Game Recap: NSH 4, VAN 1, April 23, 2024

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Game Recap

NSH4

FinalTue, Apr 23, 2024PlayoffsEvery game that night

VAN1

NSH beat VAN 4-1, with the chances close: 2.26 expected goals to 2.67. A. Beauvillier led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). J. Saros stopped 17 of 18.

Scoring

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

1st 1:14NSHA. Beauvillier0.02 xG
2nd 6:29NSHF. Forsberg0.16 xG
2nd 8:04NSHC. Sissons0.38 xG
2nd 15:33VANN. Zadorov0.03 xG
3rd 18:07NSHK. SherwoodEN0.24 xG

Team Stats

NSHVAN

16Shots on goal18

2.26Expected goals2.67

35Shot attempts83

105v5 shots on goal14

0/4Power play0/4

31Hits47

30Blocked shots8

6Penalty minutes8

3Giveaways6

5Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NSH 2.26 xGVAN 2.67 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

NSH15 on goal, 4 scored

VAN17 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NSH Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
F. Forsberg	LW	1	1	2	3	3	1	+2	0	18:35	3:15
A. Beauvillier	RW	1	1	2	4	0	0	+2	0	14:26	3:31
C. Sissons	C	1	0	1	2	2	4	+1	2	17:52	3:34
G. Nyquist	RW	0	1	1	1	2	1	+1	0	17:14	3:13
J. Zucker	LW	0	1	1	1	3	1	+1	2	12:09	1:32
K. Sherwood	LW	1	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	11:20	0:00
R. O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	+2	0	19:03	3:09
C. Smith	RW	0	0	0	0	1	2	+1	0	15:56	0:00
M. McCarron	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	14:17	0:00
L. Evangelista	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12:12	3:23
T. Novak	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	11:37	3:34
M. Jankowski	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	10:25	0:40
R. McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	+3	2	24:27	3:13
R. Josi	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	+2	0	23:36	4:12
A. Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	6	-1	0	20:22	1:55
J. Lauzon	D	0	0	0	0	7	3	-1	0	18:21	0:00
L. Schenn	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	+2	0	16:45	0:40
S. Stastney	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	13:33	1:39

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Saros	18	17	1	.944	59:56	Win
K. Lankinen	0	0	0	–	0:00

VAN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
P. Di Giuseppe	LW	0	1	1	0	6	1	+1	0	9:42	0:00
J. Miller	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	-1	0	22:19	6:36
B. Boeser	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	22:18	6:43
E. Pettersson	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	-3	0	20:41	6:25
C. Garland	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	18:13	5:56
E. Lindholm	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	-2	0	16:55	1:36
D. Joshua	C	0	0	0	2	8	1	-2	0	15:13	1:39
T. Blueger	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	0	12:50	0:00
P. Suter	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	10:59	0:00
I. Mikheyev	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	10:57	0:00
S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	2	3	0	+1	0	10:08	0:00
N. Hoglander	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	8:33	1:16
I. Cole	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	19:07	0:00
N. Zadorov	D	1	0	1	2	4	1	0	2	17:47	0:00
Q. Hughes	D	0	0	0	3	0	0	-2	2	27:29	6:36
F. Hronek	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	-2	0	22:32	1:50
C. Soucy	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	-1	0	16:25	1:23
N. Juulsen	D	0	0	0	0	5	1	-1	4	11:24	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. DeSmith	15	12	3	.800	58:58	Loss
A. Silovs	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamNils Hoglander NSH First game back in Vancouver, his team until Apr 20260 SOG
Old teamKevin Lankinen VAN Faces NSH, his team until May 20240 saves on 0

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