Game Recap: VGK 4, MIN 3 (SO), April 3, 2023

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Game Recap

VGK4

Final/SOMon, Apr 3, 2023Every game that night

MIN3

VGK beat MIN 4-3 in a shootout despite fewer good chances: 2.23 expected goals to 2.88. P. Dorofeyev led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). L. Brossoit stopped 30 of 33.

Scoring

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

1st 9:59VGKK. Kolesar0.06 xG
2nd 3:36MINB. Duhaime0.12 xG
2nd 13:57MINJ. KlingbergPP0.04 xG
2nd 16:34VGKP. Dorofeyev0.03 xG
2nd 19:19MINM. Boldy0.14 xG
3rd 19:25VGKP. Dorofeyev0.14 xG

Team Stats

VGKMIN

26Shots on goal33

2.23Expected goals2.88

63Shot attempts64

175v5 shots on goal24

0/3Power play1/2

14Hits28

19Blocked shots22

8Penalty minutes10

3Giveaways9

4Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 2.23 xGMIN 2.88 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

VGK26 on goal, 3 scored

MIN33 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
W. Karlsson	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	+2	2	17:29	2:17
P. Dorofeyev	RW	2	0	2	2	0	1	+2	0	16:10	2:34
J. Eichel	C	0	1	1	1	1	1	+1	0	21:56	3:45
R. Smith	RW	0	1	1	4	0	2	+1	0	18:09	2:27
T. Blueger	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	-1	0	10:42	0:00
K. Kolesar	RW	1	0	1	1	1	0	-1	0	9:16	0:00
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	21:09	3:16
J. Marchessault	RW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20:57	3:45
I. Barbashev	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	17:22	3:33
B. Howden	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	4	15:04	0:00
P. Kessel	RW	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	14:04	2:08
M. Amadio	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	11:21	0:00
B. Hutton	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	-1	0	18:00	2:08
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	26:27	3:52
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	2	2	3	+1	0	21:44	0:14
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	1	0	5	+1	0	18:39	0:00
A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	18:11	0:00
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	0	16:17	0:01

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Brossoit	33	30	3	.909	62:29	Win
J. Quick	0	0	0	–	0:00

MIN Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Boldy	LW	1	1	2	3	1	1	-1	0	20:12	1:48
M. Zuccarello	RW	0	1	1	4	2	0	-1	0	20:23	1:48
M. Johansson	LW	0	1	1	1	0	0	-1	0	17:33	1:41
J. Eriksson Ek	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	-1	4	16:41	1:48
C. Dewar	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	+1	0	11:21	0:00
B. Duhaime	LW	1	0	1	3	3	1	+1	0	9:48	0:00
R. Reaves	RW	0	1	1	0	6	0	+1	0	8:45	0:00
R. Hartman	RW	0	0	0	3	0	2	-1	0	18:59	0:46
F. Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	18:26	0:46
S. Steel	C	0	0	0	3	1	1	-1	2	16:53	0:00
M. Foligno	LW	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	12:39	0:46
O. Sundqvist	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	12:33	0:46
J. Klingberg	D	1	0	1	4	0	1	+1	0	16:48	1:48
J. Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	-2	2	24:26	0:46
J. Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	23:21	0:07
M. Dumba	D	0	0	0	4	2	4	0	0	22:14	0:00
J. Middleton	D	0	0	0	3	2	3	-2	0	21:50	0:00
J. Merrill	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	14:08	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
F. Gustavsson	26	23	3	.885	65:00	OT loss
M. Fleury	0	0	0	–	0:00