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Game Recap
ANA1
FinalWed, Dec 11, 2024Every game that night
OTT5

OTT beat ANA 5-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.94 expected goals to 1.98. D. Batherson scored three for OTT. B. Leason had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.5. L. Ullmark stopped 31 of 32.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
ANA0011
OTT3115
  1. 1st 2:55OTTN. Gregor0.37 xG
  2. 1st 11:15OTTD. BathersonPP0.17 xG
  3. 1st 18:25OTTD. BathersonPP0.47 xG
  4. 2nd 10:30OTTD. Batherson0.01 xG
  5. 3rd 8:58OTTB. TkachukPP0.18 xG
  6. 3rd 12:42ANAC. Gauthier0.13 xG

Team Stats

ANAOTT
32Shots on goal34
1.98Expected goals3.94
53Shot attempts62
225v5 shots on goal22
0/5Power play3/5
37Hits23
15Blocked shots12
25Penalty minutes15
14Giveaways12
3Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

ANA 1.98 xGOTT 3.94 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdOTT goal, 2:55OTT goal, 11:15OTT goal, 18:25OTT goal, 10:30OTT goal, 8:58ANA goal, 12:42

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, 1 scored
OTT32 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

ANA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. GauthierLW101410+1018:304:15
M. McTavishC011130+1017:414:03
T. TerryRW000200-1019:135:06
R. StromeC000501-1018:555:59
F. VatranoRW000351-1018:505:11
A. KillornLW0000110216:395:00
B. LeasonRW0005200215:373:17
B. McGinnLW000151+1015:110:00
L. CarlssonC0000200013:354:22
I. LundestromC000011-1012:090:00
J. HarkinsC000131-1010:100:00
R. JohnstonLW000010-1126:280:00
B. DumoulinD0000300020:520:00
P. MintyukovD000123+1220:264:22
O. ZellwegerD0004210018:034:35
J. TroubaD000022-1017:490:05
C. FowlerD000403-2017:190:05
R. GudasD0001400716:320:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Gibson34295.85359:22Loss
L. Dostal000–0:00

OTT Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. BathersonRW3145200015:333:42
T. StützleC0220100016:143:45
B. TkachukLW1123200016:073:50
J. NorrisC011302+1217:542:23
N. GregorLW101110+108:550:00
Z. OstapchukC011020+105:410:00
S. PintoC000222-1019:290:46
C. GirouxRW0002200217:433:00
M. AmadioRW0003000216:060:00
A. GaudetteRW0001200013:531:28
N. CousinsC0004300013:360:00
R. GreigC000221+1213:131:33
N. JensenD011104+1024:440:14
J. SandersonD0112110021:334:05
T. ChabotD000301+1223:551:44
T. KlevenD0002110016:160:00
T. HamonicD0000000515:130:00
J. Bernard-DockerD0000200013:550:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Ullmark32311.96960:00Win
A. Forsberg000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreANA 2.7, OTT 3.5ANA 1, OTT 5
Total goals6.26
Shots on goalANA 25.6, OTT 34.4ANA 32, OTT 34
Win chanceOTT 62%OTT won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
OTT B. Tkachuk4.431.07237%1
ANA F. Vatrano3.330.69031%0
OTT D. Batherson2.650.98430%3
ANA T. Terry2.520.86030%0
OTT T. Stützle2.501.16232%0
OTT T. Chabot2.430.60013%0
OTT J. Norris2.330.77135%0
OTT J. Sanderson2.220.54110%0
OTT S. Pinto2.120.50020%0
OTT C. Giroux2.120.82027%0
ANA A. Killorn1.900.59024%0
ANA R. Strome1.750.56019%0
ANA O. Zellweger1.740.3909%0
ANA C. Gauthier1.740.43114%1
ANA M. McTavish1.710.56121%0
OTT N. Cousins1.640.32013%0
OTT A. Gaudette1.610.43021%0
OTT M. Amadio1.630.44021%0
OTT N. Gregor1.510.25112%1
ANA B. Leason1.550.39016%0
ANA J. Trouba1.500.3106%0
OTT T. Hamonic1.500.2107%0
ANA L. Carlsson1.400.45018%0
OTT N. Jensen1.310.3316%0
OTT R. Greig1.320.37015%0
ANA P. Mintyukov1.210.4108%0
OTT T. Kleven1.120.1604%0
ANA R. Gudas1.110.2505%0
ANA C. Fowler1.040.4608%0
ANA I. Lundestrom1.000.29014%0
ANA B. McGinn1.010.25013%0
ANA B. Dumoulin1.000.2705%0
ANA J. Harkins0.810.1808%0
OTT J. Bernard-Docker0.800.1805%0
OTT Z. Ostapchuk0.600.1318%0
ANA R. Johnston0.500.1405%0

Shots on goal: 21 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 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.