Game Recap: WPG 5, MIN 6 (OT), October 19, 2021

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Game Recap

WPG5

Final/OTTue, Oct 19, 2021Every game that night

MIN6

MIN beat WPG 6-5 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.78 expected goals to 2.53. MIN outshot WPG 44 to 30. M. Zuccarello led the way with 4 points (2 G, 2 A). C. Talbot stopped 25 of 30.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
WPG	2	1	2	0	5
MIN	2	1	2	1	6

1st 3:48WPGK. Connor0.00 xG
1st 4:41MINM. Zuccarello0.12 xG
1st 8:17WPGK. Connor0.07 xG
1st 18:40MINJ. Eriksson EkPP0.13 xG
2nd 5:49WPGJ. MorrisseyPP0.10 xG
2nd 16:59MINM. Zuccarello0.14 xG
3rd 4:19WPGP. DuboisPP0.13 xG
3rd 6:37WPGA. Copp0.15 xG
3rd 15:02MINM. FolignoPP0.43 xG
3rd 19:01MINJ. Eriksson Ek0.15 xG
OT 3:30MINJ. Eriksson EkPP0.08 xG

Team Stats

WPGMIN

30Shots on goal44

2.53Expected goals3.78

63Shot attempts70

195v5 shots on goal32

2/6Power play3/5

16Hits25

16Blocked shots22

17Penalty minutes19

6Giveaways11

1Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

WPG 2.53 xGMIN 3.78 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

WPG30 on goal, 5 scored

MIN44 on goal, 6 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	1	3	4	0	2	0	0	23:54	6:02
A. Copp	C	1	2	3	3	0	0	+1	0	22:11	3:05
M. Scheifele	C	0	2	2	1	0	1	+1	0	25:18	5:55
P. Dubois	C	1	0	1	1	3	2	-1	2	20:44	6:26
P. Stastny	C	0	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	19:51	2:57
N. Ehlers	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	2	18:00	3:42
A. Lowry	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	13:55	0:00
R. Nash	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	12:57	4:38
J. Harkins	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11:43	0:02
K. Vesalainen	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10:37	0:00
E. Svechnikov	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6:07	0:00
N. Pionk	D	0	2	2	5	2	2	0	2	23:05	3:13
N. Schmidt	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	23:15	5:31
J. Morrissey	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	22:25	3:13
B. Dillon	D	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	7	15:46	0:00
D. DeMelo	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	15:44	0:14
L. Stanley	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	13:01	0:00
N. Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4:00	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Hellebuyck	44	38	6	.864	63:20	OT loss
E. Comrie	0	0	0	–	0:00

MIN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Zuccarello	RW	2	2	4	4	0	1	+2	0	21:36	4:05
K. Kaprizov	LW	0	3	3	3	2	0	+2	4	22:17	4:47
J. Eriksson Ek	C	3	0	3	7	1	1	+2	0	21:29	4:17
K. Fiala	LW	0	1	1	4	3	0	+1	0	22:28	4:47
F. Gaudreau	C	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	16:28	0:58
M. Foligno	LW	1	0	1	1	5	1	-1	5	14:00	1:28
R. Hartman	RW	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	14:22	0:58
J. Greenway	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	-2	0	12:53	0:00
N. Sturm	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	11:06	0:00
V. Rask	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	8:24	0:00
B. Duhaime	LW	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	8:13	0:00
N. Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	-1	2	7:52	0:00
A. Goligoski	D	0	2	2	2	1	2	0	2	19:21	0:58
M. Dumba	D	0	1	1	9	4	3	+1	2	25:37	0:58
J. Spurgeon	D	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	22:01	4:47
J. Brodin	D	0	0	0	2	0	3	+1	0	26:26	0:00
J. Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	-1	0	13:13	0:00
D. Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	12:54	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Talbot	30	25	5	.833	61:46	Win
K. Kahkonen	0	0	0	–	0:00