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Game Recap
WSH8
FinalSat, Mar 4, 2023Every game that night
SJS3

WSH beat SJS 8-3 despite fewer good chances: 2.27 expected goals to 3.66. SJS outshot WSH 41 to 30. A. Ovechkin led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). D. Kuemper stopped 38 of 41.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
WSH0448
SJS2013
  1. 1st 12:03SJST. HertlPP0.19 xG
  2. 1st 15:30SJSA. Barabanov0.36 xG
  3. 2nd 8:46WSHC. Smith0.02 xG
  4. 2nd 11:30WSHN. Aube-Kubel0.04 xG
  5. 2nd 15:28WSHM. Irwin0.06 xG
  6. 2nd 19:02WSHC. Smith0.07 xG
  7. 3rd 5:50WSHT. OshiePP0.06 xG
  8. 3rd 9:02SJSN. Sturm0.11 xG
  9. 3rd 9:11WSHA. Ovechkin0.06 xG
  10. 3rd 16:05WSHA. Ovechkin0.15 xG
  11. 3rd 17:30WSHD. Strome0.06 xG

Team Stats

WSHSJS
30Shots on goal41
2.27Expected goals3.66
61Shot attempts69
255v5 shots on goal29
1/3Power play1/4
28Hits23
20Blocked shots22
8Penalty minutes6
6Giveaways11
14Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

WSH 2.27 xGSJS 3.66 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdSJS goal, 12:03SJS goal, 15:30WSH goal, 8:46WSH goal, 11:30WSH goal, 15:28WSH goal, 19:02WSH goal, 5:50SJS goal, 9:02WSH goal, 9:11WSH goal, 16:05WSH goal, 17:30

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

WSH30 on goal, 8 scored
SJS40 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

WSH Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. OvechkinLW213401+1017:063:57
D. StromeC123110+4013:021:10
N. Aube-KubelRW112240+2214:190:02
C. SmithC202322+3012:520:00
S. MilanoLW022102+3212:170:00
T. OshieRW1012310015:282:51
T. WilsonRW0110410015:011:10
C. ShearyLW011410+2014:500:00
N. DowdC011030+1413:310:03
E. KuznetsovC0002110018:002:52
N. BackstromC0001100016:492:51
A. ManthaRW000101-1012:101:10
R. SandinD033031+1021:402:55
G. CarlssonD022120+3019:000:00
M. IrwinD101234+3018:340:04
V. IorioD011101+2014:480:04
A. AlexeyevD000003+1023:070:10
T. van RiemsdykD0005020019:301:06
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Kuemper41383.92760:00Win
C. Lindgren000–0:00

SJS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
L. CoutureC011221+1022:466:39
T. HertlC101531-3220:527:05
A. BarabanovLW101403+1020:236:27
W. EklundLW011411-3019:466:56
N. SturmC101411-1016:400:00
A. JohnssonLW011110+1014:381:11
N. GregorLW011240-1012:010:00
F. ZetterlundLW000110-3014:470:29
E. SvechnikovLW000020-1012:140:51
S. LorentzC000130-2010:080:00
O. LindblomLW000100-229:200:00
K. LabancRW000110-229:090:54
E. KarlssonD022411-2026:436:48
M. BenningD000005-3022:501:08
M. FerraroD0004240021:010:00
M. VlasicD000001-3017:490:00
J. MacDonaldD000512-1016:281:12
R. SimekD000202-108:200:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
K. Kahkonen30228.73360:00Loss
J. Reimer000–0:00