Game Recap: VGK 3, CAR 6, December 19, 2023

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Game Recap

VGK3

FinalTue, Dec 19, 2023Every game that night

CAR6

CAR beat VGK 6-3, with the chances close: 3.16 expected goals to 2.80. M. Bunting led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). P. Kochetkov stopped 30 of 33.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VGK	1	0	2	3
CAR	1	3	2	6

1st 10:27CARA. SvechnikovPP0.14 xG
1st 13:15VGKW. Carrier0.29 xG
2nd 4:36CARJ. Staal0.05 xG
2nd 10:11CARJ. Kotkaniemi0.09 xG
2nd 12:39CARM. BuntingPP0.26 xG
3rd 0:10CARS. JarvisPP0.18 xG
3rd 4:44CARB. Skjei0.06 xG
3rd 18:36VGKJ. Eichel0.05 xG
3rd 19:29VGKW. Carrier0.37 xG

Team Stats

VGKCAR

33Shots on goal39

2.80Expected goals3.16

52Shot attempts70

275v5 shots on goal28

0/4Power play3/3

21Hits13

12Blocked shots10

6Penalty minutes8

6Giveaways10

4Takeaways12

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 2.80 xGCAR 3.16 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

VGK32 on goal, 3 scored

CAR36 on goal, 6 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
B. Howden	C	0	2	2	1	2	1	+1	0	13:03	0:00
W. Carrier	LW	2	0	2	3	1	0	+1	0	12:25	0:00
J. Eichel	C	1	0	1	4	0	0	-1	0	19:09	4:49
M. Stone	RW	0	1	1	0	2	0	-1	0	17:01	4:40
M. Amadio	RW	0	1	1	2	0	0	+1	0	14:48	3:05
J. Marchessault	RW	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	19:10	4:44
C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:42	3:41
W. Karlsson	C	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	17:15	4:21
I. Barbashev	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	14:28	3:17
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	14:18	3:18
P. Dorofeyev	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	14:18	0:00
P. Cotter	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	12:30	0:00
N. Hague	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	17:04	0:00
B. McNabb	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	+1	2	16:47	0:05
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	3	5	3	-1	0	23:03	4:43
B. Hutton	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	+1	0	20:13	3:17
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	17:58	0:00
A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	2	1	3	-1	0	16:31	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Thompson	29	23	6	.793	44:44	Loss
J. Patera	10	10	0	1.000	15:12

CAR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
S. Aho	C	0	3	3	7	1	0	0	0	17:10	2:21
M. Bunting	LW	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	16:20	2:21
S. Jarvis	RW	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	17:57	2:21
A. Svechnikov	RW	1	0	1	4	5	0	-1	0	15:58	2:21
J. Staal	C	1	0	1	2	2	0	+2	0	14:50	0:00
J. Kotkaniemi	C	1	0	1	4	1	1	-1	0	13:54	0:00
J. Fast	RW	0	1	1	0	2	0	+2	2	11:26	0:00
J. Martinook	LW	0	1	1	3	0	0	+2	0	11:20	0:00
T. Teravainen	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	16:12	0:00
M. Necas	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	-1	2	14:11	0:00
J. Drury	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	13:17	0:00
S. Noesen	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11:40	0:00
B. Skjei	D	1	1	2	3	0	0	+1	2	20:13	0:17
B. Burns	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	20:55	2:04
J. Chatfield	D	0	1	1	2	0	3	-1	0	17:46	0:00
J. Slavin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20:12	0:00
B. Pesce	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	+1	0	19:52	0:00
D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	5	0	1	-1	0	18:53	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
P. Kochetkov	33	30	3	.909	59:54	Win
Y. Perets	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamWilliam Carrier CAR Faces VGK, his team until May 20242 G, 3 SOG

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