Game Recap: LAK 2, VGK 5, April 6, 2023

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Game Recap

LAK2

FinalThu, Apr 6, 2023Every game that night

VGK5

VGK beat LAK 5-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.96 expected goals to 1.76. C. Stephenson led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). L. Brossoit stopped 30 of 32.

Scoring

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

1st 2:54VGKP. Kessel0.06 xG
1st 3:56VGKI. Barbashev0.11 xG
1st 6:07VGKC. Stephenson0.44 xG
1st 11:23VGKN. RoyPP0.03 xG
2nd 1:02VGKJ. Marchessault0.15 xG
2nd 11:24LAKA. KopitarPP0.11 xG
2nd 14:10LAKV. GavrikovSH0.19 xG

Team Stats

LAKVGK

32Shots on goal37

1.76Expected goals3.96

58Shot attempts66

285v5 shots on goal29

1/1Power play1/4

45Hits20

17Blocked shots16

14Penalty minutes19

5Giveaways10

6Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 1.76 xGVGK 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

LAK29 on goal, 2 scored

VGK37 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Kopitar	C	1	0	1	3	1	2	-1	0	16:13	0:29
A. Kempe	RW	0	1	1	0	5	0	-2	0	15:57	0:29
P. Danault	C	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	17:38	0:00
T. Moore	LW	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	15:07	0:00
A. Kaliyev	RW	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	2	15:07	0:00
V. Arvidsson	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	14:55	0:29
B. Lizotte	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	0	14:50	0:00
A. Iafallo	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	+1	0	14:11	0:29
C. Grundstrom	RW	0	0	0	3	7	2	-2	0	14:02	0:00
R. Kupari	C	0	0	0	5	2	0	-2	0	12:35	0:00
Q. Byfield	RW	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	12:02	0:00
Z. MacEwen	RW	0	0	0	2	2	0	-2	10	8:40	0:00
D. Doughty	D	0	1	1	2	1	1	-2	0	24:01	0:29
V. Gavrikov	D	1	0	1	4	2	0	-1	0	21:00	0:00
T. Bjornfot	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	20:22	0:00
M. Roy	D	0	0	0	2	4	1	-2	0	19:20	0:00
S. Durzi	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	-2	2	17:51	0:00
S. Walker	D	0	0	0	0	4	4	+1	0	17:09	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Korpisalo	15	10	5	.667	21:02	Loss
P. Copley	22	22	0	1.000	38:58

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Stephenson	C	1	2	3	2	0	1	+2	0	16:07	3:52
I. Barbashev	LW	1	1	2	1	0	1	+3	2	15:28	3:04
P. Kessel	RW	1	1	2	4	0	1	+3	0	11:31	0:00
J. Eichel	C	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	18:46	3:52
J. Marchessault	RW	1	0	1	5	0	1	+1	0	17:08	3:04
N. Roy	C	1	0	1	4	1	0	-1	0	16:05	3:50
P. Dorofeyev	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	17:27	2:28
W. Karlsson	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	16:48	3:08
R. Smith	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	15:02	3:08
B. Howden	C	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	13:58	0:00
K. Kolesar	RW	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	12:59	0:00
M. Amadio	RW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11:57	0:06
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	1	1	4	1	1	+1	0	23:27	3:52
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	+1	0	20:26	0:00
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	2	3	2	+1	0	19:50	0:00
A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	+2	0	19:14	0:04
B. Hutton	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	18:26	4:28
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1	17	12:52	0:04

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Brossoit	32	30	2	.938	60:00	Win
J. Quick	0	0	0	–	0:00