Game Recap: EDM 6, NJD 3, December 21, 2023

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Game Recap

EDM6

FinalThu, Dec 21, 2023Every game that night

NJD3

EDM beat NJD 6-3, and the chances backed it up: 3.55 expected goals to 1.78. EDM outshot NJD 38 to 26. R. McLeod led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). C. Pickard stopped 23 of 26.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
EDM	2	0	4	6
NJD	1	2	0	3

1st 0:24EDMR. McLeod0.17 xG
1st 5:24EDMR. Nugent-Hopkins0.56 xG
1st 13:14NJDD. Mercer0.09 xG
2nd 1:39NJDJ. Siegenthaler0.02 xG
2nd 16:26NJDT. Meier0.21 xG
3rd 1:40EDMC. McDavid0.27 xG
3rd 2:22EDML. Draisaitl0.11 xG
3rd 2:49EDMA. Erne0.17 xG
3rd 9:04EDMR. McLeod0.14 xG

Team Stats

EDMNJD

38Shots on goal26

3.55Expected goals1.78

71Shot attempts50

345v5 shots on goal26

0/2Power play0/0

17Hits32

15Blocked shots18

0Penalty minutes4

4Giveaways13

12Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

EDM 3.55 xGNJD 1.78 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

EDM37 on goal, 6 scored

NJD25 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

EDM Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
R. Nugent-Hopkins	C	1	1	2	5	0	1	+2	21:14	3:23
C. McDavid	C	1	1	2	2	3	0	+2	20:02	3:16
R. McLeod	C	2	0	2	2	1	1	+3	14:33	0:00
S. Gagner	C	0	2	2	2	1	0	+2	9:49	0:37
L. Draisaitl	C	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	20:31	3:24
A. Erne	LW	1	0	1	1	5	0	0	8:46	0:00
Z. Hyman	LW	0	0	0	7	0	0	+2	21:08	3:20
W. Foegele	LW	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	16:35	0:43
E. Kane	LW	0	0	0	4	2	1	-2	16:14	0:41
M. Janmark	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	15:24	0:00
D. Ryan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	10:05	0:00
J. Hamblin	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9:00	0:00
M. Ekholm	D	0	2	2	4	2	1	+2	21:26	0:36
E. Bouchard	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	+1	23:27	3:18
D. Nurse	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	21:24	0:42
C. Ceci	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	18:59	0:00
B. Kulak	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	+2	16:22	0:00
V. Desharnais	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	+1	15:01	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Pickard	26	23	3	.885	60:00	Win
S. Skinner	0	0	0	–	0:00

NJD Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. McLeod	C	0	2	2	1	3	1	+1	0	16:55	0:00
D. Mercer	C	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	14:15	0:00
T. Meier	RW	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	12:34	0:00
J. Hughes	C	0	0	0	3	0	1	-1	0	18:31	0:00
E. Haula	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	17:16	0:00
T. Toffoli	C	0	0	0	5	1	0	-1	0	16:44	0:00
N. Hischier	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0	15:56	0:00
C. Lazar	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	-1	0	15:13	0:00
J. Bratt	LW	0	0	0	3	0	0	-1	0	15:06	0:00
O. Palat	LW	0	0	0	2	4	1	-1	0	14:55	0:00
N. Bastian	RW	0	0	0	1	5	1	-1	0	10:33	0:00
A. Holtz	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	7:20	0:00
J. Siegenthaler	D	1	0	1	4	1	1	+1	0	22:15	0:00
S. Nemec	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	+1	2	20:38	0:00
J. Marino	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0	21:28	0:00
B. Smith	D	0	0	0	1	4	6	-2	0	19:24	0:00
L. Hughes	D	0	0	0	0	1	4	-3	0	18:29	0:00
K. Bahl	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	2	18:28	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Schmid	6	4	2	.667	5:24
V. Vanecek	32	28	4	.875	54:36	Loss