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Game Recap
DET2
FinalThu, Dec 9, 2021Every game that night
STL6

STL beat DET 6-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.39 expected goals to 2.45. N. Walker scored three for STL. C. Lindgren stopped 29 of 31.

Team Stats

DETSTL
31Shots on goal26
2.45Expected goals3.39
52Shot attempts46
295v5 shots on goal20
0/1Power play0/3
16Hits11
10Blocked shots13
6Penalty minutes2
5Giveaways10
5Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DET 2.45 xGSTL 3.39 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdSTL goal, 6:17STL goal, 16:47DET goal, 4:17STL goal, 16:01STL goal, 9:27STL goal, 10:11DET goal, 15:27

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

DET31 on goal, 2 scored
STL24 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DET Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
R. FabbriC202340-1218:540:57
L. RaymondLW022010-1018:230:57
D. LarkinC011410-2220:090:57
P. SuterC000000-1018:550:57
V. NamestnikovC000000-1016:501:03
F. ZadinaRW000101-1015:311:03
J. VelenoC000330-1014:420:00
A. ErneLW000010-1014:371:03
M. RasmussenC000411-1013:520:00
S. GagnerC000200-1012:320:00
C. RowneyC000010-108:220:00
G. SmithRW000103-107:060:00
F. HronekD0112210024:321:03
M. SeiderD000013-3021:590:57
N. LeddyD0003000220:071:03
J. OesterleD0004000019:390:00
D. DeKeyserD000200-3016:040:00
D. RenoufD000211-2015:210:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Nedeljkovic18153.83340:00Loss
T. Greiss752.71416:25

STL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. WalkerLW303510+4012:560:00
D. JoshuaC022110+309:220:00
B. SchennC011300+3020:444:07
P. BuchnevichLW011300+1019:172:36
R. O'ReillyC0111110018:473:50
I. BarbashevLW101221+1017:321:30
V. TarasenkoRW000131-1220:444:34
B. SaadLW000000-1017:201:53
J. KyrouRW000201+1017:041:37
O. SundqvistC000210+1016:332:04
L. BrownC0000010014:001:43
M. ScandellaD112411+3020:290:06
T. KrugD022001+1020:164:34
N. MikkolaD022100+1018:320:00
C. ParaykoD101102+1020:090:00
R. BortuzzoD011012+2018:020:00
S. PerunovichD0000020016:131:26
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Lindgren31292.93560:00Win
J. Gillies000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamPius Suter STL Faces DET, his team until Apr 20230 SOG

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