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Game Recap
SJS1
FinalThu, Jan 16, 2025Every game that night
CBJ4

CBJ beat SJS 4-1, and the chances backed it up: 4.44 expected goals to 2.80. CBJ outshot SJS 34 to 19. J. van Riemsdyk led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). Z. Werenski had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 4.1. E. Merzlikins stopped 18 of 19.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
SJS0011
CBJ2114
  1. 1st 12:11CBJA. Fantilli0.29 xG
  2. 1st 16:17CBJK. Johnson0.20 xG
  3. 2nd 6:37CBJJ. van Riemsdyk0.05 xG
  4. 3rd 7:32SJST. Toffoli0.59 xG
  5. 3rd 17:59CBJJ. van RiemsdykEN0.91 xG

Team Stats

SJSCBJ
19Shots on goal34
2.80Expected goals4.44
58Shot attempts61
155v5 shots on goal26
0/3Power play0/2
12Hits13
17Blocked shots24
4Penalty minutes6
19Giveaways16
8Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SJS 2.80 xGCBJ 4.44 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdCBJ goal, 12:11CBJ goal, 16:17CBJ goal, 6:37SJS goal, 7:32CBJ goal, 17:59

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

SJS19 on goal, 1 scored
CBJ34 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SJS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. CelebriniC011301-1019:183:48
T. ToffoliC101311-2216:383:04
W. EklundLW000001-1018:423:52
M. GranlundC000102-2018:383:51
F. ZetterlundLW000120-1016:272:53
W. SmithC000100-1015:132:06
C. GrafRW000020-1015:001:56
B. GoodrowC0000200014:330:03
A. WennbergC000100-2013:312:04
L. KuninC000200-1012:430:00
T. DellandreaC0000200012:130:03
N. SturmC0002100012:110:05
C. CeciD0000250023:080:00
J. WalmanD0003020023:053:27
M. FerraroD000002-1019:450:15
J. RuttaD000101-2016:550:00
M. VlasicD000102-1014:490:00
T. LiljegrenD0000000214:322:33
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Georgiev33303.90958:39Loss
Y. Askarov000–0:00

CBJ Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
K. JohnsonC112401+1215:303:06
J. van RiemsdykLW202410+1015:170:54
A. FantilliC101202+1018:113:06
K. MarchenkoRW011303+2017:103:06
S. KuralyC011220+1012:010:00
C. SillingerC000400+1219:580:54
D. VoronkovLW000303+1016:553:06
M. OlivierRW0002530015:030:00
Z. Aston-ReeseLW0000300014:570:00
L. Del Bel BelluzC0000030012:510:54
M. PyyhtiaLW000000+1010:210:00
K. LabancRW000100008:330:00
Z. WerenskiD011721+2027:463:08
D. SeversonD011000+3016:500:00
I. ProvorovD000100-1021:210:54
D. FabbroD000006+1021:100:00
D. MateychukD000102-1217:040:52
J. ChristiansenD000000+2013:020:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
E. Merzlikins19181.94760:00Win
D. Tarasov000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreSJS 2.9, CBJ 3.7SJS 1, CBJ 4
Total goals6.65
Shots on goalSJS 27.6, CBJ 33.7SJS 19, CBJ 34
Win chanceCBJ 62%CBJ won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
CBJ Z. Werenski4.171.19122%0
CBJ K. Marchenko3.130.95135%0
SJS M. Celebrini2.930.85127%0
CBJ D. Voronkov2.630.86034%0
SJS T. Toffoli2.530.69130%1
CBJ C. Sillinger2.440.56020%0
SJS J. Walman2.330.50014%0
CBJ A. Fantilli2.320.65125%1
SJS M. Granlund2.110.85019%0
SJS F. Zetterlund2.110.59023%0
CBJ K. Johnson1.940.67223%1
SJS W. Eklund1.700.69020%0
CBJ D. Fabbro1.700.3607%0
CBJ J. Riemsdyk1.540.51219%2
CBJ Z. Aston-Reese1.500.32015%0
CBJ M. Olivier1.520.44018%0
SJS W. Smith1.510.44017%0
SJS L. Kunin1.420.36018%0
CBJ I. Provorov1.410.4809%0
CBJ D. Severson1.300.41110%0
SJS T. Liljegren1.300.3208%0
CBJ S. Kuraly1.220.32115%0
CBJ D. Mateychuk1.210.3508%0
SJS C. Ceci1.200.2906%0
SJS M. Ferraro1.200.2206%0
CBJ K. Labanc1.110.31011%0
SJS M. Vlasic1.110.2205%0
SJS A. Wennberg1.110.42015%0
SJS J. Rutta1.110.2306%0
SJS C. Graf1.000.40014%0
CBJ M. Pyyhtia1.000.23011%0
SJS B. Goodrow1.000.24011%0
SJS T. Dellandrea0.900.2109%0
CBJ J. Christiansen0.900.1503%0
SJS N. Sturm0.820.22010%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 35 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.