Game Recap: FLA 0, VAN 4, December 14, 2023

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Game Recap

FLA0

FinalThu, Dec 14, 2023Every game that night

VAN4

VAN beat FLA 4-0, and the chances backed it up: 3.96 expected goals to 2.64. FLA outshot VAN 36 to 18. D. Joshua led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). T. Demko stopped 36 of 36.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
FLA	0	0	0	0
VAN	2	2	0	4

1st 4:03VANA. Kuzmenko0.16 xG
1st 13:52VAND. Joshua0.05 xG
2nd 10:08VAND. Joshua0.22 xG
2nd 15:41VANB. BoeserPP0.74 xG

Team Stats

FLAVAN

36Shots on goal18

2.64Expected goals3.96

66Shot attempts45

335v5 shots on goal14

0/3Power play1/3

31Hits35

11Blocked shots17

6Penalty minutes6

4Giveaways10

4Takeaways2

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 2.64 xGVAN 3.96 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

FLA36 on goal, 0 scored

VAN17 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

Player	Pos	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Tkachuk	LW	2	2	1	-1	0	20:25	4:37
A. Barkov	C	4	0	0	0	0	19:43	4:07
S. Reinhart	C	1	1	1	0	0	19:02	4:00
E. Rodrigues	C	2	3	0	0	0	18:12	2:08
S. Bennett	C	1	1	1	-1	0	17:41	2:01
C. Verhaeghe	C	6	0	1	-1	0	17:07	3:21
N. Cousins	C	3	2	0	-1	0	13:58	0:57
E. Luostarinen	C	0	1	0	-2	0	13:56	1:23
R. Lomberg	LW	0	3	0	-1	0	13:49	0:00
K. Stenlund	C	1	1	0	-1	2	12:42	0:00
S. Lorentz	C	4	8	0	-1	0	12:08	0:00
G. Forsling	D	2	0	3	0	0	23:32	0:00
B. Montour	D	2	2	2	-1	2	22:18	1:19
N. Mikkola	D	2	4	1	-2	0	17:51	0:00
O. Ekman-Larsson	D	2	0	1	-1	0	17:35	4:42
D. Kulikov	D	1	0	0	-1	2	13:33	0:00
A. Ekblad	D	1	2	0	0	0	12:29	1:25
U. Balinskis	D	2	1	0	-1	0	8:23	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Bobrovsky	17	13	4	.765	39:42	Loss
A. Stolarz	1	1	0	1.000	20:00

VAN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
D. Joshua	C	2	0	2	3	6	3	+2	0	15:44	0:31
E. Pettersson	C	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	17:08	2:46
B. Boeser	RW	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	15:48	2:49
J. Miller	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	15:30	2:47
T. Blueger	C	0	1	1	1	3	0	+2	0	15:23	0:32
A. Kuzmenko	LW	1	0	1	1	0	0	+1	0	15:11	2:49
C. Garland	RW	0	1	1	2	0	0	+3	0	13:03	1:16
P. Suter	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	+1	0	15:01	0:55
I. Mikheyev	RW	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14:41	0:53
S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	14:12	0:53
P. Di Giuseppe	LW	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	13:34	0:08
N. Hoglander	LW	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	12:00	0:00
N. Zadorov	D	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	21:18	0:14
T. Myers	D	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	20:27	0:00
Q. Hughes	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	+2	2	19:43	2:56
I. Cole	D	0	0	0	0	3	2	+1	0	19:35	0:19
F. Hronek	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	+2	0	19:10	1:17
N. Juulsen	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	+1	0	16:32	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
T. Demko	36	36	0	1.000	60:00	Win
C. DeSmith	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

HometownSam Reinhart FLA Plays near home (born in West Vancouver)1 SOG

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