Game Recap: VAN 1, NSH 0, May 3, 2024

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Game Recap

VAN1

FinalFri, May 3, 2024PlayoffsEvery game that night

NSH0

VAN beat NSH 1-0 despite fewer good chances: 1.87 expected goals to 2.75. A. Silovs stopped 28 of 28.

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VAN	0	0	1	1
NSH	0	0	0	0

VANNSH

29Shots on goal28

1.87Expected goals2.75

60Shot attempts65

285v5 shots on goal21

0/0Power play0/3

27Hits25

16Blocked shots24

8Penalty minutes2

8Giveaways7

9Takeaways9

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

VAN 1.87 xGNSH 2.75 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.

VAN29 on goal, 1 scored

NSH28 on goal, 0 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
B. Boeser	RW	0	1	1	3	1	1	+1	4	18:13	0:00
E. Pettersson	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	+1	0	15:46	0:00
P. Suter	C	1	0	1	5	0	0	+1	0	15:46	0:00
J. Miller	C	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	19:37	0:00
E. Lindholm	C	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	2	18:30	0:00
D. Joshua	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	17:26	0:00
C. Garland	RW	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	16:19	0:00
T. Blueger	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	12:55	0:00
I. Mikheyev	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	10:17	0:00
P. Di Giuseppe	LW	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	10:08	0:00
N. Hoglander	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8:57	0:00
S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8:52	0:00
Q. Hughes	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22:20	0:00
F. Hronek	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	+1	0	21:20	0:00
N. Zadorov	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	+1	2	20:27	0:00
T. Myers	D	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	19:52	0:00
I. Cole	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	18:35	0:00
C. Soucy	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	18:06	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Silovs	28	28	0	1.000	60:00	Win
C. DeSmith	0	0	0	–	0:00

Player	Pos	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
R. O'Reilly	C	3	1	3	0	0	22:03	2:55
G. Nyquist	RW	0	1	1	0	0	21:21	3:09
F. Forsberg	LW	3	0	0	0	0	19:35	3:11
C. Sissons	C	2	3	3	-1	0	19:06	1:57
J. Zucker	LW	4	3	0	0	0	17:24	2:13
A. Beauvillier	RW	1	5	0	-1	0	16:28	0:00
J. Parssinen	C	1	2	1	0	0	15:11	0:00
M. McCarron	C	1	2	2	0	0	11:52	0:00
K. Sherwood	LW	0	2	2	-1	0	11:11	0:00
L. Evangelista	RW	2	1	0	0	0	9:53	1:25
M. Jankowski	LW	1	0	0	0	2	9:07	0:00
T. Novak	C	0	0	0	0	0	8:28	1:25
R. Josi	D	4	0	1	0	0	24:45	3:09
A. Carrier	D	3	1	5	-1	0	22:44	2:22
R. McDonagh	D	1	1	2	0	0	22:20	1:38
J. Lauzon	D	1	1	1	-1	0	20:16	0:00
D. Fabbro	D	0	0	2	0	0	14:19	0:00
L. Schenn	D	1	2	1	0	0	13:03	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Saros	29	28	1	.966	58:54	Loss
K. Lankinen	0	0	0	–	0:00

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

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