Game Recap: WPG 3, ANA 1, January 5, 2024

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Game Recap

WPG3

FinalFri, Jan 5, 2024Every game that night

ANA1

WPG beat ANA 3-1, with the chances close: 2.41 expected goals to 2.83. ANA outshot WPG 38 to 27. V. Namestnikov led the way with 2 points (0 G, 2 A). L. Brossoit stopped 37 of 38.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
WPG	0	1	2	3
ANA	1	0	0	1

1st 15:51ANAM. McTavish0.05 xG
2nd 7:57WPGN. Ehlers0.08 xG
3rd 1:57WPGN. Schmidt0.10 xG
3rd 13:03WPGC. PerfettiPP0.05 xG

Team Stats

WPGANA

27Shots on goal38

2.41Expected goals2.83

60Shot attempts75

255v5 shots on goal32

1/1Power play0/2

19Hits22

20Blocked shots20

6Penalty minutes4

10Giveaways17

6Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

WPG 2.41 xGANA 2.83 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

WPG27 on goal, 3 scored

ANA37 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

WPG Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
V. Namestnikov	C	0	2	2	0	2	1	+1	0	17:25	0:38
M. Scheifele	C	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	18:08	1:12
N. Ehlers	LW	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	16:40	1:11
N. Niederreiter	RW	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	13:39	0:38
C. Perfetti	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	+1	0	11:35	0:39
M. Appleton	C	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	2	17:04	0:00
A. Lowry	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	16:53	0:00
A. Iafallo	LW	0	0	0	0	1	3	+1	0	16:07	1:12
G. Vilardi	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	15:28	1:12
M. Barron	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	13:25	0:00
A. Jonsson-Fjallby	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9:37	0:00
D. Toninato	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	8:56	0:00
N. Pionk	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	19:00	0:38
D. Samberg	D	0	1	1	2	0	1	+1	0	14:48	0:00
N. Schmidt	D	1	0	1	2	1	1	+1	0	13:43	0:29
D. DeMelo	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	26:36	0:00
J. Morrissey	D	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	25:18	1:21
B. Dillon	D	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	19:38	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Brossoit	38	37	1	.974	60:00	Win
C. Hellebuyck	0	0	0	–	0:00

ANA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. McTavish	C	1	0	1	1	2	0	-1	0	20:44	3:01
F. Vatrano	RW	0	1	1	2	1	1	-1	2	20:31	2:59
A. Killorn	LW	0	1	1	4	2	0	-1	0	19:33	3:01
T. Zegras	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	24:01	3:03
A. Henrique	C	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	19:54	0:57
B. Groulx	C	0	0	0	5	3	3	0	0	15:05	0:00
J. Silfverberg	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	13:47	1:00
B. McGinn	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	13:46	0:00
I. Lundestrom	C	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	12:54	0:00
S. Carrick	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	10:54	3:00
R. Johnston	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8:30	0:00
M. Jones	LW	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4:15	0:59
C. Fowler	D	0	0	0	2	1	2	-1	0	25:43	0:57
J. Drysdale	D	0	0	0	5	0	1	-1	0	24:18	3:03
P. Mintyukov	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	18:27	0:00
I. Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	17:06	0:00
R. Gudas	D	0	0	0	5	1	4	0	2	16:05	0:00
U. Vaakanainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:03	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Gibson	27	24	3	.889	56:34	Loss
L. Dostal	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamLaurent Brossoit ANA First game against WPG since he left (his team until Apr 2024)37 saves on 38, the win

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