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Game Recap
FLA7
FinalSat, Jan 25, 2025Every game that night
SJS2

FLA beat SJS 7-2, and the chances backed it up: 4.81 expected goals to 1.87. FLA outshot SJS 32 to 23. M. Tkachuk led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). L. Kunin had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 1.3. S. Bobrovsky stopped 21 of 23.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
FLA3407
SJS2002
  1. 1st 5:47FLAN. Schmidt0.13 xG
  2. 1st 6:50SJSC. Ceci0.05 xG
  3. 1st 7:22SJSW. Smith0.25 xG
  4. 1st 14:27FLAS. Bennett0.23 xG
  5. 1st 17:08FLAA. Ekblad0.02 xG
  6. 2nd 3:01FLAA. Greer0.17 xG
  7. 2nd 5:35FLAM. TkachukPP0.43 xG
  8. 2nd 13:07FLAJ. Boqvist0.25 xG
  9. 2nd 16:25FLAS. Reinhart0.35 xG

Team Stats

FLASJS
32Shots on goal23
4.81Expected goals1.87
68Shot attempts43
315v5 shots on goal22
1/2Power play0/1
19Hits22
9Blocked shots20
2Penalty minutes2
11Giveaways10
2Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 4.81 xGSJS 1.87 xGGoal

0123451st2nd3rdFLA goal, 5:47SJS goal, 6:50SJS goal, 7:22FLA goal, 14:27FLA goal, 17:08FLA goal, 3:01FLA goal, 5:35FLA goal, 13:07FLA goal, 16:25

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, 7 scored
SJS23 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. TkachukLW123200+1016:401:41
A. BarkovC0222000015:071:36
A. GreerLW112330+2014:260:00
S. ReinhartC1012000015:511:37
S. BennettC1014100015:500:42
A. LundellC011421+2015:350:37
C. VerhaegheC011111+2015:321:40
T. NosekLW011010+2014:050:00
J. BoqvistC101231+2013:520:00
E. RodriguesC000010+3015:440:38
M. SamoskevichRW000411-1013:550:41
E. LuostarinenC000001-1013:350:00
A. EkbladD112101+2018:531:45
N. MikkolaD011101-1220:550:00
N. SchmidtD101301+3019:520:33
D. KulikovD0000200021:300:00
U. BalinskisD000141+2019:080:00
G. ForslingD000200+2017:300:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky23212.91360:00Win
S. Knight000–0:00

SJS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
W. SmithC101301+1018:430:47
F. ZetterlundLW011123+1014:450:44
M. CelebriniC000301-1017:541:16
M. GranlundC000100+1017:531:15
W. EklundLW000112-1017:291:13
A. WennbergC000020-2015:270:47
N. KovalenkoRW000111-2015:210:45
L. KuninC000420-3015:190:00
T. ToffoliC0001010214:291:13
B. GoodrowC000031-2011:540:00
S. SabourinRW000021-2010:270:00
W. DuehrRW000030-2010:120:00
M. FerraroD0113110022:570:00
J. WalmanD011224-1022:121:25
C. CeciD101111-1020:060:00
T. LiljegrenD0001100020:000:35
H. ThrunD000000-3017:340:00
M. VlasicD000113-3015:000:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Georgiev15114.73323:01Loss
Y. Askarov17143.82436:59

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.6, SJS 2.5FLA 7, SJS 2
Total goals6.19
Shots on goalFLA 34.2, SJS 26.1FLA 32, SJS 23
Win chanceFLA 66%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA M. Tkachuk3.221.22335%1
SJS M. Celebrini2.930.75025%0
FLA S. Bennett2.840.69127%1
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.710.82131%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.621.00140%1
FLA G. Forsling2.620.53014%0
FLA A. Barkov2.521.17232%0
SJS T. Toffoli2.410.61028%0
SJS J. Walman2.320.46113%0
FLA A. Ekblad2.110.55212%1
SJS F. Zetterlund1.910.49120%0
SJS M. Granlund1.910.72017%0
FLA A. Lundell1.840.61119%0
FLA E. Rodrigues1.800.47018%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.640.42016%0
SJS W. Eklund1.610.62018%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.510.2816%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.430.3618%1
FLA U. Balinskis1.310.2906%0
SJS W. Smith1.330.44116%1
SJS L. Kunin1.340.29015%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.200.40015%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.220.43118%1
FLA D. Kulikov1.200.3006%0
SJS T. Liljegren1.210.2906%0
SJS C. Ceci1.110.2715%1
SJS M. Ferraro1.130.2115%0
SJS A. Wennberg1.000.38013%0
SJS M. Vlasic1.010.2004%0
FLA A. Greer1.030.2129%1
SJS B. Goodrow0.900.21011%0
SJS H. Thrun0.900.2104%0
FLA T. Nosek0.900.2216%0
SJS N. Kovalenko0.810.35012%0
SJS W. Duehr0.800.20010%0
SJS S. Sabourin0.700.2108%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.