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Game Recap
LAK4
FinalTue, Dec 19, 2023Every game that night
SJS1

LAK beat SJS 4-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.85 expected goals to 1.67. LAK outshot SJS 39 to 16. A. Kopitar led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). D. Rittich stopped 15 of 16.

Team Stats

LAKSJS
39Shots on goal16
3.85Expected goals1.67
72Shot attempts44
355v5 shots on goal11
1/2Power play1/3
13Hits8
16Blocked shots15
6Penalty minutes4
4Giveaways11
7Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 3.85 xGSJS 1.67 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdLAK goal, 17:48LAK goal, 4:07LAK goal, 5:17SJS goal, 18:41

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

LAK38 on goal, 3 scored
SJS16 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
K. FialaLW022400+1017:333:12
A. KopitarC112100+1016:123:15
P. DanaultC011011+1217:140:03
T. MooreLW101301+1016:580:00
A. LaferriereRW101230+1015:390:00
A. KaliyevRW0113000214:080:29
B. LizotteC011011+1012:230:00
T. LewisC101301+1012:030:00
A. KempeRW000200+1016:473:15
Q. ByfieldRW0003000013:402:44
P. DuboisC0001110013:390:00
C. GrundstromRW0005210011:280:00
J. SpenceD011312+1015:120:03
D. DoughtyD000521+1226:313:12
M. AndersonD000001+1024:130:02
M. RoyD000103+2017:470:00
J. MoverareD000102+1017:000:00
A. EnglundD0002210016:050:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Rittich16151.93860:00Win
C. Talbot000–0:00

SJS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
K. LabancRW0111000011:072:25
F. ZadinaRW0111000010:341:51
M. GranlundC000101-2020:034:00
F. ZetterlundLW000000-2018:533:20
T. HertlC000002-1018:234:17
A. DuclairLW000200-2017:252:10
A. BarabanovLW000200-1017:133:03
W. EklundLW000002-2017:083:35
M. HoffmanC0001000015:502:10
L. KuninC000120-1215:280:00
J. BaileyRW000000-1014:570:00
J. StudnickaC0000110010:170:00
J. MacDonaldD1013020016:111:28
M. FerraroD000200-1023:250:00
K. BurroughsD000022-2221:350:00
H. ThrunD0000010018:270:00
N. OkhotiukD0001130017:170:00
M. VlasicD000121-1013:310:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
K. Kahkonen38353.92159:01Loss
M. Blackwood000–0:00