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Game Recap
LAK1
FinalMon, Mar 3, 2025Every game that night
CHI5

CHI beat LAK 5-1, with the chances close: 3.20 expected goals to 3.01. LAK outshot CHI 42 to 19. R. Donato led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). K. Fiala had 8 shots on goal against our projection of 3.3. S. Knight stopped 41 of 42.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
LAK1001
CHI1225
  1. 1st 10:57CHIA. Martinez0.01 xG
  2. 1st 11:39LAKA. Kopitar0.11 xG
  3. 2nd 0:46CHII. Mikheyev0.28 xG
  4. 2nd 13:30CHIE. Del Mastro0.01 xG
  5. 3rd 1:20CHIA. Athanasiou0.15 xG
  6. 3rd 18:30CHIR. DonatoEN0.93 xG

Team Stats

LAKCHI
42Shots on goal19
3.01Expected goals3.20
81Shot attempts44
355v5 shots on goal16
0/1Power play0/2
13Hits11
12Blocked shots19
4Penalty minutes2
12Giveaways11
8Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 3.01 xGCHI 3.20 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdCHI goal, 10:57LAK goal, 11:39CHI goal, 0:46CHI goal, 13:30CHI goal, 1:20CHI goal, 18:30

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

LAK42 on goal, 1 scored
CHI19 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. KopitarC101301-1018:370:16
A. KempeRW011321-1017:270:20
A. TurcotteC011100-2015:040:00
K. FialaLW000820-2022:280:23
Q. ByfieldRW000331-2021:151:44
P. DanaultC000111-1019:251:40
W. FoegeleLW0007100019:161:37
A. LaferriereRW000502-1018:530:21
T. MooreLW000220-1017:041:39
T. LewisC000101-106:070:00
T. JeannotLW000110-226:050:00
D. DoughtyD0001020024:060:23
M. AndersonD000010-1022:190:00
V. GavrikovD000001-2021:440:00
J. EdmundsonD000401+1019:230:00
J. SpenceD000201-2216:011:37
J. MoverareD000000-207:100:00
K. BurroughsD000000-105:140:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Kuemper18144.77858:22Loss
D. Rittich000–0:00

CHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
R. DonatoC112200+2019:142:41
I. MikheyevRW112200+2016:050:00
T. TeravainenC022211+2015:292:42
T. BertuzziLW011201+2016:332:43
C. DachC011050+2014:300:00
P. MaroonLW0111100011:491:17
L. ReichelLW0110000011:361:19
A. AthanasiouC101101+1011:150:00
C. BedardC000201+1021:212:40
F. NazarC0001010018:251:19
L. SlaggertLW0001020215:070:00
C. SmithC0000000010:431:18
E. Del MastroD101212+1019:180:00
A. MartinezD101101+2015:301:20
A. VlasicD000102+1025:102:41
C. MurphyD000012+2022:360:00
L. CrevierD0001140017:190:00
W. KaiserD000011+2016:060:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Knight42411.97659:54Win
A. Soderblom000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreLAK 3.2, CHI 2.4LAK 1, CHI 5
Total goals5.66
Shots on goalLAK 30.3, CHI 23.5LAK 42, CHI 19
Win chanceLAK 62%CHI won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
LAK A. Kempe3.330.98138%0
LAK K. Fiala3.380.98035%0
LAK W. Foegele2.770.61025%0
LAK A. Laferriere2.650.56023%0
LAK T. Moore2.520.63025%0
CHI C. Bedard2.420.83025%0
CHI R. Donato2.420.67224%1
LAK Q. Byfield2.230.73021%0
CHI T. Bertuzzi1.920.61125%0
LAK P. Danault1.910.63020%0
CHI I. Mikheyev1.720.40219%1
CHI T. Teravainen1.620.71223%0
LAK D. Doughty1.610.62012%0
CHI F. Nazar1.610.45015%0
CHI C. Smith1.500.29013%0
LAK A. Kopitar1.530.83124%1
LAK V. Gavrikov1.400.3506%0
CHI A. Athanasiou1.410.31114%1
LAK M. Anderson1.200.2906%0
LAK J. Edmundson1.240.2406%0
LAK T. Lewis1.210.2009%0
LAK A. Turcotte1.210.31111%0
CHI C. Murphy1.100.2405%0
CHI C. Dach1.100.29112%0
CHI A. Vlasic1.110.2904%0
CHI L. Slaggert1.110.24012%0
CHI A. Martinez1.010.2717%1
CHI W. Kaiser1.000.1804%0
LAK J. Spence1.020.3204%0
CHI L. Reichel1.000.27110%0
CHI P. Maroon0.910.2418%0
LAK T. Jeannot0.910.23012%0
CHI L. Crevier0.810.1505%0
LAK J. Moverare0.600.1303%0
CHI E. Mastro0.620.1915%1
LAK K. Burroughs0.300.0401%0

Shots on goal: 23 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 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.