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Game Recap
PHI4
FinalTue, Dec 31, 2024Every game that night
SJS0

PHI beat SJS 4-0, and the chances backed it up: 3.15 expected goals to 1.75. PHI outshot SJS 34 to 22. E. Zamula led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). R. Poehling had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 1.0. S. Ersson stopped 15 of 15.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
PHI1214
SJS0000
  1. 1st 5:59PHIN. Seeler0.03 xG
  2. 2nd 12:09PHIR. Poehling0.35 xG
  3. 2nd 13:44PHIT. KonecnyPP0.12 xG
  4. 3rd 2:30PHIE. Zamula0.07 xG

Team Stats

PHISJS
34Shots on goal22
3.15Expected goals1.75
60Shot attempts53
285v5 shots on goal19
1/3Power play0/1
20Hits41
20Blocked shots11
4Penalty minutes8
8Giveaways7
6Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

PHI 3.15 xGSJS 1.75 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdPHI goal, 5:59PHI goal, 12:09PHI goal, 13:44PHI goal, 2:30

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

PHI33 on goal, 4 scored
SJS22 on goal, 0 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

PHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. BrinkRW022220+2014:070:53
T. KonecnyRW1013120217:312:56
O. TippettRW0116210016:422:50
N. CatesLW011110+1015:400:53
R. PoehlingC101610+1013:200:00
J. FarabeeLW000201+1017:273:13
M. FrostC0002000015:142:55
M. MichkovRW0002200014:390:51
S. CouturierC000011+1214:300:02
S. LaughtonC0001010013:300:00
T. FoersterRW000120+2013:040:54
G. HathawayRW000133+1012:360:20
E. ZamulaD112220+2019:000:23
J. DrysdaleD022102+1017:192:36
N. SeelerD101202+1017:090:00
T. SanheimD0001140022:430:36
C. YorkD0000120021:500:26
R. RistolainenD000111+2019:390:57
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Ersson151501.00040:00Win
A. Kolosov7701.00020:00

SJS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. GranlundC0000300218:511:30
M. CelebriniC000601-1018:251:31
L. KuninC000450-1217:590:30
F. ZetterlundLW0001400017:501:31
W. SmithC000210-1017:240:29
K. KostinC0000500015:310:29
A. WennbergC0000100015:001:30
N. KovalenkoRW0002100012:280:00
T. ToffoliC0001210012:001:32
B. GoodrowC000220-2010:470:00
N. SturmC000030-2010:190:00
T. DellandreaC000030-2210:090:00
H. ThrunD000220-2021:400:00
M. FerraroD000025-1020:190:00
J. RuttaD0001020020:190:00
C. CeciD0000300220:160:00
S. MukhamadullinD000030-1017:200:30
T. LiljegrenD000112-2017:140:28
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Georgiev34304.88260:00Loss
Y. Askarov000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScorePHI 3.5, SJS 3.1PHI 4, SJS 0
Total goals6.54
Shots on goalPHI 31.8, SJS 26.2PHI 34, SJS 22
Win chancePHI 56%PHI won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
SJS M. Celebrini2.961.02031%0
PHI O. Tippett2.860.68128%0
PHI T. Konecny2.731.07135%1
SJS T. Toffoli2.610.77032%0
SJS M. Granlund2.200.97021%0
PHI S. Couturier2.100.55018%0
SJS F. Zetterlund2.010.65024%0
PHI T. Sanheim1.910.55012%0
PHI T. Foerster1.810.54025%0
PHI S. Laughton1.810.55018%0
PHI J. Farabee1.820.49019%0
PHI M. Michkov1.820.74023%0
PHI M. Frost1.620.55018%0
PHI B. Brink1.620.53217%0
PHI R. Ristolainen1.510.3005%0
PHI N. Cates1.410.49118%0
PHI C. York1.400.4109%0
SJS W. Smith1.420.49019%0
PHI N. Seeler1.420.2614%1
PHI J. Drysdale1.410.3226%0
SJS L. Kunin1.340.39019%0
SJS A. Wennberg1.100.48017%0
PHI G. Hathaway1.110.27011%0
SJS S. Mukhamadullin1.100.2406%0
SJS T. Liljegren1.010.3507%0
SJS C. Ceci1.000.3306%0
PHI R. Poehling1.060.33112%1
SJS K. Kostin1.000.40018%0
SJS B. Goodrow0.920.28013%0
SJS M. Ferraro0.900.2205%0
SJS J. Rutta0.910.2305%0
PHI E. Zamula0.920.3427%1
SJS N. Kovalenko0.820.40013%0
SJS T. Dellandrea0.800.2109%0
SJS H. Thrun0.720.2604%0
SJS N. Sturm0.700.2109%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 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.