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Game Recap
DAL4
FinalSun, Feb 23, 2025Every game that night
NYI3

DAL beat NYI 4-3, and the chances backed it up: 4.29 expected goals to 2.95. NYI outshot DAL 37 to 29. J. Robertson scored three for DAL. S. Holmstrom had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.1. J. Oettinger stopped 34 of 37.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
DAL1304
NYI0213
  1. 1st 2:10DALS. Steel0.22 xG
  2. 2nd 3:44NYIP. Engvall0.18 xG
  3. 2nd 8:48DALJ. Robertson0.13 xG
  4. 2nd 8:55NYIK. Palmieri0.12 xG
  5. 2nd 15:53DALJ. RobertsonPP0.09 xG
  6. 2nd 17:28DALJ. RobertsonPP0.49 xG
  7. 3rd 9:17NYIA. Duclair0.18 xG

Team Stats

DALNYI
29Shots on goal37
4.29Expected goals2.95
69Shot attempts68
225v5 shots on goal32
2/4Power play0/2
10Hits28
12Blocked shots16
19Penalty minutes22
19Giveaways10
7Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DAL 4.29 xGNYI 2.95 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdDAL goal, 2:10NYI goal, 3:44DAL goal, 8:48NYI goal, 8:55DAL goal, 15:53DAL goal, 17:28NYI goal, 9:17

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

DAL29 on goal, 4 scored
NYI37 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DAL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. RobertsonLW303411+1016:123:17
M. DucheneC022201-1017:233:05
R. HintzC022310+1016:063:16
W. JohnstonC011300-1017:153:18
S. SteelC1014010013:320:11
M. BourqueC011000+1013:291:35
O. BäckC0111000211:370:00
M. GranlundC000111-1018:111:44
M. MarchmentLW000410-1016:101:42
C. BlackwellC0002200013:210:00
E. DadonovLW000001-1012:550:00
J. BennLW000000-1012:491:44
C. CeciD011111+1023:070:00
T. HarleyD000100+1027:543:06
E. LindellD000001-1025:291:54
I. LyubushkinD000102-1018:450:08
M. DumbaD000103-11710:450:00
L. BichselD000130-109:000:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Oettinger37343.91960:00Win
C. DeSmith000–0:00

NYI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. NelsonC011311+1024:222:41
B. HorvatC0113110023:063:19
K. PalmieriC101500+1019:582:41
A. DuclairLW1014000213:081:19
P. EngvallLW101110009:510:05
M. GatcombC011060009:370:00
K. MacLeanC011010008:110:00
S. HolmstromRW000500+1018:440:41
J. PageauC0002510016:102:51
A. LeeLW0000500016:052:11
M. TsyplakovRW0002000012:480:38
C. CizikasC0002300207:250:00
T. DeAngeloD011300+1024:372:53
A. RomanovD000221+2022:260:00
R. PulockD000204+1020:270:00
S. PerunovichD0003010019:111:33
A. PelechD000035-1018:110:00
S. MayfieldD000002-1010:360:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Sorokin29254.86258:07Loss
J. Skarek000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreDAL 2.8, NYI 2.7DAL 4, NYI 3
Total goals5.57
Shots on goalDAL 27.9, NYI 28.5DAL 29, NYI 37
Win chanceNYI 50%DAL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
NYI B. Horvat2.830.72131%0
NYI A. Lee2.600.62028%0
NYI B. Nelson2.530.74132%0
DAL W. Johnston2.530.71127%0
NYI T. DeAngelo2.530.52111%0
DAL J. Robertson2.540.79328%3
DAL T. Harley2.110.51011%0
NYI K. Palmieri2.050.62125%1
NYI A. Pelech2.000.3204%0
DAL R. Hintz1.930.64228%0
DAL M. Marchment1.940.52021%0
DAL M. Duchene1.920.74226%0
NYI A. Romanov1.820.3206%0
DAL M. Granlund1.710.62015%0
DAL J. Benn1.700.59020%0
DAL E. Dadonov1.500.45017%0
NYI A. Duclair1.540.51123%1
DAL E. Lindell1.400.3106%0
NYI J. Pageau1.320.41015%0
NYI M. Tsyplakov1.320.45014%0
DAL M. Bourque1.300.36115%0
NYI R. Pulock1.220.2405%0
DAL C. Blackwell1.220.24011%0
DAL S. Steel1.240.30111%1
DAL C. Ceci1.210.2615%0
NYI C. Cizikas1.120.25011%0
NYI S. Holmstrom1.150.45019%0
NYI M. Gatcomb1.000.25113%0
DAL L. Bichsel1.010.2706%0
DAL M. Dumba0.910.1403%0
NYI S. Mayfield0.900.1504%0
NYI P. Engvall0.910.21110%1
NYI S. Perunovich0.830.3203%0
NYI K. MacLean0.800.1718%0
DAL O. Bäck0.610.2319%0
DAL I. Lyubushkin0.610.1702%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.3 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.