Game Recap: SEA 3, VGK 4, October 12, 2021

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Game Recap

SEA3

FinalTue, Oct 12, 2021Every game that night

VGK4

VGK beat SEA 4-3, and the chances backed it up: 3.23 expected goals to 2.46. M. Pacioretty led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). R. Lehner stopped 28 of 31.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
SEA	0	2	1	3
VGK	2	1	1	4

1st 3:10VGKM. Pacioretty0.05 xG
1st 6:36VGKJ. Marchessault0.15 xG
2nd 6:43VGKM. Pacioretty0.19 xG
2nd 11:32SEAR. Donato0.01 xG
2nd 12:44SEAJ. McCann0.04 xG
3rd 7:58SEAM. Geekie0.04 xG
3rd 8:33VGKC. Stephenson0.06 xG

Team Stats

SEAVGK

31Shots on goal30

2.46Expected goals3.23

63Shot attempts57

265v5 shots on goal21

0/3Power play0/3

33Hits26

11Blocked shots19

6Penalty minutes8

7Giveaways6

5Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SEA 2.46 xGVGK 3.23 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

SEA31 on goal, 3 scored

VGK29 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SEA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Schwartz	LW	0	1	1	0	1	0	+1	2	20:22	3:24
J. Eberle	RW	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	20:09	3:04
J. McCann	LW	1	0	1	1	2	1	-1	0	19:25	3:22
J. Donskoi	RW	0	1	1	2	1	0	+1	0	19:22	2:36
M. Geekie	C	1	0	1	3	0	0	-1	0	14:46	2:53
R. Donato	C	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	13:17	2:36
A. Wennberg	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	18:14	1:59
M. Johansson	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	0	16:13	2:36
B. Tanev	LW	0	0	0	2	5	0	-1	0	11:58	0:00
R. Sheahan	C	0	0	0	2	0	2	-1	0	10:29	0:00
M. Appleton	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	10:20	0:00
N. Bastian	RW	0	0	0	2	3	0	-1	0	6:02	0:00
V. Dunn	D	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	16:51	2:19
J. Lauzon	D	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	15:53	0:00
M. Giordano	D	0	0	0	5	1	2	-1	0	23:20	3:27
H. Fleury	D	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	20:00	0:00
A. Larsson	D	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	18:56	0:12
J. Oleksiak	D	0	0	0	1	5	0	-1	2	17:44	0:14

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
P. Grubauer	30	26	4	.867	58:39	Loss
C. Driedger	0	0	0	–	0:00

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Stone	RW	0	3	3	0	0	2	+3	2	21:45	2:26
M. Pacioretty	LW	2	1	3	8	0	1	+3	0	19:22	1:54
C. Stephenson	C	1	1	2	2	1	4	+2	2	20:20	1:44
J. Marchessault	RW	1	0	1	4	1	0	-1	0	19:25	3:29
R. Smith	RW	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	0	18:30	3:34
W. Karlsson	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	17:56	3:34
E. Dadonov	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	14:33	2:23
N. Patrick	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	13:36	2:26
K. Kolesar	RW	0	0	0	1	5	1	-1	0	13:25	0:00
P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	10:52	0:00
P. Dorofeyev	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4:07	0:00
N. Hague	D	0	1	1	1	1	1	+1	0	14:42	0:00
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	26:17	2:40
A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	26:00	2:30
S. Theodore	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:17	3:20
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	15:54	0:00
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	2	13:38	0:00
D. Coghlan	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4:37	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
R. Lehner	31	28	3	.903	59:44	Win
L. Brossoit	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamChandler Stephenson SEA Faces VGK, his team until May 20241 G, 1 A, 2 SOG

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