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Game Recap
OTT4
FinalTue, Oct 22, 2024Every game that night
UTA0

OTT beat UTA 4-0 despite fewer good chances: 2.99 expected goals to 3.53. UTA outshot OTT 31 to 22. N. Jensen led the way with 2 points (0 G, 2 A). N. Cousins had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 1.1. A. Forsberg stopped 31 of 31.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
OTT4004
UTA0000
  1. 1st 11:43OTTD. Batherson0.06 xG
  2. 1st 13:06OTTC. Giroux0.21 xG
  3. 1st 18:05OTTR. GreigPP0.18 xG
  4. 1st 19:52OTTB. Tkachuk0.45 xG

Team Stats

OTTUTA
22Shots on goal31
2.99Expected goals3.53
46Shot attempts72
185v5 shots on goal26
1/1Power play0/2
38Hits29
16Blocked shots12
8Penalty minutes6
15Giveaways17
9Takeaways1

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

OTT 2.99 xGUTA 3.53 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdOTT goal, 11:43OTT goal, 13:06OTT goal, 18:05OTT goal, 19:52

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

OTT22 on goal, 4 scored
UTA31 on goal, 0 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

OTT Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. StützleC011130+1016:550:00
C. GirouxRW101220+1016:540:15
J. NorrisC011142+1015:270:00
B. TkachukLW101251+1015:110:00
D. BathersonRW101230+1015:040:00
R. GreigC1012100214:520:15
S. PintoC000021+2217:220:15
N. GregorLW0001200215:320:00
M. AmadioRW0001000015:010:15
N. CousinsC0004110010:460:00
A. GaudetteRW0000300010:020:00
Z. MacEwenRW000130009:050:00
N. JensenD022021+3020:280:00
T. ChabotD011211+3222:070:15
J. SandersonD0001020023:440:00
T. HamonicD0001330022:010:00
T. KlevenD0001130015:530:00
J. Bernard-DockerD0000210015:360:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Forsberg313101.00060:00Win
L. Meriläinen000–0:00

UTA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. KellerRW000302-2019:072:44
N. SchmaltzC000110-2019:042:43
L. CrouseLW0003010017:021:45
J. DoanRW0003210016:361:17
A. KerfootC0000000016:220:00
B. HaytonC0003100015:392:12
L. CooleyC000010-1014:031:17
D. GuentherRW000400-1213:562:05
M. MaccelliLW0004000013:151:48
J. McBainC0001700212:290:00
K. StenlundC000240-1011:380:00
K. YamamotoRW0001200010:160:00
M. SergachevD000313-1022:362:20
M. KesselringD000131-1020:360:09
I. ColeD000011-2019:480:00
J. VälimäkiD000210-2019:451:40
V. KolyachonokD0000200018:300:00
R. BortuzzoD0000330215:050:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Ingram844.50020:00Loss
K. Vejmelka141401.00039:58

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreOTT 3.3, UTA 3.5OTT 4, UTA 0
Total goals6.84
Shots on goalOTT 31.4, UTA 28.7OTT 22, UTA 31
Win chanceUTA 53%OTT won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
OTT B. Tkachuk3.820.91132%1
UTA C. Keller2.831.05035%0
UTA D. Guenther2.640.79030%0
OTT D. Batherson2.320.77126%1
OTT T. Stützle2.210.90127%0
OTT S. Pinto2.100.53020%0
UTA N. Schmaltz2.110.94028%0
UTA B. Hayton2.030.52020%0
OTT J. Norris1.910.63129%0
OTT C. Giroux1.920.76125%1
OTT T. Chabot1.920.52113%0
UTA L. Cooley1.900.58021%0
OTT J. Sanderson1.910.55010%0
UTA M. Sergachev1.730.79011%0
UTA L. Crouse1.730.49023%0
OTT N. Gregor1.610.24012%0
UTA J. Doan1.630.58021%0
OTT M. Amadio1.510.39019%0
UTA A. Kerfoot1.400.52016%0
UTA M. Maccelli1.440.58015%0
UTA M. Kesselring1.410.49010%0
OTT R. Greig1.320.38116%1
OTT T. Hamonic1.110.2006%0
UTA J. Välimäki1.120.4005%0
OTT N. Cousins1.140.2209%0
UTA K. Yamamoto1.110.34015%0
OTT A. Gaudette1.100.1807%0
UTA K. Stenlund1.020.19013%0
OTT T. Kleven1.010.1603%0
OTT N. Jensen0.900.2625%0
UTA J. McBain0.910.37014%0
UTA I. Cole0.800.2304%0
OTT J. Bernard-Docker0.700.1604%0
OTT Z. MacEwen0.710.1206%0
UTA V. Kolyachonok0.700.2306%0
UTA R. Bortuzzo0.500.1003%0

Shots on goal: 22 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 fewer 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.