Game Recap: MIN 3, OTT 4, February 22, 2022

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Game Recap

MIN3

FinalTue, Feb 22, 2022Every game that night

OTT4

OTT beat MIN 4-3, with the chances close: 3.39 expected goals to 3.45. MIN outshot OTT 43 to 34. T. Chabot led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). A. Forsberg stopped 40 of 43.

Scoring

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

1st 2:09OTTT. Chabot0.17 xG
1st 17:05OTTB. TkachukPP0.03 xG
2nd 6:31MINK. Fiala0.14 xG
2nd 12:40MINJ. Spurgeon0.11 xG
2nd 16:22OTTT. Stützle0.08 xG
3rd 4:32MINJ. Merrill0.09 xG
3rd 14:15OTTT. Chabot0.02 xG

Team Stats

MINOTT

43Shots on goal34

3.45Expected goals3.39

69Shot attempts64

305v5 shots on goal20

0/3Power play1/4

17Hits30

13Blocked shots16

8Penalty minutes6

3Giveaways10

1Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MIN 3.45 xGOTT 3.39 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

MIN42 on goal, 3 scored

OTT34 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MIN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
K. Fiala	LW	1	1	2	8	0	1	+1	0	22:03	3:03
R. Hartman	RW	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	17:05	2:42
N. Bjugstad	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	7:41	0:02
K. Kaprizov	LW	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	20:15	3:48
M. Boldy	LW	0	0	0	5	0	0	-1	0	18:33	3:13
J. Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	18:31	3:15
M. Foligno	LW	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	18:22	2:46
F. Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	4	1	1	-1	2	17:45	2:21
J. Greenway	LW	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	12:57	2:13
B. Duhaime	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10:38	0:00
C. Dewar	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	8:31	0:09
N. Sturm	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	6:30	0:00
J. Spurgeon	D	1	0	1	3	0	2	+1	0	23:30	3:07
D. Kulikov	D	0	1	1	1	2	4	0	2	20:49	0:14
J. Merrill	D	1	0	1	3	0	1	-1	0	16:03	0:14
J. Brodin	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	2	22:13	0:14
A. Goligoski	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	+2	0	18:35	0:13
C. Addison	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	13:57	2:26

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Talbot	34	30	4	.882	58:58	Loss
K. Kahkonen	0	0	0	–	0:00

OTT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Brown	RW	0	2	2	2	0	1	+1	0	21:48	4:21
T. Stützle	C	1	0	1	2	2	0	-1	2	16:54	4:48
B. Tkachuk	LW	1	0	1	5	3	1	-3	2	16:12	4:41
A. Gaudette	RW	0	1	1	1	1	0	-1	0	12:27	1:30
C. Tierney	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	+1	0	11:56	1:34
N. Paul	LW	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	18:17	2:43
Z. Sanford	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	17:09	2:21
A. Formenton	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	+1	0	14:51	0:42
A. Watson	LW	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	13:03	0:00
T. Ennis	RW	0	0	0	2	2	1	+1	0	12:43	3:30
M. Kastelic	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	11:43	0:00
P. Kelly	C	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	11:37	0:01
T. Chabot	D	2	1	3	6	0	2	0	0	24:35	5:00
A. Zub	D	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	20:15	0:49
E. Brannstrom	D	0	1	1	3	1	1	+1	0	14:37	2:46
J. Brown	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	+1	0	13:05	0:00
N. Holden	D	0	0	0	2	3	2	-1	0	22:36	0:34
N. Zaitsev	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	2	20:12	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Forsberg	43	40	3	.930	60:00	Win
F. Gustavsson	0	0	0	–	0:00