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Game Recap
NYI5
FinalThu, Nov 14, 2024Every game that night
VAN2

NYI beat VAN 5-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.61 expected goals to 1.68. A. Lee led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). P. Engvall had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 1.5. S. Varlamov stopped 24 of 26.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
NYI1225
VAN1012
  1. 1st 2:40VANJ. Lekkerimäki0.02 xG
  2. 1st 17:23NYIJ. PageauPP0.10 xG
  3. 2nd 0:14NYIS. Mayfield0.01 xG
  4. 2nd 2:10NYIP. Engvall0.22 xG
  5. 3rd 11:42NYIA. Lee0.29 xG
  6. 3rd 17:54NYIN. DobsonEN0.63 xG
  7. 3rd 18:34VANT. Myers0.11 xG

Team Stats

NYIVAN
32Shots on goal26
3.61Expected goals1.68
55Shot attempts56
265v5 shots on goal18
1/5Power play0/1
14Hits26
16Blocked shots14
7Penalty minutes13
14Giveaways16
6Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NYI 3.61 xGVAN 1.68 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdVAN goal, 2:40NYI goal, 17:23NYI goal, 0:14NYI goal, 2:10NYI goal, 11:42NYI goal, 17:54VAN goal, 18:34

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

NYI31 on goal, 5 scored
VAN25 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NYI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. LeeLW112310+1018:134:50
B. HorvatC022200+1017:534:39
K. PalmieriC011201+2020:264:00
J. PageauC101210+1018:034:55
S. HolmstromRW011200+1017:593:10
P. EngvallLW101600+1015:250:00
O. WahlstromRW011310-2013:004:51
B. NelsonC000200+1018:464:02
M. TsyplakovRW0000210016:474:00
C. CizikasC000231+2014:350:00
K. MacLeanC000002-108:090:00
M. MartinLW000031-156:400:00
G. HuttonD022010+3013:260:00
N. DobsonD1012020023:415:52
S. MayfieldD1012210221:260:00
R. PulockD0003040023:310:43
D. CholowskiD000001+1015:293:08
I. GeorgeD0001020014:420:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Varlamov26242.92359:49Win
I. Sorokin000–0:00

VAN Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. MillerC011100-1019:042:00
J. LekkerimäkiRW101310-1215:062:00
T. BluegerC0113100213:470:00
C. GarlandRW0001010020:382:00
E. PetterssonC0006210018:452:00
P. SuterC000000-1016:310:00
J. DeBruskLW000010-1013:500:00
K. SherwoodLW000081-1012:420:00
D. JoshuaC000040-1212:050:00
N. HoglanderLW000102-1011:270:00
D. HeinenLW0000000010:270:00
A. RätyC000140009:330:00
F. HronekD011200-1027:002:00
T. MyersD1012040019:180:00
Q. HughesD000411-2027:102:00
C. SoucyD0001220217:590:00
E. BrannstromD000111-1015:340:00
V. DesharnaisD0000110513:040:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
K. Lankinen31274.87157:12Loss
A. Silovs000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamAatu Räty VAN Faces NYI, his team until Jan 20231 SOG
  • Old teamBo Horvat NYI Faces VAN, his team until Jan 20232 A, 2 SOG
  • BirthdayAatu Räty VAN Turns 22 that day1 SOG

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreNYI 2.8, VAN 3.1NYI 5, VAN 2
Total goals5.97
Shots on goalNYI 27.1, VAN 28.9NYI 32, VAN 26
Win chanceVAN 56%NYI won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
NYI B. Horvat2.720.75230%0
VAN C. Garland2.710.76026%0
NYI K. Palmieri2.620.69127%0
NYI B. Nelson2.520.78032%0
VAN Q. Hughes2.540.98011%0
NYI A. Lee2.530.55224%1
NYI N. Dobson2.320.67114%1
VAN J. Miller2.311.03130%0
VAN E. Pettersson2.260.92031%0
VAN J. DeBrusk2.100.60026%0
VAN K. Sherwood1.800.46018%0
VAN P. Suter1.800.42020%0
NYI P. Engvall1.560.36114%1
NYI R. Pulock1.530.3709%0
NYI J. Pageau1.520.48117%1
VAN F. Hronek1.520.4817%0
VAN D. Heinen1.500.48020%0
VAN N. Hoglander1.410.37018%0
VAN D. Joshua1.300.54022%0
NYI M. Tsyplakov1.300.52015%0
VAN T. Blueger1.230.38111%0
VAN T. Myers1.220.2813%1
NYI O. Wahlstrom1.130.21110%0
NYI S. Holmstrom1.120.38117%0
NYI C. Cizikas1.120.28011%0
NYI S. Mayfield1.020.2215%1
VAN E. Brannstrom1.010.2603%0
VAN C. Soucy1.010.2306%0
NYI G. Hutton1.000.0825%0
VAN A. Räty0.910.22010%0
NYI K. MacLean0.700.2008%0
NYI M. Martin0.700.1306%0
VAN V. Desharnais0.600.1402%0
NYI D. Cholowski0.500.1605%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 34 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.