Game Recap: WPG 5, FLA 4 (OT), March 11, 2023

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Game Recap

WPG5

Final/OTSat, Mar 11, 2023Every game that night

FLA4

WPG beat FLA 5-4 in overtime despite fewer good chances: 2.68 expected goals to 5.15. FLA outshot WPG 48 to 27. M. Tkachuk led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). C. Hellebuyck stopped 44 of 48.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
WPG	3	1	0	1	5
FLA	1	1	2	0	4

1st 6:43WPGM. ScheifelePP0.09 xG
1st 15:03WPGN. Ehlers0.03 xG
1st 16:44FLAM. TkachukPP0.07 xG
1st 19:07WPGV. NamestnikovPP0.03 xG
2nd 4:09FLAS. ReinhartPP0.12 xG
2nd 12:59WPGV. Namestnikov0.10 xG
3rd 0:33FLAM. Staal0.10 xG
3rd 6:24FLAM. TkachukPP0.08 xG
OT 4:31WPGM. Scheifele0.17 xG

Team Stats

WPGFLA

27Shots on goal48

2.68Expected goals5.15

47Shot attempts80

175v5 shots on goal31

2/3Power play3/5

31Hits37

19Blocked shots13

12Penalty minutes8

7Giveaways11

8Takeaways11

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

WPG 2.68 xGFLA 5.15 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, 5 scored

FLA48 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

WPG Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
K. Connor	LW	0	3	3	3	1	0	+1	2	19:47	3:30
V. Namestnikov	C	2	1	3	3	2	2	+2	4	17:59	1:33
N. Ehlers	LW	1	2	3	2	0	0	+2	0	15:29	1:36
M. Scheifele	C	2	0	2	3	1	1	+1	0	19:36	3:07
B. Wheeler	RW	0	2	2	0	1	0	+1	0	17:18	3:09
N. Niederreiter	RW	0	1	1	4	1	0	+1	0	17:30	3:06
A. Lowry	C	0	0	0	0	3	3	-1	0	16:06	1:33
M. Appleton	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	-1	0	15:14	0:00
M. Barron	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	13:37	0:00
K. Stenlund	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	11:23	0:00
S. Maenalanen	RW	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	11:09	0:00
D. Gustafsson	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	8:48	0:00
N. Schmidt	D	0	1	1	1	1	2	+1	0	21:03	0:41
N. Pionk	D	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	27:32	1:40
B. Dillon	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	21:54	0:00
D. DeMelo	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	+1	2	20:56	0:00
J. Morrissey	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	+1	2	16:40	3:56
L. Stanley	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	13:47	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Hellebuyck	48	44	4	.917	64:09	Win
D. Rittich	0	0	0	–	0:00

FLA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Tkachuk	LW	2	1	3	9	0	1	-1	2	22:16	5:57
A. Barkov	C	0	2	2	3	2	0	-2	0	22:22	4:45
S. Reinhart	C	1	1	2	4	6	1	0	0	21:58	5:05
C. Verhaeghe	C	0	1	1	5	1	0	-1	0	20:46	3:59
E. Staal	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	+1	0	14:11	0:00
S. Bennett	C	0	0	0	4	3	0	-1	0	18:51	1:10
A. Duclair	LW	0	0	0	3	1	0	-1	0	18:10	1:14
E. Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	14:52	0:00
R. Lomberg	LW	0	0	0	0	4	0	+1	2	12:58	0:00
A. Lundell	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	2	8:19	0:08
N. Cousins	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	6:49	0:00
C. White	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	6:36	0:00
B. Montour	D	0	2	2	3	2	2	+1	2	24:42	5:07
M. Staal	D	1	0	1	1	5	3	+1	0	20:39	0:08
A. Ekblad	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	-2	0	23:26	1:50
G. Forsling	D	0	0	0	4	1	2	-1	0	19:23	1:02
R. Gudas	D	0	0	0	4	6	0	-1	0	16:45	0:00
J. Mahura	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	13:48	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Bobrovsky	27	22	5	.815	64:31	OT loss
A. Lyon	0	0	0	–	0:00