Game Recap: OTT 3, VAN 6, January 2, 2024

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Game Recap

OTT3

FinalTue, Jan 2, 2024Every game that night

VAN6

VAN beat OTT 6-3, and the chances backed it up: 3.46 expected goals to 2.48. OTT outshot VAN 38 to 26. P. Suter led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). T. Demko stopped 35 of 38.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
OTT	0	1	2	3
VAN	5	0	1	6

1st 2:14VANI. Cole0.03 xG
1st 12:39VANP. Suter0.60 xG
1st 16:34VANE. Pettersson0.66 xG
1st 16:58VANJ. Miller0.05 xG
1st 17:53VANE. PetterssonPP0.09 xG
2nd 1:31OTTC. Giroux0.16 xG
3rd 0:37OTTV. Tarasenko0.19 xG
3rd 17:29OTTV. Tarasenko0.31 xG
3rd 17:42VANP. Suter0.02 xG

Team Stats

OTTVAN

38Shots on goal26

2.48Expected goals3.46

62Shot attempts60

335v5 shots on goal24

0/1Power play1/1

29Hits23

20Blocked shots17

12Penalty minutes2

6Giveaways9

5Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

OTT 2.48 xGVAN 3.46 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

OTT38 on goal, 3 scored

VAN26 on goal, 6 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

OTT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Giroux	RW	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	20:39	0:41
V. Tarasenko	RW	2	0	2	3	0	0	+1	0	16:20	0:28
B. Tkachuk	LW	0	1	1	4	3	1	-2	0	20:25	1:29
D. Batherson	RW	0	1	1	3	1	1	-1	0	19:37	1:31
T. Stützle	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	19:34	1:19
J. Norris	C	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	18:47	1:32
R. Greig	C	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	0	14:41	0:00
D. Kubalik	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	13:54	0:31
P. Kelly	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	13:09	0:00
M. Kastelic	C	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	8:00	0:00
Z. MacEwen	RW	0	0	0	1	2	1	-1	12	6:54	0:00
T. Chabot	D	0	1	1	3	2	4	+1	0	25:25	1:21
J. Sanderson	D	0	1	1	2	2	2	-1	0	20:04	0:39
A. Zub	D	0	0	0	3	5	1	-1	0	20:29	0:00
J. Chychrun	D	0	0	0	4	1	1	-1	0	20:07	0:29
T. Hamonic	D	0	0	0	1	2	3	-2	0	14:34	0:00
E. Brannstrom	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	13:57	0:00
J. Bernard-Docker	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	13:11	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Forsberg	13	9	4	.692	16:58	Loss
J. Korpisalo	13	11	2	.846	42:43

VAN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
P. Suter	C	2	1	3	5	1	0	+4	0	16:10	0:00
J. Miller	C	1	1	2	2	4	2	+1	0	18:13	0:32
E. Pettersson	C	2	0	2	5	0	0	+1	0	17:17	0:32
B. Boeser	RW	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	0	18:52	0:32
I. Mikheyev	RW	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	16:28	0:00
S. Lafferty	C	0	1	1	1	4	3	+1	2	13:52	0:00
D. Joshua	C	0	0	0	1	4	0	-1	0	18:05	0:00
T. Blueger	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	-1	0	16:48	0:00
C. Garland	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	15:13	0:00
N. Hoglander	LW	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	13:20	0:00
A. Kuzmenko	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	11:48	0:32
P. Di Giuseppe	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2:13	0:00
Q. Hughes	D	0	1	1	1	1	1	-1	0	23:22	0:32
I. Cole	D	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	19:51	0:00
N. Zadorov	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	+3	0	19:14	0:00
T. Myers	D	0	1	1	0	1	6	+2	0	18:32	0:00
N. Juulsen	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	+1	0	17:41	0:00
F. Hronek	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	-1	0	21:01	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
T. Demko	38	35	3	.921	60:00	Win
C. DeSmith	0	0	0	–	0:00