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Game Recap
DAL5
FinalSat, Mar 29, 2025Every game that night
SEA1

DAL beat SEA 5-1, with the chances close: 3.41 expected goals to 2.74. SEA outshot DAL 36 to 21. M. Rantanen led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). J. McCann had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.3. J. Oettinger stopped 35 of 36.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
DAL2035
SEA1001
  1. 1st 1:27SEAE. Tolvanen0.02 xG
  2. 1st 11:50DALJ. Robertson0.05 xG
  3. 1st 18:24DALR. HintzPP0.18 xG
  4. 3rd 0:28DALM. MarchmentPP0.08 xG
  5. 3rd 12:56DALW. Johnston0.25 xG
  6. 3rd 16:26DALM. RantanenEN0.78 xG

Team Stats

DALSEA
21Shots on goal36
3.41Expected goals2.74
56Shot attempts60
115v5 shots on goal28
2/5Power play0/4
10Hits18
12Blocked shots20
13Penalty minutes13
10Giveaways9
4Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DAL 3.41 xGSEA 2.74 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdSEA goal, 1:27DAL goal, 11:50DAL goal, 18:24DAL goal, 0:28DAL goal, 12:56DAL goal, 16:26

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

DAL20 on goal, 5 scored
SEA34 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DAL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. RantanenRW123400+2017:534:26
R. HintzC112200+1018:374:17
J. RobertsonLW112112+2017:574:11
M. GranlundC011020-1219:581:43
M. DucheneC011200-1018:071:49
W. JohnstonC101200+2017:404:07
M. MarchmentLW101301-1017:031:34
M. BourqueC011200+1012:030:00
S. SteelC011110+1011:160:00
J. BennLW0001000214:131:36
E. DadonovLW0000110012:410:00
L. BichselD0111410713:270:00
T. HarleyD000101+1221:174:50
E. LindellD000001+1018:360:13
C. CeciD000002+1017:390:04
M. DumbaD000110+1017:001:10
I. LyubushkinD0000020015:300:00
B. SmithD0000010011:030:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Oettinger36351.97260:00Win
C. DeSmith000–0:00

SEA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. McCannLW0117200016:362:47
E. TolvanenRW101113+1016:330:04
A. BurakovskyLW011500+1012:362:10
M. BeniersC000100-1019:254:07
C. StephensonC000001-1018:414:09
S. WrightC000014-1016:062:59
J. SchwartzLW000300-2215:193:03
K. KakkoRW000001-1015:020:56
J. NymanRW0002010215:004:11
J. EberleRW000200-2014:414:03
T. KartyeLW0001100010:220:00
M. EyssimontC000140-1510:030:00
B. MontourD000500-1222:594:01
A. LarssonD0002230021:190:10
R. EvansD0001220219:200:00
J. OleksiakD000234-1018:450:07
V. DunnD000100-1018:163:08
J. MahuraD000221-1012:370:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Daccord20164.80059:31Loss
P. Grubauer000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreDAL 3.4, SEA 3.2DAL 5, SEA 1
Total goals6.56
Shots on goalDAL 27.3, SEA 30.3DAL 21, SEA 36
Win chanceDAL 53%DAL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
DAL J. Robertson2.510.98233%1
SEA B. Montour2.450.43012%0
SEA J. McCann2.370.69127%0
DAL W. Johnston2.320.79130%1
DAL M. Rantanen2.240.92331%1
SEA J. Schwartz2.130.53022%0
SEA V. Dunn2.110.53011%0
DAL T. Harley2.010.63014%0
SEA E. Tolvanen1.810.48121%1
DAL R. Hintz1.820.83230%1
SEA J. Nyman1.820.52017%0
SEA M. Beniers1.810.57022%0
DAL M. Marchment1.830.58122%1
SEA J. Eberle1.720.59021%0
DAL M. Duchene1.720.78126%0
DAL M. Granlund1.600.66115%0
SEA M. Eyssimont1.510.2109%0
SEA K. Kakko1.500.49018%0
SEA A. Burakovsky1.550.45115%0
DAL J. Benn1.410.59019%0
SEA A. Larsson1.420.2606%0
SEA S. Wright1.300.62023%0
DAL E. Lindell1.200.3107%0
DAL E. Dadonov1.100.41015%0
DAL M. Bourque1.120.35114%0
SEA C. Stephenson1.000.61017%0
DAL S. Steel1.010.29110%0
SEA J. Mahura1.020.1602%0
DAL C. Ceci1.000.2905%0
SEA J. Oleksiak0.920.1804%0
SEA R. Evans0.910.2605%0
DAL L. Bichsel0.810.1715%0
SEA T. Kartye0.810.1709%0
DAL B. Smith0.800.1704%0
DAL M. Dumba0.810.1404%0
DAL I. Lyubushkin0.700.1902%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 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.