Game Recap: SJS 1, VGK 3, March 1, 2022

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Game Recap

SJS1

FinalTue, Mar 1, 2022Every game that night

VGK3

VGK beat SJS 3-1, and the chances backed it up: 2.88 expected goals to 1.04. VGK outshot SJS 31 to 17. R. Smith led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). R. Lehner stopped 16 of 17.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
SJS	0	1	0	1
VGK	1	1	1	3

1st 2:16VGKK. Kolesar0.10 xG
2nd 1:53SJSN. Gregor0.17 xG
2nd 13:56VGKR. Smith0.14 xG
3rd 4:45VGKR. Smith0.09 xG

Team Stats

SJSVGK

17Shots on goal31

1.04Expected goals2.88

37Shot attempts52

155v5 shots on goal29

0/0Power play0/1

34Hits15

18Blocked shots15

4Penalty minutes2

3Giveaways15

10Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SJS 1.04 xGVGK 2.88 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

SJS16 on goal, 1 scored

VGK31 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SJS Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Bonino	C	0	1	1	1	1	3	-1	0	17:08	0:00
N. Gregor	LW	1	0	1	3	2	2	-1	0	15:42	0:00
A. Cogliano	C	0	1	1	0	3	1	-1	0	13:00	0:00
L. Couture	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	18:40	0:00
T. Meier	RW	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	18:32	0:00
T. Hertl	C	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	18:01	0:00
A. Barabanov	LW	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	16:56	0:00
R. Dzingel	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	16:11	0:00
S. Reedy	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	-1	0	14:28	0:00
M. Nieto	LW	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11:02	0:00
J. Viel	LW	0	0	0	0	5	1	-1	2	10:30	0:00
J. Weatherby	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	9:08	0:00
B. Burns	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	-2	0	27:07	0:00
J. Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	23:34	0:00
R. Merkley	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	19:23	0:00
M. Vlasic	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	0	17:49	0:00
N. Meloche	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	-1	2	17:07	0:00
R. Simek	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	+1	0	15:04	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Reimer	11	10	1	.909	20:00
Z. Sawchenko	20	18	2	.900	36:38	Loss

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
R. Smith	RW	2	0	2	4	0	0	+2	0	15:56	0:46
J. Marchessault	RW	0	2	2	3	0	0	+2	0	15:24	0:46
W. Karlsson	C	0	2	2	1	1	2	+2	0	14:21	0:46
B. Howden	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	+1	0	12:57	0:00
K. Kolesar	RW	1	0	1	1	3	1	+1	2	12:27	1:14
J. Eichel	C	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	19:14	1:14
C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	19:12	1:14
E. Dadonov	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	16:51	1:14
M. Amadio	RW	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	0	15:08	0:00
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	14:22	0:46
W. Carrier	LW	0	0	0	2	3	1	-1	0	13:34	0:00
J. Rondbjerg	RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	+1	0	10:36	0:00
S. Theodore	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	23:00	1:14
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	22:56	0:00
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	+1	0	18:56	0:46
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	3	1	0	+1	0	18:31	0:00
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	17:26	0:00
B. Hutton	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	+1	0	17:09	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
R. Lehner	17	16	1	.941	60:00	Win
L. Brossoit	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamTomas Hertl VGK Faces SJS, his team until Jan 20242 SOG

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