Game Recap: OTT 2, WSH 3 (OT), January 22, 2022

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Game Recap

OTT2

Final/OTSat, Jan 22, 2022Every game that night

WSH3

WSH beat OTT 3-2 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.60 expected goals to 2.16. WSH outshot OTT 33 to 22. A. Ovechkin led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). V. Vanecek stopped 20 of 22.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
OTT	1	1	0	0	2
WSH	0	0	2	1	3

1st 1:22OTTT. Chabot0.03 xG
2nd 6:07OTTZ. Sanford0.13 xG
3rd 1:39WSHA. Ovechkin0.04 xG
3rd 9:43WSHA. Ovechkin0.46 xG
OT 1:13WSHN. Backstrom0.14 xG

Team Stats

OTTWSH

22Shots on goal33

2.16Expected goals3.60

55Shot attempts69

205v5 shots on goal23

0/2Power play0/2

26Hits33

17Blocked shots16

4Penalty minutes4

4Giveaways8

13Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

OTT 2.16 xGWSH 3.60 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

OTT22 on goal, 2 scored

WSH33 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

OTT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Paul	LW	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	16:27	0:13
A. Formenton	LW	0	1	1	1	0	1	+1	0	16:22	0:58
Z. Sanford	LW	1	0	1	1	3	2	+1	0	15:23	0:58
A. Watson	LW	0	1	1	2	3	3	0	2	15:08	0:13
J. Norris	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	19:41	2:49
D. Batherson	RW	0	0	0	2	2	0	-1	2	18:54	2:49
T. Stützle	C	0	0	0	2	3	0	+1	0	18:13	2:49
B. Tkachuk	LW	0	0	0	2	1	1	-2	0	17:23	2:49
D. Gambrell	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	15:45	0:13
C. Tierney	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	10:24	0:58
A. Gaudette	RW	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	9:55	0:58
C. Bishop	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	8:40	0:00
T. Chabot	D	1	0	1	2	1	2	-1	0	22:02	3:02
A. Zub	D	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	24:30	0:00
N. Holden	D	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	22:17	0:00
E. Brannstrom	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20:18	1:11
J. Brown	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	+1	0	14:44	0:00
J. Bernard-Docker	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13:33	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
M. Murray	33	30	3	.909	61:13	OT loss
A. Forsberg	0	0	0	–	0:00

WSH Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Ovechkin	LW	2	0	2	5	4	0	+3	0	21:46	3:52
N. Backstrom	C	1	1	2	3	0	0	+2	2	18:42	2:26
E. Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	7	2	0	+1	0	20:36	2:48
T. Wilson	RW	0	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	20:22	2:26
C. Sheary	LW	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	16:54	0:55
L. Eller	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	16:24	1:17
G. Hathaway	RW	0	0	0	1	4	0	+1	0	15:53	0:08
N. Dowd	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	14:49	0:17
C. Hagelin	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	13:32	0:17
A. Protas	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9:28	1:17
B. Leason	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	7:34	0:00
C. McMichael	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	5:50	0:00
T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	1	1	3	0	2	+2	0	21:02	0:08
J. Schultz	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	24:59	2:45
M. Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	2	3	2	+1	0	24:14	0:08
M. Kempny	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	+1	0	22:24	0:09
D. Cholowski	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	13:05	1:07
M. Irwin	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	-2	0	12:05	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
V. Vanecek	22	20	2	.909	61:13	Win
I. Samsonov	0	0	0	–	0:00