Game Recap: NYI 2, VGK 5, January 6, 2024

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Game Recap

NYI2

FinalSat, Jan 6, 2024Every game that night

VGK5

VGK beat NYI 5-2 despite fewer good chances: 1.85 expected goals to 2.75. J. Eichel led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). L. Thompson stopped 27 of 29.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
NYI	1	0	1	2
VGK	1	2	2	5

1st 6:25VGKJ. Eichel0.16 xG
1st 11:13NYIM. Barzal0.11 xG
2nd 17:11VGKP. Dorofeyev0.07 xG
2nd 18:41VGKN. Roy0.03 xG
3rd 0:31VGKJ. EichelPP0.07 xG
3rd 2:42NYIM. Martin0.17 xG
3rd 4:20VGKN. Roy0.11 xG

Team Stats

NYIVGK

29Shots on goal30

2.75Expected goals1.85

60Shot attempts59

255v5 shots on goal28

0/2Power play1/1

34Hits22

17Blocked shots18

0Penalty minutes4

3Giveaways10

3Takeaways11

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NYI 2.75 xGVGK 1.85 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

NYI29 on goal, 2 scored

VGK28 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NYI Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
M. Barzal	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	-2	18:42	3:24
B. Horvat	C	0	1	1	3	0	1	-2	18:32	3:21
A. Lee	LW	0	1	1	4	2	0	-2	15:30	0:50
C. Cizikas	C	0	1	1	2	4	3	+1	14:48	0:00
M. Martin	LW	1	0	1	1	5	2	+1	14:02	0:00
B. Nelson	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	16:47	3:10
K. Palmieri	C	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	16:39	3:12
P. Engvall	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15:10	0:39
C. Clutterbuck	RW	0	0	0	0	6	1	+1	14:37	0:00
J. Pageau	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	13:05	0:37
J. Gauthier	RW	0	0	0	0	6	0	-1	11:56	0:00
S. Holmstrom	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	11:25	0:00
N. Dobson	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	+1	26:24	3:19
A. Romanov	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	22:00	0:11
S. Mayfield	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	-1	18:58	0:00
S. Bolduc	D	0	0	0	2	2	2	-1	17:08	0:00
M. Reilly	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	16:30	0:41
S. Aho	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	-2	15:57	0:36

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
I. Sorokin	30	25	5	.833	60:00	Loss
K. Appleby	0	0	0	–	0:00

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Eichel	C	2	0	2	5	0	3	-1	0	18:20	1:50
N. Roy	C	2	0	2	3	1	0	+2	0	13:07	0:00
K. Kolesar	RW	0	2	2	2	5	0	+2	0	12:12	0:00
C. Stephenson	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	+1	0	16:28	1:50
J. Marchessault	RW	0	1	1	0	2	1	-1	0	16:19	1:43
M. Stone	RW	0	1	1	1	1	0	+1	0	16:11	1:50
B. Howden	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	+2	0	13:50	0:00
P. Dorofeyev	RW	1	0	1	1	2	1	+1	0	12:23	0:00
M. Amadio	RW	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	14:59	0:00
P. Cotter	LW	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	14:57	0:00
I. Barbashev	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	2	14:36	0:00
G. Denisenko	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	13:54	0:00
L. Cormier	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	+1	0	19:46	1:43
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	1	1	2	1	4	+2	0	19:13	0:07
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	+1	0	22:02	0:00
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	7	0	0	-1	0	19:43	0:00
A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	2	0	4	+2	0	19:22	0:07
T. Bjornfot	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	2	18:38	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Thompson	29	27	2	.931	60:00	Win
J. Patera	0	0	0	–	0:00