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Game Recap
PHI2
Final/OTSat, Mar 22, 2025Every game that night
DAL3

DAL beat PHI 3-2 in overtime despite fewer good chances: 1.63 expected goals to 2.28. T. Harley led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). T. Foerster had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 1.8. J. Oettinger stopped 22 of 24.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
PHI02002
DAL20013
  1. 1st 6:27DALT. Harley0.02 xG
  2. 1st 8:59DALE. Lindell0.08 xG
  3. 2nd 13:03PHIT. Konecny0.09 xG
  4. 2nd 18:48PHIR. Poehling0.25 xG
  5. OT 0:09DALT. Harley0.20 xG

Team Stats

PHIDAL
24Shots on goal19
2.28Expected goals1.63
55Shot attempts51
215v5 shots on goal13
0/3Power play0/4
19Hits16
20Blocked shots16
10Penalty minutes8
14Giveaways27
6Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

PHI 2.28 xGDAL 1.63 xGGoal

00.511.522.51st2nd3rdOTDAL goal, 6:27DAL goal, 8:59PHI goal, 13:03PHI goal, 18:48DAL goal, 0:09

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

PHI22 on goal, 2 scored
DAL19 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

PHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. FoersterRW011652+1020:444:09
S. CouturierC0111010020:314:27
T. KonecnyRW101301-1419:472:29
M. MichkovRW011311+1015:172:25
R. PoehlingC1012030013:190:00
N. CatesLW0001220022:311:01
B. BrinkRW0001110214:280:50
O. LycksellRW000011-1014:112:57
J. PelletierLW0001000012:180:00
O. TippettRW000010028:311:06
R. AbolsC000000-107:280:00
N. DeslauriersLW000000-106:050:00
C. YorkD0111210022:390:00
T. SanheimD000212-1027:451:00
J. DrysdaleD0000010020:492:40
N. SeelerD000252-1216:430:00
E. AndraeD000001+1016:164:16
E. ZamulaD0001010013:050:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Fedotov312.33320:00
S. Ersson16151.93840:09OT loss

DAL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. RobertsonLW011000+1218:264:47
M. GranlundC011101+1015:593:15
M. DucheneC011000+1014:122:58
S. SteelC0110110013:130:00
C. BlackwellC0110200011:560:00
M. RantanenRW0003110018:584:46
R. HintzC000101+1017:554:03
W. JohnstonC000201-1017:554:33
M. MarchmentLW000010+1014:272:49
J. BennLW000010-1014:232:30
O. BäckC0000000013:090:00
E. DadonovLW000110-1010:330:00
T. HarleyD202600+2025:115:29
E. LindellD101201+1021:410:10
C. CeciD000012+2019:500:00
I. LyubushkinD000215-1416:260:00
M. DumbaD000101-1215:192:00
L. BichselD000072-2014:540:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Oettinger24222.91760:09Win
C. DeSmith000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScorePHI 2.6, DAL 3.4PHI 2, DAL 3
Total goals6.05
Shots on goalPHI 26.8, DAL 26.8PHI 24, DAL 19
Win chanceDAL 64%DAL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
DAL J. Robertson2.501.09136%0
PHI M. Michkov2.430.63122%0
DAL W. Johnston2.320.90033%0
DAL M. Rantanen2.331.07036%0
PHI O. Tippett2.300.51022%0
PHI T. Konecny2.230.81128%1
DAL T. Harley2.060.76218%2
PHI S. Couturier2.010.49115%0
DAL M. Marchment1.800.65025%0
DAL R. Hintz1.810.88032%0
PHI T. Foerster1.860.46122%0
DAL M. Duchene1.800.90130%0
PHI N. Cates1.610.44017%0
DAL M. Granlund1.510.70116%0
PHI T. Sanheim1.420.3107%0
DAL J. Benn1.400.64021%0
PHI B. Brink1.410.46016%0
DAL E. Dadonov1.210.48017%0
PHI J. Drysdale1.200.2606%0
DAL E. Lindell1.220.3718%1
PHI R. Poehling1.220.34113%1
PHI C. York1.210.2416%0
PHI N. Seeler1.120.1603%0
PHI O. Lycksell1.100.2708%0
PHI E. Andrae1.000.1403%0
DAL C. Blackwell1.000.26111%0
DAL C. Ceci1.000.3607%0
DAL S. Steel1.000.32111%0
DAL L. Bichsel0.900.2307%0
PHI R. Abols0.800.1708%0
PHI J. Pelletier0.810.2007%0
DAL M. Dumba0.810.1705%0
DAL I. Lyubushkin0.620.2403%0
PHI E. Zamula0.610.2004%0
PHI N. Deslauriers0.600.0804%0
DAL O. Bäck0.600.2409%0

Shots on goal: 23 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 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.