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Game Recap
CGY2
FinalSat, Nov 30, 2024Every game that night
PIT6

PIT beat CGY 6-2, with the chances close: 3.49 expected goals to 3.16. PIT outshot CGY 43 to 32. K. Letang led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). K. Letang had 8 shots on goal against our projection of 1.9. A. Nedeljkovic stopped 30 of 32.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
CGY0022
PIT1236
  1. 1st 17:14PITA. Beauvillier0.04 xG
  2. 2nd 2:40PITM. BuntingPP0.01 xG
  3. 2nd 9:02PITP. TomasinoPP0.07 xG
  4. 3rd 5:25PITR. Rakell0.17 xG
  5. 3rd 7:59PITK. LetangPP0.05 xG
  6. 3rd 14:27CGYJ. Huberdeau0.18 xG
  7. 3rd 15:05CGYN. Kadri0.30 xG
  8. 3rd 18:23PITB. Lizotte0.05 xG

Team Stats

CGYPIT
32Shots on goal43
3.16Expected goals3.49
71Shot attempts71
245v5 shots on goal31
0/3Power play3/5
16Hits12
13Blocked shots23
20Penalty minutes6
10Giveaways13
14Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CGY 3.16 xGPIT 3.49 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdPIT goal, 17:14PIT goal, 2:40PIT goal, 9:02PIT goal, 5:25PIT goal, 7:59CGY goal, 14:27CGY goal, 15:05PIT goal, 18:23

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

CGY32 on goal, 2 scored
PIT41 on goal, 6 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CGY Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. HuberdeauLW1124010017:522:28
N. KadriC112610+2016:013:19
M. PospisilC011240+2215:183:23
M. BacklundC0002000018:532:59
Y. SharangovichC0002000018:142:23
A. KuzmenkoLW000000-1015:193:29
B. ColemanLW000011-3015:170:08
M. CoronatoRW0000100015:052:12
C. ZaryC000000-3214:532:56
K. RooneyC0001120211:590:08
R. LombergLW0001110010:100:07
A. KlapkaRW000122008:410:07
K. BahlD011200+1019:560:07
R. AnderssonD000421+11223:353:15
M. WeegarD0000140022:302:39
J. BeanD000410-2018:040:00
D. MiromanovD0001000015:350:20
B. PachalD000211-2214:520:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Vladar43376.86060:00Loss
D. Wolf000–0:00

PIT Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. BuntingLW123610+1013:333:45
B. LizotteC112101+2211:340:01
S. CrosbyC011401+1219:244:03
B. RustRW0112200019:093:54
R. RakellRW101205+1017:403:28
D. O'ConnorLW0113110014:350:00
P. TomasinoRW1014000014:233:50
K. HayesRW011100-1012:313:45
A. BeauvillierRW101232+2011:260:01
N. AcciariC000000-1015:560:00
E. MalkinC000301-1015:493:41
M. NietoLW000002-1011:430:00
K. LetangD123821-1025:214:17
M. GrzelcykD022201-1020:334:14
E. KarlssonD0003030021:433:31
M. PetterssonD0001220020:580:20
R. SheaD000102+2215:000:00
O. PickeringD000011+2013:240:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Nedeljkovic32302.93859:18Win
T. Jarry000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCGY 3.2, PIT 3.2CGY 2, PIT 6
Total goals6.38
Shots on goalCGY 31.5, PIT 31.5CGY 32, PIT 43
Win chancePIT 51%PIT won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
CGY N. Kadri3.160.82228%1
PIT S. Crosby2.941.10134%0
PIT B. Rust2.820.78130%0
PIT R. Rakell2.620.68127%1
CGY Y. Sharangovich2.520.68028%0
CGY M. Backlund2.520.54019%0
CGY M. Weegar2.400.60013%0
CGY B. Coleman2.200.56024%0
CGY M. Coronato2.200.47019%0
PIT E. Malkin2.230.87027%0
PIT E. Karlsson2.230.68013%0
PIT M. Bunting1.960.59322%1
PIT K. Letang1.980.54311%1
CGY R. Andersson1.940.60012%0
CGY M. Pospisil1.820.43113%0
CGY C. Zary1.800.54020%0
PIT A. Beauvillier1.720.36115%1
CGY J. Huberdeau1.740.72220%1
PIT D. O'Connor1.630.36116%0
PIT P. Tomasino1.640.45115%1
CGY D. Miromanov1.610.2908%0
CGY A. Kuzmenko1.500.64026%0
PIT K. Hayes1.210.29112%0
PIT M. Pettersson1.210.3704%0
PIT N. Acciari1.100.23013%0
PIT B. Lizotte1.110.29212%1
PIT M. Nieto1.000.22010%0
CGY K. Bahl1.020.2514%0
PIT M. Grzelcyk1.020.2724%0
CGY B. Pachal1.020.1303%0
CGY A. Klapka0.910.1609%0
CGY K. Rooney0.810.1408%0
CGY R. Lomberg0.810.1308%0
CGY J. Bean0.840.2306%0
PIT R. Shea0.610.1004%0

Shots on goal: 19 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.4 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.