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Game Recap
CGY2
FinalSun, Jan 26, 2025Every game that night
WPG5

WPG beat CGY 5-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.02 expected goals to 2.15. G. Vilardi led the way with 4 points (2 G, 2 A). E. Comrie stopped 20 of 22.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
CGY0112
WPG1225
  1. 1st 5:28WPGK. Connor0.16 xG
  2. 2nd 10:17WPGM. Appleton0.43 xG
  3. 2nd 15:08CGYM. WeegarPP0.06 xG
  4. 2nd 19:09WPGG. Vilardi0.05 xG
  5. 3rd 3:07WPGG. VilardiPP0.21 xG
  6. 3rd 4:27CGYN. Kadri0.20 xG
  7. 3rd 7:08WPGM. ScheifelePP0.15 xG

Team Stats

CGYWPG
22Shots on goal27
2.15Expected goals3.02
53Shot attempts55
175v5 shots on goal21
1/3Power play2/2
38Hits32
9Blocked shots15
6Penalty minutes10
16Giveaways13
3Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CGY 2.15 xGWPG 3.02 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdWPG goal, 5:28WPG goal, 10:17CGY goal, 15:08WPG goal, 19:09WPG goal, 3:07CGY goal, 4:27WPG goal, 7:08

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

CGY22 on goal, 2 scored
WPG27 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CGY Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
Y. SharangovichC0113010020:013:43
J. HuberdeauLW011220+1018:213:44
N. KadriC101100+1017:593:20
M. BacklundC000110-1018:521:55
B. ColemanLW000340-1017:471:55
A. KuzmenkoLW0003100016:392:25
M. CoronatoRW000000-1016:333:42
J. PelletierLW000041+1015:460:00
M. PospisilC0001910214:561:58
R. LombergLW000000-208:190:05
C. BishopC000021-208:010:03
K. RooneyC000030-206:450:07
M. WeegarD101353-2023:073:33
J. BeanD011200+1016:310:00
R. AnderssonD000101-1421:332:17
J. HanleyD000021-1019:400:00
D. MiromanovD000140-2017:440:08
B. PachalD000110+1015:580:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Vladar27225.81559:24Loss
D. Wolf000–0:00

WPG Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
G. VilardiC224420+1016:551:10
K. ConnorLW123310+2019:541:12
M. ScheifeleC112211+1017:401:12
N. EhlersLW0111010013:541:11
M. AppletonC1011300213:450:00
D. GustafssonC011010+1010:400:00
V. NamestnikovC0001000016:071:00
N. NiederreiterRW0001110014:431:02
R. KupariC0001130214:360:00
C. PerfettiC0002300012:011:00
A. IafalloLW000210+1011:571:01
M. BarronC000040029:250:00
D. SambergD011010+2022:350:00
N. PionkD000340+1222:150:46
J. MorrisseyD000332-1020:241:26
D. DeMeloD0000130219:390:00
L. StanleyD000240+1016:530:00
H. FleuryD000114+1016:500:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
E. Comrie22202.90960:00Win
C. Hellebuyck000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCGY 2.4, WPG 3.3CGY 2, WPG 5
Total goals5.77
Shots on goalCGY 27.3, WPG 29.7CGY 22, WPG 27
Win chanceWPG 66%WPG won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
WPG K. Connor3.131.08338%1
CGY N. Kadri3.010.67125%1
WPG N. Ehlers2.610.88128%0
CGY B. Coleman2.430.53023%0
CGY M. Backlund2.410.42017%0
CGY M. Coronato2.300.42017%0
WPG M. Scheifele2.120.97234%1
CGY M. Weegar2.130.4319%1
WPG N. Niederreiter2.110.52024%0
WPG J. Morrissey2.030.78012%0
WPG C. Perfetti1.920.58020%0
WPG G. Vilardi1.840.77431%2
CGY J. Huberdeau1.820.64121%0
CGY R. Andersson1.810.3708%0
CGY Y. Sharangovich1.730.43120%0
WPG A. Iafallo1.620.41017%0
WPG N. Pionk1.530.5008%0
WPG M. Appleton1.510.40114%1
CGY J. Pelletier1.500.35013%0
CGY M. Pospisil1.410.29010%0
CGY D. Miromanov1.410.2105%0
WPG D. Samberg1.300.2815%0
WPG H. Fleury1.210.1803%0
WPG V. Namestnikov1.210.52017%0
WPG M. Barron1.200.22011%0
CGY A. Kuzmenko1.130.42019%0
WPG D. DeMelo1.000.3305%0
WPG R. Kupari1.010.2008%0
WPG L. Stanley1.020.2204%0
CGY B. Pachal0.910.1303%0
CGY J. Bean0.920.1614%0
WPG D. Gustafsson0.800.1817%0
CGY C. Bishop0.800.1607%0
CGY R. Lomberg0.700.1006%0
CGY J. Hanley0.700.1202%0
CGY K. Rooney0.600.0905%0

Shots on goal: 20 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.