Game Recap: VGK 5, NYR 2, January 26, 2024

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Game Recap

VGK5

FinalFri, Jan 26, 2024Every game that night

NYR2

VGK beat NYR 5-2, with the chances close: 3.15 expected goals to 2.70. NYR outshot VGK 38 to 20. J. Marchessault scored three for VGK. A. Hill stopped 36 of 38.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VGK	1	2	2	5
NYR	1	0	1	2

1st 5:02VGKS. Rempal0.10 xG
1st 6:33NYRB. Wheeler0.03 xG
2nd 3:18VGKK. Kolesar0.00 xG
2nd 4:04VGKJ. Marchessault0.06 xG
3rd 2:11VGKJ. Marchessault0.09 xG
3rd 18:55NYRK. Kakko0.44 xG
3rd 19:31VGKJ. MarchessaultEN0.77 xG

Team Stats

VGKNYR

20Shots on goal38

3.15Expected goals2.70

41Shot attempts78

185v5 shots on goal29

0/2Power play0/2

13Hits29

24Blocked shots10

4Penalty minutes4

6Giveaways12

7Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 3.15 xGNYR 2.70 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

VGK20 on goal, 5 scored

NYR37 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
I. Barbashev	LW	0	3	3	3	0	0	+2	0	15:37	2:16
J. Marchessault	RW	3	0	3	3	1	1	+1	0	15:35	1:34
N. Roy	C	0	2	2	2	0	1	+2	2	16:42	2:12
P. Cotter	LW	0	1	1	0	0	1	+1	0	15:01	2:26
S. Rempal	RW	1	0	1	3	0	0	+1	0	12:01	2:02
K. Kolesar	RW	1	0	1	1	2	1	+1	0	10:41	0:00
C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	21:32	1:48
M. Stone	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	21:03	1:36
B. Howden	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1	0	16:16	0:00
J. Rondbjerg	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1	+1	0	12:53	0:00
P. Dorofeyev	RW	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	11:15	1:41
B. Froese	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	10:44	0:00
B. McNabb	D	0	1	1	1	2	4	+2	0	21:16	0:25
N. Hague	D	0	1	1	0	2	2	+1	0	16:52	0:00
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	22:57	2:12
A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20:30	1:48
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	0	4	4	+2	0	18:44	0:00
K. Korczak	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	+1	0	16:21	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Hill	38	36	2	.947	60:00	Win
L. Thompson	0	0	0	–	0:00

NYR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
B. Wheeler	RW	1	1	2	4	0	0	+1	0	15:22	1:13
K. Kakko	RW	1	0	1	1	0	0	-1	0	12:28	1:15
A. Panarin	LW	0	0	0	4	2	0	-1	0	22:03	3:10
V. Trocheck	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	0	21:28	2:44
M. Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	+1	2	20:27	3:14
C. Kreider	LW	0	0	0	5	1	0	+1	0	19:15	2:47
A. Lafrenière	LW	0	0	0	3	0	0	-1	0	18:36	0:50
J. Brodzinski	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	2	13:38	0:46
J. Vesey	LW	0	0	0	3	1	0	-2	0	11:59	0:00
B. Goodrow	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-2	0	11:24	0:00
T. Pitlick	C	0	0	0	2	5	0	-2	0	11:01	0:00
W. Cuylle	LW	0	0	0	1	5	0	-1	0	9:46	0:00
A. Fox	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	-1	0	27:18	2:45
J. Trouba	D	0	1	1	6	4	0	0	0	22:34	1:16
E. Gustafsson	D	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	21:08	0:00
K. Miller	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	-2	0	24:33	0:00
B. Schneider	D	0	0	0	0	4	3	-2	0	14:35	0:00
R. Lindgren	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	2:35	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
I. Shesterkin	19	15	4	.789	55:50	Loss
J. Quick	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamPavel Dorofeyev NYR First game against VGK since he left (his team until Jun 2026)4 SOG

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