Game Recap: SEA 2, COL 1, April 30, 2023

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Game Recap

SEA2

FinalSun, Apr 30, 2023PlayoffsEvery game that night

COL1

SEA beat COL 2-1 despite fewer good chances: 1.45 expected goals to 2.80. O. Bjorkstrand led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). P. Grubauer stopped 33 of 34.

Scoring

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

2nd 3:24SEAO. Bjorkstrand0.02 xG
2nd 7:22SEAO. Bjorkstrand0.05 xG
2nd 19:32COLM. RantanenPP0.13 xG

Team Stats

SEACOL

27Shots on goal34

1.45Expected goals2.80

51Shot attempts79

275v5 shots on goal31

0/0Power play1/1

46Hits23

29Blocked shots11

2Penalty minutes0

7Giveaways10

7Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SEA 1.45 xGCOL 2.80 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

SEA27 on goal, 2 scored

COL34 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SEA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
Y. Gourde	C	0	2	2	1	5	1	+2	0	20:24	0:00
O. Bjorkstrand	RW	2	0	2	6	2	3	+2	0	18:57	0:00
E. Tolvanen	RW	0	1	1	3	1	1	+1	0	18:09	0:00
A. Wennberg	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	20:19	0:00
J. Schwartz	LW	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	17:07	0:00
M. Beniers	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	15:00	0:00
B. Tanev	LW	0	0	0	0	4	1	+1	0	14:24	0:00
J. Eberle	RW	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	14:01	0:00
M. Geekie	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	12:41	0:00
T. Kartye	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	11:45	0:00
R. Donato	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	9:04	0:00
D. Sprong	RW	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	6:37	0:00
A. Larsson	D	0	1	1	3	10	3	+2	0	27:37	0:00
J. Oleksiak	D	0	0	0	1	8	4	0	0	24:18	0:00
V. Dunn	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	+2	2	22:44	0:00
W. Borgen	D	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	19:17	0:00
C. Soucy	D	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	13:58	0:00
J. Schultz	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	12:16	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
P. Grubauer	34	33	1	.971	60:00	Win
M. Jones	0	0	0	–	0:00

COL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
N. MacKinnon	C	0	1	1	9	2	0	-1	25:39	1:22
M. Rantanen	RW	1	0	1	3	2	0	-1	23:14	1:22
J. Compher	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	23:30	1:22
A. Lehkonen	LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	22:45	1:22
E. Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	21:48	0:00
L. Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:18	0:00
A. Newhook	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	13:59	0:00
L. O'Connor	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12:55	0:00
M. Nieto	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12:08	0:00
D. Malgin	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	6:02	0:00
B. Meyers	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	5:42	0:00
D. Toews	D	0	1	1	2	2	2	-1	24:04	0:38
C. Makar	D	0	0	0	4	1	0	-1	26:09	0:44
B. Byram	D	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	22:01	0:00
S. Girard	D	0	0	0	3	3	2	-1	18:19	0:00
J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	13:46	0:00
E. Johnson	D	0	0	0	2	5	0	-1	11:51	0:00
B. Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:41	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Georgiev	27	25	2	.926	58:09	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 SOG

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