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Game Recap
NYI2
FinalThu, Feb 27, 2025Every game that night
BOS1

NYI beat BOS 2-1 despite fewer good chances: 2.16 expected goals to 3.78. BOS outshot NYI 39 to 20. D. Pastrnak had 9 shots on goal against our projection of 4.5. I. Sorokin stopped 38 of 39.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
NYI1102
BOS0011
  1. 1st 16:11NYIA. Romanov0.06 xG
  2. 2nd 4:21NYIK. Palmieri0.25 xG
  3. 3rd 10:04BOSD. Pastrnak0.02 xG

Team Stats

NYIBOS
20Shots on goal39
2.16Expected goals3.78
58Shot attempts93
195v5 shots on goal25
0/2Power play0/3
20Hits33
25Blocked shots18
6Penalty minutes4
22Giveaways14
6Takeaways2

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NYI 2.16 xGBOS 3.78 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdNYI goal, 16:11NYI goal, 4:21BOS goal, 10:04

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

NYI20 on goal, 2 scored
BOS39 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NYI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. NelsonC0114100221:282:13
K. PalmieriC101211+1017:311:14
J. PageauC011021+1015:321:47
S. HolmstromRW000103+1021:532:11
B. HorvatC0004220020:152:46
A. LeeLW000210+1015:551:49
A. DuclairLW0001000013:131:45
C. CizikasC000021-1012:300:00
M. TsyplakovRW000122-1010:380:00
H. FaschingRW000211009:470:00
K. MacLeanC000100009:120:00
M. GatcombC000010007:370:00
A. RomanovD1012240224:290:02
A. PelechD011012+1021:420:00
R. PulockD0110230018:000:00
T. DeAngeloD0000020021:201:49
N. DobsonD000012+2018:542:11
A. BoqvistD0000110214:102:13
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Sorokin39381.97459:54Win
J. Skarek000–0:00

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. PastrnakRW101911+1023:555:23
P. ZachaC0112000019:170:43
E. LindholmC000500-1023:054:58
B. MarchandLW000710-1222:115:05
M. GeekieC000021+1021:375:07
C. CoyleC000341-2017:531:02
J. BeecherC0001230212:170:00
C. KoepkeLW0002720010:530:00
M. KastelicC0000210010:150:00
J. BrazeauRW000110-108:190:55
R. TufteLW000020008:080:00
M. PoitrasC000001-107:080:28
P. WotherspoonD0112120019:380:29
M. LohreiD000420-1023:515:31
A. PeekeD0001310019:260:00
N. ZadorovD000133-1018:240:19
B. CarloD0001220017:400:00
M. CallahanD000000+1013:510:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Swayman20182.90058:12Loss
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
ScoreNYI 2.7, BOS 2.8NYI 2, BOS 1
Total goals5.53
Shots on goalNYI 28.9, BOS 27.6NYI 20, BOS 39
Win chanceBOS 52%NYI won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
BOS D. Pastrnak4.591.34146%1
NYI B. Horvat3.040.71029%0
BOS B. Marchand2.870.88030%0
NYI B. Nelson2.840.75131%0
NYI A. Lee2.620.58026%0
NYI N. Dobson2.500.59010%0
BOS M. Geekie2.300.64026%0
NYI T. DeAngelo2.300.58010%0
NYI K. Palmieri2.220.61125%1
BOS E. Lindholm2.150.66025%0
BOS P. Zacha1.920.75124%0
BOS C. Coyle1.730.54022%0
BOS N. Zadorov1.710.35010%0
NYI A. Pelech1.600.3314%0
NYI A. Duclair1.610.49022%0
NYI A. Romanov1.620.3416%1
NYI J. Pageau1.500.41114%0
NYI M. Tsyplakov1.310.40012%0
NYI A. Boqvist1.300.3408%0
NYI S. Holmstrom1.310.45019%0
BOS M. Lohrei1.340.5107%0
NYI R. Pulock1.200.2715%0
BOS J. Brazeau1.210.31015%0
BOS M. Poitras1.200.44012%0
BOS B. Carlo1.210.2005%0
NYI C. Cizikas1.100.2209%0
BOS A. Peeke1.110.2404%0
NYI M. Gatcomb1.100.28013%0
BOS P. Wotherspoon1.120.1813%0
BOS M. Kastelic1.000.1908%0
BOS C. Koepke0.920.19010%0
NYI K. MacLean0.810.1808%0
NYI H. Fasching0.820.1808%0
BOS R. Tufte0.700.18010%0
BOS J. Beecher0.610.1508%0
BOS M. Callahan0.600.0903%0

Shots on goal: 17 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.