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Game Recap
COL1
FinalWed, Mar 19, 2025Every game that night
TOR2

TOR beat COL 2-1, with the chances close: 2.89 expected goals to 3.21. COL outshot TOR 39 to 26. S. Malinski had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 1.2. J. Woll stopped 38 of 39.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
COL0101
TOR0112
  1. 2nd 0:28TORA. MatthewsPP0.07 xG
  2. 2nd 2:48COLV. NichushkinPP0.16 xG
  3. 3rd 2:53TORS. LorentzSH0.06 xG

Team Stats

COLTOR
39Shots on goal26
3.21Expected goals2.89
77Shot attempts52
295v5 shots on goal17
1/2Power play1/1
20Hits21
12Blocked shots19
6Penalty minutes6
19Giveaways18
8Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

COL 3.21 xGTOR 2.89 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdTOR goal, 0:28COL goal, 2:48TOR goal, 2:53

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

COL37 on goal, 1 scored
TOR25 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

COL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. MacKinnonC011601-1023:262:22
V. NichushkinRW101421-1022:122:22
M. NecasC000400-1020:422:22
B. NelsonC0003000019:450:38
A. LehkonenLW0001000216:390:38
J. DrouinLW000000-1015:232:22
C. CoyleC0001210014:320:38
J. DruryC0000220211:300:00
R. ColtonC0002400010:330:38
P. KellyC000141029:090:00
L. O'ConnorRW000010008:220:00
J. KivirantaLW000020007:290:00
C. MakarD011204-1027:202:22
D. ToewsD0002000024:050:38
R. LindgrenD0001110017:170:00
S. GirardD0002010016:530:00
E. JohnsonD0004100015:480:00
S. MalinskiD0006100015:280:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
M. Blackwood26242.92358:21Loss
S. Wedgewood000–0:00

TOR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. MarnerRW0112010023:221:06
A. MatthewsC1018020022:021:06
J. TavaresC0112120215:361:06
S. LorentzC101132+109:240:00
M. KniesLW000221+1219:291:06
W. NylanderRW0003000018:411:06
C. JarnkrokC0000010013:110:00
B. McMannC0002110012:290:00
M. DomiC0001110011:230:00
S. LaughtonC0000100011:130:00
N. RobertsonLW000110009:310:00
P. HolmbergRW000010008:390:00
S. BenoitD0110410013:520:00
J. McCabeD000132+1025:420:00
C. TanevD000202+1023:410:00
O. Ekman-LarssonD0000210020:260:00
M. RiellyD0000020018:150:00
B. CarloD0001100216:080:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Woll39381.97460:00Win
A. Stolarz000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCOL 3.3, TOR 3.1COL 1, TOR 2
Total goals6.43
Shots on goalCOL 29.5, TOR 26.8COL 39, TOR 26
Win chanceCOL 54%TOR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
COL N. MacKinnon3.861.39137%0
TOR A. Matthews3.781.15145%1
TOR W. Nylander2.930.99037%0
COL C. Makar2.721.03122%0
COL M. Necas2.640.87026%0
TOR J. Tavares2.520.83131%0
COL V. Nichushkin2.340.76131%1
COL B. Nelson2.130.70029%0
COL A. Lehkonen2.010.71030%0
TOR M. Marner1.921.09128%0
TOR M. Knies1.820.68027%0
TOR B. McMann1.820.43022%0
COL D. Toews1.820.57010%0
TOR S. Laughton1.500.41015%0
TOR N. Robertson1.510.36017%0
COL R. Colton1.520.39017%0
TOR M. Rielly1.500.5308%0
TOR M. Domi1.310.51013%0
TOR O. Ekman-Larsson1.300.3706%0
TOR C. Jarnkrok1.300.37016%0
COL J. Drury1.300.28010%0
COL J. Drouin1.200.60015%0
COL S. Malinski1.260.2205%0
COL C. Coyle1.210.39016%0
COL S. Girard1.120.3305%0
COL P. Kelly1.010.23010%0
TOR J. McCabe1.010.2906%0
TOR P. Holmberg1.000.28012%0
COL L. O'Connor0.900.25010%0
TOR S. Lorentz0.910.2019%1
COL J. Kiviranta0.900.23011%0
TOR B. Carlo0.910.1704%0
COL E. Johnson0.840.1305%0
COL R. Lindgren0.810.2904%0
TOR S. Benoit0.600.1012%0
TOR C. Tanev0.520.2103%0

Shots on goal: 23 of 36 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.