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Game Recap
CAR4
Final/SOThu, Apr 10, 2025Every game that night
WSH5

WSH beat CAR 5-4 in a shootout, with the chances close: 4.33 expected goals to 4.06. S. Jarvis led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). J. Blake had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.9. C. Lindgren stopped 30 of 34.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdSOT
CAR20204
WSH13015
  1. 1st 5:42CARL. Stankoven0.17 xG
  2. 1st 7:14CARJ. Blake0.16 xG
  3. 1st 18:06WSHP. DuboisPP0.14 xG
  4. 2nd 10:50WSHD. StromePP0.31 xG
  5. 2nd 16:51WSHN. Dowd0.48 xG
  6. 2nd 17:29WSHT. Wilson0.43 xG
  7. 3rd 4:42CARJ. Martinook0.02 xG
  8. 3rd 18:15CARS. Jarvis0.21 xG

Team Stats

CARWSH
34Shots on goal28
4.06Expected goals4.33
84Shot attempts55
265v5 shots on goal23
0/1Power play2/3
12Hits31
12Blocked shots21
11Penalty minutes7
16Giveaways24
2Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CAR 4.06 xGWSH 4.33 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdOTCAR goal, 5:42CAR goal, 7:14WSH goal, 18:06WSH goal, 10:50WSH goal, 16:51WSH goal, 17:29CAR goal, 4:42CAR goal, 18:15

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

CAR34 on goal, 4 scored
WSH27 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CAR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. JarvisRW112201+1218:381:10
S. AhoC011200+1018:461:10
J. BlakeRW1015010018:021:10
J. StaalC011221+1017:520:00
J. MartinookLW101411+1016:310:00
J. RoslovicC0110010016:030:50
L. StankovenC101210+2015:040:50
A. SvechnikovRW011142+2015:020:50
T. HallLW000110-1014:091:10
E. RobinsonLW0001100013:230:00
T. JostC000101+1012:490:50
M. JankowskiLW0000000010:550:00
B. BurnsD022001+2222:161:10
D. OrlovD0004000025:110:00
J. SlavinD000300+2023:230:00
J. ChatfieldD0002020519:260:00
S. WalkerD000321-1219:150:00
S. MorrowD0001000017:340:50
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
F. Andersen28244.85764:41OT loss
P. Kochetkov000–0:00

WSH Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
P. DuboisC1014100020:062:14
T. WilsonRW1014530020:052:46
C. McMichaelLW011101-1018:460:00
A. OvechkinLW011241-2017:544:09
D. StromeC101300-1016:554:04
N. DowdC1013330016:460:00
A. MangiapaneLW011221-1015:420:42
B. DuhaimeLW011222+1512:410:00
R. LeonardRW0002010016:350:41
L. EllerC0002300013:340:00
A. BeauvillierRW0000300011:590:00
T. RaddyshRW000000-1010:550:00
R. SandinD011112-3027:291:11
J. CarlsonD011100-1023:552:58
M. RoyD000011+1022:140:00
M. FehérváryD000120+2021:340:00
T. van RiemsdykD000003-2216:310:00
D. McIlrathD000043-2012:280:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Lindgren34304.88265:00Win
H. Shepard000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCAR 3.1, WSH 3.0CAR 4, WSH 5
Total goals6.19
Shots on goalCAR 29.1, WSH 25.2CAR 34, WSH 28
Win chanceCAR 51%WSH won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
WSH A. Ovechkin3.120.87136%0
CAR S. Jarvis2.420.71227%1
CAR S. Aho2.320.84130%0
CAR L. Stankoven2.120.43115%1
WSH T. Wilson2.040.67127%1
CAR B. Burns1.900.36210%0
CAR J. Blake1.950.46118%1
CAR T. Hall1.910.55021%0
CAR A. Svechnikov1.810.56120%0
CAR S. Morrow1.810.3206%0
CAR S. Walker1.730.2107%0
WSH C. McMichael1.710.49120%0
WSH P. Dubois1.740.67122%1
WSH J. Carlson1.710.5018%0
WSH D. Strome1.630.79124%1
CAR D. Orlov1.640.3509%0
WSH A. Beauvillier1.500.29013%0
CAR J. Roslovic1.500.45117%0
CAR J. Staal1.420.38114%0
CAR J. Chatfield1.320.2208%0
CAR J. Martinook1.340.40115%1
CAR J. Slavin1.330.3107%0
CAR E. Robinson1.310.33013%0
CAR M. Jankowski1.200.31016%0
WSH T. Raddysh1.100.25010%0
WSH L. Eller1.020.24011%0
CAR T. Jost1.010.2008%0
WSH A. Mangiapane1.020.34115%0
WSH M. Roy1.000.2705%0
WSH B. Duhaime1.020.23111%0
WSH N. Dowd0.930.30115%1
WSH T. Riemsdyk0.800.2103%0
WSH R. Sandin0.810.2915%0
WSH M. Fehérváry0.810.2405%0
WSH D. McIlrath0.300.1302%0

Shots on goal: 18 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 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.