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Game Recap
FLA6
FinalWed, Dec 18, 2024Every game that night
MIN1

FLA beat MIN 6-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.26 expected goals to 2.10. A. Ekblad led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). N. Mikkola had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 1.2. S. Bobrovsky stopped 26 of 27.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
FLA2226
MIN1001
  1. 1st 3:48FLAA. Ekblad0.06 xG
  2. 1st 16:11MINM. RossiPP0.16 xG
  3. 1st 18:14FLAM. Samoskevich0.04 xG
  4. 2nd 15:28FLAM. Tkachuk0.06 xG
  5. 2nd 18:54FLAM. TkachukPP0.05 xG
  6. 3rd 11:10FLAN. Mikkola0.06 xG
  7. 3rd 19:30FLAE. Luostarinen0.24 xG

Team Stats

FLAMIN
33Shots on goal27
3.26Expected goals2.10
59Shot attempts51
255v5 shots on goal25
1/2Power play1/2
42Hits25
11Blocked shots9
16Penalty minutes16
11Giveaways15
4Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 3.26 xGMIN 2.10 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdFLA goal, 3:48MIN goal, 16:11FLA goal, 18:14FLA goal, 15:28FLA goal, 18:54FLA goal, 11:10FLA goal, 19:30

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

FLA33 on goal, 6 scored
MIN27 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. TkachukLW202260+1219:022:05
C. VerhaegheC022210+1016:070:35
M. SamoskevichRW112140+3012:350:32
A. LundellC011430+21017:170:00
S. ReinhartC011220+1217:080:35
E. LuostarinenC101342+2016:040:22
A. BarkovC011111+1016:010:35
E. RodriguesC011311+3014:190:32
J. BoqvistC011040+108:470:00
A. GreerLW0001200213:481:38
T. NosekLW0002310013:281:28
J. GadjovichLW0002400012:211:28
A. EkbladD123310+2022:090:35
N. MikkolaD101432+3021:160:30
G. ForslingD000302+3022:110:00
D. KulikovD0000120019:470:00
N. SchmidtD0000100017:321:34
U. BalinskisD000010+2015:000:26
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky27261.96360:00Win
S. Knight000–0:00

MIN Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. RossiC1013000022:542:22
K. KaprizovLW0112000022:522:22
M. BoldyLW011301-3215:252:22
M. ZuccarelloRW0002210020:162:22
M. JohanssonLW000100-3014:370:00
M. FolignoLW000120-1014:210:00
R. HartmanRW000341-11414:100:00
B. JonesC000140-1012:380:00
F. GaudreauC000111-2011:570:00
B. GaunceC000030-2010:300:00
M. KhusnutdinovC000020-109:240:00
D. ShoreC000010-108:340:00
B. FaberD000101-2025:590:00
J. BrodinD000321-1024:240:00
J. SpurgeonD000211-2022:222:22
D. ChisholmD000200-1019:380:00
Z. BogosianD000221-2013:010:00
J. MerrillD000011-2012:230:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
M. Fleury33276.81860:00Loss
J. Wallstedt000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.1, MIN 3.0FLA 6, MIN 1
Total goals6.07
Shots on goalFLA 30.4, MIN 27.9FLA 33, MIN 27
Win chanceFLA 51%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
MIN K. Kaprizov3.421.31146%0
FLA M. Tkachuk2.920.99230%2
MIN M. Boldy2.930.86131%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.920.80231%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.620.93138%0
FLA A. Barkov2.410.99128%0
FLA G. Forsling2.030.43010%0
MIN R. Hartman2.030.52022%0
FLA A. Ekblad1.830.44310%1
MIN M. Rossi1.830.60124%1
FLA E. Rodrigues1.730.43116%0
MIN M. Zuccarello1.720.73019%0
MIN J. Spurgeon1.720.43010%0
FLA A. Lundell1.740.51116%0
MIN J. Brodin1.730.3607%0
MIN M. Johansson1.610.48018%0
MIN B. Faber1.610.5609%0
MIN F. Gaudreau1.310.37015%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.310.26212%1
MIN D. Chisholm1.220.3007%0
MIN B. Gaunce1.200.22012%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.240.2314%1
FLA E. Luostarinen1.130.35113%1
MIN M. Foligno1.110.39016%0
FLA D. Kulikov1.100.2405%0
MIN Z. Bogosian1.020.1704%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.000.1803%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.000.2405%0
FLA A. Greer1.010.1908%0
FLA J. Boqvist0.900.29113%0
MIN B. Jones0.810.1108%0
FLA T. Nosek0.820.1705%0
MIN J. Merrill0.700.1604%0
FLA J. Gadjovich0.720.1106%0
MIN D. Shore0.600.1606%0
MIN M. Khusnutdinov0.400.1607%0

Shots on goal: 22 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.