Game Recap: VAN 0, BOS 4, February 8, 2024

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Game Recap

VAN0

FinalThu, Feb 8, 2024Every game that night

BOS4

BOS beat VAN 4-0, and the chances backed it up: 2.28 expected goals to 1.49. P. Zacha led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). L. Ullmark stopped 17 of 17.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VAN	0	0	0	0
BOS	2	2	0	4

1st 0:32BOSB. MarchandSH0.23 xG
1st 15:37BOSD. HeinenSH0.18 xG
2nd 0:34BOSM. Geekie0.11 xG
2nd 0:49BOSP. Zacha0.21 xG

Team Stats

VANBOS

17Shots on goal24

1.49Expected goals2.28

44Shot attempts41

155v5 shots on goal17

0/3Power play0/3

31Hits28

7Blocked shots16

10Penalty minutes10

5Giveaways5

8Takeaways11

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VAN 1.49 xGBOS 2.28 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

VAN17 on goal, 0 scored

BOS24 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VAN Skaters

Player	Pos	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Garland	RW	2	2	0	0	2	17:45	3:07
P. Suter	C	1	0	0	0	0	16:52	2:53
T. Blueger	C	0	2	1	0	0	16:46	0:00
B. Boeser	RW	0	1	0	-2	0	15:31	3:14
E. Pettersson	C	0	0	0	-4	0	14:17	3:07
E. Lindholm	C	0	1	0	-4	0	14:11	3:05
D. Joshua	C	4	5	0	0	0	14:06	0:00
J. Miller	C	1	2	0	-2	4	13:54	2:53
I. Mikheyev	RW	3	0	0	-2	0	13:40	2:44
N. Aman	C	0	0	1	0	0	13:14	0:01
N. Hoglander	LW	1	3	0	0	0	12:51	0:00
S. Lafferty	C	0	4	0	0	0	12:44	2:15
Q. Hughes	D	3	0	0	-2	0	23:33	3:26
F. Hronek	D	1	4	1	0	0	22:25	2:36
I. Cole	D	1	0	3	-2	0	18:52	0:29
N. Zadorov	D	0	4	0	0	4	18:02	0:00
N. Juulsen	D	0	3	1	0	0	16:04	0:00
T. Myers	D	0	0	0	-2	0	16:03	0:10

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
T. Demko	24	20	4	.833	60:00	Loss
C. DeSmith	0	0	0	–	0:00

BOS Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Coyle	C	0	2	2	1	1	0	+2	0	18:22	1:26
D. Pastrnak	RW	0	2	2	6	2	1	+2	2	17:22	3:06
P. Zacha	C	1	1	2	1	1	1	+2	0	14:51	2:34
B. Marchand	LW	1	0	1	3	0	0	+1	2	18:13	2:50
M. Geekie	C	1	0	1	3	6	2	+1	0	15:04	2:20
D. Heinen	LW	1	0	1	1	1	2	+1	0	14:06	1:10
J. van Riemsdyk	LW	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	0	12:36	2:37
J. DeBrusk	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	15:18	1:23
T. Frederic	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	14:23	2:04
J. Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11:43	0:00
O. Steen	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11:23	0:00
J. Lauko	C	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	4	10:52	0:00
C. McAvoy	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	+3	2	21:08	2:38
H. Lindholm	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	+1	0	20:31	1:18
M. Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	+2	0	18:44	1:10
D. Forbort	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	+1	0	18:40	0:00
P. Wotherspoon	D	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	18:35	1:14
B. Carlo	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	18:33	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Ullmark	17	17	0	1.000	59:36	Win
J. Swayman	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamElias Lindholm BOS Faces VAN, his team until May 20240 SOG
Old teamJake DeBrusk VAN Faces BOS, his team until May 20241 SOG
Old teamNikita Zadorov BOS Faces VAN, his team until May 20240 SOG

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