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Game Recap
CHI5
COL2
CHI beat COL 5-2, and the chances backed it up: 4.24 expected goals to 2.79. R. Donato led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). C. Mittelstadt had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 2.1. P. Mrazek stopped 24 of 26.
Scoring
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| COL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- 1st 8:47CHIP. KurashevPP0.11 xG
- 1st 10:16COLC. Mittelstadt0.16 xG
- 1st 11:04CHIL. Reichel0.03 xG
- 1st 16:56CHIR. Donato0.25 xG
- 1st 19:17COLN. MacKinnonPP0.15 xG
- 3rd 19:02CHIR. DonatoEN0.73 xG
- 3rd 19:41CHII. MikheyevEN0.63 xG
Team Stats
CHICOL
26Shots on goal26
4.24Expected goals2.79
52Shot attempts56
205v5 shots on goal14
1/3Power play1/4
15Hits19
17Blocked shots13
8Penalty minutes6
10Giveaways17
7Takeaways8
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.
Expected Goals Over the Game
CHI 4.24 xGCOL 2.79 xGGoal
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
GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance
Box Score
CHI Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Donato | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 11:59 | 0:00 |
| J. Dickinson | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 17:32 | 0:00 |
| P. Kurashev | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:01 | 2:23 |
| I. Mikheyev | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 16:42 | 0:00 |
| C. Smith | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:34 | 1:58 |
| L. Reichel | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:44 | 3:28 |
| C. Bedard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 | 3:50 |
| T. Teravainen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 | 3:23 |
| N. Foligno | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:47 | 0:00 |
| T. Hall | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:11 | 2:20 |
| T. Bertuzzi | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:46 | 3:28 |
| P. Maroon | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:04 | 1:46 |
| A. Vlasic | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +3 | 0 | 24:20 | 2:09 |
| C. Murphy | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:00 | 0:34 |
| S. Jones | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 25:39 | 3:41 |
| W. Kaiser | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:28 | 0:00 |
| T. Brodie | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:28 | 0:00 |
| N. Allan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Mrazek | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 60:00 | Win |
| A. Soderblom | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |
COL Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. MacKinnon | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 24:57 | 5:12 |
| C. Mittelstadt | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:55 | 5:33 |
| L. O'Connor | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 16:12 | 0:00 |
| M. Rantanen | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 25:13 | 5:39 |
| N. Kovalenko | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 17:10 | 1:23 |
| R. Colton | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 15:00 | 4:59 |
| J. Kiviranta | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 | 0:06 |
| M. Wood | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 | 1:21 |
| P. Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 | 0:00 |
| I. Ivan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:14 | 2:01 |
| C. Wagner | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5:11 | 0:00 |
| M. Stienburg | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:14 | 0:00 |
| C. Makar | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 26:17 | 5:24 |
| S. Malinski | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:58 | 0:00 |
| D. Toews | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:10 | 1:40 |
| S. Girard | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:19 | 1:48 |
| C. de Haan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:26 | 0:00 |
| J. Manson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:24 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Georgiev | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 58:07 | Loss |
| J. Annunen | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |
How We Did
| We projected | It finished | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | CHI 2.6, COL 3.9 | CHI 5, COL 2 |
| Total goals | 6.5 | 7 |
| Shots on goal | CHI 25.9, COL 34.3 | CHI 26, COL 26 |
| Win chance | COL 69% | CHI won |
Players
| Player | SOG projected | SOG | Points projected | Points | Goal chance | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL N. MacKinnon | 4.8 | 1 | 1.68 | 1 | 45% | 1 |
| COL M. Rantanen | 3.4 | 0 | 1.39 | 0 | 44% | 0 |
| CHI C. Bedard | 2.9 | 2 | 0.89 | 0 | 26% | 0 |
| COL R. Colton | 2.7 | 3 | 0.74 | 0 | 31% | 0 |
| COL C. Makar | 2.7 | 4 | 1.16 | 1 | 20% | 0 |
| CHI S. Jones | 2.4 | 0 | 0.54 | 0 | 10% | 0 |
| COL M. Wood | 2.3 | 2 | 0.37 | 0 | 17% | 0 |
| COL C. Mittelstadt | 2.1 | 5 | 0.91 | 1 | 25% | 1 |
| CHI T. Bertuzzi | 2.1 | 2 | 0.60 | 0 | 24% | 0 |
| CHI T. Teravainen | 2.1 | 0 | 0.76 | 0 | 26% | 0 |
| CHI N. Foligno | 2.1 | 0 | 0.53 | 0 | 20% | 0 |
| CHI T. Hall | 2.0 | 2 | 0.56 | 0 | 21% | 0 |
| COL D. Toews | 1.8 | 1 | 0.63 | 0 | 10% | 0 |
| COL J. Manson | 1.7 | 0 | 0.41 | 0 | 9% | 0 |
| COL L. O'Connor | 1.7 | 1 | 0.44 | 1 | 17% | 0 |
| CHI I. Mikheyev | 1.6 | 1 | 0.37 | 1 | 17% | 1 |
| CHI R. Donato | 1.6 | 4 | 0.37 | 3 | 16% | 2 |
| CHI C. Smith | 1.5 | 2 | 0.32 | 1 | 15% | 0 |
| COL P. Kelly | 1.4 | 1 | 0.27 | 0 | 13% | 0 |
| COL N. Kovalenko | 1.3 | 1 | 0.42 | 0 | 15% | 0 |
| CHI J. Dickinson | 1.3 | 1 | 0.36 | 2 | 16% | 0 |
| CHI P. Kurashev | 1.3 | 4 | 0.47 | 1 | 15% | 1 |
| COL I. Ivan | 1.3 | 1 | 0.34 | 0 | 13% | 0 |
| COL S. Malinski | 1.3 | 2 | 0.37 | 1 | 6% | 0 |
| CHI L. Reichel | 1.2 | 1 | 0.30 | 1 | 11% | 1 |
| COL S. Girard | 1.1 | 1 | 0.42 | 0 | 5% | 0 |
| COL J. Kiviranta | 1.1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 12% | 0 |
| COL C. Haan | 1.1 | 2 | 0.21 | 0 | 5% | 0 |
| COL C. Wagner | 1.0 | 0 | 0.13 | 0 | 8% | 0 |
| CHI C. Murphy | 1.0 | 1 | 0.19 | 1 | 5% | 0 |
| CHI A. Vlasic | 0.9 | 2 | 0.26 | 1 | 4% | 0 |
| CHI P. Maroon | 0.8 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 9% | 0 |
| CHI W. Kaiser | 0.7 | 1 | 0.23 | 0 | 2% | 0 |
| CHI N. Allan | 0.7 | 0 | 0.26 | 0 | 3% | 0 |
| COL M. Stienburg | 0.7 | 0 | 0.14 | 0 | 8% | 0 |
| CHI T. Brodie | 0.6 | 0 | 0.24 | 0 | 2% | 0 |
Shots on goal: 23 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.