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Game Recap
CGY1
FinalTue, Jan 14, 2025Every game that night
STL2

STL beat CGY 2-1, and the chances backed it up: 2.41 expected goals to 1.58. J. Binnington stopped 27 of 28.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
CGY0011
STL1012
  1. 1st 0:49STLC. Parayko0.05 xG
  2. 3rd 6:06CGYK. Bahl0.04 xG
  3. 3rd 11:11STLR. Faksa0.05 xG

Team Stats

CGYSTL
28Shots on goal25
1.58Expected goals2.41
64Shot attempts54
265v5 shots on goal21
0/2Power play0/2
20Hits20
13Blocked shots18
4Penalty minutes4
14Giveaways13
7Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CGY 1.58 xGSTL 2.41 xGGoal

00.511.522.51st2nd3rdSTL goal, 0:49CGY goal, 6:06STL goal, 11:11

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

CGY28 on goal, 1 scored
STL24 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CGY Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. PospisilC0114600015:301:58
J. HuberdeauLW0000010019:541:52
N. KadriC000300-1019:431:50
B. ColemanLW000231-1218:152:10
M. CoronatoRW000200-1017:571:51
Y. SharangovichC0001000017:491:54
M. BacklundC0003010017:151:59
J. PelletierLW0000000013:320:00
R. KerinsC0000100011:412:02
R. LombergLW0000110010:300:00
K. RooneyC0001000010:190:08
W. DuehrRW000132009:040:06
K. BahlD101331+1020:330:00
M. WeegarD000211-2025:362:05
R. AnderssonD000401+1024:371:56
J. HanleyD000202-2018:310:09
B. PachalD0000210213:510:00
J. BeanD0000010013:220:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Vladar25232.92058:01Loss
D. Wolf000–0:00

STL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. SchennC011040+1017:182:03
R. FaksaC101231+1014:230:00
A. ToropchenkoRW011132+1013:340:00
P. BuchnevichLW000300-1022:161:59
R. ThomasC0003000019:361:49
J. NeighboursLW0000020019:162:01
D. HollowayLW000120+1017:222:11
J. KyrouRW000211+1015:142:02
M. JosephRW000122+1011:490:00
O. SundqvistC000111-1211:051:57
B. SaadLW000200-108:320:00
A. TexierLW000310007:050:00
C. ParaykoD101413+1025:351:58
C. FowlerD011102+1025:052:06
T. TuckerD011010+1013:360:00
P. BrobergD000011-1020:040:00
J. FaulkD000003-1018:371:54
R. SuterD000100+1215:330:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Binnington28271.96460:00Win
J. Hofer000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCGY 2.8, STL 3.4CGY 1, STL 2
Total goals6.13
Shots on goalCGY 28.7, STL 29.5CGY 28, STL 25
Win chanceSTL 60%STL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
CGY N. Kadri3.330.77028%0
STL J. Kyrou2.920.91034%0
CGY M. Backlund2.430.47018%0
CGY B. Coleman2.420.56024%0
CGY M. Coronato2.420.51019%0
STL D. Holloway2.310.65025%0
CGY M. Weegar2.220.49011%0
STL P. Buchnevich2.030.84029%0
STL B. Schenn1.900.67123%0
STL R. Thomas1.930.96025%0
CGY Y. Sharangovich1.910.49022%0
CGY J. Huberdeau1.800.74023%0
STL J. Faulk1.800.5009%0
CGY R. Andersson1.740.4109%0
STL J. Neighbours1.700.49024%0
STL C. Parayko1.740.4019%1
STL B. Saad1.620.50023%0
CGY J. Pelletier1.600.36014%0
CGY M. Pospisil1.540.34111%0
STL C. Fowler1.310.4818%0
STL A. Texier1.330.38015%0
STL P. Broberg1.200.3307%0
STL M. Joseph1.210.32011%0
STL A. Toropchenko1.210.25113%0
STL R. Faksa1.020.26110%1
CGY K. Bahl1.030.2113%1
CGY B. Pachal1.000.1204%0
STL O. Sundqvist0.910.35013%0
CGY J. Bean0.900.1905%0
CGY W. Duehr0.810.1909%0
CGY K. Rooney0.810.1207%0
CGY R. Lomberg0.800.1107%0
STL R. Suter0.810.2203%0
STL T. Tucker0.700.1214%0
CGY J. Hanley0.620.1303%0

Shots on goal: 21 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 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.