Game Recap: SEA 3, COL 2, April 26, 2023

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Game Recap

SEA3

FinalWed, Apr 26, 2023PlayoffsEvery game that night

COL2

SEA beat COL 3-2, with the chances close: 1.98 expected goals to 1.89. N. MacKinnon led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). P. Grubauer stopped 26 of 28.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
SEA	0	2	1	3
COL	0	1	1	2

2nd 6:35SEAM. Geekie0.03 xG
2nd 7:55COLN. MacKinnon0.02 xG
2nd 9:59SEAT. Kartye0.19 xG
3rd 1:40SEAY. Gourde0.08 xG
3rd 16:23COLE. Rodrigues0.06 xG

Team Stats

SEACOL

29Shots on goal28

1.98Expected goals1.89

63Shot attempts54

285v5 shots on goal21

0/2Power play0/2

39Hits41

14Blocked shots20

4Penalty minutes4

4Giveaways12

5Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SEA 1.98 xGCOL 1.89 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

SEA29 on goal, 3 scored

COL28 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SEA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
Y. Gourde	C	1	0	1	3	4	1	0	0	22:14	1:08
A. Wennberg	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	20:07	1:38
J. Schwartz	LW	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	2	17:52	2:08
O. Bjorkstrand	RW	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	17:33	1:45
J. Eberle	RW	0	1	1	2	0	1	+1	0	14:54	2:11
M. Geekie	C	1	0	1	2	1	0	+1	0	11:27	0:00
T. Kartye	LW	1	0	1	1	3	0	+1	0	8:41	0:39
E. Tolvanen	RW	0	0	0	5	9	1	0	2	19:49	1:31
B. Tanev	LW	0	0	0	3	4	0	-1	0	16:50	0:05
M. Beniers	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	+1	0	15:36	2:10
R. Donato	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7:43	0:10
D. Sprong	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6:46	2:19
W. Borgen	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	-1	0	18:46	0:17
C. Soucy	D	0	1	1	0	3	1	+2	0	13:15	0:00
A. Larsson	D	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	25:20	0:10
J. Oleksiak	D	0	0	0	1	4	5	-1	0	23:48	0:06
V. Dunn	D	0	0	0	3	2	1	+1	0	20:41	1:47
J. Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	14:38	1:56

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
P. Grubauer	28	26	2	.929	60:00	Win
M. Jones	0	0	0	–	0:00

COL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. MacKinnon	C	1	1	2	4	0	4	+2	0	27:01	4:00
M. Rantanen	RW	0	1	1	5	3	2	+1	0	23:35	4:00
E. Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	2	5	1	0	0	17:38	0:00
J. Compher	LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	24:35	4:00
A. Lehkonen	LW	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	20:38	4:00
L. Eller	C	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	16:11	0:00
L. O'Connor	RW	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	13:42	0:00
D. Malgin	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	12:05	0:00
M. Nieto	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9:35	0:00
A. Cogliano	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8:13	0:00
A. Newhook	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	0	7:50	0:00
B. Meyers	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	4:45	0:00
D. Toews	D	0	1	1	0	3	0	+1	0	25:14	2:50
B. Byram	D	0	0	0	3	5	2	-2	0	26:38	1:10
S. Girard	D	0	0	0	2	2	3	-2	0	23:46	0:00
E. Johnson	D	0	0	0	3	3	2	+1	0	16:50	0:00
J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	12:44	0:00
J. Manson	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	-1	0	8:27	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Georgiev	29	26	3	.897	56:33	Loss
P. Francouz	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamJaden Schwartz COL First game against SEA since he left (his team until Apr 2026)1 A, 4 SOG

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