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Game Recap
DAL2
FinalSat, Nov 2, 2024Every game that night
FLA4

FLA beat DAL 4-2, with the chances close: 2.44 expected goals to 2.29. S. Reinhart led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). L. Stankoven had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.8. S. Knight stopped 23 of 25.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
DAL0202
FLA1124
  1. 1st 14:45FLAE. Rodrigues0.04 xG
  2. 2nd 8:47FLAM. TkachukPP0.11 xG
  3. 2nd 11:22DALE. DadonovPP0.08 xG
  4. 2nd 11:56DALM. Duchene0.19 xG
  5. 3rd 2:32FLAA. Greer0.03 xG
  6. 3rd 19:00FLAS. ReinhartEN0.42 xG

Team Stats

DALFLA
25Shots on goal25
2.29Expected goals2.44
58Shot attempts38
195v5 shots on goal14
1/4Power play1/4
26Hits22
6Blocked shots16
15Penalty minutes15
32Giveaways16
5Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DAL 2.29 xGFLA 2.44 xGGoal

00.511.522.51st2nd3rdFLA goal, 14:45FLA goal, 8:47DAL goal, 11:22DAL goal, 11:56FLA goal, 2:32FLA goal, 19:00

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

DAL22 on goal, 2 scored
FLA25 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DAL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. DucheneC112200-1015:142:43
W. JohnstonC0112110019:482:19
E. DadonovLW1012000016:312:18
J. RobertsonLW0001400219:303:44
L. StankovenC000510-1017:383:22
R. HintzC000110-1017:253:33
J. BennLW000340-1016:473:18
M. MarchmentLW0000200912:401:55
S. SteelC000020-1012:390:00
C. BlackwellC000130-1011:520:00
M. BourqueC000010009:571:02
O. BäckC000100-109:290:00
M. HeiskanenD0112220025:324:36
T. HarleyD0111100024:202:05
E. LindellD000200-2220:440:00
M. DumbaD0002110216:050:25
I. LyubushkinD000011-2015:100:00
B. SmithD0000210012:450:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. DeSmith24213.87559:19Loss
J. Oettinger000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. ReinhartC112410+2021:294:20
A. BarkovC011020+2220:134:15
M. TkachukLW101430-1217:254:18
E. RodriguesC101220+1014:271:43
E. LuostarinenC011022+1013:390:46
T. NosekLW011011+1011:350:11
A. GreerLW101130+1010:260:11
A. LundellC0001020017:461:32
C. VerhaegheC000301-1017:214:23
S. BennettC000400-1212:340:48
J. BoqvistC0001430010:540:00
M. SamoskevichRW000000+109:500:00
N. MikkolaD011112+3021:480:14
U. BalinskisD0110100018:284:20
D. KulikovD000112+3022:230:07
G. ForslingD000201-1020:490:48
A. EkbladD000101-1418:551:31
N. SchmidtD0000110513:360:48
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Knight25232.92059:34Win
S. Bobrovsky000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreDAL 2.9, FLA 3.0DAL 2, FLA 4
Total goals5.96
Shots on goalDAL 27.0, FLA 29.5DAL 25, FLA 25
Win chanceFLA 51%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA C. Verhaeghe3.130.79032%0
FLA M. Tkachuk2.940.91128%1
FLA S. Reinhart2.640.86236%1
FLA S. Bennett2.440.62025%0
DAL W. Johnston2.420.62127%0
DAL J. Robertson2.410.79030%0
FLA A. Barkov2.200.90126%0
DAL M. Heiskanen2.120.61110%0
FLA E. Rodrigues2.020.46117%1
FLA A. Lundell2.010.59019%0
FLA G. Forsling1.820.42011%0
DAL R. Hintz1.810.68028%0
DAL L. Stankoven1.850.49015%0
DAL M. Marchment1.700.52021%0
FLA A. Ekblad1.710.37010%0
DAL M. Duchene1.720.63225%1
DAL J. Benn1.730.60021%0
DAL T. Harley1.610.4119%0
DAL E. Dadonov1.320.37114%1
FLA E. Luostarinen1.300.37115%0
DAL E. Lindell1.320.2606%0
FLA T. Nosek1.200.2619%0
FLA A. Greer1.210.22110%1
DAL C. Blackwell1.210.21010%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.110.1914%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.110.33014%0
FLA D. Kulikov1.110.2304%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.000.18010%0
DAL M. Dumba1.020.1404%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.000.1904%0
DAL S. Steel0.900.26010%0
DAL M. Bourque0.900.24011%0
DAL B. Smith0.900.1705%0
FLA U. Balinskis0.800.1013%0
DAL O. Bäck0.610.1909%0
DAL I. Lyubushkin0.600.1702%0

Shots on goal: 24 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 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.