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Game Recap
COL3
Final/OTSun, Apr 14, 2024Every game that night
VGK4

VGK beat COL 4-3 in overtime, with the chances close: 2.25 expected goals to 1.64. W. Karlsson led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). A. Hill stopped 21 of 24.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
COL21003
VGK00314
  1. 1st 7:26COLR. Colton0.02 xG
  2. 1st 10:34COLC. Makar0.15 xG
  3. 2nd 12:50COLM. Rantanen0.12 xG
  4. 3rd 2:56VGKI. Barbashev0.07 xG
  5. 3rd 6:35VGKW. KarlssonPP0.19 xG
  6. 3rd 16:23VGKW. Karlsson0.13 xG
  7. OT 1:23VGKT. HertlPP0.15 xG

Team Stats

COLVGK
24Shots on goal30
1.64Expected goals2.25
44Shot attempts64
225v5 shots on goal25
0/1Power play2/3
23Hits29
17Blocked shots10
8Penalty minutes4
5Giveaways11
14Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

COL 1.64 xGVGK 2.25 xGGoal

00.511.522.51st2nd3rdOTCOL goal, 7:26COL goal, 10:34COL goal, 12:50VGK goal, 2:56VGK goal, 6:35VGK goal, 16:23VGK goal, 1:23

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

COL24 on goal, 3 scored
VGK30 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

COL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. RantanenRW101601+1020:172:00
N. MacKinnonC011410-1019:482:00
V. NichushkinRW011140+1219:122:00
A. LehkonenLW011100-1016:420:00
M. WoodLW011010+1013:390:00
R. ColtonC101210+1010:220:00
J. DrouinLW0003010019:492:00
C. MittelstadtC000001+1014:380:00
Y. TreninC0000210012:330:00
B. DuhaimeLW000140+1011:360:00
A. CoglianoC0000300010:110:00
Z. PariseLW000001-108:390:00
C. MakarD112108+1024:401:49
J. MansonD0111110621:260:00
D. ToewsD000201+2023:340:11
S. WalkerD000132+1020:110:00
C. JonesD000110-1016:080:00
J. JohnsonD000020-1014:490:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Georgiev30264.86761:23OT loss
J. Annunen000–0:00

VGK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
W. KarlssonC2022100015:351:34
J. EichelC011521-1023:313:35
J. MarchessaultRW011020-1021:204:18
T. HertlC1015000017:443:54
P. DorofeyevRW0114000217:011:42
I. BarbashevLW101231+1015:570:42
B. HowdenC0110100211:160:00
K. KolesarRW011042009:040:00
C. StephensonC0000000017:492:09
N. RoyC0001000011:561:25
P. CotterLW000020-2011:270:00
A. ManthaRW0000200010:410:00
N. HanifinD0111120025:173:52
S. TheodoreD011301-1022:051:38
Z. WhitecloudD011120+1014:480:00
B. McNabbD000221-2020:390:00
N. HagueD0000500019:590:00
B. HuttonD0004220015:230:18
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Hill24213.87561:23Win
L. Thompson000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamNicolas Roy COL Faces VGK, his team until May 20251 SOG

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