Game Recap: TOR 6, ARI 3, February 21, 2024

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Game Recap

TOR6

FinalWed, Feb 21, 2024Every game that night

ARI3

TOR beat ARI 6-3, and the chances backed it up: 3.98 expected goals to 2.26. TOR outshot ARI 36 to 26. M. Marner led the way with 3 points (0 G, 3 A). I. Samsonov stopped 23 of 26.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
TOR	3	1	2	6
ARI	0	3	0	3

1st 1:56TORB. McMann0.06 xG
1st 5:01TORA. MatthewsPP0.03 xG
1st 15:27TORW. NylanderPP0.24 xG
2nd 4:28ARIM. Maccelli0.09 xG
2nd 5:38ARIB. Hayton0.06 xG
2nd 16:07TORA. Matthews0.13 xG
2nd 19:53ARID. GuentherPP0.13 xG
3rd 2:00TORW. Nylander0.10 xG
3rd 8:24TORJ. Tavares0.08 xG

Team Stats

TORARI

36Shots on goal26

3.98Expected goals2.26

65Shot attempts64

205v5 shots on goal18

2/5Power play1/3

21Hits35

17Blocked shots13

10Penalty minutes12

2Giveaways7

2Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TOR 3.98 xGARI 2.26 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

TOR35 on goal, 6 scored

ARI26 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TOR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Marner	RW	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	18:43	3:16
W. Nylander	RW	2	0	2	7	0	0	+1	4	19:46	6:22
A. Matthews	C	2	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	19:34	6:36
J. Tavares	C	1	1	2	4	0	1	+1	2	17:05	4:52
B. McMann	C	1	1	2	1	2	1	+2	0	11:28	0:52
N. Robertson	LW	0	1	1	1	0	1	+1	0	11:22	1:21
T. Bertuzzi	LW	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	16:39	4:41
M. Domi	C	0	0	0	2	0	2	+1	2	15:19	2:47
D. Kampf	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	+1	0	14:13	0:00
M. Knies	LW	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	0	12:41	1:39
P. Holmberg	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	11:43	0:00
N. Gregor	LW	0	0	0	3	1	0	-1	0	10:51	0:00
T. Liljegren	D	0	2	2	2	3	4	+1	0	22:37	5:07
T. Brodie	D	0	2	2	2	0	2	+3	0	21:27	0:12
J. McCabe	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	-1	0	20:14	0:25
S. Benoit	D	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	18:38	0:00
M. Lajoie	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	16:42	1:20
M. Rifai	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	+1	0	11:46	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
I. Samsonov	26	23	3	.885	59:39	Win
M. Jones	0	0	0	–	0:00

ARI Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Keller	RW	0	1	1	1	2	1	-2	0	18:54	4:53
D. Guenther	RW	1	0	1	3	0	0	-2	0	17:39	4:54
B. Hayton	C	1	0	1	3	0	0	-1	0	15:40	2:19
A. Kerfoot	C	0	1	1	1	1	1	-1	0	14:26	0:00
M. Maccelli	LW	1	0	1	1	0	0	+1	0	13:43	0:40
N. Bjugstad	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	+1	0	10:47	0:39
N. Schmaltz	C	0	0	0	0	3	2	-1	0	18:57	4:53
L. Crouse	LW	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	16:01	1:05
L. Cooley	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	12:27	0:33
J. Zucker	LW	0	0	0	2	4	0	-1	0	12:04	2:16
J. McBain	C	0	0	0	1	5	1	+1	0	11:46	0:00
M. Carcone	LW	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	9:14	0:00
S. Durzi	D	0	1	1	2	0	3	-2	4	22:57	4:43
J. Brown	D	0	1	1	3	4	2	0	0	20:12	0:00
J. Moser	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	0	24:43	0:50
J. Välimäki	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	20:16	0:00
M. Dumba	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	17:18	0:00
M. Kesselring	D	0	0	0	1	4	0	-1	2	9:35	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
K. Vejmelka	36	30	6	.833	60:00	Loss
M. Villalta	0	0	0	–	0:00