Game Recap: OTT 5, WPG 2, March 24, 2022

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Game Recap

OTT5

FinalThu, Mar 24, 2022Every game that night

WPG2

OTT beat WPG 5-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.67 expected goals to 2.17. OTT outshot WPG 33 to 24. B. Tkachuk led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). A. Forsberg stopped 22 of 24.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
OTT	1	0	4	5
WPG	1	0	1	2

1st 8:38WPGJ. Morrissey0.02 xG
1st 14:03OTTB. Tkachuk0.06 xG
3rd 12:25OTTT. Ennis0.16 xG
3rd 14:41OTTC. WhitePP0.19 xG
3rd 15:40OTTC. Brown0.21 xG
3rd 17:06WPGK. Connor0.16 xG
3rd 18:44OTTB. TkachukEN0.77 xG

Team Stats

OTTWPG

33Shots on goal24

3.67Expected goals2.17

59Shot attempts48

305v5 shots on goal23

1/1Power play0/0

28Hits26

18Blocked shots16

0Penalty minutes2

7Giveaways7

11Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

OTT 3.67 xGWPG 2.17 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

OTT33 on goal, 5 scored

WPG24 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

OTT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
B. Tkachuk	LW	2	0	2	3	5	1	+1	19:04	0:54
T. Stützle	C	0	2	2	2	0	0	-1	18:57	0:55
C. Brown	RW	1	0	1	2	1	0	-1	18:02	0:31
J. Norris	C	0	1	1	2	0	2	+1	17:58	0:53
C. White	C	1	0	1	4	1	0	+1	17:01	0:54
M. Joseph	RW	0	1	1	0	4	0	+1	16:46	0:30
C. Tierney	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	+2	14:47	0:32
T. Ennis	RW	1	0	1	2	2	0	+1	10:44	0:00
A. Watson	LW	0	1	1	1	2	0	+1	10:03	0:00
A. Formenton	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:16	0:31
A. Gaudette	RW	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	12:24	0:00
D. Gambrell	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9:03	0:00
M. Del Zotto	D	0	2	2	1	1	2	+3	19:19	0:31
A. Zub	D	0	1	1	3	1	2	+1	23:38	0:00
E. Brannstrom	D	0	1	1	5	0	0	+1	21:17	0:54
N. Holden	D	0	0	0	0	1	5	-1	19:39	0:00
T. Hamonic	D	0	0	0	3	3	3	+1	18:39	0:00
N. Zaitsev	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	-1	16:23	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Forsberg	24	22	2	.917	60:00	Win
F. Gustavsson	0	0	0	–	0:00

WPG Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Scheifele	C	0	2	2	1	0	0	-1	0	18:47	0:00
K. Connor	LW	1	0	1	2	0	0	-1	0	20:18	0:00
B. Wheeler	RW	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	17:55	0:00
P. Dubois	C	0	1	1	2	0	2	-1	0	17:23	0:00
N. Ehlers	LW	0	0	0	4	2	0	-1	0	18:52	0:00
P. Stastny	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	18:22	0:00
E. Svechnikov	LW	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	0	16:58	0:00
M. Appleton	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	16:43	0:00
Z. Sanford	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	15:51	0:00
J. Harkins	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7:34	0:00
D. Toninato	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7:18	0:00
A. Brooks	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6:22	0:00
J. Morrissey	D	1	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	23:00	0:00
D. DeMelo	D	0	0	0	3	3	4	+1	0	21:01	0:00
B. Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	-1	2	20:16	0:00
N. Pionk	D	0	0	0	2	2	2	-1	0	20:12	0:00
N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	0	17:14	0:00
L. Stanley	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	-1	0	16:41	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Hellebuyck	32	28	4	.875	57:48	Loss
E. Comrie	0	0	0	–	0:00