Game Recap: SJS 2, COL 4, March 31, 2022

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Game Recap

SJS2

FinalThu, Mar 31, 2022Every game that night

COL4

COL beat SJS 4-2, and the chances backed it up: 4.50 expected goals to 1.66. COL outshot SJS 46 to 27. N. Kadri led the way with 2 points (0 G, 2 A). P. Francouz stopped 25 of 27.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
SJS	0	1	1	2
COL	0	1	3	4

2nd 1:54COLA. Newhook0.07 xG
2nd 12:09SJST. Meier0.07 xG
3rd 3:05COLD. Helm0.17 xG
3rd 6:29SJSB. Burns0.03 xG
3rd 12:17COLM. RantanenPP0.08 xG
3rd 15:16COLA. Burakovsky0.02 xG

Team Stats

SJSCOL

27Shots on goal46

1.66Expected goals4.50

41Shot attempts77

245v5 shots on goal36

0/2Power play1/4

22Hits20

15Blocked shots9

8Penalty minutes6

4Giveaways2

6Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SJS 1.66 xGCOL 4.50 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

SJS26 on goal, 2 scored

COL46 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SJS Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
T. Hertl	C	0	2	2	2	2	0	+2	2	21:26	2:16
T. Meier	RW	1	0	1	2	3	0	+2	0	19:18	2:19
A. Barabanov	LW	0	1	1	3	0	0	+2	2	17:30	1:46
L. Couture	C	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	19:14	2:09
M. Nieto	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15:47	0:00
S. Chmelevski	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	14:13	0:04
N. Bonino	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0	14:03	1:33
N. Gregor	LW	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	0	12:45	0:00
R. Balcers	LW	0	0	0	4	1	0	-1	0	11:32	0:08
J. Leonard	LW	0	0	0	2	0	1	-2	0	10:20	1:40
S. Reedy	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1	0	9:49	1:39
J. Viel	LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	8:17	0:04
B. Burns	D	1	0	1	3	2	3	+2	0	26:28	1:50
J. Megna	D	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	22:33	0:00
E. Karlsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	21:27	2:02
N. Meloche	D	0	0	0	1	5	0	-2	2	17:35	0:20
R. Merkley	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	2	16:02	1:47
M. Vlasic	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:42	0:23

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
K. Kahkonen	46	42	4	.913	59:51	Loss
J. Reimer	0	0	0	–	0:00

COL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Kadri	C	0	2	2	8	0	0	+1	0	17:40	5:06
M. Rantanen	RW	1	0	1	5	1	1	0	0	23:09	5:08
V. Nichushkin	RW	0	1	1	4	3	0	+2	0	21:49	4:47
A. Burakovsky	LW	1	0	1	4	0	0	+1	0	15:46	2:03
A. Newhook	C	1	0	1	3	0	0	-1	0	12:12	1:17
K. MacDermid	LW	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	9:16	0:00
D. Helm	C	1	0	1	1	2	1	+1	0	8:38	0:00
N. MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	22:38	5:03
A. Lehkonen	LW	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	17:59	2:00
J. Compher	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	2	12:51	2:22
N. Sturm	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	10:56	0:00
L. O'Connor	RW	0	0	0	2	3	0	+1	0	9:38	0:00
A. Cogliano	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	9:09	0:00
E. Johnson	D	0	2	2	2	0	2	+2	0	15:42	0:52
C. Makar	D	0	1	1	6	1	2	+1	2	26:45	3:58
D. Toews	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	2	27:36	2:20
J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	18:37	0:44
J. Manson	D	0	0	0	1	4	1	-2	0	15:39	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
P. Francouz	27	25	2	.926	60:00	Win
D. Kuemper	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamBrent Burns COL Faces SJS, his team until Apr 20221 G, 3 SOG

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