Game Recap: VGK 2, PIT 5, March 11, 2022

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Game Recap

VGK2

FinalFri, Mar 11, 2022Every game that night

PIT5

PIT beat VGK 5-2, with the chances close: 3.88 expected goals to 3.14. VGK outshot PIT 42 to 33. J. Carter led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). T. Jarry stopped 40 of 42.

Scoring

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

1st 18:54PITM. Matheson0.08 xG
2nd 2:36PITJ. Carter0.43 xG
2nd 4:19VGKJ. Eichel0.20 xG
2nd 8:19VGKA. Pietrangelo0.13 xG
3rd 3:49PITM. Friedman0.06 xG
3rd 14:49PITB. RustPP0.06 xG
3rd 17:43PITE. RodriguesEN0.26 xG

Team Stats

VGKPIT

42Shots on goal33

3.14Expected goals3.88

61Shot attempts53

345v5 shots on goal19

0/2Power play1/3

29Hits34

14Blocked shots10

8Penalty minutes6

8Giveaways10

3Takeaways15

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 3.14 xGPIT 3.88 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

VGK42 on goal, 2 scored

PIT31 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Marchessault	RW	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	18:29	2:27
C. Stephenson	C	0	1	1	2	1	0	-1	0	19:11	1:23
J. Eichel	C	1	0	1	2	1	0	-1	0	18:49	2:37
M. Pacioretty	LW	0	1	1	0	2	0	+1	2	9:17	0:00
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	3	3	0	-2	0	15:45	1:29
W. Karlsson	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	15:27	1:29
K. Kolesar	RW	0	0	0	1	5	3	-1	0	14:13	0:04
M. Amadio	RW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13:26	0:00
E. Dadonov	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13:08	2:29
W. Carrier	LW	0	0	0	3	4	0	-1	4	12:50	0:00
J. Leschyshyn	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	11:50	0:02
J. Rondbjerg	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	11:16	0:00
A. Pietrangelo	D	1	0	1	5	1	2	0	0	24:24	1:33
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	3	2	2	+1	0	24:31	2:34
S. Theodore	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	-3	0	20:05	2:27
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	4	4	3	-2	0	18:46	0:00
D. Coghlan	D	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	2	16:39	1:26
B. Hutton	D	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	15:44	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Brossoit	32	28	4	.875	59:31	Loss
L. Thompson	0	0	0	–	0:00

PIT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
B. Rust	RW	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	18:13	3:06
J. Carter	C	1	1	2	3	1	1	+2	0	14:47	1:28
J. Guentzel	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	-1	0	20:01	3:04
S. Crosby	C	0	1	1	4	0	1	-1	0	19:44	2:52
E. Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	4	1	1	+1	0	15:12	1:47
B. Boyle	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	+2	0	13:26	0:00
V. Puustinen	RW	0	1	1	1	1	0	+2	0	10:14	1:06
B. McGinn	LW	0	1	1	1	1	1	+1	0	6:40	0:00
E. Malkin	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	+1	0	16:58	3:26
T. Blueger	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	15:28	0:05
Z. Aston-Reese	LW	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	14:51	0:00
D. Heinen	LW	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	13:21	1:32
K. Letang	D	0	1	1	4	5	1	+3	0	26:06	3:00
M. Matheson	D	1	0	1	2	1	2	+2	0	23:35	0:03
M. Friedman	D	1	0	1	3	1	0	+1	2	16:23	0:00
J. Marino	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	2	17:18	0:07
C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	17:00	0:00
M. Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	0	15:25	1:39

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
T. Jarry	42	40	2	.952	59:18	Win
C. DeSmith	0	0	0	–	0:00