Game Recap: STL 3, VGK 2, November 12, 2022

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Game Recap

STL3

FinalSat, Nov 12, 2022Every game that night

VGK2

STL beat VGK 3-2, with the chances close: 3.12 expected goals to 2.81. VGK outshot STL 36 to 28. R. O'Reilly led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). J. Binnington stopped 34 of 36.

Scoring

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

1st 9:47STLB. Saad0.08 xG
1st 10:46VGKR. SmithSH0.16 xG
2nd 2:43VGKP. Kessel0.02 xG
2nd 16:06STLI. Barbashev0.05 xG
2nd 16:46STLR. O'Reilly0.24 xG

Team Stats

STLVGK

28Shots on goal36

3.12Expected goals2.81

55Shot attempts67

195v5 shots on goal31

0/4Power play0/0

29Hits32

23Blocked shots20

0Penalty minutes8

7Giveaways9

5Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

STL 3.12 xGVGK 2.81 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

STL28 on goal, 3 scored

VGK35 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

STL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
R. O'Reilly	C	1	1	2	1	0	4	0	18:28	3:32
B. Saad	LW	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	17:35	3:37
B. Schenn	C	0	1	1	1	8	1	0	16:26	3:45
I. Barbashev	LW	1	0	1	2	2	1	+1	16:05	3:42
J. Leivo	LW	0	1	1	2	0	0	+1	11:35	0:00
R. Thomas	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	20:31	4:14
P. Buchnevich	LW	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	19:26	4:17
V. Tarasenko	RW	0	0	0	2	3	1	-1	18:31	4:01
J. Kyrou	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	15:55	3:58
N. Acciari	C	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	13:06	0:00
T. Pitlick	C	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	10:43	0:00
N. Alexandrov	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	8:42	0:00
N. Mikkola	D	0	1	1	0	1	2	+2	14:21	0:28
C. Rosen	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	+3	11:59	0:00
C. Parayko	D	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	25:19	0:00
J. Faulk	D	0	0	0	5	4	2	-1	23:42	4:41
N. Leddy	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	19:37	0:11
T. Krug	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	17:59	3:34

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Binnington	36	34	2	.944	60:00	Win
T. Greiss	0	0	0	–	0:00

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
W. Karlsson	C	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	17:40	0:00
C. Stephenson	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	17:24	0:00
R. Smith	RW	1	0	1	1	0	0	+1	0	17:07	0:00
P. Cotter	LW	0	1	1	2	4	0	+1	0	11:13	0:00
P. Kessel	RW	1	0	1	2	0	0	+1	0	11:04	0:00
J. Eichel	C	0	0	0	4	2	1	-1	0	18:39	0:00
M. Stone	RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1	0	18:00	0:00
J. Marchessault	RW	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	16:29	0:00
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	2	13:24	0:00
B. Howden	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	+1	2	11:50	0:00
W. Carrier	LW	0	0	0	2	5	1	-2	0	10:39	0:00
K. Kolesar	RW	0	0	0	1	5	0	-2	0	10:22	0:00
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	6	2	1	+1	0	25:15	0:00
A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	2	2	5	+2	0	22:36	0:00
S. Theodore	D	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	20:57	0:00
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	3	4	5	-1	0	20:23	0:00
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	2	15:53	0:00
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	15:09	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Hill	28	25	3	.893	57:56	Loss
L. Thompson	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamIvan Barbashev VGK Faces STL, his team until Feb 20231 G, 2 SOG

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