Game Recap: VGK 4, TBL 5, December 21, 2023

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Game Recap

VGK4

FinalThu, Dec 21, 2023Every game that night

TBL5

TBL beat VGK 5-4, and the chances backed it up: 4.09 expected goals to 3.25. B. Point led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). A. Vasilevskiy stopped 30 of 34.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VGK	2	0	2	4
TBL	0	4	1	5

1st 11:40VGKJ. Marchessault0.03 xG
1st 16:58VGKI. Barbashev0.19 xG
2nd 8:25TBLA. Barré-Boulet0.01 xG
2nd 15:55TBLN. KucherovPP0.15 xG
2nd 16:28TBLB. PointPP0.19 xG
2nd 18:50TBLB. Point0.30 xG
3rd 5:31VGKJ. MarchessaultPP0.17 xG
3rd 9:44VGKP. Cotter0.05 xG
3rd 18:47TBLN. Paul0.07 xG

Team Stats

VGKTBL

34Shots on goal36

3.25Expected goals4.09

59Shot attempts72

245v5 shots on goal25

1/4Power play2/4

24Hits26

23Blocked shots14

18Penalty minutes18

12Giveaways6

4Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 3.25 xGTBL 4.09 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

TBL36 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. Eichel	C	0	2	2	7	0	1	0	0	22:08	4:02
J. Marchessault	RW	2	0	2	6	2	0	+1	0	16:58	4:00
P. Cotter	LW	1	1	2	3	3	2	+1	0	11:50	0:00
M. Stone	RW	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	21:29	4:02
W. Karlsson	C	0	1	1	3	0	0	+1	0	17:17	3:04
I. Barbashev	LW	1	0	1	1	4	1	+1	7	13:12	0:00
C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	15:17	1:15
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	5	13:11	0:17
B. Howden	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	-2	0	11:59	0:00
W. Carrier	LW	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	0	11:42	0:00
M. Amadio	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	11:38	0:00
P. Dorofeyev	RW	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	11:12	0:17
B. McNabb	D	0	2	2	2	1	2	+2	0	20:28	0:17
B. Hutton	D	0	1	1	3	0	2	+2	0	18:24	0:17
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	3	1	1	-2	2	22:44	4:01
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	2	4	2	-1	2	19:13	0:02
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	19:02	0:01
A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	0	15:52	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Patera	36	31	5	.861	59:07	Loss
I. Saville	0	0	0	–	0:00

TBL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Kucherov	RW	1	2	3	5	0	0	+1	2	18:36	3:56
N. Paul	LW	1	2	3	1	3	1	+1	0	17:53	3:17
B. Point	C	2	1	3	4	0	0	+1	0	17:26	3:56
S. Stamkos	C	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	20:54	3:52
A. Barré-Boulet	C	1	0	1	3	1	0	+1	0	7:51	1:05
C. Sheary	LW	0	1	1	0	1	0	+1	0	7:12	0:00
A. Cirelli	C	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	20:35	0:39
B. Hagel	LW	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	7	18:29	0:39
L. Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	14:02	0:00
T. Jeannot	LW	0	0	0	3	3	1	-2	0	12:33	0:52
T. Motte	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	11:29	0:00
M. Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-2	5	10:12	0:00
V. Hedman	D	0	3	3	4	1	0	+2	2	23:36	3:56
E. Cernak	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	+1	0	20:43	0:00
H. Fleury	D	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	2	19:56	0:00
D. Raddysh	D	0	0	0	2	3	1	-2	0	18:50	0:43
N. Perbix	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	+1	0	16:48	0:00
C. de Haan	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	16:39	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Vasilevskiy	34	30	4	.882	60:00	Win
J. Johansson	0	0	0	–	0:00