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Game Recap
COL5
FinalThu, Oct 24, 2024Every game that night
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

1st2nd3rdT
COL2215
UTA0011
  1. 1st 9:54COLR. ColtonPP0.19 xG
  2. 1st 18:20COLC. Makar0.09 xG
  3. 2nd 14:25COLC. Mittelstadt0.14 xG
  4. 2nd 17:33COLI. IvanPP0.09 xG
  5. 3rd 15:28UTAL. Crouse0.19 xG
  6. 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

00.511.522.51st2nd3rdCOL goal, 9:54COL goal, 18:20COL goal, 14:25COL goal, 17:33UTA goal, 15:28COL goal, 16:07

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

COL26 on goal, 5 scored
UTA25 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

COL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. MittelstadtC1231000018:165:00
M. RantanenRW022001+1021:295:00
N. KovalenkoRW022130+1013:170:43
N. MacKinnonC011311+1020:574:58
J. KivirantaLW101122+1017:000:00
I. IvanC101100+1012:502:34
R. ColtonC1013100011:073:09
P. KellyC0001130216:430:00
M. WoodLW000210+1014:570:43
L. O'ConnorRW0001500014:410:00
M. StienburgC000030009:360:00
C. WagnerRW000031007:460:00
C. MakarD101602+1022:365:05
S. MalinskiD011113+1014:400:00
S. GirardD0001120022:470:45
J. MansonD0000010419:530:00
D. ToewsD000320+1018:480:38
C. de HaanD000133+1016:480:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Annunen26251.96259:49Win
A. Georgiev000–0:00

UTA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
L. CrouseLW1012300214:291:29
M. MaccelliLW011000+1013:101:40
B. HaytonC000300-1019:394:22
D. GuentherRW0002010218:564:20
C. KellerRW0005000018:284:20
N. SchmaltzC000100-3016:554:23
A. KerfootC0001010014:130:00
K. StenlundC0003000013:500:00
J. McBainC000031+1013:500:00
L. CooleyC000100-2013:201:39
J. DoanRW000200-1012:311:38
K. YamamotoRW000000-1010:440:00
I. ColeD011041+1220:300:11
M. SergachevD0004110023:384:09
M. KesselringD0001100219:400:09
M. LamoureuxD000123+1018:500:00
J. VälimäkiD000012-3017:431:40
V. KolyachonokD000000-3012:200:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
K. Vejmelka26215.80860:00Loss
C. Ingram000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCOL 3.7, UTA 3.2COL 5, UTA 1
Total goals7.06
Shots on goalCOL 32.4, UTA 28.5COL 26, UTA 26
Win chanceCOL 57%COL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
COL N. MacKinnon4.231.47140%0
COL M. Rantanen2.901.20239%0
UTA C. Keller2.751.00033%0
COL C. Makar2.561.18125%1
UTA D. Guenther2.520.73028%0
COL R. Colton2.330.65127%1
UTA N. Schmaltz2.010.89027%0
COL M. Wood2.020.33015%0
UTA B. Hayton2.030.50019%0
COL C. Mittelstadt1.810.76322%1
UTA L. Cooley1.810.55019%0
UTA L. Crouse1.820.49122%1
UTA M. Sergachev1.740.6809%0
COL D. Toews1.730.65012%0
UTA J. Doan1.720.56020%0
COL J. Manson1.600.38010%0
COL L. O'Connor1.410.37015%0
UTA M. Maccelli1.400.56114%0
UTA M. Kesselring1.310.4309%0
UTA A. Kerfoot1.310.50015%0
COL P. Kelly1.210.24011%0
COL S. Malinski1.210.3517%0
COL N. Kovalenko1.110.23211%0
UTA J. Välimäki1.100.3504%0
COL S. Girard1.110.4007%0
UTA K. Yamamoto1.000.32013%0
COL I. Ivan1.010.2719%1
COL C. Haan1.010.2005%0
UTA K. Stenlund1.030.18012%0
COL J. Kiviranta0.910.2019%1
UTA J. McBain0.900.36013%0
COL C. Wagner0.800.1207%0
UTA I. Cole0.800.2114%0
UTA V. Kolyachonok0.700.2105%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.