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Game Recap
NYR6
FinalSun, Jan 5, 2025Every game that night
CHI2

NYR beat CHI 6-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.04 expected goals to 2.03. F. Chytil led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). C. Smith had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.7. L. Domingue stopped 25 of 27.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
NYR2316
CHI1102
  1. 1st 5:37CHIT. Bertuzzi0.29 xG
  2. 1st 15:12NYRJ. Brodzinski0.07 xG
  3. 1st 18:22NYRW. Borgen0.06 xG
  4. 2nd 3:28NYRF. Chytil0.12 xG
  5. 2nd 9:54NYRR. Smith0.16 xG
  6. 2nd 15:16NYRV. Trocheck0.09 xG
  7. 2nd 18:00CHIW. Kaiser0.11 xG
  8. 3rd 8:36NYRF. Chytil0.17 xG

Team Stats

NYRCHI
34Shots on goal27
3.04Expected goals2.03
57Shot attempts45
345v5 shots on goal26
0/0Power play0/1
21Hits17
11Blocked shots8
4Penalty minutes2
4Giveaways17
1Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NYR 3.04 xGCHI 2.03 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdCHI goal, 5:37NYR goal, 15:12NYR goal, 18:22NYR goal, 3:28NYR goal, 9:54NYR goal, 15:16CHI goal, 18:00NYR goal, 8:36

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

NYR34 on goal, 6 scored
CHI27 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NYR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
F. ChytilC202300+2013:570:00
B. BerardLW022311+2012:390:00
A. LafrenièreLW011111+2018:360:00
V. TrocheckC101423+1218:070:00
A. PanarinLW011200+1017:330:00
R. SmithRW101100+2015:340:00
M. ZibanejadC011100+2014:510:00
J. BrodzinskiC1012000012:180:00
W. CuylleLW000290+2014:060:00
S. CarrickC000330-1013:470:00
J. VeseyLW0002000013:400:00
A. EdstromC000031-1012:530:00
A. FoxD022100+2020:270:00
R. LindgrenD022112+2017:510:00
K. MillerD011200+2024:390:00
W. BorgenD101200+2022:180:00
B. SchneiderD0004110017:430:00
U. VaakanainenD0000020216:470:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Domingue27252.92660:00Win
J. Quick000–0:00

CHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. BedardC0110000018:521:16
T. BertuzziLW101211-1018:111:17
F. NazarC0112210011:350:43
J. DickinsonC000100-3017:390:07
T. HallLW000100-2017:050:40
N. FolignoLW000120-1017:040:07
I. MikheyevRW000300+1016:260:07
R. DonatoC000110-1013:491:14
C. DachC000020-2013:350:37
C. SmithC000541-2213:220:36
T. TeravainenC0001000013:161:10
P. MaroonLW000120-1011:050:00
W. KaiserD1013110019:300:00
T. BrodieD011100-2018:570:00
S. JonesD0002010023:351:13
A. VlasicD000201-1021:350:46
L. CrevierD000111-1019:020:07
N. AllanD000011-4015:320:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Soderblom34286.82459:36Loss
P. Mrazek000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreNYR 3.3, CHI 2.8NYR 6, CHI 2
Total goals6.18
Shots on goalNYR 30.2, CHI 29.0NYR 34, CHI 27
Win chanceNYR 57%NYR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
NYR A. Panarin3.021.17134%0
CHI C. Bedard2.700.91125%0
NYR A. Lafrenière2.610.69127%0
NYR V. Trocheck2.640.86128%1
NYR M. Zibanejad2.310.77126%0
CHI R. Donato2.210.51020%0
NYR F. Chytil2.130.50220%2
CHI S. Jones2.120.4809%0
CHI T. Hall2.010.61022%0
CHI T. Bertuzzi1.920.61125%1
CHI I. Mikheyev1.830.43020%0
NYR W. Cuylle1.820.45020%0
NYR A. Fox1.810.87212%0
NYR R. Smith1.710.55120%1
CHI T. Teravainen1.710.66021%0
CHI C. Smith1.750.32014%0
CHI N. Foligno1.610.49019%0
NYR B. Berard1.530.30214%0
CHI J. Dickinson1.410.42018%0
NYR J. Brodzinski1.420.26110%1
CHI A. Vlasic1.420.3204%0
NYR K. Miller1.220.3117%0
NYR B. Schneider1.040.2205%0
CHI W. Kaiser1.030.1912%1
CHI F. Nazar1.020.26113%0
NYR J. Vesey0.920.22010%0
CHI P. Maroon0.910.2609%0
NYR W. Borgen0.920.2114%1
CHI L. Crevier0.910.1604%0
NYR S. Carrick0.930.20010%0
NYR A. Edstrom0.800.1709%0
NYR R. Lindgren0.810.2224%0
NYR U. Vaakanainen0.700.1602%0
CHI T. Brodie0.510.2412%0
CHI N. Allan0.500.2204%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 35 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.