Game Recap: WPG 1, LAK 4, March 25, 2023

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Game Recap

WPG1

FinalSat, Mar 25, 2023Every game that night

LAK4

LAK beat WPG 4-1, with the chances close: 1.98 expected goals to 2.13. V. Arvidsson led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). J. Korpisalo stopped 25 of 26.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
WPG	0	1	0	1
LAK	1	1	2	4

1st 1:22LAKV. Arvidsson0.06 xG
2nd 5:28LAKA. IafalloPP0.20 xG
2nd 18:37WPGP. DuboisPP0.10 xG
3rd 0:27LAKD. Doughty0.01 xG
3rd 18:24LAKV. ArvidssonEN0.38 xG

Team Stats

WPGLAK

26Shots on goal29

2.13Expected goals1.98

62Shot attempts44

155v5 shots on goal19

1/6Power play1/2

36Hits24

12Blocked shots18

6Penalty minutes25

2Giveaways10

4Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

WPG 2.13 xGLAK 1.98 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

WPG26 on goal, 1 scored

LAK28 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	1	1	2	1	0	-2	0	20:59	5:28
P. Dubois	C	1	0	1	3	5	1	-2	0	20:05	5:35
M. Scheifele	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	19:17	5:52
N. Niederreiter	RW	0	0	0	1	5	0	-1	0	17:07	5:04
V. Namestnikov	C	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	16:33	5:35
N. Ehlers	LW	0	0	0	2	0	1	-2	0	16:30	5:16
B. Wheeler	RW	0	0	0	5	2	0	-2	2	15:21	5:17
M. Appleton	C	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	14:46	0:12
A. Lowry	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:34	2:16
K. Stenlund	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10:11	0:00
M. Barron	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	9:09	0:00
S. Maenalanen	RW	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	7:17	0:00
N. Pionk	D	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	2	20:51	5:17
J. Morrissey	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	-3	0	23:50	2:43
N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	21:13	6:28
D. DeMelo	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	0	20:13	0:45
B. Dillon	D	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	15:11	0:12
D. Samberg	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	11:11	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Hellebuyck	28	25	3	.893	59:55	Loss
D. Rittich	0	0	0	–	0:00

LAK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
V. Arvidsson	LW	2	0	2	3	0	0	+2	0	14:01	1:54
A. Kopitar	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	+1	0	21:03	2:13
P. Danault	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	+2	0	18:35	1:47
A. Iafallo	LW	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	17:44	1:31
A. Kempe	RW	0	1	1	5	0	0	+1	0	17:27	1:26
T. Moore	LW	0	1	1	3	1	1	+2	2	15:08	1:27
R. Kupari	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	15:21	0:06
G. Vilardi	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:30	2:10
Q. Byfield	RW	0	0	0	4	2	0	+1	2	13:05	2:06
C. Grundstrom	RW	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	10:23	0:06
Z. MacEwen	RW	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	7:28	0:06
B. Lizotte	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	15	6:07	0:00
D. Doughty	D	1	1	2	2	1	0	+3	0	22:58	2:16
M. Anderson	D	0	1	1	1	4	2	+3	0	20:26	0:00
S. Walker	D	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	15:13	1:25
V. Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	21:48	0:15
M. Roy	D	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	20:32	0:07
A. Edler	D	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	2	15:59	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Korpisalo	26	25	1	.962	60:00	Win
P. Copley	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamAlex Iafallo WPG Faces LAK, his team until Apr 20231 G, 2 SOG
Old teamGabriel Vilardi WPG Faces LAK, his team until Apr 20230 SOG

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