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Game Recap
CHI1
FinalTue, Feb 25, 2025Every game that night
UTA2

UTA beat CHI 2-1, and the chances backed it up: 4.22 expected goals to 1.93. UTA outshot CHI 37 to 22. L. Crouse had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.8. K. Vejmelka stopped 21 of 22.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
CHI1001
UTA0112
  1. 1st 13:34CHIS. JonesPP0.07 xG
  2. 2nd 19:16UTAC. Keller0.29 xG
  3. 3rd 12:12UTAL. Crouse0.04 xG

Team Stats

CHIUTA
22Shots on goal37
1.93Expected goals4.22
37Shot attempts92
125v5 shots on goal27
1/2Power play0/5
28Hits24
19Blocked shots9
12Penalty minutes6
19Giveaways16
1Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CHI 1.93 xGUTA 4.22 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdCHI goal, 13:34UTA goal, 19:16UTA goal, 12:12

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

CHI20 on goal, 1 scored
UTA36 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. TeravainenC0111010020:442:19
R. DonatoC011012-1015:502:19
C. BedardC0000100221:512:19
I. MikheyevRW0002000018:530:00
F. NazarC0003120217:580:22
N. FolignoLW000251-1017:460:00
T. BertuzziLW0004100016:582:19
L. SlaggertLW000120-1011:130:00
P. KurashevC000200-128:550:28
C. SmithC000101-128:340:28
P. MaroonLW000230-108:060:28
C. DachC000040007:290:00
S. JonesD101254-1025:271:58
A. VlasicD000012-1222:490:49
C. MurphyD000111-1221:120:06
A. MartinezD000001-1018:550:00
E. Del MastroD0000200015:040:00
N. AllanD0001140012:120:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Soderblom37352.94658:04Loss
P. Mrazek000–0:00

UTA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. KellerRW101410+1019:426:48
J. DoanRW011320+1017:123:51
L. CooleyC011110+1017:092:56
L. CrouseLW101551+1016:283:53
N. SchmaltzC000200+1019:095:52
B. HaytonC0005010017:565:50
D. GuentherRW0003110016:405:52
M. CarconeLW0001110213:423:54
K. StenlundC0001100212:490:17
J. McBainC000241+1012:240:00
A. KerfootC0003010011:490:16
N. BjugstadC000130009:490:14
O. MaattaD011000+1017:210:17
M. KesselringD011130+1013:190:00
M. SergachevD0001100023:295:19
J. MarinoD0000020019:280:04
S. DurziD000110+1219:084:26
I. ColeD000301+1017:390:11
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
K. Vejmelka22211.95560:00Win
C. Ingram000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCHI 2.5, UTA 3.5CHI 1, UTA 2
Total goals6.03
Shots on goalCHI 23.9, UTA 32.6CHI 22, UTA 37
Win chanceUTA 67%UTA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
UTA D. Guenther3.331.03036%0
UTA C. Keller3.241.22137%1
UTA L. Cooley2.610.90130%0
CHI C. Bedard2.500.84025%0
CHI R. Donato2.400.61123%0
UTA B. Hayton2.450.63023%0
UTA N. Schmaltz2.320.93028%0
CHI S. Jones2.020.48110%1
UTA M. Sergachev1.910.75012%0
UTA M. Carcone1.910.45023%0
UTA S. Durzi1.810.5409%0
UTA J. Doan1.830.52120%0
UTA N. Bjugstad1.810.38017%0
UTA L. Crouse1.850.41121%1
CHI T. Bertuzzi1.740.54023%0
CHI T. Teravainen1.710.68122%0
CHI C. Smith1.710.30014%0
CHI I. Mikheyev1.620.38018%0
UTA M. Kesselring1.510.3417%0
CHI F. Nazar1.530.42016%0
UTA A. Kerfoot1.430.47016%0
UTA K. Stenlund1.410.25015%0
CHI N. Foligno1.320.41015%0
CHI C. Dach1.300.29011%0
CHI A. Vlasic1.200.2904%0
UTA J. McBain1.220.40017%0
CHI L. Slaggert1.210.28013%0
CHI A. Martinez1.200.2707%0
CHI C. Murphy1.210.2206%0
CHI P. Kurashev1.020.33012%0
CHI P. Maroon1.020.2509%0
UTA O. Maatta1.000.2815%0
UTA J. Marino1.000.3704%0
UTA I. Cole0.930.2303%0
CHI E. Mastro0.600.1604%0
CHI N. Allan0.510.1903%0

Shots on goal: 22 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 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.