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Game Recap
CAR4
FinalSat, Nov 9, 2024Every game that night
COL6

COL beat CAR 6-4, with the chances close: 4.07 expected goals to 3.34. N. MacKinnon led the way with 4 points (1 G, 3 A). N. MacKinnon had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 4.1. A. Georgiev stopped 27 of 31.

Team Stats

CARCOL
31Shots on goal29
3.34Expected goals4.07
59Shot attempts55
205v5 shots on goal20
1/4Power play1/5
16Hits7
13Blocked shots10
8Penalty minutes8
7Giveaways9
1Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CAR 3.34 xGCOL 4.07 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdCAR goal, 9:02CAR goal, 4:37COL goal, 9:13COL goal, 10:57CAR goal, 12:26COL goal, 15:49COL goal, 16:42COL goal, 18:49CAR goal, 2:50

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

CAR31 on goal, 4 scored
COL28 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CAR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. MartinookLW213301+1014:550:02
M. NecasC112211-1017:573:01
S. JarvisRW022110-2015:463:26
A. SvechnikovRW011231-3021:153:26
S. AhoC011010-2020:292:57
J. StaalC0111000216:180:02
J. DruryC101310+1013:352:08
J. RoslovicC000300-1014:262:10
J. BlakeRW0000000011:562:08
J. KotkaniemiC0003010011:312:12
E. RobinsonLW0001400010:100:00
W. CarrierLW000021-129:040:25
S. WalkerD011401-1014:200:02
B. BurnsD000200-2025:032:32
J. SlavinD000104-2022:510:28
J. ChatfieldD000211+2219:430:00
D. OrlovD000221+2218:290:00
S. GostisbehereD000101-2014:283:01
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Martin28235.82158:23Loss
P. Kochetkov000–0:00

COL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. MacKinnonC134700+3026:194:38
M. RantanenRW213400+3225:024:43
A. LehkonenLW112520+3026:104:37
C. MittelstadtC0111000018:584:46
J. KivirantaLW000200-1012:570:00
I. IvanC0000100012:531:54
L. O'ConnorRW0000010012:350:04
N. KovalenkoRW0002000011:571:42
P. KellyC0000000011:530:00
T. TynanC000001-127:211:49
N. PrishchepovC000001-105:350:00
C. WagnerRW000001-105:310:00
D. ToewsD011201+2026:151:41
C. MakarD101401+2025:124:51
S. GirardD011101-1021:571:55
S. MalinskiD101112+1215:540:00
J. LudvigD011001029:510:00
J. MansonD0000300016:290:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Georgiev31274.87160:00Win
J. Annunen000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamBrent Burns COL Faces CAR, his team until May 20252 SOG
  • Old teamMartin Necas COL Faces CAR, his team until Jan 20251 G, 1 A, 2 SOG
  • Old teamSean Walker CAR Faces COL, his team until May 20241 A, 4 SOG
  • HometownJaccob Slavin CAR Plays in his hometown1 SOG

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCAR 3.3, COL 3.1CAR 4, COL 6
Total goals6.510
Shots on goalCAR 31.5, COL 28.9CAR 31, COL 29
Win chanceCAR 53%COL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
COL N. MacKinnon4.171.43439%1
COL M. Rantanen3.041.17338%2
COL A. Lehkonen2.650.84231%1
CAR S. Aho2.500.95132%0
CAR A. Svechnikov2.420.80126%0
CAR M. Necas2.420.74224%1
COL C. Makar2.240.88118%1
CAR S. Jarvis2.110.72226%0
CAR B. Burns1.920.50010%0
COL C. Mittelstadt1.910.75121%0
CAR J. Martinook1.730.43316%2
CAR J. Roslovic1.630.50017%0
CAR J. Kotkaniemi1.530.41015%0
CAR J. Slavin1.510.4207%0
CAR S. Gostisbehere1.510.57011%0
CAR D. Orlov1.520.4309%0
COL D. Toews1.420.4719%0
CAR J. Staal1.410.36114%0
CAR J. Drury1.430.35110%1
CAR W. Carrier1.400.29015%0
COL I. Ivan1.400.34015%0
CAR S. Walker1.440.2316%0
CAR J. Blake1.300.40016%0
COL L. O'Connor1.300.34013%0
COL J. Manson1.300.2907%0
CAR J. Chatfield1.320.3007%0
CAR E. Robinson1.210.33013%0
COL P. Kelly1.200.20010%0
COL J. Kiviranta1.120.22011%0
COL S. Malinski1.110.2815%1
COL C. Wagner1.100.1207%0
COL S. Girard1.010.3115%0
COL T. Tynan0.900.1408%0
COL N. Kovalenko0.920.34012%0
COL J. Ludvig0.600.1515%0

Shots on goal: 16 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 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.