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Game Recap
NYI5
Final/OTSun, Jan 5, 2025Every game that night
BOS4

NYI beat BOS 5-4 in overtime, with the chances close: 3.02 expected goals to 3.38. R. Pulock led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). A. Lee had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.4. I. Sorokin stopped 26 of 30.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
NYI21115
BOS11204
  1. 1st 3:01BOSC. Koepke0.21 xG
  2. 1st 3:22NYIB. HorvatSH0.12 xG
  3. 1st 5:33NYIR. Pulock0.01 xG
  4. 2nd 4:11NYIA. Lee0.05 xG
  5. 2nd 10:18BOSJ. Brazeau0.17 xG
  6. 3rd 3:41NYIA. Lee0.23 xG
  7. 3rd 4:35BOSD. Pastrnak0.10 xG
  8. 3rd 12:44BOSD. Pastrnak0.44 xG
  9. OT 3:10NYIB. Horvat0.29 xG

Team Stats

NYIBOS
37Shots on goal30
3.02Expected goals3.38
84Shot attempts55
355v5 shots on goal25
0/0Power play0/1
14Hits31
19Blocked shots22
11Giveaways19
5Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NYI 3.02 xGBOS 3.38 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdOTBOS goal, 3:01NYI goal, 3:22NYI goal, 5:33NYI goal, 4:11BOS goal, 10:18NYI goal, 3:41BOS goal, 4:35BOS goal, 12:44NYI goal, 3:10

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

NYI37 on goal, 5 scored
BOS30 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NYI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. HorvatC202310+1017:340:00
A. LeeLW202720+2017:000:00
M. BarzalC011210+3020:580:00
J. PageauC0112200017:200:00
B. NelsonC000110+2018:380:00
M. TsyplakovRW000001-1016:480:00
K. PalmieriC000100-1016:040:00
A. DuclairLW0001010014:390:00
C. CizikasC000321-1014:220:00
P. EngvallLW000000-2010:530:00
K. MacLeanC000122-1010:200:00
H. FaschingRW000201-109:440:00
R. PulockD123203+2022:450:00
A. RomanovD011316-1025:210:00
A. PelechD011411+2025:140:00
N. DobsonD0002120023:230:00
S. MayfieldD000301-1014:420:00
D. CholowskiD000000-1011:450:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Sorokin30264.86763:10Win
M. Hogberg000–0:00

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. PastrnakRW202521+1023:341:13
M. GeekieC011251+2021:230:52
P. ZachaC011200+1021:211:08
J. BrazeauRW101230+1016:300:48
M. KastelicC0110410010:500:00
C. KoepkeLW101141009:070:00
B. MarchandLW000300-4015:401:12
T. FredericC000031+1015:310:00
E. LindholmC000113-4015:181:10
C. CoyleC000211-2015:050:50
O. WahlstromRW000211+1012:580:47
J. BeecherC0000210011:030:00
C. McAvoyD011214-3024:151:13
N. ZadorovD011211+1019:390:00
A. PeekeD011013+1019:370:00
P. WotherspoonD0002220021:150:00
M. LohreiD000000+1018:470:47
B. CarloD0004010017:370:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Korpisalo37325.86563:10OT loss
J. Swayman000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreNYI 2.7, BOS 2.9NYI 5, BOS 4
Total goals5.69
Shots on goalNYI 27.2, BOS 28.9NYI 37, BOS 30
Win chanceBOS 54%NYI won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
BOS D. Pastrnak3.851.07239%2
NYI B. Horvat2.630.70228%2
NYI M. Barzal2.520.80121%0
BOS B. Marchand2.530.83029%0
NYI A. Lee2.470.59226%2
NYI B. Nelson2.310.72030%0
NYI N. Dobson2.220.58011%0
NYI K. Palmieri2.110.60024%0
BOS M. Geekie1.920.50120%0
BOS C. McAvoy1.820.57110%0
BOS E. Lindholm1.810.60023%0
BOS P. Zacha1.720.65122%0
NYI A. Duclair1.610.57024%0
BOS J. Brazeau1.520.41119%1
NYI J. Pageau1.520.46117%0
BOS T. Frederic1.500.41018%0
BOS C. Coyle1.420.48019%0
BOS O. Wahlstrom1.420.25012%0
BOS N. Zadorov1.420.3219%0
NYI A. Pelech1.340.2714%0
NYI M. Tsyplakov1.300.42015%0
NYI R. Pulock1.220.2936%1
NYI A. Romanov1.230.2414%0
BOS M. Kastelic1.200.24111%0
NYI P. Engvall1.100.28012%0
BOS M. Lohrei1.100.4106%0
BOS B. Carlo1.040.1905%0
NYI D. Cholowski1.000.3106%0
BOS C. Koepke1.010.24111%1
BOS A. Peeke1.000.1813%0
NYI C. Cizikas0.930.2109%0
BOS P. Wotherspoon0.820.1802%0
NYI S. Mayfield0.730.1704%0
BOS J. Beecher0.700.20010%0
NYI H. Fasching0.720.1808%0
NYI K. MacLean0.710.1607%0

Shots on goal: 19 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.3 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.