Game Recap: VGK 4, BOS 3 (SO), December 5, 2022

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Game Recap

VGK4

Final/SOMon, Dec 5, 2022Every game that night

BOS3

VGK beat BOS 4-3 in a shootout despite fewer good chances: 2.14 expected goals to 4.28. BOS outshot VGK 43 to 24. P. Cotter led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). L. Thompson stopped 40 of 43.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	SO	T
VGK	2	1	0	1	4
BOS	0	2	1	0	3

1st 1:36VGKP. Cotter0.19 xG
1st 5:04VGKJ. Marchessault0.04 xG
2nd 0:51VGKP. Cotter0.05 xG
2nd 13:46BOSB. Marchand0.19 xG
2nd 19:35BOSD. Pastrnak0.07 xG
3rd 3:08BOST. HallPP0.20 xG

Team Stats

VGKBOS

24Shots on goal43

2.14Expected goals4.28

48Shot attempts73

185v5 shots on goal29

0/3Power play1/4

28Hits35

13Blocked shots13

8Penalty minutes6

11Giveaways10

17Takeaways13

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 2.14 xGBOS 4.28 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

VGK23 on goal, 3 scored

BOS43 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
P. Cotter	LW	2	0	2	3	3	1	+2	0	15:49	0:13
M. Stone	RW	0	1	1	3	0	0	+1	0	21:05	3:20
W. Karlsson	C	0	1	1	2	2	0	+1	0	20:58	3:16
J. Marchessault	RW	1	0	1	3	1	0	+1	0	17:08	3:11
C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	+1	0	21:57	2:25
R. Smith	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	19:57	3:26
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	4	17:07	2:41
W. Carrier	LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	13:53	0:00
K. Kolesar	RW	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	2	13:17	0:09
P. Kessel	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	9:13	2:24
J. Leschyshyn	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	8:58	0:02
M. Amadio	RW	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	7:38	1:39
S. Theodore	D	0	2	2	4	0	1	+1	0	24:30	3:51
A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1	0	24:53	0:38
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	23:23	0:14
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	2	21:39	0:00
D. Miromanov	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	15:39	2:31
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	13:23	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Thompson	43	40	3	.930	64:57	Win
A. Hill	0	0	0	–	0:00

BOS Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
B. Marchand	LW	1	1	2	2	6	0	+1	2	22:02	4:40
D. Pastrnak	RW	1	0	1	5	3	1	-1	0	22:30	5:00
P. Bergeron	C	0	1	1	3	2	0	+2	0	20:31	4:24
T. Hall	LW	1	0	1	4	0	1	-1	0	16:29	2:17
D. Krejci	C	0	0	0	6	1	0	-2	0	20:32	4:18
J. DeBrusk	LW	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	18:10	2:30
C. Coyle	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	-1	0	17:16	0:00
P. Zacha	C	0	0	0	2	2	0	-1	0	15:34	1:22
T. Frederic	C	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	13:36	0:00
T. Nosek	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	9:31	0:00
N. Foligno	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9:14	0:39
A. Greer	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8:16	0:00
C. McAvoy	D	0	1	1	5	2	3	0	0	25:50	1:32
H. Lindholm	D	0	1	1	3	0	1	+1	0	25:33	1:31
B. Carlo	D	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	18:58	0:00
M. Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	17:34	0:00
D. Forbort	D	0	0	0	1	4	0	-2	0	16:22	0:00
C. Clifton	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	-1	0	14:39	0:02

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Swayman	24	21	3	.875	64:25	OT loss
L. Ullmark	0	0	0	–	0:00