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Game Recap
SJS2
Final/SOTue, Oct 15, 2024Every game that night
DAL3

DAL beat SJS 3-2 in a shootout, and the chances backed it up: 4.46 expected goals to 3.36. DAL outshot SJS 38 to 27. B. Goodrow had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 0.8. J. Oettinger stopped 25 of 27.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdSOT
SJS02002
DAL02013
  1. 2nd 6:24SJST. Toffoli0.13 xG
  2. 2nd 12:03DALM. Duchene0.08 xG
  3. 2nd 15:12SJST. Dellandrea0.35 xG
  4. 2nd 17:12DALR. Hintz0.15 xG

Team Stats

SJSDAL
27Shots on goal38
3.36Expected goals4.46
48Shot attempts83
205v5 shots on goal31
0/3Power play0/4
36Hits19
18Blocked shots10
8Penalty minutes6
21Giveaways21
6Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SJS 3.36 xGDAL 4.46 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdOTSJS goal, 6:24DAL goal, 12:03SJS goal, 15:12DAL goal, 17:12

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

SJS26 on goal, 2 scored
DAL38 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SJS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. ToffoliC1014000016:233:27
T. DellandreaC101112+1014:570:00
N. SturmC011020+1013:060:00
M. GranlundC0003110023:403:26
W. EklundLW0004000021:453:23
F. ZetterlundLW0002120018:083:22
A. WennbergC000120-1017:280:58
L. KuninC000114-1016:111:01
B. GoodrowC000410-1412:210:24
C. GrundstromRW000180+1012:100:00
W. SmithC0000000010:100:33
K. KostinC0001300210:010:22
C. CeciD000232-1024:340:14
J. WalmanD000311+1023:263:48
J. RuttaD000040+1222:470:00
M. FerraroD000042+1022:070:00
H. ThrunD000003-1016:471:02
M. BenningD000041-1012:590:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
M. Blackwood38362.94765:00OT loss
V. Vanecek000–0:00

DAL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
W. JohnstonC0111000020:183:44
R. HintzC1014400019:563:53
M. DucheneC101310+1218:322:38
J. RobertsonLW0113010018:254:00
L. StankovenC0115000017:512:36
M. MarchmentLW011000+1017:302:42
E. DadonovLW0003010016:262:37
J. BennLW000200-1016:163:05
S. SteelC0001100013:330:19
M. BourqueC000101-1011:510:00
O. BäckC0000000010:070:05
C. BlackwellC000121029:510:16
T. HarleyD000420-1026:342:42
M. HeiskanenD0003120024:533:46
E. LindellD0003410023:220:13
I. LyubushkinD000103+1016:470:00
N. LundkvistD0001200216:260:20
B. SmithD0002200011:340:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Oettinger27252.92664:32Win
C. DeSmith000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreSJS 2.2, DAL 4.1SJS 2, DAL 3
Total goals6.35
Shots on goalSJS 23.8, DAL 34.7SJS 27, DAL 38
Win chanceDAL 77%DAL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
DAL W. Johnston3.010.99137%0
DAL J. Robertson2.831.20139%0
DAL M. Heiskanen2.530.99015%0
SJS T. Toffoli2.240.57125%1
SJS F. Zetterlund2.220.46019%0
DAL J. Benn2.120.95028%0
DAL R. Hintz2.140.96136%1
DAL L. Stankoven2.050.68121%0
DAL T. Harley2.040.65013%0
DAL M. Duchene2.030.86131%1
DAL M. Marchment2.000.72126%0
SJS M. Granlund1.830.67014%0
SJS J. Walman1.730.26011%0
DAL E. Lindell1.630.4209%0
SJS W. Eklund1.640.53018%0
DAL E. Dadonov1.530.53019%0
DAL C. Blackwell1.510.32014%0
DAL B. Smith1.220.3108%0
SJS M. Ferraro1.200.1904%0
SJS L. Kunin1.210.25013%0
DAL S. Steel1.110.40013%0
SJS C. Ceci1.020.2105%0
SJS K. Kostin1.010.37018%0
SJS J. Rutta1.000.2306%0
DAL N. Lundkvist0.910.2204%0
SJS N. Sturm0.900.1919%0
SJS C. Grundstrom0.910.1408%0
SJS T. Dellandrea0.910.1717%1
SJS A. Wennberg0.910.29011%0
SJS B. Goodrow0.840.23010%0
DAL I. Lyubushkin0.710.2503%0
SJS H. Thrun0.700.1704%0
SJS M. Benning0.700.1701%0

Shots on goal: 18 of 33 players within one of their projection; they took 0.4 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.