Game Recap: PHI 4, VGK 3, December 10, 2021

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Game Recap

PHI4

FinalFri, Dec 10, 2021Every game that night

VGK3

PHI beat VGK 4-3 despite fewer good chances: 2.59 expected goals to 3.53. VGK outshot PHI 44 to 25. M. Pacioretty led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). C. Hart stopped 41 of 44.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
PHI	1	1	2	4
VGK	1	1	1	3

1st 4:20PHIK. Hayes0.02 xG
1st 19:11VGKW. Karlsson0.20 xG
2nd 5:53PHIM. Willman0.14 xG
2nd 18:30VGKM. Pacioretty0.01 xG
3rd 3:54PHIS. CouturierPP0.02 xG
3rd 9:37PHIJ. van RiemsdykPP0.22 xG
3rd 18:15VGKM. PaciorettyPP0.08 xG

Team Stats

PHIVGK

25Shots on goal44

2.59Expected goals3.53

48Shot attempts73

175v5 shots on goal34

2/3Power play1/6

30Hits20

20Blocked shots13

12Penalty minutes6

1Giveaways8

6Takeaways14

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

PHI 2.59 xGVGK 3.53 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

PHI24 on goal, 4 scored

VGK43 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

PHI Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
S. Laughton	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	-1	0	18:21	0:00
S. Couturier	C	1	0	1	1	2	1	-1	2	16:51	1:24
C. Giroux	RW	0	1	1	0	1	0	-1	0	16:07	1:24
T. Konecny	RW	0	1	1	0	1	0	-2	2	15:28	1:24
K. Hayes	RW	1	0	1	5	0	1	+1	0	14:44	0:00
J. van Riemsdyk	LW	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	4	14:27	1:24
M. Willman	C	1	0	1	2	2	1	+1	2	14:16	0:00
P. Brown	C	0	1	1	0	3	0	+1	0	14:06	0:00
Z. MacEwen	RW	0	1	1	0	4	0	+1	0	7:16	0:00
C. Atkinson	RW	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	18:22	0:00
M. Frost	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	10:33	0:00
O. Lindblom	LW	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	10:29	0:00
K. Yandle	D	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	2	12:29	1:24
T. Sanheim	D	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	24:28	0:00
R. Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	1	6	4	0	0	23:42	0:00
I. Provorov	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	23:19	0:00
J. Braun	D	0	0	0	2	2	2	-1	0	22:07	0:00
K. Connauton	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	+1	0	12:39	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Hart	44	41	3	.932	60:00	Win
M. Jones	0	0	0	–	0:00

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Pacioretty	LW	2	0	2	10	0	0	+1	2	22:18	5:04
M. Stone	RW	0	1	1	3	0	1	+1	2	21:51	4:55
W. Karlsson	C	1	0	1	2	0	0	+1	0	18:49	3:35
R. Smith	RW	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	18:48	3:19
J. Marchessault	RW	0	1	1	3	0	2	-1	0	16:40	3:15
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:04	3:39
E. Dadonov	LW	0	0	0	3	2	0	-1	0	15:57	5:00
K. Kolesar	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15:22	3:31
M. Janmark	C	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	13:47	0:46
M. Amadio	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10:12	0:00
W. Carrier	LW	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	9:23	0:02
A. Brooks	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8:06	0:05
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	2	2	6	4	3	+1	0	26:10	4:39
S. Theodore	D	0	1	1	3	1	1	-2	0	23:48	3:57
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	+2	0	16:59	0:00
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	0	15:45	0:01
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	15:33	0:06
B. Hutton	D	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	13:39	0:07

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Brossoit	25	21	4	.840	57:30	Loss
R. Lehner	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamCarter Hart VGK Faces PHI, his team until Jan 202441 saves on 44, the win

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