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Game Recap
PIT3
Final/OTSun, Jan 5, 2025Every game that night
CAR4

CAR beat PIT 4-3 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.17 expected goals to 1.64. CAR outshot PIT 31 to 19. S. Jarvis led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). T. Smith had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 1.4. D. Tokarski stopped 16 of 19.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
PIT20103
CAR03014
  1. 1st 3:47PITK. Hayes0.07 xG
  2. 1st 5:08PITM. Bunting0.11 xG
  3. 2nd 4:15CARS. Jarvis0.12 xG
  4. 2nd 12:45CARJ. Chatfield0.15 xG
  5. 2nd 16:18CARS. Jarvis0.25 xG
  6. 3rd 1:51PITE. Karlsson0.03 xG
  7. OT 1:30CARS. Aho0.52 xG

Team Stats

PITCAR
19Shots on goal31
1.64Expected goals3.17
44Shot attempts80
155v5 shots on goal21
0/3Power play0/3
22Hits17
22Blocked shots11
4Penalty minutes6
6Giveaways6
11Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

PIT 1.64 xGCAR 3.17 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdOTPIT goal, 3:47PIT goal, 5:08CAR goal, 4:15CAR goal, 12:45CAR goal, 16:18PIT goal, 1:51CAR goal, 1:30

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

PIT19 on goal, 3 scored
CAR31 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

PIT Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. RustRW0111020021:083:20
R. RakellRW011212-3019:202:40
M. BuntingLW101110+1015:513:04
D. O'ConnorLW011000+1014:012:07
K. HayesRW1012030012:181:50
S. CrosbyC000310-1020:353:42
E. MalkinC0000120017:442:07
C. GlassC0000630014:310:00
N. AcciariC0001300013:000:08
M. NietoLW0000120011:050:00
B. LizotteC0002010211:050:10
A. BeauvillierRW000020009:120:00
E. KarlssonD1122020022:461:59
M. GrzelcykD0112000020:473:32
K. LetangD000220-1025:402:00
M. PetterssonD0000120023:380:11
P. JosephD0000330214:130:02
O. PickeringD0001000011:380:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Nedeljkovic31274.87161:30OT loss
T. Jarry000–0:00

CAR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. AhoC123300+2021:003:22
S. JarvisRW213321+2019:523:13
J. StaalC0112210016:540:00
A. SvechnikovRW0110600016:463:06
M. NecasC0112100015:133:04
J. RoslovicC000200+1016:462:20
J. DruryC0001010014:571:58
J. MartinookLW000020-1214:500:00
J. BlakeRW0000100012:551:59
J. KotkaniemiC000210-1012:361:58
E. RobinsonLW000010-1010:560:00
J. JaaskaLW000010029:160:06
D. OrlovD011302+1020:160:00
J. ChatfieldD1013000218:570:00
B. BurnsD0001030024:402:12
J. SlavinD0004020024:040:17
T. SmithD0004010015:083:15
S. WalkerD0001000013:240:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Tokarski19163.84261:30Win
P. Kochetkov000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScorePIT 2.8, CAR 3.5PIT 3, CAR 4
Total goals6.37
Shots on goalPIT 26.2, CAR 34.0PIT 19, CAR 31
Win chanceCAR 61%CAR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
PIT S. Crosby2.731.03031%0
PIT B. Rust2.610.77129%0
CAR S. Aho2.631.07334%1
CAR A. Svechnikov2.600.81127%0
CAR M. Necas2.520.84126%0
CAR S. Jarvis2.330.81328%2
PIT R. Rakell2.220.66125%0
CAR B. Burns2.210.50012%0
PIT E. Karlsson2.020.60211%1
PIT M. Bunting1.910.63122%1
CAR J. Roslovic1.920.63022%0
CAR D. Orlov1.830.49110%0
PIT E. Malkin1.800.76024%0
PIT K. Letang1.720.47010%0
CAR J. Martinook1.700.44016%0
CAR J. Kotkaniemi1.620.47017%0
CAR J. Chatfield1.630.3219%1
CAR J. Staal1.520.42115%0
CAR S. Walker1.510.2607%0
CAR J. Slavin1.540.4107%0
PIT C. Glass1.500.35012%0
CAR T. Smith1.440.3107%0
CAR J. Drury1.410.33010%0
CAR J. Blake1.300.31016%0
PIT D. O'Connor1.300.29113%0
PIT K. Hayes1.220.27111%1
PIT A. Beauvillier1.100.23010%0
PIT B. Lizotte1.020.34014%0
CAR E. Robinson1.000.31012%0
PIT M. Grzelcyk1.020.3014%0
PIT N. Acciari1.010.21012%0
PIT P. Joseph1.000.1904%0
PIT M. Nieto0.900.2209%0
PIT M. Pettersson0.900.2703%0
PIT O. Pickering0.510.1404%0

Shots on goal: 21 of 35 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.