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Game Recap
SJS1
FinalSun, Dec 31, 2023Every game that night
COL3

COL beat SJS 3-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.36 expected goals to 0.63. COL outshot SJS 33 to 11. V. Nichushkin led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). A. Georgiev stopped 10 of 11.

Team Stats

SJSCOL
11Shots on goal33
0.63Expected goals3.36
30Shot attempts84
105v5 shots on goal21
1/3Power play1/6
21Hits24
28Blocked shots10
22Penalty minutes8
0Giveaways4
3Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SJS 0.63 xGCOL 3.36 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdCOL goal, 6:58SJS goal, 16:53COL goal, 16:31

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

SJS11 on goal, 1 scored
COL32 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SJS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. GranlundC011122-1220:531:07
T. HertlC101101-11018:251:07
F. ZetterlundLW000134-1217:401:07
W. EklundLW000010-1015:541:08
M. HoffmanC000100-1015:061:07
L. KuninC000020-1214:040:05
A. BarabanovLW000101-2013:351:09
R. CarpenterC0001100012:060:00
F. ZadinaRW0001100011:330:58
A. DuclairLW0000000411:211:03
J. StudnickaC000101-1010:590:05
J. BaileyRW000001009:370:00
C. AddisonD0110040218:111:03
H. ThrunD000213-1025:070:59
T. EmbersonD0000440024:210:00
J. RuttaD0000230024:100:00
N. OkhotiukD000144-1020:510:06
M. FerraroD000000004:090:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
K. Kahkonen32302.93858:55Loss
M. Blackwood000–0:00

COL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. MacKinnonC022320+1025:507:15
V. NichushkinRW112401+2022:597:20
M. RantanenRW1017000024:497:13
R. JohansenC011121+2014:121:06
J. DrouinLW0001110222:526:15
B. MeyersC0001100013:510:00
M. WoodLW000151+1213:480:34
L. O'ConnorRW0001000013:260:00
A. CoglianoC0003000012:510:00
F. OlofssonLW000000005:090:09
J. KivirantaLW000010004:560:00
K. MacDermidLW000041004:230:00
D. ToewsD011010+1024:151:27
J. MansonD101210+1218:250:04
J. JohnsonD011101+1011:580:00
C. MakarD0005020225:126:54
B. ByramD0001510018:500:58
S. GirardD000211+1016:181:07
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Georgiev11101.90959:48Win
I. Prosvetov000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

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