Game Recap: MIN 1, COL 4, October 30, 2021

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Game Recap

MIN1

FinalSat, Oct 30, 2021Every game that night

COL4

COL beat MIN 4-1, and the chances backed it up: 2.88 expected goals to 2.09. G. Landeskog led the way with 4 points (2 G, 2 A). D. Kuemper stopped 29 of 30.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MIN	0	1	0	1
COL	1	1	2	4

1st 13:03COLG. Landeskog0.10 xG
2nd 16:54MINR. HartmanPP0.13 xG
2nd 17:34COLE. Johnson0.10 xG
3rd 2:54COLN. KadriPP0.13 xG
3rd 17:48COLG. LandeskogEN0.23 xG

Team Stats

MINCOL

30Shots on goal31

2.09Expected goals2.88

60Shot attempts61

255v5 shots on goal24

1/2Power play1/4

23Hits20

19Blocked shots21

21Penalty minutes6

1Giveaways7

2Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MIN 2.09 xGCOL 2.88 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

MIN30 on goal, 1 scored

COL31 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MIN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
R. Hartman	RW	1	0	1	5	1	1	0	2	18:00	0:23
M. Foligno	LW	0	1	1	0	4	0	-1	0	16:56	0:23
F. Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	2	2	2	-1	0	19:46	2:00
K. Kaprizov	LW	0	0	0	3	0	1	-1	0	19:36	2:00
J. Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	17:57	2:00
K. Fiala	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	17:29	2:00
N. Sturm	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	11:46	0:00
C. Dewar	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1	0	11:38	0:00
N. Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	11:16	0:23
A. Beckman	LW	0	0	0	3	0	1	-1	0	10:51	0:00
K. Rau	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	10:12	0:00
B. Duhaime	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	17	8:04	0:00
M. Dumba	D	0	1	1	1	3	3	-2	0	21:30	0:23
J. Brodin	D	0	0	0	3	1	1	-3	0	24:35	0:23
J. Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1	0	23:08	2:00
D. Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	17:52	0:00
J. Merrill	D	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	17:03	0:00
C. Addison	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	13:54	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Talbot	30	27	3	.900	59:27	Loss
K. Kahkonen	0	0	0	–	0:00

COL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
G. Landeskog	LW	2	2	4	4	2	1	+3	2	22:24	5:06
N. MacKinnon	C	0	2	2	5	1	2	+3	2	20:03	3:30
J. Compher	LW	0	2	2	2	0	0	+1	0	18:30	5:06
N. Kadri	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	21:00	5:00
A. Burakovsky	LW	0	1	1	0	1	0	+2	0	13:06	1:03
T. Jost	C	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	15:43	2:43
S. Ranta	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:41	2:46
L. O'Connor	RW	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	14:20	0:00
D. Helm	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	12:44	0:00
J. Megna	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	12:07	0:00
M. Kaut	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9:48	2:35
E. Johnson	D	1	1	2	3	2	5	+2	0	16:55	0:00
C. Makar	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	+2	0	24:59	4:46
B. Byram	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	2	21:59	3:06
S. Girard	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19:27	2:46
J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	+1	0	16:52	0:00
R. Murray	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	14:42	0:00
J. MacDonald	D	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	7:19	0:53

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
D. Kuemper	30	29	1	.967	59:58	Win
J. Johansson	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

BirthdayCale Makar COL Turns 23 that day1 SOG

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