Game Recap: PIT 4, DET 7, March 28, 2023

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Game Recap

PIT4

FinalTue, Mar 28, 2023Every game that night

DET7

DET beat PIT 7-4, with the chances close: 3.78 expected goals to 3.82. PIT outshot DET 39 to 25. D. Perron scored three for DET. A. Nedeljkovic stopped 35 of 39.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
PIT	0	3	1	4
DET	3	0	4	7

1st 11:03DETJ. BerggrenPP0.14 xG
1st 11:37DETA. Copp0.05 xG
1st 16:07DETD. Kubalik0.13 xG
2nd 4:40PITJ. Zucker0.35 xG
2nd 7:46PITJ. GuentzelPP0.14 xG
2nd 8:41PITJ. CarterPP0.11 xG
3rd 4:05DETD. Perron0.10 xG
3rd 5:26PITJ. Archibald0.03 xG
3rd 16:20DETD. PerronPP0.08 xG
3rd 17:05DETD. Perron0.07 xG
3rd 19:23DETD. LarkinEN0.92 xG

Team Stats

PITDET

39Shots on goal25

3.82Expected goals3.78

69Shot attempts58

225v5 shots on goal18

2/6Power play2/3

6Hits18

17Blocked shots14

6Penalty minutes10

6Giveaways7

3Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

PIT 3.82 xGDET 3.78 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

PIT38 on goal, 4 scored

DET25 on goal, 7 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

PIT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
E. Malkin	C	0	2	2	6	0	1	-2	0	21:04	6:48
R. Rakell	RW	0	2	2	1	0	1	-3	0	20:57	5:50
J. Guentzel	C	1	0	1	2	0	0	-2	0	22:45	6:48
B. Rust	RW	0	1	1	3	1	0	-1	2	21:34	3:04
J. Zucker	LW	1	0	1	3	1	1	-2	0	16:05	3:07
J. Carter	C	1	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	11:38	4:07
J. Archibald	RW	1	0	1	2	2	0	+1	0	9:03	0:00
D. O'Connor	LW	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	0	8:20	0:00
S. Crosby	C	0	0	0	2	0	3	-1	0	23:31	6:50
M. Granlund	C	0	0	0	4	1	0	-1	0	13:55	3:09
R. Poehling	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	13:33	0:00
D. Heinen	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7:29	0:00
K. Letang	D	0	1	1	4	0	3	-1	0	26:57	6:44
J. Petry	D	0	1	1	3	1	2	0	0	24:26	3:13
B. Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	20:31	0:05
P. Joseph	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	15:31	0:00
C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	11:17	0:00
M. Friedman	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	4	9:24	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. DeSmith	24	18	6	.750	57:52	Loss
T. Jarry	0	0	0	–	0:00

DET Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
D. Larkin	C	1	2	3	4	0	0	+3	2	20:20	2:52
D. Perron	LW	3	0	3	4	0	1	+2	0	16:36	2:56
A. Copp	C	1	1	2	4	0	0	+2	0	21:35	2:54
P. Suter	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	+2	0	17:49	0:00
D. Kubalik	LW	1	0	1	3	1	0	+2	2	15:35	1:18
J. Veleno	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	13:41	1:16
J. Berggren	RW	1	0	1	2	0	0	-1	0	10:52	1:12
A. Czarnik	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	-1	2	10:42	1:09
L. Raymond	LW	0	0	0	3	1	0	+1	0	17:50	2:50
A. Erne	LW	0	0	0	0	5	3	-1	0	11:31	0:00
M. Luff	RW	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	8:55	0:00
T. Hirose	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	7:57	0:00
M. Seider	D	0	2	2	0	1	1	+3	0	26:42	2:37
J. Oesterle	D	0	2	2	0	1	1	+1	0	17:02	0:00
G. Lindstrom	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	13:36	0:00
J. Walman	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	+3	2	24:14	1:31
O. Maatta	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	18:43	0:05
R. Hagg	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	-1	0	15:58	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Nedeljkovic	39	35	4	.897	60:00	Win
M. Hellberg	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

BirthdayLucas Raymond DET Turns 21 that day3 SOG
HometownBryan Rust PIT Plays near home (born in Pontiac)1 A, 3 SOG

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