Game Recap: OTT 2, DET 4, December 31, 2022

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Game Recap

OTT2

FinalSat, Dec 31, 2022Every game that night

DET4

DET beat OTT 4-2 despite fewer good chances: 2.39 expected goals to 2.98. L. Raymond led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). M. Hellberg stopped 21 of 23.

Scoring

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

1st 10:36OTTA. Watson0.12 xG
1st 15:27OTTC. Giroux0.05 xG
2nd 8:42DETP. Suter0.08 xG
3rd 1:18DETL. Raymond0.06 xG
3rd 2:36DETE. Soderblom0.07 xG
3rd 3:13DETM. Rasmussen0.02 xG

Team Stats

OTTDET

23Shots on goal25

2.98Expected goals2.39

59Shot attempts54

165v5 shots on goal18

0/4Power play0/4

31Hits31

17Blocked shots21

6Penalty minutes8

4Giveaways5

4Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

OTT 2.98 xGDET 2.39 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

OTT23 on goal, 2 scored

DET25 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

OTT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
T. Stützle	C	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	22:57	4:38
A. DeBrincat	RW	0	1	1	4	3	0	-1	0	20:19	4:47
B. Tkachuk	LW	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	19:45	4:37
D. Batherson	RW	0	1	1	1	3	0	-2	0	19:17	4:31
C. Giroux	RW	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	18:13	1:56
A. Watson	LW	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	0	11:01	0:00
S. Pinto	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14:21	1:55
P. Kelly	C	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	11:48	0:00
J. Lucchini	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	11:17	0:00
M. Kastelic	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	-1	0	11:16	1:47
D. Gambrell	C	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	10:15	0:00
D. Brassard	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	10:02	1:33
T. Chabot	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	-1	2	25:44	5:07
J. Sanderson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	21:35	1:19
T. Hamonic	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	-2	0	18:55	0:00
A. Zub	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	16:51	0:00
N. Holden	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	15:37	0:00
J. Bernard-Docker	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	+1	0	14:17	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Talbot	25	21	4	.840	58:39	Loss
A. Forsberg	0	0	0	–	0:00

DET Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
L. Raymond	LW	1	1	2	2	2	1	+1	6	16:17	4:20
M. Rasmussen	C	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	18:21	4:12
P. Suter	C	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	14:10	0:00
J. Berggren	RW	0	1	1	1	0	0	+2	0	13:32	1:59
J. Veleno	C	0	1	1	0	1	2	+1	0	12:12	2:02
E. Soderblom	LW	1	0	1	3	2	0	+1	0	10:10	0:04
D. Larkin	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	19:25	4:06
D. Perron	LW	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	17:27	4:12
A. Erne	LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	15:36	0:04
A. Copp	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	+1	0	15:34	0:15
O. Sundqvist	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13:03	1:59
D. Kubalik	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:13	1:18
J. Walman	D	0	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	18:48	2:15
O. Maatta	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	15:46	0:15
B. Chiarot	D	0	0	0	3	7	5	+1	0	23:11	0:04
F. Hronek	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	+3	0	22:09	0:47
M. Seider	D	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	19:56	3:59
J. Oesterle	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	15:10	0:19

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
M. Hellberg	23	21	2	.913	60:00	Win
A. Nedeljkovic	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamAlex DeBrincat DET Faces OTT, his team until Apr 20231 A, 4 SOG
Old teamJacob Bernard-Docker DET Faces OTT, his team until Dec 20240 SOG

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