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Game Recap
LAK2
FinalThu, Dec 28, 2023Every game that night
VGK3

VGK beat LAK 3-2, with the chances close: 2.12 expected goals to 2.02. A. Kopitar led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). L. Thompson stopped 32 of 34.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
LAK0112
VGK1203
  1. 1st 7:38VGKJ. Eichel0.06 xG
  2. 2nd 2:27VGKM. Amadio0.17 xG
  3. 2nd 13:07LAKA. Kopitar0.07 xG
  4. 2nd 14:42VGKW. Karlsson0.20 xG
  5. 3rd 18:01LAKT. Moore0.04 xG

Team Stats

LAKVGK
34Shots on goal32
2.02Expected goals2.12
95Shot attempts47
285v5 shots on goal30
0/2Power play0/0
26Hits24
9Blocked shots34
0Penalty minutes4
4Giveaways9
9Takeaways17

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 2.02 xGVGK 2.12 xGGoal

00.511.522.51st2nd3rdVGK goal, 7:38VGK goal, 2:27LAK goal, 13:07VGK goal, 14:42LAK goal, 18:01

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

LAK34 on goal, 2 scored
VGK30 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. KopitarC112301+1019:382:19
T. MooreLW101211+1019:221:37
A. KempeRW0111200019:092:23
C. GrundstromRW0110000010:160:00
K. FialaLW0003100020:222:36
P. DanaultC000231+1018:181:39
Q. ByfieldRW0002100017:561:56
A. KaliyevRW000130-2016:421:49
P. DuboisC0004400015:551:26
A. LaferriereRW000210-1013:390:00
B. LizotteC000010-109:000:00
T. LewisC000001008:090:00
V. GavrikovD011500+1020:290:00
D. DoughtyD000222-1027:112:42
M. RoyD000303+1018:360:00
J. SpenceD000100-1017:141:18
M. AndersonD000240-1017:120:15
A. EnglundD000130-2012:540:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Talbot32293.90657:58Loss
D. Rittich000–0:00

VGK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. EichelC101321+1020:450:00
M. StoneRW0115210018:320:00
W. KarlssonC101401+1016:480:00
I. BarbashevLW011000+1016:440:00
P. CotterLW011041+1016:130:00
M. AmadioRW101100+1012:280:00
P. DorofeyevRW011102+1011:320:00
J. MarchessaultRW0001110218:020:00
C. StephensonC000311-1014:480:00
B. HowdenC000211-2211:260:00
N. RoyC000012009:440:00
K. KolesarRW000142008:500:00
B. McNabbD011245+1025:550:00
A. PietrangeloD011400-1025:270:00
A. MartinezD0001160021:010:00
Z. WhitecloudD000225+1020:440:00
N. HagueD000112+1020:240:00
B. HuttonD000103006:370:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Thompson34322.94160:00Win
J. Patera000–0:00