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Game Recap
ANA1
Final/OTThu, Oct 31, 2024Every game that night
PIT2

PIT beat ANA 2-1 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 4.18 expected goals to 1.68. PIT outshot ANA 45 to 23. S. Crosby led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). E. Karlsson had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.6. A. Nedeljkovic stopped 22 of 23.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
ANA10001
PIT00112
  1. 1st 15:50ANAA. Killorn0.13 xG
  2. 3rd 1:47PITS. Crosby0.06 xG
  3. OT 2:35PITS. Crosby0.24 xG

Team Stats

ANAPIT
23Shots on goal45
1.68Expected goals4.18
50Shot attempts96
215v5 shots on goal37
0/2Power play0/3
27Hits17
26Blocked shots13
6Penalty minutes2
23Giveaways11
7Takeaways2

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

ANA 1.68 xGPIT 4.18 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdOTANA goal, 15:50PIT goal, 1:47PIT goal, 2:35

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

ANA22 on goal, 1 scored
PIT44 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

ANA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. KillornLW1012100017:311:55
C. GauthierLW011513-1014:441:51
T. ZegrasC0113020014:051:49
T. TerryRW0002010020:052:08
R. FabbriC0001110019:070:00
L. CarlssonC0001120018:512:11
F. VatranoRW000040-1215:492:06
I. LundestromC0000010014:040:00
M. McTavishC0000010213:192:12
R. StromeC0000110012:401:39
B. McGinnLW0000430012:070:00
B. LeasonRW0002110010:380:00
P. MintyukovD000223-1022:370:00
C. FowlerD000002+1021:400:00
B. DumoulinD0001120021:300:00
O. ZellwegerD000011+1019:192:14
R. GudasD000371-1018:010:03
J. LaCombeD000121-1215:381:52
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Dostal45432.95662:35OT loss
J. Reimer000–0:00

PIT Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. CrosbyC202601+2222:313:30
C. GlassC0111200014:230:00
R. RakellRW000640+1022:163:42
E. MalkinC000602+1021:533:57
L. EllerC0001100020:382:05
D. O'ConnorLW0001000017:490:00
M. BuntingLW000500-1014:372:17
N. AcciariC000331-1013:050:00
V. PuustinenRW0001010012:452:42
A. BeauvillierRW0003200010:140:00
K. HayesRW000000008:002:28
B. LizotteC000011005:390:00
E. KarlssonD011601+1023:443:05
M. GrzelcykD011110+1021:303:22
M. PetterssonD0001010023:500:13
K. LetangD000422+1022:192:39
J. St. IvanyD000011-1014:320:00
R. GravesD000002-1014:000:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Nedeljkovic23221.95762:35Win
J. Blomqvist000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreANA 2.8, PIT 3.7ANA 1, PIT 2
Total goals6.53
Shots on goalANA 27.5, PIT 35.8ANA 23, PIT 45
Win chancePIT 64%PIT won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
PIT S. Crosby3.361.28237%2
ANA F. Vatrano2.800.58026%0
PIT R. Rakell2.760.73027%0
PIT E. Malkin2.661.08032%0
PIT E. Karlsson2.660.85118%0
PIT K. Letang2.340.71015%0
PIT D. O'Connor2.310.51022%0
ANA T. Terry2.220.75027%0
PIT M. Bunting2.250.66022%0
ANA T. Zegras2.130.62121%0
ANA C. Gauthier2.150.40113%0
PIT L. Eller2.010.46019%0
PIT A. Beauvillier2.030.39015%0
ANA L. Carlsson1.910.53020%0
ANA A. Killorn1.920.57122%1
PIT C. Glass1.810.42115%0
ANA M. McTavish1.800.57020%0
ANA O. Zellweger1.700.3908%0
ANA R. Strome1.600.50016%0
ANA R. Fabbri1.610.51023%0
PIT M. Pettersson1.410.4606%0
PIT K. Hayes1.400.33013%0
PIT V. Puustinen1.410.38012%0
PIT M. Grzelcyk1.310.3416%0
ANA P. Mintyukov1.320.4408%0
ANA C. Fowler1.200.4908%0
PIT B. Lizotte1.200.33013%0
PIT N. Acciari1.230.26014%0
ANA R. Gudas1.130.2505%0
PIT R. Graves1.100.2306%0
ANA B. Leason1.120.25011%0
ANA B. McGinn1.100.23012%0
PIT J. Ivany1.000.1204%0
ANA B. Dumoulin1.010.2604%0
ANA I. Lundestrom1.000.27013%0
ANA J. LaCombe0.810.2704%0

Shots on goal: 14 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.