Game Recap: DET 2, VGK 5, November 18, 2021

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DET2

FinalThu, Nov 18, 2021Every game that night

VGK5

VGK beat DET 5-2, with the chances close: 3.24 expected goals to 2.73. Z. Whitecloud led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). R. Lehner stopped 26 of 28.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
DET	0	1	1	2
VGK	0	4	1	5

2nd 3:31VGKN. Hague0.25 xG
2nd 5:56VGKZ. Whitecloud0.14 xG
2nd 10:19DETG. Smith0.08 xG
2nd 12:32VGKZ. Whitecloud0.03 xG
2nd 19:06VGKP. Cotter0.06 xG
3rd 5:19VGKR. Smith0.16 xG
3rd 18:34DETJ. Veleno0.17 xG

Team Stats

DETVGK

28Shots on goal32

2.73Expected goals3.24

51Shot attempts56

245v5 shots on goal30

0/1Power play0/2

26Hits26

16Blocked shots16

9Penalty minutes7

8Giveaways6

11Takeaways13

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DET 2.73 xGVGK 3.24 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

DET28 on goal, 2 scored

VGK32 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DET Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
R. Fabbri	C	0	1	1	1	3	1	-1	0	16:36	1:01
D. Larkin	C	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	15:58	1:01
J. Veleno	C	1	0	1	4	2	0	-1	0	14:59	0:00
S. Gagner	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	-1	0	14:24	0:59
G. Smith	RW	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	11:54	0:00
P. Suter	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	17:19	0:59
T. Bertuzzi	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	16:44	1:01
L. Raymond	LW	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	16:23	1:01
F. Zadina	RW	0	0	0	3	1	0	-1	0	15:52	0:59
V. Namestnikov	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	0	13:07	0:00
M. Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	1	5	0	-2	0	12:49	0:00
A. Erne	LW	0	0	0	0	3	2	-1	5	10:37	0:00
F. Hronek	D	0	0	0	2	4	2	-1	0	22:06	0:59
N. Leddy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	20:44	0:45
G. Lindstrom	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	+1	0	19:37	0:00
D. DeKeyser	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	-3	2	19:04	0:00
M. Seider	D	0	0	0	0	1	5	-3	0	18:59	1:15
J. Oesterle	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	+1	0	18:54	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
T. Greiss	22	18	4	.818	40:00	Loss
A. Nedeljkovic	10	9	1	.900	20:00

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Stone	RW	0	1	1	2	1	2	+2	0	17:53	2:35
N. Roy	C	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	17:13	2:23
E. Dadonov	LW	0	1	1	3	0	0	+2	0	16:40	2:23
R. Smith	RW	1	0	1	1	3	1	+1	0	16:19	1:34
M. Janmark	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	0	15:22	1:36
K. Kolesar	RW	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	14:56	1:36
J. Leschyshyn	C	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	14:39	0:00
B. Howden	C	0	1	1	3	1	1	+2	0	11:15	0:01
P. Cotter	LW	1	0	1	2	1	0	+1	0	10:48	0:01
C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	+1	0	17:41	2:23
S. Baertschi	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	13:54	0:02
J. Rondbjerg	RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	13:29	0:01
Z. Whitecloud	D	2	0	2	2	3	2	+2	0	20:48	0:00
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	1	1	2	2	3	+1	0	22:11	2:48
N. Hague	D	1	0	1	2	0	2	+2	0	21:45	1:25
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	2	20:28	0:01
B. Hutton	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	+1	5	16:42	0:00
D. Coghlan	D	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	15:49	1:11

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
R. Lehner	28	26	2	.929	60:00	Win
L. Brossoit	0	0	0	–	0:00