Game Recap: VAN 3, CBJ 4 (SO), January 15, 2024

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Game Recap

VAN3

Final/SOMon, Jan 15, 2024Every game that night

CBJ4

CBJ beat VAN 4-3 in a shootout, and the chances backed it up: 4.71 expected goals to 2.75. CBJ outshot VAN 43 to 30. D. Voronkov led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). E. Merzlikins stopped 27 of 30.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	SO	T
VAN	2	1	0	0	3
CBJ	1	1	1	1	4

1st 5:28VANJ. Miller0.14 xG
1st 5:55CBJE. Chinakhov0.16 xG
1st 14:54VANC. Garland0.26 xG
2nd 3:28CBJD. VoronkovPP0.11 xG
2nd 7:35VANE. PetterssonPP0.06 xG
3rd 10:57CBJD. Voronkov0.07 xG

Team Stats

VANCBJ

30Shots on goal43

2.75Expected goals4.71

54Shot attempts74

225v5 shots on goal29

1/4Power play1/5

19Hits19

11Blocked shots15

10Penalty minutes6

6Giveaways3

2Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VAN 2.75 xGCBJ 4.71 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

VAN29 on goal, 3 scored

CBJ43 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VAN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Miller	C	1	1	2	2	0	0	+1	2	19:06	3:10
E. Pettersson	C	1	0	1	3	1	0	+1	2	19:59	3:08
D. Joshua	C	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	15:09	0:07
T. Blueger	C	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	15:04	0:00
C. Garland	RW	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	13:58	1:52
P. Suter	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	18:08	1:57
B. Boeser	RW	0	0	0	6	0	0	+1	0	17:46	3:07
I. Mikheyev	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	16:58	1:55
A. Kuzmenko	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	15:39	2:30
S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	12:29	1:56
N. Aman	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	11:53	0:09
N. Hoglander	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	11:01	0:08
Q. Hughes	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	+1	0	24:21	3:09
N. Zadorov	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	-1	2	15:18	0:00
F. Hronek	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	+1	0	26:03	1:56
C. Soucy	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	21:30	0:10
T. Myers	D	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	2	20:20	0:11
I. Cole	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1	2	14:55	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. DeSmith	43	40	3	.930	65:00	OT loss
T. Demko	0	0	0	–	0:00

CBJ Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Gaudreau	LW	0	2	2	3	0	0	+1	0	22:28	5:33
D. Voronkov	LW	2	0	2	9	1	2	+1	0	15:28	4:37
E. Chinakhov	RW	1	0	1	7	0	0	+1	0	21:59	4:58
J. Roslovic	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	+1	2	14:18	0:00
C. Sillinger	C	0	0	0	7	3	0	+1	0	24:35	4:28
K. Marchenko	RW	0	0	0	4	1	1	+1	0	15:52	2:10
A. Fantilli	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-2	0	14:04	2:29
A. Texier	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	13:42	0:00
S. Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	13:25	0:00
K. Johnson	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	0	12:22	2:00
J. Danforth	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	11:51	0:00
E. Bemstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	10:16	0:20
A. Boqvist	D	0	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	24:51	5:12
D. Severson	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	21:27	2:04
E. Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	21:16	0:00
I. Provorov	D	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	18:47	1:44
J. Bean	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	18:17	0:00
A. Peeke	D	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	16:45	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
E. Merzlikins	30	27	3	.900	65:00	Win
S. Martin	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamConor Garland CBJ First game against VAN since he left (his team until Mar 2026)1 G, 2 SOG

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