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Game Recap
DET1
FinalSun, Jan 19, 2025Every game that night
DAL4

DAL beat DET 4-1, with the chances close: 3.02 expected goals to 2.67. DET outshot DAL 34 to 25. J. Robertson led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). M. Rasmussen had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 1.0. J. Oettinger stopped 33 of 34.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
DET0011
DAL3014
  1. 1st 5:26DALM. Blümel0.39 xG
  2. 1st 13:05DALJ. RobertsonPP0.27 xG
  3. 1st 14:18DALM. Bourque0.07 xG
  4. 3rd 12:01DETM. Kasper0.10 xG
  5. 3rd 14:09DALW. Johnston0.19 xG

Team Stats

DETDAL
34Shots on goal25
2.67Expected goals3.02
70Shot attempts43
285v5 shots on goal22
0/3Power play1/1
28Hits19
7Blocked shots15
2Penalty minutes6
14Giveaways20
5Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DET 2.67 xGDAL 3.02 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdDAL goal, 5:26DAL goal, 13:05DAL goal, 14:18DET goal, 12:01DAL goal, 14:09

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

DET34 on goal, 1 scored
DAL24 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DET Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. LarkinC011300+1018:533:35
M. KasperC101310+1015:310:00
L. RaymondLW000310+1019:313:30
A. DeBrincatRW000200-2017:043:34
P. KaneRW000200-3015:443:30
J. CompherLW0001000015:180:49
J. BerggrenRW0001000214:240:47
M. RasmussenC0004420014:010:46
V. TarasenkoRW0002000013:570:48
A. CoppC000000-2013:500:19
J. VelenoC000040-1013:130:18
C. FischerRW000060-1012:150:15
S. EdvinssonD0110000021:340:21
M. SeiderD0004610022:363:20
A. JohanssonD0002200020:270:09
B. ChiarotD000332-1018:310:00
E. GustafssonD000201-1016:421:09
J. HollD000211-2016:070:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Lyon25214.84060:00Loss
C. Talbot000–0:00

DAL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. DucheneC022310+1015:270:22
J. RobertsonLW112200+1015:150:22
W. JohnstonC1011200016:400:22
M. BourqueC101120+1013:490:00
C. BlackwellC011410+1013:290:00
J. HryckowianC011120+1010:020:00
M. BlümelRW101210+109:210:00
O. BäckC0000210018:210:00
S. SteelC0003100017:260:00
L. StankovenC0002110015:540:00
J. BennLW0001210015:530:22
E. DadonovLW0001110213:400:00
M. HeiskanenD011202-1021:200:22
I. LyubushkinD011004+2020:330:00
E. LindellD0000130023:550:00
T. HarleyD000101+1022:300:00
B. SmithD000100+1216:020:00
N. LundkvistD000021+1215:550:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Oettinger34331.97159:50Win
C. DeSmith000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreDET 2.6, DAL 3.5DET 1, DAL 4
Total goals6.15
Shots on goalDET 24.6, DAL 31.5DET 34, DAL 25
Win chanceDAL 64%DAL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
DAL W. Johnston2.810.88132%1
DAL J. Robertson2.821.07235%1
DAL L. Stankoven2.420.54018%0
DET A. DeBrincat2.420.67026%0
DET D. Larkin2.430.74128%0
DAL M. Heiskanen2.320.70113%0
DAL J. Benn2.210.86028%0
DET P. Kane2.220.70022%0
DAL M. Duchene2.130.93233%0
DAL T. Harley2.110.54012%0
DET M. Seider1.840.4507%0
DET L. Raymond1.830.72024%0
DAL E. Dadonov1.710.54020%0
DET V. Tarasenko1.620.50021%0
DAL N. Lundkvist1.400.2705%0
DAL E. Lindell1.400.3308%0
DAL S. Steel1.330.42014%0
DAL M. Bourque1.310.35114%1
DET J. Berggren1.310.34016%0
DAL M. Blümel1.220.18111%1
DAL C. Blackwell1.240.27113%0
DET J. Compher1.210.42016%0
DET M. Kasper1.230.27111%1
DET B. Chiarot1.230.1805%0
DET A. Copp1.100.36014%0
DET E. Gustafsson1.020.2805%0
DET M. Rasmussen1.040.29012%0
DET S. Edvinsson1.000.2617%0
DET C. Fischer0.900.1808%0
DET J. Veleno0.800.23011%0
DAL B. Smith0.810.2005%0
DAL O. Bäck0.700.31011%0
DET A. Johansson0.720.1304%0
DAL I. Lyubushkin0.600.2012%0
DET J. Holl0.520.1402%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 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.