Game Recap: LAK 3, WPG 2, April 2, 2022

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Game Recap

LAK3

FinalSat, Apr 2, 2022Every game that night

WPG2

LAK beat WPG 3-2, with the chances close: 3.17 expected goals to 2.59. LAK outshot WPG 38 to 27. A. Kopitar led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). C. Petersen stopped 25 of 27.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
LAK	2	1	0	3
WPG	1	1	0	2

1st 2:21LAKA. KempeSH0.01 xG
1st 6:24WPGN. Ehlers0.07 xG
1st 10:32LAKA. Kopitar0.14 xG
2nd 3:05LAKG. VilardiPP0.33 xG
2nd 13:31WPGA. Lowry0.02 xG

Team Stats

LAKWPG

38Shots on goal27

3.17Expected goals2.59

61Shot attempts59

225v5 shots on goal15

1/3Power play0/6

17Hits23

20Blocked shots15

12Penalty minutes6

10Giveaways11

6Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 3.17 xGWPG 2.59 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

LAK37 on goal, 3 scored

WPG27 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Kopitar	C	1	1	2	4	0	3	+1	0	22:47	3:44
A. Kempe	RW	1	1	2	4	1	1	+1	2	20:18	3:33
P. Danault	C	0	1	1	2	0	2	-1	0	18:33	3:22
G. Vilardi	C	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	13:32	2:32
A. Iafallo	LW	0	0	0	4	0	1	+1	0	20:24	3:51
T. Moore	LW	0	0	0	8	0	1	-1	2	17:03	2:02
V. Arvidsson	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	12:37	2:01
R. Kupari	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11:47	0:00
A. Kaliyev	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	11:16	1:37
Q. Byfield	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10:19	0:00
L. Andersson	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8:42	0:00
C. Grundstrom	RW	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	7:10	0:00
S. Durzi	D	0	1	1	4	1	2	+1	2	26:03	4:11
A. Edler	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	21:36	0:39
J. Spence	D	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	15:57	1:44
O. Maatta	D	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	17:28	0:19
T. Stecher	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	17:06	0:00
T. Bjornfot	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	2	17:03	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Petersen	27	25	2	.926	60:00	Win
J. Quick	0	0	0	–	0:00

WPG Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Ehlers	LW	1	0	1	5	1	0	-1	0	23:27	7:12
M. Scheifele	C	0	1	1	3	0	0	-1	0	23:21	7:17
A. Lowry	C	1	0	1	2	3	2	+1	0	16:05	3:03
B. Wheeler	RW	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	2	22:48	7:04
P. Dubois	C	0	0	0	5	0	0	-1	0	22:36	7:03
P. Stastny	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	+1	0	20:15	3:19
Z. Sanford	LW	0	0	0	1	4	2	+1	0	17:31	3:11
M. Appleton	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	14:13	0:00
E. Svechnikov	LW	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	9:52	0:00
M. Barron	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	7:04	0:00
D. Toninato	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6:44	0:00
J. Harkins	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:46	0:00
N. Pionk	D	0	1	1	1	1	1	+2	2	18:16	2:42
V. Heinola	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	+2	2	17:41	3:07
J. Morrissey	D	0	0	0	3	3	0	-2	0	25:24	7:31
D. DeMelo	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	17:55	0:00
L. Stanley	D	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	17:36	0:00
B. Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	14:39	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Hellebuyck	38	35	3	.921	57:52	Loss
E. Comrie	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamAlex Iafallo WPG Faces LAK, his team until Apr 20234 SOG
Old teamGabriel Vilardi WPG Faces LAK, his team until Apr 20231 G, 2 SOG

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