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Game Recap
COL5
UTA1
COL beat UTA 5-1, with the chances close: 1.88 expected goals to 2.26. C. Mittelstadt led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). C. Makar had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.5. J. Annunen stopped 25 of 26.
Scoring
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| UTA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- 1st 9:54COLR. ColtonPP0.19 xG
- 1st 18:20COLC. Makar0.09 xG
- 2nd 14:25COLC. Mittelstadt0.14 xG
- 2nd 17:33COLI. IvanPP0.09 xG
- 3rd 15:28UTAL. Crouse0.19 xG
- 3rd 16:07COLJ. Kiviranta0.08 xG
Team Stats
COLUTA
26Shots on goal26
1.88Expected goals2.26
42Shot attempts58
205v5 shots on goal21
2/4Power play0/3
27Hits15
19Blocked shots10
6Penalty minutes8
12Giveaways19
2Takeaways5
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.
Expected Goals Over the Game
COL 1.88 xGUTA 2.26 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
COL Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Mittelstadt | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:16 | 5:00 |
| M. Rantanen | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:29 | 5:00 |
| N. Kovalenko | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:17 | 0:43 |
| N. MacKinnon | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:57 | 4:58 |
| J. Kiviranta | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:00 | 0:00 |
| I. Ivan | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:50 | 2:34 |
| R. Colton | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:07 | 3:09 |
| P. Kelly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16:43 | 0:00 |
| M. Wood | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:57 | 0:43 |
| L. O'Connor | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 | 0:00 |
| M. Stienburg | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:36 | 0:00 |
| C. Wagner | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:46 | 0:00 |
| C. Makar | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 22:36 | 5:05 |
| S. Malinski | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 14:40 | 0:00 |
| S. Girard | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:47 | 0:45 |
| J. Manson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:53 | 0:00 |
| D. Toews | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:48 | 0:38 |
| C. de Haan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 16:48 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Annunen | 26 | 25 | 1 | .962 | 59:49 | Win |
| A. Georgiev | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |
UTA Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Crouse | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:29 | 1:29 |
| M. Maccelli | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:10 | 1:40 |
| B. Hayton | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:39 | 4:22 |
| D. Guenther | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:56 | 4:20 |
| C. Keller | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 | 4:20 |
| N. Schmaltz | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 16:55 | 4:23 |
| A. Kerfoot | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 | 0:00 |
| K. Stenlund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:50 | 0:00 |
| J. McBain | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:50 | 0:00 |
| L. Cooley | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:20 | 1:39 |
| J. Doan | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:31 | 1:38 |
| K. Yamamoto | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:44 | 0:00 |
| I. Cole | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:30 | 0:11 |
| M. Sergachev | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:38 | 4:09 |
| M. Kesselring | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:40 | 0:09 |
| M. Lamoureux | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 18:50 | 0:00 |
| J. Välimäki | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 17:43 | 1:40 |
| V. Kolyachonok | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 12:20 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Vejmelka | 26 | 21 | 5 | .808 | 60:00 | Loss |
| C. Ingram | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |
How We Did
| We projected | It finished | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | COL 3.7, UTA 3.2 | COL 5, UTA 1 |
| Total goals | 7.0 | 6 |
| Shots on goal | COL 32.4, UTA 28.5 | COL 26, UTA 26 |
| Win chance | COL 57% | COL won |
Players
| Player | SOG projected | SOG | Points projected | Points | Goal chance | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL N. MacKinnon | 4.2 | 3 | 1.47 | 1 | 40% | 0 |
| COL M. Rantanen | 2.9 | 0 | 1.20 | 2 | 39% | 0 |
| UTA C. Keller | 2.7 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 33% | 0 |
| COL C. Makar | 2.5 | 6 | 1.18 | 1 | 25% | 1 |
| UTA D. Guenther | 2.5 | 2 | 0.73 | 0 | 28% | 0 |
| COL R. Colton | 2.3 | 3 | 0.65 | 1 | 27% | 1 |
| UTA N. Schmaltz | 2.0 | 1 | 0.89 | 0 | 27% | 0 |
| COL M. Wood | 2.0 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 15% | 0 |
| UTA B. Hayton | 2.0 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 19% | 0 |
| COL C. Mittelstadt | 1.8 | 1 | 0.76 | 3 | 22% | 1 |
| UTA L. Cooley | 1.8 | 1 | 0.55 | 0 | 19% | 0 |
| UTA L. Crouse | 1.8 | 2 | 0.49 | 1 | 22% | 1 |
| UTA M. Sergachev | 1.7 | 4 | 0.68 | 0 | 9% | 0 |
| COL D. Toews | 1.7 | 3 | 0.65 | 0 | 12% | 0 |
| UTA J. Doan | 1.7 | 2 | 0.56 | 0 | 20% | 0 |
| COL J. Manson | 1.6 | 0 | 0.38 | 0 | 10% | 0 |
| COL L. O'Connor | 1.4 | 1 | 0.37 | 0 | 15% | 0 |
| UTA M. Maccelli | 1.4 | 0 | 0.56 | 1 | 14% | 0 |
| UTA M. Kesselring | 1.3 | 1 | 0.43 | 0 | 9% | 0 |
| UTA A. Kerfoot | 1.3 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 15% | 0 |
| COL P. Kelly | 1.2 | 1 | 0.24 | 0 | 11% | 0 |
| COL S. Malinski | 1.2 | 1 | 0.35 | 1 | 7% | 0 |
| COL N. Kovalenko | 1.1 | 1 | 0.23 | 2 | 11% | 0 |
| UTA J. Välimäki | 1.1 | 0 | 0.35 | 0 | 4% | 0 |
| COL S. Girard | 1.1 | 1 | 0.40 | 0 | 7% | 0 |
| UTA K. Yamamoto | 1.0 | 0 | 0.32 | 0 | 13% | 0 |
| COL I. Ivan | 1.0 | 1 | 0.27 | 1 | 9% | 1 |
| COL C. Haan | 1.0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 5% | 0 |
| UTA K. Stenlund | 1.0 | 3 | 0.18 | 0 | 12% | 0 |
| COL J. Kiviranta | 0.9 | 1 | 0.20 | 1 | 9% | 1 |
| UTA J. McBain | 0.9 | 0 | 0.36 | 0 | 13% | 0 |
| COL C. Wagner | 0.8 | 0 | 0.12 | 0 | 7% | 0 |
| UTA I. Cole | 0.8 | 0 | 0.21 | 1 | 4% | 0 |
| UTA V. Kolyachonok | 0.7 | 0 | 0.21 | 0 | 5% | 0 |
Shots on goal: 21 of 34 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.