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Game Recap
NSH3
Final/SOSat, Dec 30, 2023Every game that night
WSH2

NSH beat WSH 3-2 in a shootout, and the chances backed it up: 4.18 expected goals to 2.19. Y. Askarov stopped 27 of 29.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdSOT
NSH20013
WSH11002
  1. 1st 2:44NSHL. Evangelista0.34 xG
  2. 1st 6:55NSHR. JosiPP0.16 xG
  3. 1st 10:25WSHB. Malenstyn0.23 xG
  4. 2nd 14:59WSHA. Ovechkin0.11 xG

Team Stats

NSHWSH
36Shots on goal29
4.18Expected goals2.19
80Shot attempts61
315v5 shots on goal23
1/2Power play0/3
25Hits21
17Blocked shots21
13Penalty minutes11
8Giveaways13
5Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NSH 4.18 xGWSH 2.19 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdOTNSH goal, 2:44NSH goal, 6:55WSH goal, 10:25WSH goal, 14:59

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

NSH36 on goal, 2 scored
WSH29 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NSH Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
R. O'ReillyC011401-1021:062:17
G. NyquistRW011000-1019:262:17
T. NovakC011301+1013:310:35
L. EvangelistaRW1014000210:400:35
F. ForsbergLW000811-1018:402:17
C. SissonsC0000120017:592:17
Y. TreninC000250-1016:080:00
J. ParssinenC0001000014:090:35
K. SherwoodLW0004510014:010:00
M. McCarronC000240-1713:310:00
C. SmithRW000000+1013:000:00
P. TomasinoRW0000000012:200:35
R. JosiD101203+1026:522:52
D. FabbroD011110+1018:170:00
R. McDonaghD000201-1023:590:00
A. CarrierD000010-1020:210:00
J. LauzonD000345-1219:370:00
L. SchennD000032-1217:210:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
Y. Askarov29272.93165:00Win
J. Saros000–0:00

WSH Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. OvechkinLW1012300222:065:58
D. StromeC0111130018:412:43
A. ProtasLW011321+1017:231:22
N. DowdC011211+1016:260:00
B. MalenstynLW101312+1016:230:00
E. KuznetsovC0003000021:283:17
T. WilsonRW000141-1518:364:36
C. McMichaelLW000411+1216:391:00
A. ManthaRW0000010015:343:49
N. Aube-KubelRW000011+1012:440:00
H. LapierreC000000007:570:00
M. PhillipsRW000000006:590:00
T. van RiemsdykD011013+1017:380:00
J. CarlsonD0003130027:464:40
R. SandinD0002200022:411:20
J. EdmundsonD0002210220:130:00
E. BearD000203+1020:050:02
N. JensenD000110-1014:530:13
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
H. Shepard36342.94464:54OT loss
D. Kuemper000–0:00