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Game Recap
CAR3
FinalThu, Mar 20, 2025Every game that night
SJS1

CAR beat SJS 3-1, with the chances close: 2.75 expected goals to 3.02. F. Andersen stopped 24 of 25.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
CAR0123
SJS1001
  1. 1st 13:00SJSW. EklundSH0.10 xG
  2. 2nd 10:31CARS. Jarvis0.24 xG
  3. 3rd 4:58CARS. Aho0.10 xG
  4. 3rd 14:18CARS. Walker0.04 xG

Team Stats

CARSJS
29Shots on goal25
2.75Expected goals3.02
62Shot attempts54
275v5 shots on goal13
0/3Power play0/3
7Hits27
19Blocked shots20
6Penalty minutes6
14Giveaways18
2Takeaways1

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CAR 2.75 xGSJS 3.02 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdSJS goal, 13:00CAR goal, 10:31CAR goal, 4:58CAR goal, 14:18

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

CAR28 on goal, 3 scored
SJS24 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CAR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. JarvisRW101320+2018:372:52
S. AhoC101510+2018:212:46
T. HallLW011111+1417:042:23
J. BlakeRW011200+2017:022:46
J. StaalC0001110016:580:00
J. KotkaniemiC0001000016:011:37
J. MartinookLW0000100215:240:00
J. RoslovicC0000000014:441:31
L. StankovenC000201-1012:491:37
E. RobinsonLW0001010012:140:00
T. JostC000100008:540:00
M. JankowskiLW000200008:280:00
B. BurnsD011001+1022:091:37
S. WalkerD1011010019:361:37
S. GostisbehereD011315+1018:012:46
J. SlavinD000405+2021:440:00
J. ChatfieldD0001020018:180:23
D. OrlovD0001010017:360:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
F. Andersen25241.96060:00Win
P. Kochetkov000–0:00

SJS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
W. EklundLW101222+1020:214:03
T. DellandreaC011340+1015:550:00
A. WennbergC0001200019:554:10
W. SmithC0004000218:543:59
M. CelebriniC000202-2018:104:10
T. ToffoliC000431-2217:173:57
C. GrafRW000201-2014:391:50
N. KovalenkoRW0000300012:531:50
P. GilesRW0000120012:380:00
B. GoodrowC000102-1011:500:00
Z. OstapchukC000010-1210:490:00
C. GrundstromRW000251-1010:300:00
L. CagnoniD0001120023:154:10
V. DesharnaisD000142-1021:280:00
T. LiljegrenD0002020021:072:01
M. FerraroD000011-2017:580:00
S. MukhamadullinD000002-1017:231:50
J. SchuldtD0000000013:530:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
G. Romanov29263.89756:42Loss
A. Georgiev000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamDmitry Orlov SJS Faces CAR, his team until May 20251 SOG

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCAR 3.7, SJS 2.5CAR 3, SJS 1
Total goals6.24
Shots on goalCAR 32.6, SJS 25.1CAR 29, SJS 25
Win chanceCAR 67%CAR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
SJS M. Celebrini3.120.78026%0
SJS T. Toffoli2.640.66029%0
CAR S. Aho2.651.12137%1
CAR S. Jarvis2.530.94134%1
CAR B. Burns2.300.55112%0
CAR L. Stankoven2.120.51017%0
CAR J. Blake2.020.48120%0
CAR T. Hall2.010.64123%0
CAR S. Walker1.910.3118%1
SJS W. Smith1.840.62020%0
SJS W. Eklund1.720.63119%1
CAR S. Gostisbehere1.630.67112%0
CAR J. Slavin1.640.4709%0
CAR J. Kotkaniemi1.510.51019%0
CAR J. Roslovic1.500.53020%0
CAR D. Orlov1.510.4509%0
CAR J. Staal1.510.48017%0
CAR J. Chatfield1.410.32010%0
CAR J. Martinook1.400.47017%0
SJS C. Grundstrom1.420.22012%0
CAR E. Robinson1.310.39015%0
SJS C. Graf1.220.37015%0
SJS T. Liljegren1.120.2406%0
CAR M. Jankowski1.020.32015%0
SJS P. Giles1.000.1509%0
SJS S. Mukhamadullin0.900.3104%0
SJS A. Wennberg0.910.40013%0
CAR T. Jost0.910.2008%0
SJS M. Ferraro0.900.1805%0
SJS B. Goodrow0.810.20010%0
SJS T. Dellandrea0.830.1817%0
SJS N. Kovalenko0.700.29011%0
SJS Z. Ostapchuk0.600.1207%0
SJS V. Desharnais0.510.0901%0

Shots on goal: 23 of 34 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.