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Game Recap
DAL1
FinalTue, Feb 4, 2025Every game that night
ANA2

ANA beat DAL 2-1, with the chances close: 3.51 expected goals to 2.98. J. Gibson stopped 26 of 27.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
DAL0011
ANA1012
  1. 1st 17:47ANAC. Gauthier0.16 xG
  2. 3rd 1:29DALC. Blackwell0.22 xG
  3. 3rd 4:07ANAT. Zegras0.07 xG

Team Stats

DALANA
27Shots on goal28
2.98Expected goals3.51
56Shot attempts57
215v5 shots on goal24
0/1Power play0/3
28Hits41
12Blocked shots16
6Penalty minutes2
14Giveaways10
3Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DAL 2.98 xGANA 3.51 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdANA goal, 17:47DAL goal, 1:29ANA goal, 4:07

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

DAL27 on goal, 1 scored
ANA26 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DAL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. SteelC0111000215:090:00
J. BennLW011110+1213:280:49
C. BlackwellC101120-1013:230:08
W. JohnstonC0003100018:181:03
M. GranlundC0000210217:020:57
M. DucheneC0001000016:441:03
M. MarchmentLW0001100016:140:57
J. RobertsonLW0005300016:001:03
R. HintzC0002100015:511:03
E. DadonovLW0002110013:590:00
O. BäckC000101-2013:110:00
L. StankovenC000302-1010:440:37
T. HarleyD000121-1026:381:34
E. LindellD000112+1025:440:26
C. CeciD000151-1018:240:20
L. BichselD0002600017:180:00
M. DumbaD000022-1017:140:00
I. LyubushkinD0001010010:470:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Oettinger28262.92957:52Loss
C. DeSmith000–0:00

ANA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. ZegrasC1011000016:212:12
A. KillornLW0112300015:481:29
R. FabbriC011021+1014:570:00
C. GauthierLW101221+1013:461:05
T. TerryRW0001010018:224:07
M. McTavishC000240+1017:314:04
F. VatranoRW0004220017:074:06
R. StromeC0002300016:354:05
I. LundestromC0003110015:150:00
L. CarlssonC0000100014:161:30
B. LeasonRW0000030012:300:00
R. JohnstonLW0000710011:220:00
O. ZellwegerD0111200018:351:21
J. TroubaD0004230021:320:23
J. LaCombeD0003110020:043:33
B. DumoulinD000120+1019:200:00
R. GudasD0001510218:190:00
D. HellesonD000141+1016:320:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Gibson27261.96359:48Win
L. Dostal000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreDAL 3.2, ANA 2.4DAL 1, ANA 2
Total goals5.63
Shots on goalDAL 31.1, ANA 26.8DAL 27, ANA 28
Win chanceDAL 63%ANA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
DAL W. Johnston2.830.85031%0
ANA F. Vatrano2.740.55026%0
DAL J. Robertson2.750.98033%0
DAL L. Stankoven2.330.48016%0
DAL T. Harley2.310.54013%0
ANA T. Terry2.110.70026%0
DAL R. Hintz2.120.77032%0
DAL M. Granlund2.000.77018%0
DAL J. Benn2.010.73124%0
ANA M. McTavish1.920.53021%0
DAL M. Duchene1.910.81028%0
DAL M. Marchment1.910.56021%0
ANA T. Zegras1.910.54119%1
ANA J. LaCombe1.930.3809%0
DAL E. Dadonov1.820.55020%0
ANA A. Killorn1.720.50121%0
ANA C. Gauthier1.620.34113%1
ANA R. Strome1.620.51015%0
ANA O. Zellweger1.610.2316%0
ANA J. Trouba1.540.2405%0
DAL E. Lindell1.510.3308%0
DAL S. Steel1.410.39113%0
ANA R. Fabbri1.400.41120%0
ANA R. Gudas1.410.2204%0
ANA B. Leason1.400.29013%0
DAL C. Ceci1.310.2906%0
DAL C. Blackwell1.310.26112%1
ANA L. Carlsson1.200.34015%0
ANA D. Helleson1.110.2106%0
DAL M. Dumba1.000.1304%0
ANA B. Dumoulin1.010.2003%0
ANA I. Lundestrom0.830.23011%0
DAL L. Bichsel0.820.2408%0
DAL O. Bäck0.710.27011%0
DAL I. Lyubushkin0.710.2002%0
ANA R. Johnston0.400.0904%0

Shots on goal: 23 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.