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Game Recap
CAR1
FinalFri, Dec 20, 2024Every game that night
WSH3

WSH beat CAR 3-1, with the chances close: 2.65 expected goals to 2.95. C. Lindgren stopped 24 of 25.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
CAR0011
WSH1203
  1. 1st 19:17WSHA. Protas0.07 xG
  2. 2nd 16:11WSHJ. Vrana0.06 xG
  3. 2nd 19:33WSHC. McMichael0.10 xG
  4. 3rd 10:22CARS. Jarvis0.02 xG

Team Stats

CARWSH
25Shots on goal22
2.95Expected goals2.65
75Shot attempts45
185v5 shots on goal17
0/2Power play0/2
12Hits23
13Blocked shots27
4Penalty minutes6
13Giveaways6
7Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CAR 2.95 xGWSH 2.65 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdWSH goal, 19:17WSH goal, 16:11WSH goal, 19:33CAR goal, 10:22

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

CAR24 on goal, 1 scored
WSH22 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CAR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. AhoC011111-1019:132:58
S. JarvisRW1013000018:032:58
M. NecasC000300-1021:073:24
A. SvechnikovRW000310-2020:052:59
J. MartinookLW000100-1014:280:01
J. RoslovicC000100+1014:080:35
T. JostC0002100214:021:01
J. StaalC000030-1013:260:01
J. KotkaniemiC0000020012:420:47
E. RobinsonLW0000110011:390:00
W. CarrierLW000111-1011:240:01
J. BlakeRW0000100010:251:01
B. BurnsD011201-1019:221:02
J. ChatfieldD000321-1020:340:01
S. GostisbehereD0001040019:522:59
D. OrlovD000100-2019:330:01
J. SlavinD0000010019:310:13
S. WalkerD0003110217:400:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
P. Kochetkov22193.86456:46Loss
D. Tokarski000–0:00

WSH Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
P. DuboisC011202+1019:341:40
C. McMichaelLW101411+1019:142:18
A. ProtasLW101310+2018:000:01
A. MangiapaneLW011021+1015:051:35
T. RaddyshRW011010+1011:531:41
J. VranaLW101120026:480:00
H. LapierreC011001006:040:00
N. DowdC0000440018:080:02
T. WilsonRW000142-1218:082:09
D. StromeC000301+1017:092:20
B. DuhaimeLW0003200015:130:00
I. MiroshnichenkoLW000022009:521:33
M. RoyD011012+2021:080:18
M. FehérváryD011112+2020:100:00
J. CarlsonD000302-1023:082:23
R. SandinD0000110022:221:44
J. ChychrunD0001120216:502:16
T. van RiemsdykD000004+1015:140:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Lindgren25241.96060:00Win
L. Thompson000–0:00

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, WSH 2.9CAR 1, WSH 3
Total goals6.14
Shots on goalCAR 30.5, WSH 26.1CAR 25, WSH 22
Win chanceCAR 55%WSH won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
CAR A. Svechnikov2.530.79026%0
CAR M. Necas2.530.85026%0
CAR S. Aho2.310.95131%0
WSH C. McMichael2.240.56124%1
CAR S. Jarvis2.130.72126%1
WSH J. Chychrun2.010.49014%0
WSH T. Wilson2.010.58025%0
CAR B. Burns2.020.39111%0
WSH J. Carlson1.830.54011%0
WSH D. Strome1.730.86026%0
CAR S. Gostisbehere1.710.55012%0
WSH A. Protas1.630.51114%1
CAR J. Martinook1.610.44016%0
CAR D. Orlov1.610.38010%0
WSH P. Dubois1.620.58121%0
CAR J. Staal1.500.39014%0
CAR J. Kotkaniemi1.500.40015%0
CAR J. Roslovic1.410.44016%0
CAR J. Slavin1.400.3307%0
CAR J. Chatfield1.430.2609%0
CAR S. Walker1.330.2007%0
WSH J. Vrana1.310.35117%1
CAR E. Robinson1.200.38014%0
WSH A. Mangiapane1.200.39117%0
WSH M. Roy1.200.2615%0
CAR W. Carrier1.210.27014%0
WSH T. Raddysh1.200.29112%0
CAR J. Blake1.200.27014%0
WSH B. Duhaime1.130.21010%0
WSH N. Dowd1.100.34017%0
WSH I. Miroshnichenko1.000.2609%0
CAR T. Jost1.020.2108%0
WSH T. Riemsdyk0.900.2103%0
WSH R. Sandin0.800.3106%0
WSH M. Fehérváry0.810.1915%0
WSH H. Lapierre0.700.2719%0

Shots on goal: 17 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 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.