Game Recap: EDM 2, STL 4, December 29, 2021

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Game Recap

EDM2

FinalWed, Dec 29, 2021Every game that night

STL4

STL beat EDM 4-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.48 expected goals to 2.37. V. Tarasenko led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). J. Binnington stopped 26 of 28.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
EDM	1	1	0	2
STL	2	1	1	4

1st 4:03STLR. Thomas0.05 xG
1st 6:59STLJ. Kyrou0.17 xG
1st 7:31EDML. Draisaitl0.13 xG
2nd 11:49EDME. Bouchard0.13 xG
2nd 15:46STLV. Tarasenko0.16 xG
3rd 0:16STLB. SaadPP0.05 xG

Team Stats

EDMSTL

28Shots on goal33

2.37Expected goals3.48

49Shot attempts54

255v5 shots on goal24

0/1Power play1/4

14Hits16

8Blocked shots10

8Penalty minutes2

4Giveaways6

7Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

EDM 2.37 xGSTL 3.48 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

EDM28 on goal, 2 scored

STL33 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

EDM Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. McDavid	C	0	1	1	4	0	0	+1	0	22:59	1:54
L. Draisaitl	C	1	0	1	3	2	0	-2	0	21:59	1:54
K. Yamamoto	RW	0	1	1	0	2	0	-1	0	15:37	0:00
Z. Hyman	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	+1	0	21:16	1:03
R. Nugent-Hopkins	C	0	0	0	4	0	2	-1	0	20:24	1:15
W. Foegele	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	18:16	0:51
C. Sceviour	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10:10	0:06
D. Shore	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10:05	0:06
D. Ryan	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9:45	0:06
B. Perlini	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9:44	0:00
K. Turris	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	9:32	0:00
R. McLeod	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7:42	0:00
S. Koekkoek	D	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	21:25	0:00
E. Bouchard	D	1	0	1	3	0	1	-1	4	20:17	0:57
D. Keith	D	0	0	0	3	1	2	+1	0	26:50	0:45
T. Barrie	D	0	0	0	4	1	1	+1	0	24:23	1:03
C. Ceci	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1	0	22:50	0:00
D. Samorukov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	2:28	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
M. Smith	33	29	4	.879	57:03	Loss
M. Koskinen	0	0	0	–	0:00

STL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
V. Tarasenko	RW	1	2	3	4	2	0	+2	0	20:18	4:23
J. Kyrou	RW	1	2	3	3	0	1	+3	0	20:01	2:33
B. Saad	LW	1	0	1	2	0	0	-1	0	22:11	3:27
D. Perron	LW	0	1	1	4	0	0	-1	0	21:21	3:48
R. Thomas	C	1	0	1	1	1	0	+3	0	20:42	2:24
R. O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	5	0	1	-1	0	21:54	3:41
T. Bozak	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	15:47	1:47
L. Brown	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	13:51	2:42
K. Kostin	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10:06	0:00
N. Walker	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8:10	0:04
A. Toropchenko	RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	5:24	0:00
T. Krug	D	0	2	2	1	0	1	+3	0	21:54	3:26
J. Faulk	D	0	1	1	2	3	1	+1	0	22:18	0:00
C. Parayko	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	-2	0	23:01	0:12
N. Mikkola	D	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	20:40	0:08
S. Perunovich	D	0	0	0	3	0	0	-1	0	13:21	2:45
M. Scandella	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	12:42	0:00
J. Walman	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4:34	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Binnington	28	26	2	.929	59:36	Win
C. Lindgren	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamJake Walman EDM Faces STL, his team until Mar 20221 SOG

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