Game Recap: WPG 5, VGK 4 (OT), January 2, 2022

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Game Recap

WPG5

Final/OTSun, Jan 2, 2022Every game that night

VGK4

WPG beat VGK 5-4 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 5.32 expected goals to 4.25. VGK outshot WPG 46 to 37. M. Janmark led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). C. Hellebuyck stopped 42 of 46.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
WPG	0	2	2	1	5
VGK	2	0	2	0	4

1st 13:05VGKM. Amadio0.04 xG
1st 16:59VGKE. Dadonov0.11 xG
2nd 2:19WPGJ. Harkins0.10 xG
2nd 2:39WPGK. Reichel0.08 xG
3rd 2:28WPGP. Stastny0.07 xG
3rd 4:16WPGA. CoppPP0.03 xG
3rd 13:37VGKM. Janmark0.14 xG
3rd 19:51VGKM. Janmark0.14 xG
OT 2:39WPGK. Connor0.12 xG

Team Stats

WPGVGK

37Shots on goal46

5.32Expected goals4.25

70Shot attempts84

255v5 shots on goal39

1/3Power play0/1

31Hits20

20Blocked shots21

0Penalty minutes6

5Giveaways10

11Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

WPG 5.32 xGVGK 4.25 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

WPG36 on goal, 5 scored

VGK46 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

WPG Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
K. Connor	LW	1	1	2	3	0	1	+1	23:24	3:32
M. Scheifele	C	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	25:07	3:24
P. Stastny	C	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	21:32	1:22
A. Copp	C	1	0	1	6	1	3	-1	17:34	3:24
J. Harkins	C	1	0	1	2	2	2	+1	16:37	0:00
K. Reichel	C	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	11:32	0:00
P. Dubois	C	0	0	0	3	1	0	-2	21:56	3:32
N. Ehlers	LW	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	19:12	1:22
A. Lowry	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15:00	1:14
K. Vesalainen	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7:06	0:00
D. Toninato	C	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	6:29	0:00
D. Gustafsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2:19	0:00
J. Morrissey	D	0	2	2	0	6	2	-2	21:53	1:14
D. DeMelo	D	0	1	1	0	3	2	-2	18:49	0:00
B. Dillon	D	0	1	1	0	5	3	+1	18:11	0:00
N. Pionk	D	0	0	0	3	2	1	+1	24:33	3:32
N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	18:49	1:14
L. Stanley	D	0	0	0	2	4	2	+1	16:50	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Hellebuyck	46	42	4	.913	61:43	Win
E. Comrie	0	0	0	–	0:00

VGK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Janmark	C	2	0	2	2	0	0	+2	0	16:49	0:00
M. Amadio	RW	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	11:49	0:03
N. Roy	C	0	1	1	2	3	0	+3	0	16:40	1:11
E. Dadonov	LW	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	15:49	0:49
K. Kolesar	RW	0	1	1	4	4	0	+2	0	13:13	0:00
B. Howden	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	-2	2	10:17	0:00
R. Smith	RW	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	0	20:03	1:11
J. Marchessault	RW	0	0	0	6	0	1	-1	0	19:36	1:11
C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	2	19:20	0:49
W. Karlsson	C	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	18:30	1:11
N. Patrick	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	10:46	0:46
W. Carrier	LW	0	0	0	2	3	2	+1	0	10:02	0:00
Z. Whitecloud	D	0	2	2	2	1	3	+2	2	18:29	0:00
S. Theodore	D	0	1	1	4	1	1	+2	0	25:24	1:11
B. McNabb	D	0	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	19:20	0:00
A. Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	2	0	3	-1	0	27:24	0:49
B. Hutton	D	0	0	0	2	0	3	-1	0	17:18	0:00
D. Coghlan	D	0	0	0	5	2	1	-1	0	13:42	0:49

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Brossoit	37	32	5	.865	61:10	OT loss
L. Thompson	0	0	0	–	0:00