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Game Recap
CGY3
FinalSat, Jan 18, 2025Every game that night
WPG1

CGY beat WPG 3-1 despite fewer good chances: 1.28 expected goals to 3.94. WPG outshot CGY 39 to 22. B. Coleman led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). M. Scheifele had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.0. D. Wolf stopped 38 of 39.

Team Stats

CGYWPG
22Shots on goal39
1.28Expected goals3.94
43Shot attempts84
165v5 shots on goal31
1/2Power play0/2
25Hits11
21Blocked shots17
4Penalty minutes4
23Giveaways20
5Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CGY 1.28 xGWPG 3.94 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdCGY goal, 13:32CGY goal, 15:14WPG goal, 2:15

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

CGY21 on goal, 2 scored
WPG39 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CGY Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. ColemanLW123420+1020:041:32
M. CoronatoRW101200+1017:571:26
A. KuzmenkoLW1011010013:291:32
R. KerinsC0110110011:481:32
M. BacklundC000321+1019:211:32
N. KadriC0001000418:571:37
J. HuberdeauLW0002050018:061:37
Y. SharangovichC0001000014:181:26
M. PospisilC0001110014:070:11
J. PelletierLW0000200012:140:00
R. LombergLW000030009:320:00
K. RooneyC000151008:490:00
M. WeegarD000241+1023:341:37
R. AnderssonD000104+1022:531:32
K. BahlD000213+1022:470:00
D. MiromanovD000101+1019:560:11
B. PachalD000022-1014:440:00
J. BeanD000020-1013:240:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Wolf39381.97460:00Win
D. Vladar000–0:00

WPG Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. LowryC101210+1015:270:00
M. ScheifeleC000710-2222:093:19
K. ConnorLW000302-2022:033:19
G. VilardiC000304-1018:522:53
N. NiederreiterRW0001100018:491:07
N. EhlersLW0005000017:382:25
C. PerfettiC0002010017:360:41
A. IafalloLW0002000016:401:35
R. KupariC0001110014:000:00
D. GustafssonC000001006:410:00
M. BarronC000011026:370:00
D. ToninatoC000120005:550:00
C. MillerD011001+1015:570:41
L. StanleyD011222+1015:060:00
J. MorrisseyD000300-1024:482:54
D. SambergD000503-1020:370:00
N. PionkD000111-2020:301:06
D. DeMeloD0001100019:570:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
E. Comrie21192.90557:29Loss
C. Hellebuyck000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCGY 2.6, WPG 3.2CGY 3, WPG 1
Total goals5.84
Shots on goalCGY 28.9, WPG 29.1CGY 22, WPG 39
Win chanceWPG 61%CGY won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
CGY N. Kadri3.210.68026%0
WPG K. Connor3.031.06037%0
WPG N. Ehlers2.650.84027%0
CGY B. Coleman2.440.51323%1
CGY M. Backlund2.430.42017%0
CGY M. Coronato2.320.45117%1
CGY M. Weegar2.220.46010%0
WPG N. Niederreiter2.110.51023%0
WPG M. Scheifele2.070.98034%0
WPG J. Morrissey1.930.76012%0
WPG G. Vilardi1.930.79031%0
WPG C. Perfetti1.920.58019%0
CGY Y. Sharangovich1.910.45021%0
CGY R. Andersson1.810.3908%0
CGY J. Huberdeau1.820.66021%0
WPG A. Iafallo1.620.43017%0
CGY M. Pospisil1.610.31010%0
WPG N. Pionk1.510.5008%0
CGY J. Pelletier1.500.34013%0
WPG A. Lowry1.520.50119%1
CGY D. Miromanov1.410.2306%0
WPG D. Samberg1.250.2604%0
WPG M. Barron1.100.21011%0
CGY A. Kuzmenko1.110.42119%1
WPG C. Miller1.000.2015%0
CGY K. Bahl1.020.2103%0
WPG D. DeMelo1.010.3205%0
WPG L. Stanley0.920.2114%0
CGY B. Pachal0.900.1103%0
WPG R. Kupari0.910.1907%0
CGY J. Bean0.900.1805%0
CGY R. Lomberg0.800.1007%0
WPG D. Gustafsson0.800.1406%0
CGY K. Rooney0.710.1006%0
WPG D. Toninato0.710.2409%0

Shots on goal: 23 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.