Game Recap: DET 2, WPG 6, March 31, 2023

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Game Recap

DET2

FinalFri, Mar 31, 2023Every game that night

WPG6

WPG beat DET 6-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.81 expected goals to 2.11. B. Wheeler led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). C. Hellebuyck stopped 23 of 25.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
DET	0	0	2	2
WPG	3	2	1	6

1st 6:56WPGK. Connor0.04 xG
1st 11:57WPGB. Wheeler0.20 xG
1st 13:34WPGM. Scheifele0.38 xG
2nd 1:20WPGD. DeMelo0.05 xG
2nd 13:42WPGN. Niederreiter0.04 xG
3rd 5:07WPGN. Ehlers0.30 xG
3rd 10:41DETD. PerronPP0.12 xG
3rd 11:02DETJ. Veleno0.10 xG

Team Stats

DETWPG

25Shots on goal29

2.11Expected goals3.81

52Shot attempts64

235v5 shots on goal24

1/1Power play0/3

14Hits8

22Blocked shots14

6Penalty minutes2

9Giveaways8

8Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DET 2.11 xGWPG 3.81 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

DET24 on goal, 2 scored

WPG29 on goal, 6 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DET Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Veleno	C	1	0	1	2	2	0	+1	0	15:36	0:00
D. Larkin	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	-2	0	15:09	0:47
A. Erne	LW	0	1	1	2	3	1	+1	0	14:41	0:00
D. Perron	LW	1	0	1	3	1	0	-2	2	14:31	0:47
M. Luff	RW	0	1	1	3	1	0	+1	0	14:24	0:00
A. Copp	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-2	0	18:50	0:00
P. Suter	C	0	0	0	3	1	2	-2	0	18:05	0:00
L. Raymond	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	14:05	0:47
J. Berggren	RW	0	0	0	3	0	1	-2	0	13:30	0:00
D. Kubalik	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-2	0	12:45	0:00
A. Chiasson	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	11:52	0:47
A. Czarnik	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	2	11:11	0:00
M. Seider	D	0	1	1	2	2	1	-3	0	22:07	0:47
B. Chiarot	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	+1	0	22:01	0:00
O. Maatta	D	0	0	0	1	1	4	+1	0	21:21	0:00
J. Walman	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	-3	2	20:03	0:00
J. Oesterle	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	-3	0	18:31	0:00
G. Lindstrom	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	0	15:18	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
M. Hellberg	29	23	6	.793	60:00	Loss
A. Nedeljkovic	0	0	0	–	0:00

WPG Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
K. Connor	LW	1	1	2	2	0	0	+1	0	19:20	3:16
M. Scheifele	C	1	1	2	1	0	0	+1	0	18:45	3:16
N. Ehlers	LW	1	1	2	4	0	0	+2	0	15:57	3:16
V. Namestnikov	C	0	2	2	1	0	3	+2	0	15:14	1:54
B. Wheeler	RW	1	1	2	4	0	1	+2	0	14:51	1:54
M. Appleton	C	0	2	2	1	1	0	+2	0	14:36	0:00
A. Lowry	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	+2	0	16:07	1:55
N. Niederreiter	RW	1	0	1	5	1	1	+2	0	13:25	1:54
P. Dubois	C	0	0	0	3	0	3	+1	0	18:01	3:16
M. Barron	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	13:28	0:44
K. Stenlund	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13:22	0:43
K. Kuhlman	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	11:13	0:44
D. DeMelo	D	1	1	2	2	0	2	+3	0	19:34	0:00
N. Pionk	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	+2	2	23:35	4:02
B. Dillon	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	+3	0	20:25	0:44
D. Samberg	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	+3	0	18:48	0:00
N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	17:49	1:52
L. Stanley	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14:41	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Hellebuyck	25	23	2	.920	59:56	Win
D. Rittich	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamAndrew Copp DET Faces WPG, his team until Mar 20222 SOG
Old teamMason Appleton DET Faces WPG, his team until May 20252 A, 1 SOG
Old teamVladislav Namestnikov WPG Faces DET, his team until Mar 20222 A, 1 SOG

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