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Game Recap
SEA1
FinalThu, Dec 19, 2024Every game that night
CHI3

CHI beat SEA 3-1, and the chances backed it up: 2.96 expected goals to 2.02. I. Mikheyev led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). N. Foligno had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 1.4. A. Soderblom stopped 26 of 27.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
SEA0011
CHI0123
  1. 2nd 10:54CHII. Mikheyev0.12 xG
  2. 3rd 6:06CHII. Mikheyev0.07 xG
  3. 3rd 11:26SEAR. Evans0.11 xG
  4. 3rd 15:11CHIN. Allan0.14 xG

Team Stats

SEACHI
27Shots on goal24
2.02Expected goals2.96
59Shot attempts44
215v5 shots on goal20
0/3Power play0/2
26Hits19
4Blocked shots10
8Penalty minutes10
7Giveaways9
2Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SEA 2.02 xGCHI 2.96 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdCHI goal, 10:54CHI goal, 6:06SEA goal, 11:26CHI goal, 15:11

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

SEA27 on goal, 1 scored
CHI24 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SEA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
O. BjorkstrandRW011320-1017:382:43
C. StephensonC000200-1020:232:45
A. BurakovskyLW000220-1017:071:07
J. McCannLW0002200017:052:44
M. BeniersC000111-1016:552:48
J. SchwartzLW000100-2016:521:18
S. WrightC0002100014:241:24
E. TolvanenRW000330-1013:290:00
K. KakkoRW0002100013:151:15
Y. GourdeC0000420012:390:00
B. TanevLW0002100212:200:07
D. SprongRW000000+1010:540:00
B. MontourD0112000026:272:34
R. EvansD101210+1017:350:23
A. LarssonD000021-1023:390:07
V. DunnD000210-1422:571:05
J. OleksiakD000010-2015:440:15
J. MahuraD000140-1210:080:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Daccord24213.87556:29Loss
P. Grubauer000–0:00

CHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
I. MikheyevRW202410+2016:100:00
T. TeravainenC022101+2015:381:24
R. DonatoC0111000017:010:37
T. BertuzziLW0112200015:551:30
C. BedardC0001100019:591:26
J. DickinsonC000001+2017:370:00
N. FolignoLW0004110016:400:00
T. HallLW0003100015:130:43
F. NazarC0000000212:421:31
L. ReichelLW0000110011:490:41
P. MaroonLW0002100010:160:36
J. AndersonRW000000006:530:00
C. MurphyD011251+2420:520:00
N. AllanD101110+2019:440:10
A. VlasicD0001120026:591:57
L. CrevierD0001410417:450:00
T. BrodieD000001-1017:280:00
K. KorchinskiD000101+1015:190:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Soderblom27261.96360:00Win
P. Mrazek000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamRyan Donato CHI Faces SEA, his team until May 20231 A, 1 SOG

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreSEA 3.1, CHI 2.6SEA 1, CHI 3
Total goals5.74
Shots on goalSEA 28.2, CHI 26.3SEA 27, CHI 24
Win chanceSEA 57%CHI won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
SEA J. McCann2.920.90035%0
CHI C. Bedard2.410.83024%0
SEA B. Montour2.420.58113%0
CHI R. Donato2.310.53122%0
SEA J. Schwartz2.210.60024%0
SEA O. Bjorkstrand2.130.69125%0
SEA D. Sprong2.000.52022%0
CHI T. Hall1.930.56021%0
SEA V. Dunn1.820.67012%0
CHI T. Bertuzzi1.820.58124%0
SEA A. Burakovsky1.820.56020%0
SEA M. Beniers1.810.60022%0
SEA E. Tolvanen1.730.47020%0
CHI T. Teravainen1.610.61221%0
CHI I. Mikheyev1.540.38217%2
SEA B. Tanev1.520.40018%0
SEA Y. Gourde1.500.49017%0
CHI N. Foligno1.440.44017%0
SEA K. Kakko1.420.37016%0
CHI A. Vlasic1.310.3305%0
SEA C. Stephenson1.320.79022%0
SEA A. Larsson1.300.2305%0
CHI C. Murphy1.220.2517%0
CHI J. Dickinson1.200.38017%0
CHI L. Reichel1.200.30011%0
CHI F. Nazar1.100.33016%0
SEA S. Wright1.120.53022%0
CHI K. Korchinski1.010.1706%0
SEA R. Evans1.020.3515%1
SEA J. Oleksiak1.000.2105%0
CHI J. Anderson0.900.24010%0
CHI P. Maroon0.820.2509%0
SEA J. Mahura0.810.1903%0
CHI L. Crevier0.810.1504%0
CHI T. Brodie0.600.2303%0
CHI N. Allan0.510.2113%1

Shots on goal: 21 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.