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Game Recap
DET5
FinalThu, Jan 16, 2025Every game that night
FLA2

DET beat FLA 5-2 despite fewer good chances: 2.45 expected goals to 4.05. FLA outshot DET 43 to 20. D. Larkin led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). S. Bennett had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.6. C. Talbot stopped 41 of 43.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
DET1315
FLA1102
  1. 1st 8:48DETJ. BerggrenPP0.05 xG
  2. 1st 11:01FLAA. Lundell0.15 xG
  3. 2nd 7:52DETD. LarkinPP0.10 xG
  4. 2nd 8:21FLAE. Rodrigues0.10 xG
  5. 2nd 13:44DETP. KanePP0.09 xG
  6. 2nd 15:41DETM. Kasper0.04 xG
  7. 3rd 18:38DETD. LarkinEN0.94 xG

Team Stats

DETFLA
20Shots on goal43
2.45Expected goals4.05
41Shot attempts87
135v5 shots on goal33
3/4Power play0/3
23Hits36
21Blocked shots12
8Penalty minutes10
9Giveaways12
0Takeaways1

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DET 2.45 xGFLA 4.05 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdDET goal, 8:48FLA goal, 11:01DET goal, 7:52FLA goal, 8:21DET goal, 13:44DET goal, 15:41DET goal, 18:38

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

DET20 on goal, 5 scored
FLA43 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DET Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. LarkinC213300+1017:424:31
P. KaneRW1122010017:434:15
L. RaymondLW022300+1216:424:25
M. KasperC112110+1010:490:16
A. DeBrincatRW0112200217:414:15
V. TarasenkoRW0110320016:051:23
J. BerggrenRW1011110015:101:23
J. CompherLW0001010019:091:23
A. CoppC0002020015:360:00
M. RasmussenC000110-1011:321:23
C. FischerRW000022-1010:060:00
J. VelenoC000010-109:260:00
M. SeiderD0112740026:384:31
E. GustafssonD0111010212:191:29
S. EdvinssonD000002+1021:570:00
B. ChiarotD0001320021:110:16
A. JohanssonD000022-1218:020:00
J. HollD0000010014:120:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Talbot43412.95360:00Win
V. Husso000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. VerhaegheC0113100016:443:24
A. LundellC101350+1016:441:13
M. SamoskevichRW011240+1015:562:01
E. RodriguesC101300+1411:302:02
S. ReinhartC000520-2022:243:38
A. BarkovC000124-2021:413:38
M. TkachukLW000230-2220:114:27
S. BennettC0007110017:572:02
E. LuostarinenC0002300015:400:00
J. BoqvistC000111+1210:310:00
T. NosekLW000010006:490:00
A. GreerLW000010004:570:00
D. KulikovD0111320021:140:15
G. ForslingD0003110023:090:15
N. SchmidtD000011-1220:292:57
N. MikkolaD0003520019:190:00
U. BalinskisD000520+1016:062:28
T. BjornfotD000200+1012:420:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky15114.73335:41Loss
S. Knight4401.00022:02

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreDET 2.8, FLA 3.4DET 5, FLA 2
Total goals6.27
Shots on goalDET 25.1, FLA 31.9DET 20, FLA 43
Win chanceFLA 60%DET won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA M. Tkachuk3.021.13033%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.851.11044%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.830.84133%0
FLA S. Bennett2.670.69027%0
FLA A. Barkov2.511.17032%0
FLA G. Forsling2.530.53014%0
DET D. Larkin2.430.78329%2
DET A. DeBrincat2.420.69127%0
DET P. Kane2.220.72223%1
FLA A. Lundell1.930.60119%1
DET M. Seider1.820.5218%0
DET L. Raymond1.830.75225%0
FLA E. Rodrigues1.730.46117%1
DET V. Tarasenko1.600.51121%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.350.3006%0
DET M. Kasper1.310.27211%1
FLA N. Mikkola1.330.2606%0
DET B. Chiarot1.310.2306%0
DET J. Berggren1.210.33116%1
FLA E. Luostarinen1.220.41016%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.220.27113%0
FLA D. Kulikov1.210.2716%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.210.42018%0
DET J. Compher1.110.42016%0
DET A. Copp1.120.39014%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.100.3107%0
DET E. Gustafsson1.110.3316%0
DET S. Edvinsson1.000.3208%0
DET M. Rasmussen1.010.30012%0
FLA A. Greer0.900.1909%0
DET J. Veleno0.900.25011%0
DET C. Fischer0.800.1908%0
DET A. Johansson0.800.1604%0
FLA T. Nosek0.800.1806%0
FLA T. Bjornfot0.720.1102%0
DET J. Holl0.500.1602%0

Shots on goal: 23 of 36 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.