Game Recap: VGK 3, WSH 2 (OT), November 1, 2022

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Game Recap

VGK3

Final/OTTue, Nov 1, 2022Every game that night

WSH2

VGK beat WSH 3-2 in overtime, with the chances close: 2.05 expected goals to 1.55. VGK outshot WSH 31 to 21. A. Pietrangelo led the way with 3 points (0 G, 3 A). L. Thompson stopped 19 of 21.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
VGK	1	0	1	1	3
WSH	1	1	0	0	2

1st 3:39WSHM. JohanssonPP0.17 xG
1st 18:55VGKJ. EichelPP0.06 xG
2nd 1:01WSHT. van Riemsdyk0.04 xG
3rd 14:04VGKW. Carrier0.15 xG
OT 1:35VGKS. Theodore0.14 xG

Team Stats

VGKWSH

31Shots on goal21

2.05Expected goals1.55

62Shot attempts54

255v5 shots on goal18

1/2Power play1/2

27Hits27

23Blocked shots26

6Penalty minutes6

6Giveaways5

8Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 2.05 xGWSH 1.55 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

VGK30 on goal, 3 scored

WSH21 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Eichel	C	1	1	2	2	0	0	+1	0	21:15	1:23
C. Stephenson	C	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	0	19:56	1:23
W. Karlsson	C	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	18:05	0:00
W. Carrier	LW	1	0	1	1	3	0	+1	0	10:36	0:00
M. Stone	RW	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	20:31	1:23
J. Marchessault	RW	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	2	18:38	1:17
R. Smith	RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	-1	0	18:29	0:00
N. Roy	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12:19	0:00
B. Howden	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	10:50	0:00
K. Kolesar	RW	0	0	0	0	4	1	+1	0	10:45	0:00
P. Kessel	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10:22	0:06
M. Amadio	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7:59	0:00
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	3	3	1	0	4	+1	2	22:53	1:23
S. Theodore	D	1	0	1	3	0	1	+1	0	23:10	0:00
A. Martinez	D	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	21:53	0:00
B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	20:17	0:00
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	-1	0	16:59	0:00
N. Hague	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	15:19	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Thompson	21	19	2	.905	61:26	Win
A. Hill	0	0	0	–	0:00

WSH Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
D. Strome	C	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	19:44	1:11
M. Johansson	LW	1	0	1	2	0	0	+1	0	20:01	1:28
A. Ovechkin	LW	0	1	1	1	4	1	-1	0	15:54	1:18
C. Sheary	LW	0	0	0	3	1	1	+1	0	17:45	0:00
E. Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	17:35	1:28
L. Eller	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	0	16:57	0:00
A. Mantha	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15:20	0:00
G. Hathaway	RW	0	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	14:43	0:00
N. Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	14:17	0:00
J. Snively	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	-1	0	12:43	0:00
A. Protas	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	10:43	0:00
B. Malenstyn	LW	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3:42	0:00
T. van Riemsdyk	D	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	20:18	0:10
D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	3	2	1	+1	0	24:50	0:00
M. Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	2	22:14	0:17
N. Jensen	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	21:09	0:00
E. Gustafsson	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	-1	2	18:21	1:28
M. Irwin	D	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	13:56	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Lindgren	31	28	3	.903	61:35	OT loss
D. Kuemper	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamNic Dowd VGK First game back in Washington, his team until Mar 20260 SOG
Old teamLogan Thompson WSH Faces VGK, his team until May 202419 saves on 21, the win

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