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Game Recap
BOS5
FinalWed, Oct 16, 2024Every game that night
COL3

BOS beat COL 5-3, and the chances backed it up: 3.97 expected goals to 2.79. M. Rantanen led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). C. Koepke had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 0.8. J. Korpisalo stopped 22 of 25.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
BOS2215
COL1113
  1. 1st 13:46BOSC. Koepke0.06 xG
  2. 1st 15:07COLR. ColtonPP0.12 xG
  3. 1st 17:09BOSC. CoylePP0.23 xG
  4. 2nd 9:09BOSD. PastrnakPP0.17 xG
  5. 2nd 9:22BOSH. Lindholm0.01 xG
  6. 2nd 11:15COLC. MakarPP0.11 xG
  7. 3rd 4:52COLM. RantanenPP0.12 xG
  8. 3rd 17:59BOSJ. BeecherEN0.56 xG

Team Stats

BOSCOL
26Shots on goal25
3.97Expected goals2.79
59Shot attempts52
195v5 shots on goal17
2/4Power play3/3
35Hits35
14Blocked shots15
11Penalty minutes13
15Giveaways20
4Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BOS 3.97 xGCOL 2.79 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdBOS goal, 13:46COL goal, 15:07BOS goal, 17:09BOS goal, 9:09BOS goal, 9:22COL goal, 11:15COL goal, 4:52BOS goal, 17:59

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

BOS25 on goal, 5 scored
COL23 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. PastrnakRW1015100022:004:06
C. CoyleC1013210019:342:30
B. MarchandLW0111010016:202:42
C. KoepkeLW101470+3014:000:12
J. BeecherC101111+3013:230:00
E. LindholmC0001100019:553:58
P. ZachaC0003000019:283:47
T. FredericC0003700016:392:22
M. KastelicC000121+3016:210:55
M. JonesLW000140009:220:00
M. PoitrasC000000008:231:52
R. TufteLW000020046:540:00
H. LindholmD112111+1022:042:28
N. ZadorovD011011+2718:200:00
M. LohreiD0111000017:001:59
A. PeekeD011020+1015:340:00
C. McAvoyD0001010022:593:39
B. CarloD000047+2020:030:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Korpisalo25223.88060:00Win
J. Swayman000–0:00

COL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. RantanenRW123410-2421:451:41
N. MacKinnonC022132-2023:481:41
R. ColtonC101452-1019:361:41
C. MittelstadtC000311-1021:331:41
L. O'ConnorRW0000100018:460:00
C. RitchieC000000-1013:450:00
N. KovalenkoRW000240-1013:030:00
M. WoodLW0001000012:460:00
P. KellyC000131-1212:430:00
J. KivirantaLW0000500011:100:00
I. IvanC000000-106:290:00
M. StienburgC000030-154:360:00
C. MakarD123210-2027:281:41
S. GirardD0000140023:340:00
J. MansonD0003510019:180:00
O. KylingtonD000002-1217:350:00
C. de HaanD000212-1015:090:00
S. MalinskiD000210-1013:070:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Georgiev25214.84057:43Loss
J. Annunen000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreBOS 3.0, COL 3.3BOS 5, COL 3
Total goals6.38
Shots on goalBOS 26.7, COL 33.9BOS 26, COL 25
Win chanceCOL 57%BOS won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
COL N. MacKinnon4.911.49241%0
BOS D. Pastrnak3.851.15141%1
COL M. Rantanen3.441.21339%1
COL C. Makar2.721.03322%1
COL M. Wood2.210.33015%0
BOS B. Marchand2.210.83127%0
COL R. Colton2.140.52121%1
COL C. Mittelstadt2.030.74021%0
BOS E. Lindholm2.010.71025%0
BOS P. Zacha1.830.72021%0
COL J. Manson1.730.3509%0
BOS C. McAvoy1.610.63011%0
BOS C. Coyle1.530.58120%1
COL L. O'Connor1.500.35013%0
COL O. Kylington1.500.3109%0
BOS T. Frederic1.430.42018%0
BOS M. Jones1.310.29011%0
BOS H. Lindholm1.310.3926%1
COL P. Kelly1.310.23010%0
BOS N. Zadorov1.300.34110%0
COL S. Malinski1.220.3207%0
COL S. Girard1.200.3606%0
COL N. Kovalenko1.220.20011%0
BOS M. Kastelic1.110.28012%0
BOS M. Poitras1.000.40012%0
BOS B. Carlo1.000.2206%0
BOS J. Beecher0.910.29113%1
BOS M. Lohrei0.910.3417%0
COL C. Haan0.920.1604%0
COL J. Kiviranta0.900.1607%0
BOS R. Tufte0.800.22011%0
BOS C. Koepke0.840.2518%1
BOS A. Peeke0.800.1714%0

Shots on goal: 17 of 33 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 fewer 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.