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Game Recap
VGK4
LAK3
VGK beat LAK 4-3 in a shootout, and the chances backed it up: 5.44 expected goals to 4.31. LAK outshot VGK 40 to 30. L. Thompson stopped 37 of 40.
Scoring
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | SO | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| LAK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
- 1st 13:11LAKA. Laferriere0.05 xG
- 2nd 4:54LAKT. Lewis0.44 xG
- 2nd 7:36VGKM. Amadio0.48 xG
- 2nd 12:57VGKW. Carrier0.23 xG
- 3rd 6:26VGKM. StonePP0.17 xG
- 3rd 18:57LAKD. Doughty0.05 xG
Team Stats
VGKLAK
30Shots on goal40
5.44Expected goals4.31
62Shot attempts91
225v5 shots on goal30
1/3Power play0/4
23Hits20
24Blocked shots11
11Penalty minutes11
6Giveaways5
5Takeaways5
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.
Expected Goals Over the Game
VGK 5.44 xGLAK 4.31 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
GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance
Box Score
VGK Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Stone | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:13 | 4:03 |
| W. Karlsson | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:25 | 1:18 |
| J. Marchessault | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:47 | 2:03 |
| M. Amadio | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:14 | 0:00 |
| W. Carrier | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:45 | 0:00 |
| J. Eichel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 22:59 | 4:03 |
| C. Stephenson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:36 | 3:31 |
| I. Barbashev | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:44 | 0:46 |
| P. Cotter | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:09 | 0:46 |
| B. Howden | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:50 | 0:00 |
| P. Dorofeyev | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:44 | 0:37 |
| K. Kolesar | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 | 0:00 |
| S. Theodore | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 25:13 | 4:03 |
| A. Pietrangelo | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28:37 | 0:46 |
| A. Martinez | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | +1 | 0 | 22:18 | 0:09 |
| B. McNabb | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:53 | 0:00 |
| N. Hague | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 14:44 | 0:00 |
| B. Pachal | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 9:54 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Thompson | 40 | 37 | 3 | .925 | 65:00 | Win |
| A. Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |
LAK Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Kempe | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:22 | 4:28 |
| K. Fiala | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:15 | 4:35 |
| P. Dubois | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:49 | 4:13 |
| A. Laferriere | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:47 | 0:00 |
| T. Lewis | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:35 | 0:00 |
| B. Lizotte | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 9:46 | 0:24 |
| A. Kopitar | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:47 | 4:18 |
| P. Danault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:55 | 3:24 |
| T. Moore | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:39 | 3:22 |
| Q. Byfield | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:00 | 3:01 |
| A. Kaliyev | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:46 | 3:19 |
| C. Grundstrom | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 9:10 | 0:20 |
| D. Doughty | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 26:27 | 4:20 |
| M. Roy | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:28 | 0:22 |
| M. Anderson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 21:45 | 0:06 |
| V. Gavrikov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:55 | 0:31 |
| J. Spence | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:18 | 3:17 |
| A. Englund | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 9:47 | 0:00 |
Storylines That Played Out
As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.