0.07 xG
2nd 14:16COLA. Lehkonen0.08 xG
2nd 17:20COLZ. Parise0.36 xG
2nd 19:53COLJ. Manson0.22 xG
3rd 19:03COLV. NichushkinEN0.31 xG

Team Stats

COLWPG

32Shots on goal30

3.58Expected goals2.78

71Shot attempts60

235v5 shots on goal26

0/3Power play0/3

45Hits44

16Blocked shots20

10Penalty minutes10

7Giveaways2

4Takeaways2

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

COL 3.58 xGWPG 2.78 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, 5 scored

WPG30 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

COL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Lehkonen	LW	1	1	2	4	4	1	+2	0	20:23	4:26
V. Nichushkin	RW	1	0	1	5	2	2	+1	0	23:37	4:12
N. MacKinnon	C	0	1	1	2	1	1	+3	0	22:59	4:37
M. Rantanen	RW	0	1	1	2	5	1	+2	0	21:32	4:32
M. Wood	LW	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	13:03	0:00
R. Colton	C	0	1	1	2	5	1	0	2	12:39	0:50
Z. Parise	LW	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	10:46	0:48
A. Cogliano	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7:55	0:00
C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	14:43	1:01
J. Kiviranta	LW	0	0	0	3	4	1	+1	0	10:31	0:00
Y. Trenin	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8:35	0:00
B. Duhaime	LW	0	0	0	0	4	0	-1	4	7:15	0:00
C. Makar	D	0	2	2	2	0	4	0	0	27:12	2:45
D. Toews	D	0	1	1	0	3	2	+3	0	26:48	2:55
J. Manson	D	1	0	1	3	6	2	+4	2	20:25	0:00
S. Walker	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	-2	0	16:48	1:01
J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	+2	0	14:57	0:00
C. Jones	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	9:52	0:08

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Georgiev	30	28	2	.933	60:00	Win
I. Prosvetov	0	0	0	–	0:00

WPG Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Scheifele	C	1	0	1	3	5	0	-2	0	23:16	3:38
K. Connor	LW	0	1	1	2	0	1	-1	4	21:28	3:13
G. Vilardi	C	0	1	1	2	0	1	-2	2	18:14	3:25
D. Gustafsson	C	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	8:22	0:01
S. Monahan	C	0	0	0	4	1	1	-1	0	17:57	3:22
N. Ehlers	LW	0	0	0	4	0	1	-1	0	13:30	1:50
A. Lowry	C	0	0	0	2	5	1	-1	0	13:22	0:00
V. Namestnikov	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	13:16	2:06
T. Toffoli	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	13:15	1:59
M. Appleton	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	-1	0	12:09	0:00
N. Niederreiter	RW	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	2	11:11	2:01
A. Iafallo	LW	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	10:29	0:00
N. Pionk	D	0	1	1	2	4	3	+1	0	24:02	1:42
B. Dillon	D	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	20:47	0:11
J. Morrissey	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0	24:55	3:45
D. DeMelo	D	0	0	0	0	7	0	-1	0	21:36	0:02
D. Samberg	D	0	0	0	1	2	4	-2	0	13:26	0:00
L. Stanley	D	0	0	0	0	8	1	-1	2	9:37	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Hellebuyck	31	27	4	.871	59:08	Loss
L. Brossoit	0	0	0	–	0:00