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Game Recap
SEA2
FinalThu, Jan 9, 2025Every game that night
CBJ6

CBJ beat SEA 6-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.08 expected goals to 2.03. E. Tolvanen led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). B. Montour had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.8. E. Merzlikins stopped 29 of 31.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
SEA1012
CBJ1416
  1. 1st 11:58CBJS. Kuraly0.08 xG
  2. 1st 12:08SEAE. Tolvanen0.05 xG
  3. 2nd 3:29CBJL. Del Bel Belluz0.18 xG
  4. 2nd 10:53CBJZ. Werenski0.12 xG
  5. 2nd 12:27CBJD. Mateychuk0.28 xG
  6. 2nd 15:45CBJK. Johnson0.02 xG
  7. 3rd 8:44SEAE. Tolvanen0.08 xG
  8. 3rd 19:31CBJK. MarchenkoEN0.69 xG

Team Stats

SEACBJ
31Shots on goal24
2.03Expected goals3.08
76Shot attempts47
275v5 shots on goal22
0/3Power play0/1
16Hits7
14Blocked shots23
2Penalty minutes6
14Giveaways16
5Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SEA 2.03 xGCBJ 3.08 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdCBJ goal, 11:58SEA goal, 12:08CBJ goal, 3:29CBJ goal, 10:53CBJ goal, 12:27CBJ goal, 15:45SEA goal, 8:44CBJ goal, 19:31

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

SEA31 on goal, 2 scored
CBJ24 on goal, 6 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SEA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
E. TolvanenRW202290+1015:401:29
C. StephensonC011200-2018:283:44
J. McCannLW011200+1216:572:39
S. WrightC011121+1015:312:09
M. BeniersC000110-3020:172:43
J. SchwartzLW000210-1019:543:45
K. KakkoRW000300-2018:002:16
O. BjorkstrandRW000001-3016:283:37
A. BurakovskyLW000300-1013:441:34
B. TanevLW000101-1012:210:00
M. StephensC000010-109:110:00
T. KartyeLW000100-208:520:00
B. MontourD011602-4024:163:21
V. DunnD000310-1025:404:28
R. EvansD0000110019:120:12
A. LarssonD0002060018:290:00
J. OleksiakD000001-3014:250:00
J. MahuraD0002010013:530:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
P. Grubauer19145.73735:45Loss
J. Daccord4401.00020:57

CBJ Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. van RiemsdykLW022000+2011:180:18
L. Del Bel BelluzC112200+2011:160:18
A. FantilliC011100+2018:411:42
D. VoronkovLW011200+2017:521:42
K. MarchenkoRW101301+2017:151:42
S. KuralyC1011120016:270:00
M. OlivierRW0113200016:160:18
K. JohnsonC101100+2012:391:42
Z. Aston-ReeseLW0001210016:010:00
M. PyyhtiaLW0001020213:320:00
O. SillingerC0000110213:090:00
K. LabancRW0000000010:520:00
Z. WerenskiD112301+1025:341:42
D. MateychukD112206+2019:140:18
D. FabbroD011104+1223:450:00
I. ProvorovD011003+2022:080:18
D. SeversonD011300+1014:350:00
J. ChristiansenD000012+1013:260:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
E. Merzlikins31292.93560:00Win
D. Tarasov000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreSEA 3.2, CBJ 3.3SEA 2, CBJ 6
Total goals6.58
Shots on goalSEA 28.1, CBJ 30.3SEA 31, CBJ 24
Win chanceCBJ 52%CBJ won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
CBJ Z. Werenski3.530.90218%1
CBJ K. Marchenko3.030.90133%1
SEA B. Montour2.860.64117%0
SEA J. McCann2.620.85134%0
CBJ D. Voronkov2.520.83133%0
SEA J. Schwartz2.320.67027%0
SEA O. Bjorkstrand2.100.70025%0
SEA V. Dunn2.030.75016%0
CBJ A. Fantilli1.810.51120%0
SEA M. Beniers1.810.62023%0
CBJ K. Johnson1.810.64122%1
SEA K. Kakko1.730.51020%0
SEA A. Burakovsky1.730.56019%0
SEA E. Tolvanen1.620.45219%2
CBJ J. Riemsdyk1.400.44217%0
CBJ D. Fabbro1.410.2716%0
CBJ Z. Aston-Reese1.410.30014%0
CBJ M. Olivier1.330.38116%0
SEA A. Larsson1.320.2306%0
SEA B. Tanev1.310.35016%0
CBJ I. Provorov1.300.3818%0
SEA C. Stephenson1.220.79122%0
SEA S. Wright1.210.55122%0
CBJ D. Severson1.130.3419%0
SEA R. Evans1.100.3607%0
SEA T. Kartye1.110.24013%0
CBJ S. Kuraly1.110.27112%1
CBJ K. Labanc1.000.2709%0
SEA J. Oleksiak1.000.2105%0
CBJ D. Mateychuk0.920.2125%1
SEA J. Mahura0.920.1803%0
CBJ M. Pyyhtia0.810.1909%0
SEA M. Stephens0.700.2007%0
CBJ J. Christiansen0.600.1102%0

Shots on goal: 23 of 34 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 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.