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Game Recap
FLA1
FinalMon, Jan 6, 2025Every game that night
COL3

COL beat FLA 3-1, with the chances close: 3.06 expected goals to 3.15. D. Toews led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). M. Tkachuk had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.5. M. Blackwood stopped 26 of 27.

Team Stats

FLACOL
27Shots on goal34
3.15Expected goals3.06
56Shot attempts60
155v5 shots on goal24
0/3Power play0/4
24Hits19
13Blocked shots13
6Penalty minutes6
10Giveaways8
6Takeaways2

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 3.15 xGCOL 3.06 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdFLA goal, 15:57COL goal, 18:18COL goal, 8:54

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

FLA27 on goal, 1 scored
COL32 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. VerhaegheC101310-1220:254:54
A. LundellC0110100214:070:55
J. BoqvistC0111300010:110:00
S. ReinhartC000620-1023:294:40
A. BarkovC000121-1022:144:38
M. TkachukLW000701-2019:494:43
S. BennettC000230-2216:551:22
E. RodriguesC0002100015:271:20
E. LuostarinenC000012-1014:300:00
M. SamoskevichRW000010008:331:11
T. NosekLW000220008:120:00
A. GreerLW000020007:120:00
G. ForslingD0001020022:260:17
D. KulikovD0000030021:580:16
A. BoqvistD0001010018:344:24
U. BalinskisD000021-1018:200:00
T. BjornfotD000110-2015:290:00
N. SchmidtD0000220015:161:20
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky33312.93958:53Loss
S. Knight000–0:00

COL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. RantanenRW101300+1024:046:36
N. MacKinnonC011301+1023:256:23
C. MittelstadtC0113000216:045:57
R. ColtonC011110+1012:281:25
J. ParssinenC011210+108:262:03
J. DrouinLW0004000221:505:40
A. LehkonenLW000100+2018:022:19
P. KellyC0000300016:260:00
J. KivirantaLW0001200014:520:00
L. O'ConnorRW0001010214:290:00
J. InnalaLW000010005:210:00
T. FelhaberLW000130005:050:00
D. ToewsD213413+3026:191:52
C. MakarD000510+1026:466:12
S. GirardD000002+1024:531:33
J. MansonD0003330019:040:00
S. MalinskiD000103009:240:00
K. MiddletonD000130-107:020:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
M. Blackwood27261.96360:00Win
T. Miner000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.1, COL 3.3FLA 1, COL 3
Total goals6.44
Shots on goalFLA 29.1, COL 29.6FLA 27, COL 34
Win chanceCOL 53%COL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
COL N. MacKinnon3.831.46139%0
COL C. Makar3.151.14024%0
COL M. Rantanen2.731.21139%1
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.530.75130%1
FLA M. Tkachuk2.570.91028%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.460.95038%0
FLA S. Bennett2.420.62024%0
FLA A. Barkov2.311.02029%0
FLA G. Forsling2.110.44011%0
COL A. Lehkonen2.110.73031%0
FLA A. Lundell1.900.58118%0
COL D. Toews1.940.62311%2
COL R. Colton1.910.51124%0
FLA E. Rodrigues1.720.45017%0
COL J. Drouin1.640.78020%0
COL J. Manson1.530.3308%0
COL S. Girard1.400.4006%0
COL S. Malinski1.310.2105%0
COL C. Mittelstadt1.330.61118%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.200.2404%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.200.29014%0
COL P. Kelly1.100.24011%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.100.37014%0
COL L. O'Connor1.110.31012%0
COL J. Kiviranta1.110.24012%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.010.35115%0
FLA D. Kulikov1.000.2304%0
FLA A. Greer0.900.1909%0
FLA A. Boqvist0.910.2806%0
FLA N. Schmidt0.800.2104%0
COL K. Middleton0.810.0602%0
FLA T. Nosek0.720.1705%0
COL J. Parssinen0.720.25110%0
FLA T. Bjornfot0.610.1001%0
COL J. Innala0.400.1207%0

Shots on goal: 17 of 35 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.