Game Recap: MIN 3, EDM 4, December 8, 2023

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Game Recap

MIN3

FinalFri, Dec 8, 2023Every game that night

EDM4

EDM beat MIN 4-3, and the chances backed it up: 4.17 expected goals to 2.64. EDM outshot MIN 40 to 20. R. Nugent-Hopkins led the way with 4 points (0 G, 4 A). S. Skinner stopped 17 of 20.

Scoring

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

1st 15:16EDME. Bouchard0.11 xG
2nd 0:15MINM. Boldy0.19 xG
2nd 0:41MINJ. Eriksson Ek0.11 xG
2nd 1:21EDMC. McDavid0.46 xG
2nd 11:58MINC. Dewar0.21 xG
2nd 18:30EDML. DraisaitlPP0.10 xG
3rd 1:32EDME. BouchardPP0.06 xG

Team Stats

MINEDM

20Shots on goal40

2.64Expected goals4.17

57Shot attempts68

145v5 shots on goal29

0/2Power play2/4

24Hits17

16Blocked shots15

10Penalty minutes6

7Giveaways11

10Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MIN 2.64 xGEDM 4.17 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

MIN20 on goal, 3 scored

EDM39 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MIN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Boldy	LW	1	1	2	2	1	0	+1	2	16:10	1:42
M. Johansson	LW	0	2	2	0	0	0	+1	0	15:29	2:13
R. Hartman	RW	0	1	1	3	2	0	+1	4	18:51	2:18
J. Eriksson Ek	C	1	0	1	4	3	1	+1	0	18:15	1:42
C. Dewar	C	1	0	1	1	1	1	+1	0	13:14	0:00
K. Kaprizov	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	21:53	1:47
M. Zuccarello	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	2	19:06	1:48
M. Rossi	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	14:04	2:12
F. Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	13:31	2:13
M. Foligno	LW	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11:57	0:00
P. Maroon	LW	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	9:55	0:00
B. Duhaime	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	+1	0	9:40	0:00
B. Faber	D	0	2	2	0	2	0	+2	0	24:25	2:02
J. Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	28:33	2:01
J. Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	5	5	-2	0	22:04	0:02
J. Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	+1	0	15:41	0:00
D. Mermis	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	+1	0	12:37	0:00
J. Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10:36	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
M. Fleury	40	36	4	.900	58:13	Loss
F. Gustavsson	0	0	0	–	0:00

EDM Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
R. Nugent-Hopkins	C	0	4	4	4	1	1	+1	0	21:05	4:12
C. McDavid	C	1	1	2	4	2	0	+1	0	21:44	4:14
L. Draisaitl	C	1	1	2	2	0	1	-1	0	20:55	4:15
Z. Hyman	LW	0	1	1	3	0	1	+1	2	19:44	4:16
E. Kane	LW	0	0	0	2	3	0	-1	0	15:29	1:33
M. Janmark	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	14:18	0:00
W. Foegele	LW	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	14:13	1:31
C. Brown	RW	0	0	0	3	1	0	-1	0	13:40	0:00
R. McLeod	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13:05	0:00
D. Ryan	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1	0	10:26	0:00
S. Gagner	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	0	7:45	1:33
J. Hamblin	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	7:37	0:00
E. Bouchard	D	2	1	3	2	0	1	+1	0	22:22	4:22
D. Nurse	D	0	0	0	4	1	1	-1	2	24:39	1:34
M. Ekholm	D	0	0	0	3	3	1	+1	2	22:52	1:20
C. Ceci	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	-1	0	21:31	0:00
V. Desharnais	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	0	12:43	0:00
B. Kulak	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	11:52	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Skinner	20	17	3	.850	60:00	Win
C. Pickard	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamCalvin Pickard MIN Faces EDM, his team until Jan 20260 saves on 0
BirthdayMattias Janmark EDM Turns 31 that day3 SOG
HometownJared Spurgeon MIN Plays in his hometown2 SOG

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