Game Recap: NSH 3, WSH 5, December 29, 2021

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Game Recap

NSH3

FinalWed, Dec 29, 2021Every game that night

WSH5

WSH beat NSH 5-3, and the chances backed it up: 4.15 expected goals to 1.72. WSH outshot NSH 37 to 20. J. Carlson led the way with 4 points (1 G, 3 A). I. Samsonov stopped 17 of 20.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
NSH	0	3	0	3
WSH	3	0	2	5

1st 3:15WSHL. Eller0.12 xG
1st 13:11WSHJ. Carlson0.03 xG
1st 18:52WSHN. Dowd0.21 xG
2nd 1:23NSHY. Trenin0.01 xG
2nd 7:03NSHL. Kunin0.07 xG
2nd 7:38NSHF. Forsberg0.06 xG
3rd 14:24WSHE. KuznetsovSH0.02 xG
3rd 18:57WSHC. HagelinEN0.92 xG

Team Stats

NSHWSH

20Shots on goal37

1.72Expected goals4.15

45Shot attempts63

175v5 shots on goal21

0/4Power play0/6

25Hits20

17Blocked shots14

41Penalty minutes27

4Giveaways5

11Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NSH 1.72 xGWSH 4.15 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

NSH20 on goal, 3 scored

WSH36 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NSH Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Granlund	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	-2	2	25:18	5:26
F. Forsberg	LW	1	0	1	2	0	0	-1	0	18:29	5:18
T. Jeannot	LW	0	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	17:16	0:18
Y. Trenin	C	1	0	1	4	3	0	+1	0	14:33	0:12
L. Kunin	C	1	0	1	1	1	2	+1	0	12:22	0:17
E. Tolvanen	RW	0	1	1	1	2	0	-1	0	11:50	0:23
M. Duchene	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	18:51	5:20
R. Johansen	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	2	17:30	5:20
M. McCarron	C	0	0	0	2	2	2	+1	12	13:30	0:12
N. Cousins	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	0	8:07	0:17
M. Olivier	RW	0	0	0	0	3	0	-2	0	7:25	0:00
P. Tomasino	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-2	0	6:40	0:00
D. Fabbro	D	0	2	2	1	1	2	+1	2	17:23	0:29
B. Harpur	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	-1	2	17:45	0:00
M. Ekholm	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	24:52	1:43
A. Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	-3	0	23:40	4:20
M. Benning	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	19:44	0:00
M. Borowiecki	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	17	10:55	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Saros	36	32	4	.889	59:16	Loss
D. Rittich	0	0	0	–	0:00

WSH Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Hagelin	LW	1	1	2	2	0	0	+1	0	11:21	0:00
A. Ovechkin	LW	0	1	1	4	0	0	+1	0	26:01	11:15
E. Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	21:58	7:59
T. Oshie	RW	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	20:13	7:56
L. Eller	C	1	0	1	3	1	0	+1	0	19:06	3:27
N. Backstrom	C	0	1	1	3	1	0	+1	0	16:19	7:59
N. Dowd	C	1	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	10:36	0:00
T. Wilson	RW	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	19	18:02	2:46
C. Sheary	LW	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	12:20	3:27
G. Hathaway	RW	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	10:49	0:44
C. McMichael	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	10:04	0:00
A. Protas	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7:00	0:00
J. Carlson	D	1	3	4	5	0	1	+2	0	24:27	8:26
D. Orlov	D	0	2	2	1	2	3	+2	2	20:42	3:00
M. Kempny	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	20:57	0:00
T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	21:32	0:11
A. Alexeyev	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10:35	0:00
M. Irwin	D	0	0	0	3	2	4	0	0	9:29	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
I. Samsonov	20	17	3	.850	60:00	Win
P. Copley	0	0	0	–	0:00