Game Recap: VGK 4, NYI 3 (SO), December 19, 2021

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Game Recap

VGK4

Final/SOSun, Dec 19, 2021Every game that night

NYI3

VGK beat NYI 4-3 in a shootout despite fewer good chances: 2.56 expected goals to 3.14. S. Theodore led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). R. Lehner stopped 29 of 32.

Scoring

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

1st 6:56VGKJ. Marchessault0.01 xG
1st 11:08NYIB. NelsonPP0.15 xG
3rd 5:46VGKS. TheodorePP0.04 xG
3rd 14:19NYIK. Bellows0.04 xG
3rd 17:40NYIJ. Pageau0.18 xG
3rd 19:12VGKS. Theodore0.01 xG

Team Stats

VGKNYI

34Shots on goal32

2.56Expected goals3.14

53Shot attempts48

295v5 shots on goal20

1/1Power play1/3

14Hits26

11Blocked shots11

9Penalty minutes7

14Giveaways10

3Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 2.56 xGNYI 3.14 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, 3 scored

NYI32 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Marchessault	RW	1	0	1	5	1	0	+2	0	20:23	0:00
R. Smith	RW	0	1	1	0	0	1	+1	2	19:42	0:00
C. Stephenson	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	19:26	1:12
M. Pacioretty	LW	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	5	16:20	1:12
W. Karlsson	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	+2	0	21:34	0:00
E. Dadonov	LW	0	0	0	3	1	0	-1	0	17:09	1:12
M. Janmark	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	15:18	0:00
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	3	0	1	-1	0	15:09	1:12
M. Amadio	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12:08	0:00
W. Carrier	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10:38	0:00
K. Kolesar	RW	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	0	9:45	0:00
B. Howden	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9:06	0:00
S. Theodore	D	2	0	2	5	1	0	+1	0	23:35	1:12
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	1	1	6	0	1	-1	0	29:50	0:00
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	+1	0	23:40	0:00
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	2	1	3	+1	0	22:42	0:00
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	-2	0	16:47	0:00
D. Coghlan	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7:14	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
R. Lehner	32	29	3	.906	64:19	Win
L. Brossoit	0	0	0	–	0:00

NYI Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
O. Wahlstrom	RW	0	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	15:05	3:28
B. Nelson	C	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	20:57	3:28
J. Pageau	C	1	0	1	4	2	2	0	0	18:05	1:43
A. Lee	LW	0	1	1	2	0	0	-1	0	16:36	3:28
Z. Parise	LW	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	12:33	1:43
K. Bellows	LW	1	0	1	2	2	0	+1	5	7:40	0:00
J. Bailey	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	21:57	1:43
A. Beauvillier	RW	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	21:07	1:43
C. Cizikas	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	15:37	0:00
R. Johnston	LW	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	15:35	0:00
C. Clutterbuck	RW	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	15:02	0:00
A. Czarnik	C	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	13:49	3:28
N. Dobson	D	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	23:49	4:15
A. Pelech	D	0	0	0	3	2	3	-2	0	24:33	0:00
S. Mayfield	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	0	21:33	0:00
Z. Chara	D	0	0	0	3	1	2	+1	2	18:06	0:00
A. Greene	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	+2	0	16:47	0:00
S. Aho	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	+1	0	14:57	0:56

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
I. Sorokin	34	31	3	.912	65:00	OT loss
S. Varlamov	0	0	0	–	0:00