Game Recap: VAN 3, LAK 6, April 6, 2024

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Game Recap

VAN3

FinalSat, Apr 6, 2024Every game that night

LAK6

LAK beat VAN 6-3 despite fewer good chances: 2.52 expected goals to 3.64. VAN outshot LAK 42 to 29. A. Kempe led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). C. Talbot stopped 39 of 42.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VAN	1	0	2	3
LAK	2	2	2	6

1st 2:48LAKA. KempePP0.10 xG
1st 5:45LAKD. DoughtyPP0.16 xG
1st 10:48VANB. Boeser0.02 xG
2nd 2:09LAKA. Laferriere0.05 xG
2nd 8:49LAKK. Fiala0.10 xG
3rd 7:23VAND. Joshua0.41 xG
3rd 10:35LAKT. Moore0.12 xG
3rd 12:35VANT. BluegerSH0.04 xG
3rd 17:16LAKA. KempeSH0.21 xG

Team Stats

VANLAK

42Shots on goal29

3.64Expected goals2.52

75Shot attempts45

315v5 shots on goal26

0/3Power play2/4

33Hits17

5Blocked shots22

18Penalty minutes6

3Giveaways2

3Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VAN 3.64 xGLAK 2.52 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

VAN41 on goal, 3 scored

LAK29 on goal, 6 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VAN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
E. Pettersson	C	0	1	1	6	3	1	0	0	21:05	5:00
B. Boeser	RW	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	19:35	5:06
J. Miller	C	0	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	18:14	4:55
T. Blueger	C	1	0	1	4	1	1	-1	2	12:48	0:00
D. Joshua	C	1	0	1	2	3	0	+2	12	11:24	0:53
C. Garland	RW	0	0	0	4	2	0	-1	0	18:32	4:50
N. Hoglander	LW	0	0	0	0	3	0	+1	0	16:03	0:42
P. Suter	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-2	0	14:21	1:00
I. Mikheyev	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	11:43	0:12
V. Podkolzin	RW	0	0	0	2	2	0	-1	0	11:32	0:00
N. Aman	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	11:26	0:00
S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	-1	0	11:18	0:12
F. Hronek	D	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	22:05	1:10
I. Cole	D	0	1	1	1	1	0	+1	0	18:12	0:00
N. Zadorov	D	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	2	18:12	0:12
Q. Hughes	D	0	0	0	3	1	0	-1	0	25:36	5:06
T. Myers	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	17:27	0:00
C. Soucy	D	0	0	0	2	3	2	-1	0	14:51	0:42

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. DeSmith	29	23	6	.793	60:00	Loss
A. Silovs	0	0	0	–	0:00

LAK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Kempe	RW	2	1	3	5	1	0	+1	0	20:10	3:53
A. Kopitar	C	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	19:46	3:53
K. Fiala	LW	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	17:46	3:53
V. Arvidsson	LW	0	1	1	3	0	3	-1	2	15:54	3:53
P. Danault	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	15:13	0:00
T. Moore	LW	1	0	1	4	3	2	0	2	14:14	0:00
A. Laferriere	RW	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	11:34	0:00
Q. Byfield	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	14:03	0:00
B. Lizotte	C	0	0	0	3	2	1	+1	0	13:42	0:00
T. Lewis	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	13:02	0:00
P. Dubois	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	11:53	0:00
A. Thomas	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	11:23	0:00
D. Doughty	D	1	1	2	1	2	1	-2	0	25:00	3:53
M. Anderson	D	0	1	1	2	0	3	+1	0	21:04	0:00
J. Spence	D	0	1	1	1	1	0	+3	0	14:21	0:00
V. Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	21:05	0:00
M. Roy	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	20:48	0:00
A. Englund	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	+1	0	13:55	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Talbot	42	39	3	.929	59:07	Win
D. Rittich	0	0	0	–	0:00