Game Recap: VAN 4, PIT 3 (OT), January 11, 2024

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Game Recap

VAN4

Final/OTThu, Jan 11, 2024Every game that night

PIT3

VAN beat PIT 4-3 in overtime, with the chances close: 2.72 expected goals to 2.62. E. Pettersson led the way with 4 points (2 G, 2 A). T. Demko stopped 32 of 35.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
VAN	3	0	0	1	4
PIT	1	1	1	0	3

1st 5:44VANB. Boeser0.10 xG
1st 6:31VANB. BoeserPP0.11 xG
1st 16:20PITM. Pettersson0.01 xG
1st 17:31VANE. Pettersson0.08 xG
2nd 6:05PITS. Crosby0.09 xG
3rd 19:31PITS. Crosby0.08 xG
OT 3:05VANE. Pettersson0.26 xG

Team Stats

VANPIT

29Shots on goal35

2.72Expected goals2.62

48Shot attempts73

245v5 shots on goal21

1/2Power play0/4

16Hits33

21Blocked shots9

8Penalty minutes4

5Giveaways11

12Takeaways12

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VAN 2.72 xGPIT 2.62 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

VAN28 on goal, 4 scored

PIT35 on goal, 3 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	2	4	5	0	0	+1	0	20:54	1:59
J. Miller	C	0	3	3	1	2	0	+1	2	19:27	2:03
B. Boeser	RW	2	0	2	3	0	0	+1	0	19:08	2:11
I. Mikheyev	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-2	2	17:04	0:30
P. Suter	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	16:05	0:25
T. Blueger	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	15:46	0:00
D. Joshua	C	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	15:07	0:00
C. Garland	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	14:07	0:46
A. Kuzmenko	LW	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	13:32	1:41
N. Aman	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	11:38	0:00
S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	8:50	0:00
N. Hoglander	LW	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	8:19	0:00
F. Hronek	D	0	2	2	0	1	2	+1	2	21:44	0:17
Q. Hughes	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	23:25	2:11
T. Myers	D	0	0	0	2	3	2	-1	0	20:52	0:00
C. Soucy	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	20:23	0:17
I. Cole	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	-1	0	19:20	0:00
N. Zadorov	D	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	15:43	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
T. Demko	35	32	3	.914	62:56	Win
C. DeSmith	0	0	0	–	0:00

PIT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
S. Crosby	C	2	0	2	5	6	0	+1	2	25:30	5:30
J. Guentzel	C	0	1	1	8	2	0	+1	0	25:25	5:28
J. Harkins	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	9:03	0:00
R. Rakell	RW	0	0	0	2	4	0	+2	0	25:36	4:54
E. Malkin	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	20:44	5:32
B. Rust	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	18:50	3:06
D. O'Connor	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	15:28	0:00
L. Eller	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	13:59	2:33
J. Carter	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	13:28	2:27
N. Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	12:22	0:00
V. Puustinen	RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	9:42	2:13
R. Smith	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3:08	0:00
M. Pettersson	D	1	1	2	3	0	1	+1	0	22:36	0:16
K. Letang	D	0	1	1	3	6	4	+2	0	29:05	2:39
E. Karlsson	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	-1	0	25:04	5:22
R. Graves	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	14:37	0:00
P. Joseph	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	12:27	0:00
C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	11:41	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Nedeljkovic	9	6	3	.667	20:00
T. Jarry	20	19	1	.950	41:07	OT loss

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamDrew O'Connor VAN Faces PIT, his team until Jan 20251 SOG

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