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Game Recap
LAK1
Final/OTSat, Oct 12, 2024Every game that night
BOS2

BOS beat LAK 2-1 in overtime despite fewer good chances: 1.41 expected goals to 3.71. LAK outshot BOS 34 to 26. T. Moore had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.8. J. Swayman stopped 33 of 34.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
LAK01001
BOS01012
  1. 2nd 5:22LAKT. Moore0.33 xG
  2. 2nd 16:50BOSE. Lindholm0.06 xG
  3. OT 3:07BOSD. Pastrnak0.16 xG

Team Stats

LAKBOS
34Shots on goal26
3.71Expected goals1.41
65Shot attempts50
175v5 shots on goal14
0/5Power play0/5
26Hits32
15Blocked shots19
10Penalty minutes10
13Giveaways9
10Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 3.71 xGBOS 1.41 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdOTLAK goal, 5:22BOS goal, 16:50BOS goal, 3:07

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

LAK33 on goal, 1 scored
BOS24 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. MooreLW1017200019:073:02
P. DanaultC011220+1018:113:09
Q. ByfieldRW0113000217:383:21
A. KopitarC000002-1021:024:47
A. KempeRW000320-2020:024:45
K. FialaLW0003000017:134:57
A. LaferriereRW0005000216:564:49
W. FoegeleLW0005010014:390:05
T. JeannotLW0000200011:410:00
T. LewisC0001210010:260:08
A. TurcotteC000010+109:032:28
A. LeeLW000030008:030:05
V. GavrikovD0003230023:170:42
M. AndersonD000033-1022:090:09
J. EdmundsonD0001330019:580:05
B. ClarkeD0000020417:025:05
J. SpenceD0000100216:282:59
K. BurroughsD0001300016:260:09
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Kuemper26242.92363:07OT loss
D. Rittich000–0:00

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. MarchandLW011401+1019:125:34
D. PastrnakRW101200+1218:035:20
E. LindholmC101132+1017:355:17
M. PoitrasC0110000016:050:52
P. ZachaC0003000217:454:53
C. CoyleC000121+1017:002:52
T. FredericC000320-1015:432:49
M. GeekieC0001400014:462:34
J. BeecherC0000340012:490:00
C. KoepkeLW0000400012:010:00
J. BrazeauRW0000100011:522:24
M. KastelicC000041-1011:440:00
M. LohreiD011001+1015:540:00
C. McAvoyD000222+1223:145:15
H. LindholmD000502-1021:482:55
N. ZadorovD0001410219:320:00
B. CarloD000312-1218:340:00
A. PeekeD0000220016:090:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Swayman34331.97162:42Win
J. Korpisalo000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreLAK 2.7, BOS 2.9LAK 1, BOS 2
Total goals5.73
Shots on goalLAK 29.7, BOS 27.2LAK 34, BOS 26
Win chanceBOS 54%BOS won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
BOS D. Pastrnak4.221.10142%1
LAK A. Kempe3.430.80031%0
LAK K. Fiala2.930.81026%0
LAK T. Moore2.870.51120%1
BOS B. Marchand2.340.77126%0
BOS E. Lindholm2.210.69126%1
LAK W. Foegele2.250.37015%0
LAK P. Danault2.020.51119%0
LAK Q. Byfield2.030.52115%0
BOS P. Zacha1.930.70022%0
LAK A. Kopitar1.800.73023%0
LAK A. Laferriere1.850.28013%0
BOS C. Coyle1.810.61021%0
BOS M. Geekie1.710.46018%0
BOS C. McAvoy1.720.60010%0
BOS T. Frederic1.530.41018%0
BOS J. Brazeau1.400.32015%0
BOS H. Lindholm1.450.3806%0
BOS N. Zadorov1.410.3309%0
LAK T. Lewis1.410.1607%0
LAK B. Clarke1.300.2104%0
LAK V. Gavrikov1.330.2506%0
LAK J. Spence1.200.2904%0
BOS M. Kastelic1.200.22012%0
LAK M. Anderson1.200.2004%0
BOS B. Carlo1.130.2205%0
BOS M. Lohrei1.000.2816%0
LAK J. Edmundson1.010.1704%0
BOS J. Beecher1.000.24012%0
LAK K. Burroughs1.010.1003%0
BOS M. Poitras1.000.33111%0
LAK T. Jeannot0.900.1809%0
LAK A. Turcotte0.900.1406%0
BOS A. Peeke0.800.1603%0
BOS C. Koepke0.800.1907%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.