Game Recap: VGK 0, WPG 4, March 22, 2022

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Game Recap

VGK0

FinalTue, Mar 22, 2022Every game that night

WPG4

WPG beat VGK 4-0 despite fewer good chances: 2.71 expected goals to 3.98. VGK outshot WPG 42 to 26. N. Ehlers led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). C. Hellebuyck stopped 42 of 42.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VGK	0	0	0	0
WPG	0	2	2	4

2nd 6:16WPGP. DuboisPP0.33 xG
2nd 15:14WPGM. Scheifele0.03 xG
3rd 11:06WPGN. Pionk0.03 xG
3rd 13:51WPGN. Ehlers0.09 xG

Team Stats

VGKWPG

42Shots on goal26

3.98Expected goals2.71

68Shot attempts53

365v5 shots on goal19

0/3Power play1/2

26Hits32

13Blocked shots13

6Penalty minutes8

16Giveaways19

9Takeaways11

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 3.98 xGWPG 2.71 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, 0 scored

WPG26 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Eichel	C	5	0	1	0	0	19:04	3:32
C. Stephenson	C	2	4	0	-3	0	19:00	3:18
W. Karlsson	C	3	0	1	-2	0	18:38	3:37
M. Janmark	C	3	0	1	0	0	18:37	1:24
J. Marchessault	RW	2	1	0	-1	0	18:17	3:32
N. Roy	C	1	2	1	-1	0	16:25	1:24
W. Carrier	LW	6	1	0	-1	0	13:15	0:00
N. Patrick	C	0	2	0	0	2	13:15	1:29
K. Kolesar	RW	3	8	0	0	0	12:28	0:00
B. Howden	C	1	1	1	0	0	11:47	0:05
J. Leschyshyn	C	1	1	0	0	0	9:33	0:00
P. Cotter	LW	1	2	0	0	2	8:26	0:04
A. Pietrangelo	D	3	0	3	-2	0	25:52	1:26
B. Hutton	D	1	1	2	-1	0	22:59	0:05
S. Theodore	D	2	0	0	-1	0	22:55	4:07
D. Coghlan	D	6	1	2	0	0	21:50	1:02
D. Miromanov	D	2	0	1	-1	2	12:45	0:00
Z. Hayes	D	0	2	0	-1	0	10:16	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Thompson	26	22	4	.846	60:00	Loss
L. Brossoit	0	0	0	–	0:00

WPG Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
K. Connor	LW	0	2	2	2	0	0	+1	0	22:15	1:39
M. Scheifele	C	1	1	2	1	0	0	+2	0	18:50	1:39
B. Wheeler	RW	0	2	2	0	2	1	+2	2	18:22	1:39
N. Ehlers	LW	1	1	2	6	0	0	+2	0	16:29	0:00
P. Stastny	C	0	1	1	2	0	2	+1	0	17:21	0:00
P. Dubois	C	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	16:42	1:39
E. Svechnikov	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	15:29	0:00
M. Appleton	C	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	15:24	0:00
Z. Sanford	LW	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	12:07	0:00
D. Toninato	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8:40	0:00
J. Harkins	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6:52	0:00
A. Brooks	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5:11	0:00
D. DeMelo	D	0	1	1	0	1	2	+2	0	20:26	0:00
N. Pionk	D	1	0	1	4	6	0	+1	2	17:33	0:00
J. Morrissey	D	0	0	0	3	5	1	+3	0	23:28	1:39
N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	19:41	0:00
B. Dillon	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	19:34	0:00
L. Stanley	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	18:07	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Hellebuyck	42	42	0	1.000	59:29	Win
E. Comrie	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

HometownBrett Howden VGK Plays near home (born in Oakbank)1 SOG

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