Game Recap: NJD 7, COL 5, March 1, 2023

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Game Recap

NJD7

FinalWed, Mar 1, 2023Every game that night

COL5

NJD beat COL 7-5, and the chances backed it up: 3.76 expected goals to 2.79. D. Mercer led the way with 4 points (1 G, 3 A). V. Vanecek stopped 14 of 19.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
NJD	3	3	1	7
COL	1	3	1	5

1st 1:07NJDO. Palat0.13 xG
1st 7:52NJDN. Bastian0.03 xG
1st 11:27NJDT. Tatar0.06 xG
1st 19:46COLN. MacKinnon0.02 xG
2nd 3:13NJDD. Hamilton0.13 xG
2nd 5:53NJDM. WoodPP0.20 xG
2nd 7:32COLM. Rantanen0.12 xG
2nd 9:00COLN. MacKinnon0.13 xG
2nd 9:36COLJ. Compher0.01 xG
2nd 16:59NJDD. Mercer0.26 xG
3rd 1:26COLV. Nichushkin0.24 xG
3rd 18:46NJDN. HischierEN0.92 xG

Team Stats

NJDCOL

29Shots on goal31

3.76Expected goals2.79

55Shot attempts57

255v5 shots on goal26

1/2Power play0/1

13Hits23

17Blocked shots16

0Penalty minutes2

4Giveaways8

10Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NJD 3.76 xGCOL 2.79 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

NJD28 on goal, 7 scored

COL31 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NJD Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
D. Mercer	C	1	3	4	1	0	0	+3	18:15	1:36
T. Tatar	LW	1	2	3	1	3	0	+3	17:25	1:36
N. Hischier	C	1	1	2	2	2	3	+3	19:55	2:24
M. McLeod	C	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	13:20	0:00
M. Wood	LW	1	1	2	4	0	0	+1	12:07	1:37
E. Haula	LW	0	1	1	1	1	0	-1	15:57	1:35
J. Bratt	LW	0	1	1	1	0	0	-1	15:16	2:24
O. Palat	LW	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	14:22	2:23
N. Bastian	RW	1	0	1	5	1	0	0	13:49	0:00
J. Hughes	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	15:57	2:23
Y. Sharangovich	C	0	0	0	3	0	2	-3	13:42	0:00
J. Boqvist	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	11:46	0:00
R. Graves	D	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	22:45	0:00
D. Hamilton	D	1	0	1	2	0	1	+1	18:57	2:25
D. Severson	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	+1	17:57	1:37
J. Marino	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	23:06	0:00
J. Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	+1	17:11	0:00
K. Bahl	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	16:13	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
V. Vanecek	19	14	5	.737	41:26	Win
A. Schmid	12	12	0	1.000	18:34

COL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. MacKinnon	C	2	0	2	6	1	1	0	0	23:37	1:25
V. Nichushkin	RW	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	18:48	1:37
A. Lehkonen	LW	0	2	2	1	6	1	0	0	18:27	0:25
J. Compher	LW	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	2	22:59	1:35
M. Rantanen	RW	1	0	1	3	3	0	-1	0	22:36	1:43
A. Newhook	C	0	1	1	1	1	1	+1	0	13:28	0:23
E. Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	14:46	0:35
L. Eller	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	14:28	0:00
M. Nieto	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	11:13	0:00
A. Cogliano	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	8:31	0:00
L. O'Connor	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	8:09	0:00
D. Malgin	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	5:45	0:00
B. Byram	D	0	1	1	3	3	3	0	0	27:47	1:23
S. Girard	D	0	1	1	2	1	1	-3	0	22:28	0:37
J. Manson	D	0	1	1	1	4	2	+2	0	17:44	0:00
D. Toews	D	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	23:31	0:17
J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	+1	0	17:33	0:00
B. Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	6:28	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Annunen	28	22	6	.786	57:42	Loss
A. Georgiev	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamEvan Rodrigues NJD Faces COL, his team until Apr 20231 SOG

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