Game Recap: WPG 3, WSH 4 (OT), January 18, 2022

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Game Recap

WPG3

Final/OTTue, Jan 18, 2022Every game that night

WSH4

WSH beat WPG 4-3 in overtime despite fewer good chances: 2.81 expected goals to 3.91. T. Wilson led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). V. Vanecek stopped 30 of 33.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
WPG	2	0	1	0	3
WSH	1	1	1	1	4

1st 1:02WPGK. ConnorPP0.20 xG
1st 2:20WPGC. Perfetti0.16 xG
1st 16:58WSHA. Ovechkin0.11 xG
2nd 4:26WSHD. Orlov0.03 xG
3rd 4:15WSHA. Protas0.04 xG
3rd 18:55WPGP. Dubois0.07 xG
OT 0:26WSHT. Wilson0.05 xG

Team Stats

WPGWSH

33Shots on goal31

3.91Expected goals2.81

59Shot attempts58

225v5 shots on goal27

1/4Power play0/2

18Hits21

13Blocked shots12

4Penalty minutes8

5Giveaways8

7Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

WPG 3.91 xGWSH 2.81 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

WPG32 on goal, 3 scored

WSH30 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	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	26:45	6:35
M. Scheifele	C	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	22:44	6:35
P. Dubois	C	1	1	2	4	3	1	+1	0	21:37	6:35
A. Copp	C	0	1	1	5	0	0	+1	0	25:19	6:35
A. Lowry	C	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	16:45	0:05
C. Perfetti	C	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	13:04	0:05
N. Ehlers	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:52	0:00
A. Poganski	RW	0	0	0	2	3	1	-1	0	13:13	0:00
J. Harkins	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	0	12:51	0:00
K. Vesalainen	LW	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	0	7:02	0:05
D. Toninato	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	6:23	0:00
K. Reichel	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	-1	0	5:08	0:00
J. Morrissey	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	-1	0	23:15	0:05
N. Pionk	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1	2	23:03	6:11
D. DeMelo	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	0	21:41	0:00
N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	-2	2	18:05	0:29
L. Stanley	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	-2	0	16:05	0:00
D. Samberg	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	10:57	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Hellebuyck	31	27	4	.871	59:55	OT loss
M. Berdin	0	0	0	–	0:00

WSH Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
T. Wilson	RW	1	1	2	4	3	1	+2	2	18:49	2:19
E. Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	3	2	1	+1	0	22:13	2:53
A. Ovechkin	LW	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	21:02	4:00
G. Hathaway	RW	0	1	1	1	3	1	+1	0	14:04	0:00
A. Protas	LW	1	0	1	3	2	1	+1	0	13:36	1:07
L. Eller	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	10:54	1:07
C. McMichael	LW	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5:16	0:00
N. Dowd	C	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	18:00	0:00
C. Hagelin	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	17:23	0:00
N. Backstrom	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	17:13	2:53
B. Leason	RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	12:32	0:00
D. Sprong	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7:53	1:41
D. Orlov	D	1	1	2	3	3	2	+1	2	20:57	1:59
J. Schultz	D	0	1	1	3	0	1	+2	0	17:32	2:01
N. Jensen	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	24:11	0:00
M. Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	+2	0	20:59	0:00
T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	-2	0	19:13	0:00
D. Cholowski	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	13:14	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
V. Vanecek	33	30	3	.909	60:03	Win
I. Samsonov	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamPierre-Luc Dubois WSH Faces WPG, his team until Apr 20231 G, 1 A, 4 SOG

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