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Game Recap
CAR2
FinalTue, Mar 4, 2025Every game that night
DET1

CAR beat DET 2-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.96 expected goals to 2.69. J. Martinook led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). F. Andersen stopped 24 of 25.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
CAR1102
DET0011
  1. 1st 18:59CARJ. Martinook0.13 xG
  2. 2nd 1:29CARJ. Staal0.03 xG
  3. 3rd 10:05DETE. Soderblom0.15 xG

Team Stats

CARDET
30Shots on goal25
3.96Expected goals2.69
77Shot attempts50
255v5 shots on goal17
0/2Power play0/3
23Hits33
11Blocked shots20
6Penalty minutes4
14Giveaways18
3Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CAR 3.96 xGDET 2.69 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdCAR goal, 18:59CAR goal, 1:29DET goal, 10:05

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

CAR30 on goal, 2 scored
DET24 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CAR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. MartinookLW112100+1015:510:00
J. StaalC101220+1015:560:00
S. JarvisRW0002100019:560:24
S. AhoC0002200019:451:34
M. RantanenRW0002110017:501:34
J. BlakeRW0004000015:441:38
J. KotkaniemiC0000220015:240:24
A. SvechnikovRW000241+1414:500:29
T. HallLW0004000014:070:33
J. RoslovicC000100009:231:36
E. RobinsonLW000130029:100:07
T. JostC000200007:590:00
J. ChatfieldD0112210019:330:07
S. GostisbehereD011311+1016:471:31
J. SlavinD0000020023:240:02
B. BurnsD0001010021:500:29
D. OrlovD0000120019:410:07
S. WalkerD000140+1016:500:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
F. Andersen25241.96060:00Win
P. Kochetkov000–0:00

DET Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
E. SoderblomLW1011100016:190:14
P. KaneRW000111-1220:283:14
A. DeBrincatRW000110-1019:583:16
V. TarasenkoRW000201-1019:040:51
J. CompherLW000202-1017:350:53
D. LarkinC000322+1017:033:16
M. KasperC0003210016:220:38
L. RaymondLW000200+1215:443:15
J. VelenoC000060-1013:480:00
J. BerggrenRW0001000010:520:38
C. FischerRW0001410010:080:00
T. MotteC000010007:020:00
S. EdvinssonD000123-1022:170:13
M. SeiderD0002710021:362:45
B. ChiarotD0001310019:160:00
E. GustafssonD0002130019:131:22
A. JohanssonD000123-1017:510:00
J. HollD0001010014:020:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Lyon30282.93357:22Loss
C. Talbot000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCAR 3.2, DET 2.8CAR 2, DET 1
Total goals6.03
Shots on goalCAR 30.3, DET 25.7CAR 30, DET 25
Win chanceCAR 55%CAR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
DET D. Larkin2.930.87031%0
CAR S. Aho2.821.07036%0
DET A. DeBrincat2.810.82030%0
CAR M. Rantanen2.721.09036%0
CAR A. Svechnikov2.620.82028%0
DET P. Kane2.510.82025%0
CAR S. Jarvis2.520.84031%0
CAR B. Burns2.210.44010%0
DET L. Raymond2.220.87027%0
CAR T. Hall1.840.54020%0
DET M. Kasper1.830.48018%0
DET V. Tarasenko1.820.53021%0
CAR J. Blake1.840.42018%0
DET M. Seider1.620.4907%0
CAR S. Gostisbehere1.630.53110%0
CAR J. Slavin1.600.4108%0
CAR J. Staal1.620.46116%1
CAR J. Martinook1.510.43216%1
CAR S. Walker1.510.2106%0
CAR J. Kotkaniemi1.500.42016%0
CAR D. Orlov1.500.3808%0
CAR J. Roslovic1.410.43017%0
CAR J. Chatfield1.420.2518%0
DET E. Soderblom1.310.38115%1
DET J. Compher1.320.50018%0
DET B. Chiarot1.310.2006%0
CAR E. Robinson1.210.31013%0
DET J. Berggren1.010.30014%0
DET J. Veleno0.900.24011%0
DET T. Motte0.900.1408%0
CAR T. Jost0.920.1808%0
DET E. Gustafsson0.920.3005%0
DET S. Edvinsson0.810.3209%0
DET A. Johansson0.710.2004%0
DET C. Fischer0.710.1807%0
DET J. Holl0.410.1202%0

Shots on goal: 24 of 36 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.