Game Recap: MIN 2, VGK 7, April 12, 2024

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Game Recap

MIN2

FinalFri, Apr 12, 2024Every game that night

VGK7

VGK beat MIN 7-2, and the chances backed it up: 4.07 expected goals to 1.96. C. Stephenson led the way with 4 points (0 G, 4 A). L. Thompson stopped 25 of 27.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MIN	0	1	1	2
VGK	3	1	3	7

1st 2:57VGKN. RoySH0.81 xG
1st 6:21VGKP. Dorofeyev0.15 xG
1st 8:35VGKJ. EichelPP0.07 xG
2nd 7:42MINM. KhusnutdinovPP0.12 xG
2nd 13:12VGKJ. MarchessaultPP0.16 xG
3rd 2:27VGKT. Hertl0.20 xG
3rd 7:13MINR. Hartman0.07 xG
3rd 10:49VGKW. Karlsson0.51 xG
3rd 13:55VGKK. Kolesar0.24 xG

Team Stats

MINVGK

27Shots on goal30

1.96Expected goals4.07

59Shot attempts56

205v5 shots on goal27

1/3Power play2/4

21Hits14

14Blocked shots18

8Penalty minutes4

1Giveaways3

5Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

MIN 1.96 xGVGK 4.07 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

MIN27 on goal, 2 scored

VGK30 on goal, 7 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

MIN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Boldy	LW	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	19:04	3:01
R. Hartman	RW	1	0	1	5	0	2	-1	0	17:19	2:03
M. Khusnutdinov	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	-1	0	16:47	2:42
M. Johansson	LW	0	1	1	1	0	0	-2	2	15:55	2:45
K. Kaprizov	LW	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	19:23	2:32
M. Rossi	C	0	0	0	2	2	0	-3	0	18:43	2:39
J. Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	14:47	2:01
L. Ohgren	LW	0	0	0	2	2	0	-1	0	14:07	3:10
J. Lucchini	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	0	12:25	0:06
V. Lettieri	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	10:51	0:00
A. Beckman	LW	0	0	0	0	3	0	-1	2	10:50	0:06
M. Shaw	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	-1	0	9:58	0:10
B. Faber	D	0	1	1	3	0	3	-2	0	22:14	2:59
J. Brodin	D	0	1	1	2	1	2	+1	0	20:29	0:06
Z. Bogosian	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	20:24	0:20
J. Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	0	19:47	0:00
D. Chisholm	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	-3	0	16:24	2:20
J. Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3	0	15:43	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
M. Fleury	30	23	7	.767	59:54	Loss
J. Wallstedt	0	0	0	–	0:00

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Stephenson	C	0	4	4	0	0	1	+2	0	17:36	3:19
J. Eichel	C	1	1	2	3	0	2	+1	0	17:39	3:21
N. Roy	C	1	1	2	3	0	0	+1	0	13:31	1:36
P. Dorofeyev	RW	1	1	2	2	0	1	+2	2	13:07	1:13
T. Hertl	C	1	0	1	2	1	2	+2	0	16:57	2:57
W. Karlsson	C	1	0	1	5	0	2	+1	0	16:46	1:18
J. Marchessault	RW	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	16:36	2:54
A. Mantha	RW	0	1	1	1	0	2	+1	0	15:18	0:00
P. Cotter	LW	0	1	1	1	1	0	+1	0	11:27	0:11
K. Kolesar	RW	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	9:25	0:12
B. Howden	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15:45	0:09
I. Barbashev	LW	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	15:05	1:38
N. Hanifin	D	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	21:57	3:18
S. Theodore	D	0	1	1	0	1	2	+1	0	20:57	1:35
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	1	1	2	0	1	+3	2	15:54	0:00
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	+2	0	21:20	0:00
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	1	5	1	-1	0	19:25	0:09
B. Hutton	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	+3	0	16:18	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Thompson	27	25	2	.926	59:34	Win
A. Hill	0	0	0	–	0:00