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Game Recap
VGK2
FinalSat, Dec 23, 2023Every game that night
FLA4

FLA beat VGK 4-2, and the chances backed it up: 2.81 expected goals to 1.84. FLA outshot VGK 42 to 25. C. Verhaeghe led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). S. Bobrovsky stopped 23 of 25.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
VGK0202
FLA0224
  1. 2nd 1:21VGKM. Stone0.12 xG
  2. 2nd 8:58FLAS. Bennett0.05 xG
  3. 2nd 15:16FLAG. Forsling0.01 xG
  4. 2nd 19:37VGKP. Dorofeyev0.16 xG
  5. 3rd 6:10FLAC. VerhaeghePP0.04 xG
  6. 3rd 8:09FLAS. ReinhartPP0.14 xG

Team Stats

VGKFLA
25Shots on goal42
1.84Expected goals2.81
42Shot attempts81
165v5 shots on goal27
0/2Power play2/6
25Hits39
21Blocked shots11
37Penalty minutes41
4Giveaways11
4Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 1.84 xGFLA 2.81 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdVGK goal, 1:21FLA goal, 8:58FLA goal, 15:16VGK goal, 19:37FLA goal, 6:10FLA goal, 8:09

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, 2 scored
FLA42 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. StoneRW1012320021:162:20
P. DorofeyevRW1011000014:490:00
I. BarbashevLW0111000014:111:05
K. KolesarRW011031+156:540:00
J. EichelC0001220021:572:53
W. KarlssonC00010201018:332:22
J. MarchessaultRW000300-1017:532:54
C. StephensonC0002210017:321:37
N. RoyC0001100213:461:40
B. HowdenC0001110012:340:01
M. AmadioRW0001100010:591:05
P. CotterLW000311027:390:00
B. HuttonD011020-1218:251:30
A. PietrangeloD000214+11226:072:30
N. HagueD000333+1018:500:00
Z. WhitecloudD0001330218:270:02
A. MartinezD000201+1017:500:00
B. McNabbD000020-2216:380:01
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Patera42384.90556:47Loss
I. Saville000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. BarkovC0224410022:075:40
M. TkachukLW022552+11220:406:20
C. VerhaegheC112310+1017:514:58
S. ReinhartC1013200022:415:46
S. BennettC101360+11216:283:12
E. LuostarinenC000412-1018:192:31
E. RodriguesC0002000216:513:11
A. LundellC000010-1012:020:00
N. CousinsC000431-1011:290:00
K. StenlundC0000000010:240:00
R. LombergLW000120055:570:00
W. LockwoodRW000000005:560:00
B. MontourD022330+1020:335:53
G. ForslingD1015230019:140:13
A. EkbladD000120-11022:123:35
N. MikkolaD000030+1020:180:01
D. KulikovD000221-1016:530:00
O. Ekman-LarssonD0002210016:053:05
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky25232.92060:00Win
A. Stolarz000–0:00