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Game Recap
SEA4
FinalSat, Mar 8, 2025Every game that night
PHI1

SEA beat PHI 4-1, with the chances close: 2.62 expected goals to 2.27. SEA outshot PHI 32 to 24. M. Beniers led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). B. Montour had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 2.3. P. Grubauer stopped 23 of 24.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
SEA0314
PHI1001
  1. 1st 19:28PHIO. Tippett0.16 xG
  2. 2nd 10:11SEAT. Kartye0.01 xG
  3. 2nd 18:57SEAM. Beniers0.19 xG
  4. 2nd 19:38SEAC. StephensonSH0.20 xG
  5. 3rd 3:55SEAB. Montour0.00 xG

Team Stats

SEAPHI
32Shots on goal24
2.62Expected goals2.27
68Shot attempts52
295v5 shots on goal13
0/3Power play0/5
13Hits21
15Blocked shots18
10Penalty minutes6
12Giveaways16
3Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SEA 2.62 xGPHI 2.27 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdPHI goal, 19:28SEA goal, 10:11SEA goal, 18:57SEA goal, 19:38SEA goal, 3:55

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

SEA32 on goal, 4 scored
PHI23 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SEA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. BeniersC112201+2219:412:35
C. StephensonC1012010018:372:27
T. KartyeLW101331+1010:060:00
J. McCannLW000100+1016:591:31
S. WrightC0002010016:042:25
J. SchwartzLW000300+2015:291:25
K. KakkoRW000000+1015:102:32
E. TolvanenRW000220-1014:140:00
A. BurakovskyLW0000100213:410:54
J. EberleRW000200-1012:091:27
M. EyssimontC000300+1210:580:03
J. HaydenC000012+109:400:04
A. LarssonD011212+2025:020:00
V. DunnD0113110020:472:27
B. MontourD101501+1219:191:40
R. EvansD011031+1016:360:35
J. OleksiakD000112+2220:130:00
J. MahuraD0001020015:180:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
P. Grubauer24231.95859:57Win
J. Daccord000–0:00

PHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. CouturierC0111000417:122:34
M. MichkovRW0113000017:015:58
O. TippettRW101430+1014:471:49
T. KonecnyRW000211-2021:286:12
N. CatesLW000411-1021:246:08
T. FoersterRW000203-2020:365:39
B. BrinkRW000000-1015:441:52
O. LycksellRW0001110213:401:35
R. PoehlingC000021-1013:010:00
N. DeslauriersLW000050-109:480:00
J. PelletierLW000210-109:200:00
R. AbolsC000002-108:100:00
T. SanheimD000113-1025:260:17
R. RistolainenD000130-1022:266:21
J. DrysdaleD000012-1021:281:40
E. AndraeD0001010017:180:00
N. SeelerD000120-1013:290:00
E. ZamulaD000103-1012:020:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Ersson32284.87559:40Loss
I. Fedotov000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreSEA 2.9, PHI 2.9SEA 4, PHI 1
Total goals5.95
Shots on goalSEA 24.9, PHI 28.6SEA 32, PHI 24
Win chancePHI 51%SEA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
PHI M. Michkov2.530.79126%0
PHI O. Tippett2.540.60125%1
PHI T. Konecny2.520.96031%0
SEA B. Montour2.350.56116%1
SEA J. McCann2.110.71028%0
SEA J. Schwartz2.130.59024%0
SEA V. Dunn2.030.76117%0
PHI T. Foerster1.920.54024%0
PHI S. Couturier1.810.48115%0
PHI N. Cates1.740.54019%0
SEA E. Tolvanen1.620.46020%0
SEA K. Kakko1.600.57020%0
PHI B. Brink1.600.55017%0
SEA M. Beniers1.620.56222%1
PHI R. Ristolainen1.610.3005%0
SEA J. Eberle1.620.54020%0
PHI T. Sanheim1.610.43010%0
SEA A. Burakovsky1.400.44015%0
SEA M. Eyssimont1.430.23010%0
PHI R. Abols1.400.29012%0
SEA A. Larsson1.320.3019%0
PHI N. Seeler1.210.2304%0
PHI O. Lycksell1.210.2308%0
PHI J. Drysdale1.200.3106%0
PHI E. Andrae1.110.2405%0
SEA C. Stephenson1.120.71120%1
PHI J. Pelletier1.120.30011%0
SEA S. Wright1.120.63021%0
PHI R. Poehling1.000.30011%0
SEA J. Mahura0.910.2303%0
SEA J. Oleksiak0.910.2406%0
SEA J. Hayden0.800.1207%0
SEA R. Evans0.800.3216%0
PHI E. Zamula0.710.3106%0
PHI N. Deslauriers0.700.1005%0
SEA T. Kartye0.630.1418%1

Shots on goal: 25 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.