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Game Recap
VGK3
FinalThu, Mar 23, 2023Every game that night
CGY2

VGK beat CGY 3-2, with the chances close: 3.36 expected goals to 3.03. CGY outshot VGK 44 to 32. L. Thompson stopped 37 of 39.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
VGK2013
CGY1012
  1. 1st 11:43VGKJ. Marchessault0.06 xG
  2. 1st 15:23VGKM. Amadio0.03 xG
  3. 1st 19:02CGYM. Lucic0.10 xG
  4. 3rd 5:19VGKN. Roy0.25 xG
  5. 3rd 12:33CGYN. KadriPP0.01 xG

Team Stats

VGKCGY
32Shots on goal44
3.36Expected goals3.03
60Shot attempts84
315v5 shots on goal37
0/1Power play1/2
12Hits25
32Blocked shots15
4Penalty minutes2
9Giveaways10
5Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 3.36 xGCGY 3.03 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdVGK goal, 11:43VGK goal, 15:23CGY goal, 19:02VGK goal, 5:19CGY goal, 12:33

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
CGY42 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. StephensonC011502+1018:360:46
J. EichelC0111010018:281:05
N. RoyC101212+1016:320:43
I. BarbashevLW0111100016:310:00
J. MarchessaultRW1015100014:240:44
P. KesselRW011201+1013:320:55
M. AmadioRW101210+1011:500:00
W. KarlssonC0003130016:051:17
P. DorofeyevRW0003000015:090:53
T. BluegerC000010+1212:460:00
B. HowdenC000331+1012:300:00
R. SmithRW0001000011:391:16
A. PietrangeloD011002+1021:011:07
S. TheodoreD011115+1218:390:53
A. MartinezD000115+1020:030:00
B. McNabbD000004+1019:410:00
Z. WhitecloudD0001040019:400:00
N. HagueD0001120019:180:21
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Thompson39372.94953:53Win
J. Quick5501.0006:07

CGY Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. HuberdeauLW011200-1017:561:51
N. KadriC101720-1015:571:52
M. LucicLW1011000010:250:00
W. DuehrRW0111300010:160:00
M. BacklundC000312-1019:361:45
E. LindholmC0000120018:101:44
A. MangiapaneLW0005000018:091:49
T. ToffoliC0005100017:331:46
B. ColemanLW000021-1017:070:00
D. DubeC000420-1014:391:47
N. RitchieLW000232-1014:001:50
T. LewisC0002300010:230:00
M. WeegarD011434-2023:171:42
R. AnderssonD000101-1023:231:54
N. HanifinD000301-1022:330:00
N. ZadorovD000232-1020:380:00
T. StecherD000200+1213:520:00
D. GilbertD0000100012:260:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Markstrom32293.90657:40Loss
D. Vladar000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamRasmus Andersson VGK First game back in Calgary, his team until Jan 20261 SOG
  • Old teamNoah Hanifin VGK Faces CGY, his team until Mar 20243 SOG

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