Game Recap: VGK 4, NSH 5 (OT), March 26, 2024

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Game Recap

VGK4

Final/OTTue, Mar 26, 2024Every game that night

NSH5

NSH beat VGK 5-4 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 4.46 expected goals to 3.27. F. Forsberg led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). J. Saros stopped 31 of 35.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
VGK	3	1	0	0	4
NSH	0	1	3	1	5

1st 2:45VGKI. Barbashev0.04 xG
1st 5:08VGKB. Howden0.13 xG
1st 16:43VGKS. Theodore0.15 xG
2nd 14:33NSHM. Jankowski0.13 xG
2nd 19:03VGKW. Karlsson0.22 xG
3rd 5:52NSHR. O'Reilly0.13 xG
3rd 12:17NSHF. Forsberg0.87 xG
3rd 12:57NSHG. NyquistPP0.08 xG
OT 0:40NSHR. Josi0.57 xG

Team Stats

VGKNSH

35Shots on goal35

3.27Expected goals4.46

63Shot attempts66

345v5 shots on goal29

0/2Power play1/2

21Hits49

17Blocked shots20

2Penalty minutes4

5Giveaways10

4Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 3.27 xGNSH 4.46 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

VGK34 on goal, 4 scored

NSH33 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
W. Karlsson	C	1	1	2	3	0	0	+1	0	15:49	1:11
A. Mantha	RW	0	2	2	1	2	1	+1	0	15:15	1:23
J. Eichel	C	0	1	1	7	0	2	0	0	21:09	2:35
I. Barbashev	LW	1	0	1	1	3	1	+1	0	17:26	1:40
J. Marchessault	RW	0	1	1	1	1	1	+1	0	16:34	2:38
C. Stephenson	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	15:40	2:35
B. Howden	C	1	0	1	3	1	1	-1	0	14:07	0:03
P. Cotter	LW	0	1	1	2	1	0	+2	2	12:10	0:07
M. Amadio	RW	0	0	0	4	0	0	+1	0	14:00	0:00
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	13:50	1:02
P. Dorofeyev	RW	0	0	0	4	1	1	-1	0	13:45	1:04
K. Kolesar	RW	0	0	0	1	3	2	-2	0	11:41	0:00
N. Hanifin	D	0	1	1	0	3	1	+1	0	22:56	1:46
S. Theodore	D	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	22:03	1:45
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	21:13	0:04
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	2	3	1	+2	0	19:37	0:00
B. Hutton	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	0	16:22	1:12
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	0	15:43	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Patera	35	30	5	.857	60:40	OT loss
L. Thompson	0	0	0	–	0:00

NSH Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
F. Forsberg	LW	1	2	3	8	3	0	+2	0	19:36	2:28
R. O'Reilly	C	1	2	3	1	0	3	+1	0	18:44	2:29
G. Nyquist	RW	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	15:38	2:29
M. Jankowski	LW	1	1	2	2	1	1	+2	0	14:37	0:00
J. Zucker	LW	0	1	1	1	1	0	-2	0	14:15	0:00
L. Evangelista	RW	0	1	1	2	1	0	+1	0	13:20	0:01
C. Sissons	C	0	0	0	1	2	2	-2	0	15:01	0:00
T. Novak	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	14:00	0:00
C. Smith	RW	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	14:00	0:00
K. Sherwood	LW	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	2	13:36	0:00
M. McCarron	C	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	13:19	0:00
A. Beauvillier	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-3	0	10:38	0:00
R. Josi	D	1	0	1	7	1	3	+1	0	28:33	2:29
J. Lauzon	D	0	1	1	0	4	1	-1	0	20:33	0:00
R. McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	22:38	0:00
T. Barrie	D	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	2	17:19	2:29
L. Schenn	D	0	0	0	0	8	1	-1	0	17:07	0:00
M. Del Gaizo	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	15:06	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Saros	35	31	4	.886	60:40	Win
K. Lankinen	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamJonathan Marchessault NSH Faces VGK, his team until May 20241 A, 1 SOG
Old teamNicolas Hague NSH Faces VGK, his team until May 20252 SOG

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