Game Recap: WPG 5, ARI 3, February 27, 2022

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Game Recap

WPG5

FinalSun, Feb 27, 2022Every game that night

ARI3

WPG beat ARI 5-3, and the chances backed it up: 3.99 expected goals to 2.83. WPG outshot ARI 38 to 29. K. Connor led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). E. Comrie stopped 26 of 29.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
WPG	2	0	3	5
ARI	2	1	0	3

1st 7:39WPGA. Lowry0.05 xG
1st 10:16ARIJ. Chychrun0.03 xG
1st 10:59WPGE. Svechnikov0.03 xG
1st 16:40ARIB. Hayton0.29 xG
2nd 13:56ARIN. Ritchie0.04 xG
3rd 3:17WPGB. Wheeler0.12 xG
3rd 5:34WPGK. Connor0.07 xG
3rd 18:52WPGK. ConnorEN0.76 xG

Team Stats

WPGARI

38Shots on goal29

3.99Expected goals2.83

67Shot attempts67

345v5 shots on goal28

0/0Power play0/0

26Hits27

17Blocked shots15

2Penalty minutes2

11Giveaways21

2Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

WPG 3.99 xGARI 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

WPG38 on goal, 5 scored

ARI29 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

WPG Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
K. Connor	LW	2	0	2	5	0	1	+3	0	20:03	0:00
P. Dubois	C	0	2	2	6	1	0	+2	2	17:52	0:00
E. Svechnikov	LW	1	1	2	2	1	1	+2	0	15:10	0:00
B. Wheeler	RW	1	0	1	3	0	1	+1	0	21:31	0:00
P. Stastny	C	0	1	1	3	2	1	+1	0	19:29	0:00
A. Lowry	C	1	0	1	4	3	1	-1	0	12:11	0:00
M. Scheifele	C	0	0	0	3	0	1	+1	0	22:11	0:00
J. Harkins	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0	10:54	0:00
D. Toninato	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10:15	0:00
K. Vesalainen	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10:00	0:00
A. Poganski	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	9:41	0:00
A. Brooks	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8:29	0:00
N. Beaulieu	D	0	2	2	2	4	0	+1	0	15:25	0:00
N. Pionk	D	0	1	1	1	4	2	+1	0	21:57	0:00
N. Schmidt	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	16:40	0:00
J. Morrissey	D	0	0	0	3	2	2	+1	0	23:23	0:00
B. Dillon	D	0	0	0	1	3	2	+1	0	21:39	0:00
D. DeMelo	D	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	21:10	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
E. Comrie	29	26	3	.897	60:00	Win
C. Hellebuyck	0	0	0	–	0:00

ARI Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
B. Hayton	C	1	1	2	2	1	0	+1	0	13:47	0:00
L. Eriksson	LW	0	2	2	2	0	0	+2	0	13:19	0:00
N. Ritchie	LW	1	1	2	3	3	0	+1	0	12:37	0:00
C. Keller	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	21:30	0:00
N. Schmaltz	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	20:29	0:00
T. Boyd	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	19:53	0:00
P. Kessel	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1	-3	0	14:12	0:00
L. Crouse	LW	0	0	0	1	6	0	-2	0	14:03	0:00
C. Fischer	RW	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	13:19	0:00
A. Roussel	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13:00	0:00
A. Galchenyuk	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-3	0	12:02	0:00
R. Nash	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	-1	0	10:36	0:00
J. Chychrun	D	1	1	2	3	2	2	+1	2	19:25	0:00
V. Kolyachonok	D	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	13:45	0:00
S. Gostisbehere	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	-1	0	25:12	0:00
D. Mayo	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	0	21:03	0:00
A. Stralman	D	0	0	0	1	2	5	-1	0	20:52	0:00
J. Moser	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	-2	0	19:52	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Wedgewood	37	33	4	.892	59:04	Loss
K. Vejmelka	0	0	0	–	0:00