Game Recap: VAN 6, NJD 4, January 6, 2024

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Game Recap

VAN6

FinalSat, Jan 6, 2024Every game that night

NJD4

VAN beat NJD 6-4, and the chances backed it up: 4.43 expected goals to 2.20. VAN outshot NJD 43 to 25. E. Pettersson led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). T. Demko stopped 21 of 25.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VAN	0	4	2	6
NJD	0	2	2	4

2nd 0:41VANE. Pettersson0.10 xG
2nd 3:33VANJ. Miller0.19 xG
2nd 4:37VANJ. Miller0.10 xG
2nd 6:43NJDC. Miller0.01 xG
2nd 19:37NJDE. Haula0.08 xG
2nd 19:49VANC. Garland0.02 xG
3rd 2:35VANE. Pettersson0.21 xG
3rd 11:07NJDC. Miller0.05 xG
3rd 12:54NJDN. Hischier0.13 xG
3rd 18:49VAND. JoshuaEN0.88 xG

Team Stats

VANNJD

43Shots on goal25

4.43Expected goals2.20

79Shot attempts48

365v5 shots on goal23

0/1Power play0/2

18Hits18

13Blocked shots19

4Penalty minutes2

2Giveaways6

3Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VAN 4.43 xGNJD 2.20 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

VAN43 on goal, 6 scored

NJD25 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VAN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
E. Pettersson	C	2	1	3	4	0	0	+4	0	19:51	2:00
J. Miller	C	2	1	3	2	1	0	+5	0	18:29	1:59
B. Boeser	RW	0	2	2	3	0	0	+4	0	17:45	2:00
D. Joshua	C	1	1	2	5	4	0	+1	2	13:24	0:00
T. Blueger	C	0	1	1	3	0	1	+1	0	15:36	0:00
C. Garland	RW	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	13:02	0:00
I. Mikheyev	RW	0	0	0	3	1	0	-1	0	15:15	0:00
A. Kuzmenko	LW	0	0	0	6	0	0	-1	0	14:44	2:00
P. Suter	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	-1	0	14:40	0:00
S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	-2	0	12:28	0:00
N. Aman	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	-2	2	11:29	0:00
N. Hoglander	LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	-2	0	11:10	0:00
Q. Hughes	D	0	3	3	2	0	1	+1	0	23:38	1:57
C. Soucy	D	0	1	1	1	1	4	+2	0	20:19	0:00
F. Hronek	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	+3	0	20:09	0:03
I. Cole	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	-1	0	17:45	0:01
T. Myers	D	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	20:54	0:00
N. Juulsen	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	-1	0	15:22	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
T. Demko	25	21	4	.840	60:00	Win
C. DeSmith	0	0	0	–	0:00

NJD Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
E. Haula	LW	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	19:22	1:53
J. Bratt	LW	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	22:58	3:00
N. Hischier	C	1	0	1	2	1	0	-1	0	20:07	2:47
M. McLeod	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	18:14	1:00
C. Lazar	C	0	1	1	0	3	2	-1	0	15:38	0:00
C. Tierney	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	11:00	0:00
A. Holtz	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	17:26	1:13
D. Mercer	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	-2	0	16:41	2:42
T. Toffoli	C	0	0	0	5	1	0	-2	0	16:18	3:00
N. Bastian	RW	0	0	0	1	3	0	-1	0	11:07	0:52
G. Clarke	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	9:32	0:00
C. Miller	D	2	0	2	3	2	1	+2	0	17:09	0:00
B. Smith	D	0	2	2	2	0	3	+2	0	12:56	0:00
L. Hughes	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	22:54	2:50
S. Nemec	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	23:32	1:18
J. Marino	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	-4	0	18:30	0:00
K. Bahl	D	0	0	0	3	1	2	-3	0	16:15	0:00
J. Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	2	9:34	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
N. Daws	42	37	5	.881	58:47	Loss
V. Vanecek	0	0	0	–	0:00