Game Recap: DET 2, WPG 5, December 20, 2023

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Game Recap

DET2

FinalWed, Dec 20, 2023Every game that night

WPG5

WPG beat DET 5-2, with the chances close: 2.90 expected goals to 3.26. WPG outshot DET 41 to 28. G. Vilardi led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). L. Brossoit stopped 26 of 28.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
DET	0	1	1	2
WPG	1	3	1	5

1st 15:38WPGN. Pionk0.01 xG
2nd 1:44DETO. Maatta0.07 xG
2nd 7:41WPGN. Ehlers0.26 xG
2nd 10:50WPGA. Jonsson-Fjallby0.11 xG
2nd 16:10WPGG. Vilardi0.12 xG
3rd 8:41DETP. Kane0.20 xG
3rd 15:12WPGM. Scheifele0.20 xG

Team Stats

DETWPG

28Shots on goal41

3.26Expected goals2.90

68Shot attempts67

255v5 shots on goal40

0/2Power play0/0

15Hits20

11Blocked shots20

0Penalty minutes4

8Giveaways7

2Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DET 3.26 xGWPG 2.90 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

DET28 on goal, 2 scored

WPG41 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DET Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
P. Kane	RW	1	1	2	1	0	0	+2	17:58	2:44
D. Larkin	C	0	1	1	4	0	0	-2	18:37	2:42
A. Copp	C	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	15:37	0:00
A. DeBrincat	RW	0	0	0	3	1	1	+2	18:08	2:43
J. Compher	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	17:13	2:45
J. Veleno	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	16:36	0:45
M. Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	16:29	0:30
L. Raymond	LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	-2	15:34	1:17
R. Fabbri	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	-2	15:11	1:16
D. Sprong	RW	0	0	0	4	0	0	-2	12:25	1:18
C. Fischer	RW	0	0	0	0	2	0	-3	11:03	0:00
A. Czarnik	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	9:21	0:00
M. Seider	D	0	1	1	1	1	0	-1	20:49	1:18
O. Maatta	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	+1	18:11	0:00
J. Walman	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-3	19:46	0:00
J. Petry	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	-2	19:10	0:00
S. Gostisbehere	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	19:02	2:42
B. Chiarot	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	-1	18:50	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Reimer	41	36	5	.878	60:00	Loss
M. Hutchinson	0	0	0	–	0:00

WPG Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
G. Vilardi	C	1	2	3	3	0	0	+2	0	15:38	0:00
N. Ehlers	LW	1	1	2	5	0	0	+1	0	16:13	0:00
A. Jonsson-Fjallby	LW	1	1	2	4	2	1	+2	0	10:47	0:00
M. Scheifele	C	1	0	1	3	1	1	+2	0	17:49	0:00
C. Perfetti	C	0	1	1	4	0	0	+1	0	13:28	0:00
D. Gustafsson	C	0	1	1	3	2	1	+2	0	12:19	0:00
V. Namestnikov	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	16:51	0:00
M. Appleton	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	16:29	0:00
A. Iafallo	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	15:19	0:00
N. Niederreiter	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	2	14:24	0:00
A. Lowry	C	0	0	0	3	0	1	-1	0	14:08	0:00
M. Barron	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	+2	0	12:09	0:00
D. DeMelo	D	0	1	1	1	2	2	+3	0	25:54	0:00
J. Morrissey	D	0	1	1	3	1	2	+3	2	24:02	0:00
N. Pionk	D	1	0	1	2	5	1	-1	0	18:43	0:00
D. Samberg	D	0	1	1	2	1	4	+1	0	17:26	0:00
B. Dillon	D	0	0	0	1	3	3	-1	0	20:10	0:00
N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	14:11	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Brossoit	28	26	2	.929	60:00	Win
C. Hellebuyck	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamAndrew Copp DET Faces WPG, his team until Mar 20221 A, 4 SOG
Old teamMason Appleton DET Faces WPG, his team until May 20250 SOG
Old teamVladislav Namestnikov WPG Faces DET, his team until Mar 20222 SOG

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