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Game Recap
FLA1
FinalThu, Oct 10, 2024Every game that night
OTT3

OTT beat FLA 3-1, with the chances close: 2.66 expected goals to 2.29. T. Stützle led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). L. Ullmark stopped 31 of 32.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
FLA0101
OTT2013
  1. 1st 5:52OTTT. StützlePP0.08 xG
  2. 1st 10:42OTTS. Pinto0.03 xG
  3. 2nd 15:48FLAG. Forsling0.03 xG
  4. 3rd 18:50OTTT. StützleEN0.78 xG

Team Stats

FLAOTT
32Shots on goal31
2.29Expected goals2.66
85Shot attempts46
245v5 shots on goal23
0/2Power play1/3
22Hits30
9Blocked shots30
6Penalty minutes4
13Giveaways14
2Takeaways2

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 2.29 xGOTT 2.66 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdOTT goal, 5:52OTT goal, 10:42FLA goal, 15:48OTT goal, 18:50

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

FLA32 on goal, 1 scored
OTT28 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. BennettC0114210017:561:46
M. TkachukLW0114100017:272:39
C. VerhaegheC000400+1020:152:13
S. ReinhartC000123-1020:042:11
A. BarkovC000111-1019:092:12
A. LundellC000400-1016:311:19
E. RodriguesC000211-2015:271:48
E. LuostarinenC000121-1013:450:01
M. SamoskevichRW0003010012:220:00
J. BoqvistC0000100010:020:04
A. GreerLW000120009:250:00
J. GadjovichLW000050008:130:00
G. ForslingD101211+1023:060:00
A. EkbladD000100+1222:091:45
N. MikkolaD000010-1418:500:02
D. KulikovD000220-1018:470:00
U. BalinskisD000110-1018:202:31
N. SchmidtD0001000014:381:29
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky30282.93358:34Loss
S. Knight000–0:00

OTT Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. StützleC202311+1019:573:20
J. NorrisC0111210018:083:18
B. TkachukLW011512+1017:473:27
S. PintoC1013100015:590:57
C. GirouxRW0001110017:381:43
D. BathersonRW0001300215:163:18
R. GreigC000002-1015:071:34
M. AmadioRW000100+1013:580:00
D. PerronLW0004210013:031:33
N. GregorLW0001220012:510:00
N. CousinsC0000410012:090:00
A. GaudetteRW000020029:230:44
J. SandersonD0113070024:483:19
A. ZubD000320+1021:140:04
T. ChabotD0003050018:151:43
T. KlevenD0000540016:540:00
N. JensenD000210+2016:490:00
T. HamonicD0000330016:440:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Ullmark32311.96960:00Win
A. Forsberg000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamBrady Tkachuk FLA Faces OTT, his team until Apr 20261 A, 5 SOG

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.2, OTT 2.8FLA 1, OTT 3
Total goals6.04
Shots on goalFLA 30.1, OTT 28.7FLA 32, OTT 31
Win chanceFLA 57%OTT won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
OTT B. Tkachuk4.450.88133%0
FLA M. Tkachuk3.241.00130%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe3.240.86034%0
FLA S. Reinhart3.010.95039%0
OTT D. Batherson2.610.75027%0
FLA A. Barkov2.611.01029%0
FLA S. Bennett2.640.64126%0
OTT S. Pinto2.630.54122%1
OTT T. Stützle2.530.85227%2
OTT D. Perron2.340.68026%0
OTT C. Giroux2.310.76026%0
FLA E. Rodrigues2.220.52019%0
FLA G. Forsling2.120.55114%1
OTT J. Sanderson2.030.4418%0
FLA A. Ekblad1.910.49013%0
FLA A. Lundell1.940.51016%0
OTT T. Chabot1.930.4309%0
OTT J. Norris1.710.45123%0
OTT R. Greig1.600.40018%0
OTT N. Gregor1.510.20010%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.410.38014%0
OTT M. Amadio1.410.33017%0
OTT A. Gaudette1.300.1909%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.330.18011%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.210.2806%0
OTT A. Zub1.230.2706%0
OTT T. Hamonic1.200.1705%0
FLA A. Greer1.110.23010%0
OTT N. Cousins1.100.1908%0
OTT N. Jensen1.120.2304%0
OTT T. Kleven1.000.1703%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.000.1904%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.000.29012%0
FLA U. Balinskis0.810.1905%0
FLA D. Kulikov0.820.2204%0
FLA J. Gadjovich0.700.1306%0

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