Game Recap: PIT 4, COL 5 (OT), March 24, 2024

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Game Recap

PIT4

Final/OTSun, Mar 24, 2024Every game that night

COL5

COL beat PIT 5-4 in overtime, with the chances close: 2.95 expected goals to 2.86. S. Crosby led the way with 4 points (1 G, 3 A). A. Georgiev stopped 30 of 34.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
PIT	2	2	0	0	4
COL	0	2	2	1	5

1st 7:53PITJ. Puljujarvi0.86 xG
1st 15:11PITB. Rust0.21 xG
2nd 13:47PITS. Crosby0.03 xG
2nd 15:40PITP. Joseph0.03 xG
2nd 16:05COLS. Walker0.02 xG
2nd 19:30COLY. Trenin0.15 xG
3rd 3:32COLJ. Drouin0.12 xG
3rd 15:22COLN. MacKinnon0.07 xG
OT 0:54COLJ. Drouin0.15 xG

Team Stats

PITCOL

34Shots on goal30

2.86Expected goals2.95

65Shot attempts65

325v5 shots on goal27

0/2Power play0/2

21Hits15

16Blocked shots16

4Penalty minutes4

0Giveaways4

12Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

PIT 2.86 xGCOL 2.95 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

PIT34 on goal, 4 scored

COL30 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

PIT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
S. Crosby	C	1	3	4	5	2	1	0	0	20:10	2:32
B. Rust	RW	1	0	1	4	1	1	-3	0	20:11	2:26
R. Smith	RW	0	1	1	2	1	1	+1	0	16:26	1:29
V. Puustinen	RW	0	1	1	1	0	1	+1	0	11:45	1:21
J. Puljujarvi	RW	1	0	1	2	4	0	+2	2	10:57	0:00
E. Malkin	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	0	19:40	2:17
M. Bunting	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	19:06	2:28
D. O'Connor	LW	0	0	0	3	1	1	-1	0	18:16	0:09
L. Eller	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	17:49	1:34
R. Rakell	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	15:55	1:34
E. Bemstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	6:15	0:00
N. Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4:56	0:00
K. Letang	D	0	1	1	4	3	1	0	0	25:01	1:34
P. Joseph	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	+2	0	19:04	0:00
E. Karlsson	D	0	0	0	5	0	2	-2	0	24:37	2:27
M. Pettersson	D	0	0	0	1	3	2	-3	2	23:04	0:09
J. St. Ivany	D	0	0	0	0	3	2	+1	0	12:53	0:00
J. Ludvig	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	+1	0	12:40	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Nedeljkovic	25	21	4	.840	50:46	OT loss
T. Jarry	5	4	1	.800	10:05

COL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. MacKinnon	C	1	2	3	6	1	0	+1	0	24:52	3:19
J. Drouin	LW	2	1	3	3	0	2	+2	0	20:47	3:10
M. Wood	LW	0	1	1	0	1	1	+1	0	12:25	0:00
R. Colton	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	11:52	0:42
Y. Trenin	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	+1	0	9:11	0:00
B. Duhaime	LW	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	7:46	0:00
M. Rantanen	RW	0	0	0	4	1	1	-1	0	23:57	3:16
V. Nichushkin	RW	0	0	0	3	0	2	-2	0	20:31	3:33
A. Lehkonen	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	16:17	0:27
C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	-2	0	15:52	0:49
Z. Parise	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	10:15	0:00
A. Cogliano	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6:50	0:00
D. Toews	D	0	2	2	3	1	1	+1	2	21:45	1:02
C. Makar	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	25:10	2:58
S. Walker	D	1	0	1	3	1	2	+1	0	17:10	0:00
S. Girard	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	22:41	0:44
J. Manson	D	0	0	0	2	4	1	-2	0	18:05	0:00
J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	+1	0	13:16	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Georgiev	34	30	4	.882	60:54	Win
J. Annunen	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamSamuel Girard PIT Faces COL, his team until Feb 20260 SOG

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