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Game Recap
LAK2
FinalSat, Jan 18, 2025Every game that night
SEA4

SEA beat LAK 4-2, with the chances close: 2.94 expected goals to 2.32. LAK outshot SEA 30 to 22. J. Schwartz scored three for SEA. K. Fiala had 10 shots on goal against our projection of 2.7. J. Daccord stopped 28 of 30.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
LAK2002
SEA2114
  1. 1st 0:28SEAJ. Schwartz0.06 xG
  2. 1st 6:07LAKA. KempePP0.14 xG
  3. 1st 7:40SEAJ. Schwartz0.11 xG
  4. 1st 18:43LAKJ. Spence0.02 xG
  5. 2nd 1:37SEAC. Stephenson0.09 xG
  6. 3rd 18:50SEAJ. SchwartzEN0.75 xG

Team Stats

LAKSEA
30Shots on goal22
2.32Expected goals2.94
76Shot attempts50
235v5 shots on goal15
1/2Power play0/3
26Hits32
14Blocked shots24
6Penalty minutes4
14Giveaways15
5Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 2.32 xGSEA 2.94 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdSEA goal, 0:28LAK goal, 6:07SEA goal, 7:40LAK goal, 18:43SEA goal, 1:37SEA 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

LAK29 on goal, 2 scored
SEA22 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
K. FialaLW01110000022:182:11
A. KopitarC011200-2021:361:43
A. KempeRW101220-2021:201:45
P. DanaultC0111320019:580:39
T. MooreLW011120+1016:420:26
Q. ByfieldRW000120-3020:501:32
W. FoegeleLW000310-2015:510:00
A. TurcotteC000213-1013:470:28
T. JeannotLW000180-2211:400:00
S. HeleniusC000010007:150:00
T. LewisC000010026:150:00
J. SpenceD1012230022:491:20
V. GavrikovD000111-2024:470:00
M. AndersonD000101-2021:520:00
J. EdmundsonD0000100018:230:00
B. ClarkeD000202-1213:540:51
K. BurroughsD000112009:180:00
J. MoverareD000000007:320:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Kuemper21183.85757:53Loss
D. Rittich000–0:00

SEA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. SchwartzLW303611+2019:143:52
K. KakkoRW033212+2017:272:27
C. StephensonC101213+1220:443:18
M. BeniersC011011+2220:193:23
O. BjorkstrandRW011322+1018:063:24
A. BurakovskyLW011210+1014:132:37
J. McCannLW0000010017:452:41
E. TolvanenRW0000510014:000:00
S. WrightC0001230013:381:51
B. TanevLW0000330013:350:08
M. StephensC000030007:580:08
J. HaydenC000131006:300:00
A. LarssonD000114+2021:560:00
B. MontourD000120-1021:422:43
R. EvansD000030-1020:420:11
V. DunnD000302+1020:383:17
J. OleksiakD000020+3015:320:00
J. MahuraD000010+2013:500:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Daccord30282.93360:00Win
P. Grubauer000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreLAK 2.9, SEA 2.6LAK 2, SEA 4
Total goals5.46
Shots on goalLAK 26.9, SEA 25.0LAK 30, SEA 22
Win chanceLAK 54%SEA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
LAK A. Kempe2.920.95135%1
LAK K. Fiala2.7100.84129%0
LAK W. Foegele2.230.55021%0
SEA J. McCann2.200.66028%0
SEA B. Montour2.210.45012%0
SEA J. Schwartz2.160.56323%3
LAK T. Moore2.110.55120%0
LAK Q. Byfield2.010.65020%0
SEA O. Bjorkstrand1.830.55121%0
SEA V. Dunn1.730.58012%0
SEA M. Beniers1.700.54121%0
LAK P. Danault1.710.57119%0
SEA K. Kakko1.620.48320%0
LAK B. Clarke1.620.3906%0
SEA A. Burakovsky1.520.44116%0
SEA E. Tolvanen1.500.37017%0
LAK A. Kopitar1.420.84124%0
LAK V. Gavrikov1.310.3507%0
LAK A. Turcotte1.320.45014%0
LAK M. Anderson1.310.3007%0
SEA A. Larsson1.310.2206%0
SEA B. Tanev1.100.28014%0
LAK J. Spence1.120.3114%1
LAK J. Edmundson1.100.2106%0
LAK T. Lewis1.100.1908%0
SEA C. Stephenson1.120.61118%1
SEA S. Wright1.010.46018%0
SEA R. Evans1.000.3006%0
SEA J. Mahura0.900.1703%0
SEA J. Oleksiak0.800.1704%0
LAK T. Jeannot0.810.22011%0
SEA J. Hayden0.810.0906%0
LAK J. Moverare0.700.1303%0
SEA M. Stephens0.600.1506%0
LAK S. Helenius0.600.1306%0
LAK K. Burroughs0.210.0301%0

Shots on goal: 24 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 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.