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Game Recap
NJD4
Final/OTTue, Apr 26, 2022Every game that night
OTT5

OTT beat NJD 5-4 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 4.27 expected goals to 3.26. T. Stützle led the way with 4 points (2 G, 2 A). A. Forsberg stopped 37 of 41.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
NJD02204
OTT12115
  1. 1st 19:43OTTT. ChabotPP0.16 xG
  2. 2nd 0:11OTTD. Batherson0.14 xG
  3. 2nd 8:52NJDN. Foote0.10 xG
  4. 2nd 16:41OTTT. StützlePP0.40 xG
  5. 2nd 19:54NJDN. Foote0.03 xG
  6. 3rd 6:34OTTT. StützleSH0.25 xG
  7. 3rd 7:29NJDP. Zacha0.03 xG
  8. 3rd 10:15NJDY. Sharangovich0.10 xG
  9. OT 3:17OTTD. Batherson0.20 xG

Team Stats

NJDOTT
41Shots on goal34
3.26Expected goals4.27
62Shot attempts52
385v5 shots on goal26
0/2Power play2/3
24Hits32
8Blocked shots17
6Penalty minutes4
7Giveaways9
1Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NJD 3.26 xGOTT 4.27 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdOTOTT goal, 19:43OTT goal, 0:11NJD goal, 8:52OTT goal, 16:41NJD goal, 19:54OTT goal, 6:34NJD goal, 7:29NJD goal, 10:15OTT goal, 3:17

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

NJD39 on goal, 4 scored
OTT34 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NJD Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
P. ZachaC112320+2018:242:09
N. FooteLW202510+2014:200:00
Y. SharangovichC101400-1018:341:44
J. BrattLW011210+1018:272:22
F. ZetterlundLW011510+1016:361:36
D. MercerC000100+1219:472:22
J. BoqvistC000110-1016:211:30
J. KuokkanenC0003100216:130:00
A. JohnssonLW000101-1015:000:00
M. McLeodC0000210012:130:10
M. GeertsenLW000220008:410:06
N. BastianRW000030008:360:02
D. SeversonD0113310224:312:32
T. SmithD011322-2021:251:23
R. WalshD0112020014:230:59
R. GravesD000031+2025:060:00
D. HamiltonD000420+1022:123:01
K. BahlD000200+2016:480:04
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
M. Blackwood34295.85363:17OT loss
A. Hammond000–0:00

OTT Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. StützleC2244320021:253:27
B. TkachukLW033140-2021:583:25
D. BathersonRW202420+1022:193:27
J. NorrisC0111100021:143:25
A. FormentonLW000110-1017:330:00
D. GambrellC0004120014:500:00
A. GaudetteRW0000000014:380:00
P. KellyC0002600013:570:00
A. WatsonLW0002410013:070:00
S. SabourinRW000110-229:170:00
C. TierneyC000001008:410:00
M. KastelicC000222-107:490:00
T. ChabotD101602-3024:482:23
T. HamonicD011124-2021:290:00
E. BrannstromD011303+2019:150:00
N. HoldenD0001100020:370:00
N. ZaitsevD0000400018:120:00
A. ZubD0001000215:550:02
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Forsberg41374.90263:17Win
F. Gustavsson000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

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