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Game Recap
ANA0
FinalSat, Jan 18, 2025Every game that night
FLA3

FLA beat ANA 3-0, and the chances backed it up: 3.67 expected goals to 2.14. FLA outshot ANA 45 to 34. F. Vatrano had 9 shots on goal against our projection of 2.7. S. Knight stopped 34 of 34.

Team Stats

ANAFLA
34Shots on goal45
2.14Expected goals3.67
59Shot attempts75
225v5 shots on goal37
0/2Power play0/2
14Hits21
15Blocked shots15
4Penalty minutes17
8Giveaways11
9Takeaways2

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

ANA 2.14 xGFLA 3.67 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdFLA goal, 11:22FLA goal, 4:43

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

ANA32 on goal, 0 scored
FLA44 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

ANA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. TerryRW000100-1022:394:11
F. VatranoRW000902-1022:124:05
R. StromeC000200-1221:234:02
A. KillornLW000210-2019:392:50
M. McTavishC000400-2018:374:11
R. FabbriC0001000017:412:53
L. CarlssonC000001-2016:062:46
C. GauthierLW0001100013:022:49
N. NesterenkoC0001100010:450:02
J. HarkinsC000201-109:370:00
R. JohnstonLW000021007:190:00
I. LundestromC000000004:250:02
J. LaCombeD000514-2024:564:16
J. TroubaD000121-1219:530:05
R. GudasD000322-1019:120:06
O. ZellwegerD000111-1018:012:39
P. MintyukovD0000210016:030:03
B. DumoulinD000111-1015:510:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Gibson44422.95558:39Loss
L. Dostal000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. LundellC101201+2015:301:00
J. BoqvistC101230+2013:570:00
T. NosekLW011010+109:200:00
A. BarkovC0003000020:352:41
M. TkachukLW0003010020:293:00
E. RodriguesC000310+1019:042:48
M. SamoskevichRW0004300016:451:09
E. LuostarinenC000202+1216:411:00
S. BennettC0006100016:331:14
C. VerhaegheC000500+1013:362:46
A. GreerLW000131+109:220:00
S. ReinhartC0000000154:340:00
G. ForslingD101502+1025:510:05
D. KulikovD0110220022:180:00
N. SchmidtD0004220021:312:51
N. MikkolaD000310+2021:190:12
U. BalinskisD000013+1013:451:14
T. BjornfotD000231+2011:520:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Knight343401.00059:58Win
S. Bobrovsky000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamA.J. Greer ANA First game back in South Florida, his team until Apr 20261 SOG
  • Old teamDmitry Kulikov FLA Faces ANA, his team until Feb 20231 A, 0 SOG
  • Old teamRadko Gudas FLA Faces ANA, his team until Apr 20263 SOG

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreANA 2.5, FLA 3.5ANA 0, FLA 3
Total goals6.03
Shots on goalANA 25.4, FLA 34.7ANA 34, FLA 45
Win chanceFLA 67%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA M. Tkachuk3.231.18034%0
FLA S. Reinhart3.001.15045%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.950.87033%0
FLA S. Bennett2.860.72028%0
FLA G. Forsling2.750.52114%1
ANA F. Vatrano2.790.56026%0
FLA A. Barkov2.631.20033%0
ANA T. Terry2.310.73027%0
FLA A. Lundell2.020.63119%1
FLA E. Rodrigues1.830.47017%0
ANA M. McTavish1.740.49019%0
ANA A. Killorn1.720.51022%0
ANA C. Gauthier1.610.38013%0
ANA J. LaCombe1.650.4009%0
ANA J. Trouba1.610.2805%0
ANA O. Zellweger1.610.2706%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.600.2906%0
ANA R. Strome1.520.50016%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.530.2606%0
ANA R. Fabbri1.410.41020%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.440.33015%0
ANA L. Carlsson1.400.40017%0
ANA N. Nesterenko1.310.21011%0
FLA D. Kulikov1.300.2816%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.320.42016%0
ANA R. Gudas1.330.2404%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.240.3207%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.220.41117%1
ANA P. Mintyukov1.100.3005%0
ANA B. Dumoulin0.910.2304%0
FLA A. Greer0.910.1808%0
ANA J. Harkins0.920.1607%0
ANA I. Lundestrom0.800.21011%0
FLA T. Bjornfot0.820.1102%0
FLA T. Nosek0.800.1816%0
ANA R. Johnston0.400.1004%0

Shots on goal: 17 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.6 more than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.