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Game Recap
CHI2
FinalSat, Oct 26, 2024Every game that night
DAL4

DAL beat CHI 4-2, and the chances backed it up: 5.05 expected goals to 3.60. M. Duchene led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). N. Foligno had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.9. J. Oettinger stopped 22 of 24.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
CHI0022
DAL1124
  1. 1st 9:17DALE. Dadonov0.12 xG
  2. 2nd 14:42DALJ. Benn0.33 xG
  3. 3rd 8:50DALM. DuchenePP0.16 xG
  4. 3rd 9:34CHIR. Donato0.18 xG
  5. 3rd 14:15CHIC. Bedard0.04 xG
  6. 3rd 19:42DALM. DucheneEN0.93 xG

Team Stats

CHIDAL
24Shots on goal30
3.60Expected goals5.05
56Shot attempts67
195v5 shots on goal22
0/3Power play1/3
29Hits9
22Blocked shots13
4Penalty minutes6
11Giveaways7
3Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CHI 3.60 xGDAL 5.05 xGGoal

0123451st2nd3rdDAL goal, 9:17DAL goal, 14:42DAL goal, 8:50CHI goal, 9:34CHI goal, 14:15DAL goal, 19:42

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

CHI24 on goal, 2 scored
DAL30 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
P. MaroonLW0220500014:031:37
C. BedardC1013110019:173:41
C. SmithC0111100012:221:27
R. DonatoC1013400011:580:00
T. TeravainenC000102-1018:263:25
T. BertuzziLW000011-1017:533:29
N. FolignoLW000550-1017:023:29
J. DickinsonC000130-1016:090:00
P. KurashevC000210-1015:070:00
T. HallLW0001120013:581:45
I. MikheyevRW0002000013:310:00
L. ReichelLW0001000012:331:35
N. AllanD011012+2014:330:00
S. JonesD000223+1224:403:32
A. VlasicD000002-1020:521:37
C. MurphyD000034-2218:400:08
T. BrodieD0000030017:340:00
W. KaiserD000212-1017:000:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
P. Mrazek29263.89758:23Loss
D. Commesso000–0:00

DAL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. DucheneC202300+1017:502:00
T. SeguinC011200+1018:501:55
L. StankovenC011211+1014:021:58
J. BennLW101410+1014:012:38
E. DadonovLW101101+1012:260:00
M. MarchmentLW000310+2018:012:05
W. JohnstonC000200+1017:453:08
J. RobertsonLW000200-1015:453:13
R. HintzC000200-1015:313:06
S. SteelC000000-1012:350:00
C. BlackwellC000210-1011:030:00
M. BourqueC000100-1010:080:00
M. HeiskanenD022302+1225:023:40
T. HarleyD011101+2022:281:28
E. LindellD011112-1217:570:10
M. DumbaD0000220219:220:19
I. LyubushkinD0001110018:260:00
N. LundkvistD0000130012:530:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Oettinger24222.91759:55Win
C. DeSmith000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCHI 2.2, DAL 3.9CHI 2, DAL 4
Total goals6.06
Shots on goalCHI 24.1, DAL 32.9CHI 24, DAL 30
Win chanceDAL 76%DAL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
DAL W. Johnston3.120.93036%0
DAL J. Robertson3.121.20040%0
CHI C. Bedard2.730.72122%1
DAL T. Seguin2.620.81130%0
DAL R. Hintz2.421.04039%0
CHI S. Jones2.420.4009%0
DAL L. Stankoven2.320.70121%0
DAL M. Heiskanen2.230.80211%0
DAL J. Benn2.140.89128%1
DAL M. Marchment2.030.73026%0
DAL M. Duchene2.030.85231%2
CHI T. Teravainen1.910.62022%0
CHI T. Hall1.910.46018%0
CHI T. Bertuzzi1.900.48020%0
CHI N. Foligno1.950.43017%0
DAL T. Harley1.810.55110%0
DAL E. Dadonov1.710.55120%1
CHI I. Mikheyev1.520.30015%0
DAL C. Blackwell1.520.31015%0
CHI R. Donato1.430.29113%1
DAL E. Lindell1.410.3117%0
CHI C. Smith1.310.24112%0
DAL S. Steel1.200.37013%0
CHI P. Kurashev1.220.38013%0
CHI J. Dickinson1.210.29014%0
DAL N. Lundkvist1.100.2504%0
DAL M. Bourque1.110.32013%0
CHI L. Reichel1.110.2409%0
CHI C. Murphy1.000.1405%0
DAL M. Dumba1.000.1805%0
CHI A. Vlasic0.900.2004%0
CHI N. Allan0.800.1413%0
CHI P. Maroon0.700.1927%0
CHI W. Kaiser0.720.1702%0
DAL I. Lyubushkin0.610.2002%0
CHI T. Brodie0.500.1702%0

Shots on goal: 26 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 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.