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Game Recap
VAN4
Final/OTSun, Apr 28, 2024PlayoffsEvery game that night
NSH3

VAN beat NSH 4-3 in overtime, with the chances close: 2.19 expected goals to 2.56. NSH outshot VAN 30 to 21. B. Boeser scored three for VAN. A. Silovs stopped 27 of 30.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
VAN10214
NSH11103
  1. 1st 2:55VANB. Boeser0.06 xG
  2. 1st 5:34NSHM. Jankowski0.09 xG
  3. 2nd 5:21NSHG. Nyquist0.11 xG
  4. 3rd 0:12NSHF. Forsberg0.26 xG
  5. 3rd 17:11VANB. Boeser0.07 xG
  6. 3rd 19:52VANB. Boeser0.10 xG
  7. OT 1:02VANE. Lindholm0.20 xG

Team Stats

VANNSH
21Shots on goal30
2.19Expected goals2.56
46Shot attempts54
155v5 shots on goal24
0/2Power play0/2
35Hits33
12Blocked shots10
6Penalty minutes6
6Giveaways8
5Takeaways11

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VAN 2.19 xGNSH 2.56 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdOTVAN goal, 2:55NSH goal, 5:34NSH goal, 5:21NSH goal, 0:12VAN goal, 17:11VAN goal, 19:52VAN goal, 1:02

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

VAN21 on goal, 4 scored
NSH30 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VAN Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. BoeserRW303800+2022:171:44
J. MillerC033121+2021:401:44
E. LindholmC112123+1217:511:44
E. PetterssonC011111+1019:001:44
D. JoshuaC0110200015:100:20
C. GarlandRW011220+1014:200:20
P. SuterC000120+1015:400:20
I. MikheyevRW000000-1012:230:00
T. BluegerC0000210211:390:00
P. Di GiuseppeLW0000400010:470:00
N. HoglanderLW0001100010:340:00
S. LaffertyC000210009:160:00
C. SoucyD011040+1017:300:20
Q. HughesD000002+1024:091:44
N. ZadorovD0002510022:310:00
T. MyersD0000320020:360:00
F. HronekD000231-1217:560:20
I. ColeD000010+1017:490:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Silovs30273.90059:04Win
N. Tolopilo000–0:00

NSH Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
R. O'ReillyC011200-1022:591:10
G. NyquistRW101100-2020:381:05
F. ForsbergLW1012500219:151:15
M. JankowskiLW1011200011:490:00
C. SissonsC0000310216:240:44
J. ZuckerLW000330+1014:520:53
A. BeauvillierRW0002200013:450:46
C. SmithRW000210-1013:320:05
M. McCarronC000411-1013:020:07
K. SherwoodLW0002500012:010:07
L. EvangelistaRW000200-1010:311:00
T. NovakC000102009:400:52
R. McDonaghD011101-1026:441:05
A. CarrierD0112020022:290:08
R. JosiD0111100022:160:59
J. LauzonD0112500218:380:00
L. SchennD000153-1017:500:04
D. FabbroD0001000012:450:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Saros21174.81061:02Loss
K. Lankinen000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamNils Hoglander NSH First game against VAN since he left (his team until Apr 2026)1 SOG
  • Old teamKevin Lankinen VAN Faces NSH, his team until May 20240 saves on 0
  • BirthdayKevin Lankinen VAN Turns 29 that day0 saves on 0

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