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Game Recap
SJS6
FinalTue, Jan 14, 2025Every game that night
DET3

SJS beat DET 6-3 despite fewer good chances: 1.62 expected goals to 3.12. W. Eklund led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). L. Raymond had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 2.1. A. Georgiev stopped 25 of 28.

Team Stats

SJSDET
24Shots on goal28
1.62Expected goals3.12
35Shot attempts72
185v5 shots on goal25
1/1Power play0/2
18Hits21
18Blocked shots9
4Penalty minutes2
18Giveaways18
8Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SJS 1.62 xGDET 3.12 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdSJS goal, 1:45SJS goal, 17:41DET goal, 1:28SJS goal, 0:26DET goal, 6:05SJS goal, 7:43DET goal, 9:56SJS goal, 10:57

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

SJS21 on goal, 5 scored
DET28 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SJS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
W. EklundLW123400+3015:340:53
T. ToffoliC123200+1014:140:53
M. CelebriniC022302+1015:330:53
M. GranlundC101201-1018:140:53
W. SmithC0112000015:040:00
A. WennbergC011100+1014:240:00
N. SturmC101121+1010:520:00
L. KuninC0002200018:140:00
C. GrafRW000100-1015:270:00
T. DellandreaC0001210213:030:00
F. ZetterlundLW000040-1013:020:00
B. GoodrowC000141+1012:500:00
M. FerraroD101110-2221:430:00
J. RuttaD101111+2019:430:00
M. VlasicD011100+1017:490:00
C. CeciD000014+3021:060:00
T. LiljegrenD000012-3019:440:00
J. WalmanD000105+3019:240:53
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Georgiev28253.89360:00Win
Y. Askarov000–0:00

DET Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
V. TarasenkoRW2024300016:311:08
D. LarkinC011100-1018:292:51
L. RaymondLW101510-1018:192:42
J. BerggrenRW011111+1012:570:00
M. RasmussenC011031-2011:101:15
P. KaneRW000100-2021:172:44
A. DeBrincatRW000501-2021:112:42
A. CoppC000201-1018:220:01
J. CompherLW000210+1015:081:13
M. KasperC000130-1014:511:01
J. VelenoC0001200010:420:01
T. MotteC000000007:150:01
S. EdvinssonD011032+1020:500:00
E. GustafssonD011210-1017:411:47
M. SeiderD000121-2024:012:13
B. ChiarotD000200-2022:270:05
A. JohanssonD000001+1216:150:16
J. HollD0000110013:260:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
V. Husso23185.78358:15Loss
C. Talbot000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreSJS 2.7, DET 3.6SJS 6, DET 3
Total goals6.39
Shots on goalSJS 26.5, DET 30.9SJS 24, DET 28
Win chanceDET 64%SJS won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
SJS M. Celebrini3.030.79227%0
DET D. Larkin2.911.04137%0
DET A. DeBrincat2.750.88032%0
DET P. Kane2.610.93028%0
SJS T. Toffoli2.520.63329%1
SJS J. Walman2.310.52015%0
SJS F. Zetterlund2.200.59023%0
SJS M. Granlund2.220.81118%1
DET M. Seider2.110.70010%0
DET L. Raymond2.151.00131%1
DET V. Tarasenko1.940.65225%2
SJS W. Eklund1.740.64319%1
DET M. Kasper1.610.36014%0
DET J. Berggren1.510.44121%0
DET B. Chiarot1.520.3008%0
SJS W. Smith1.420.39116%0
DET J. Compher1.420.57020%0
SJS L. Kunin1.320.32016%0
DET A. Copp1.320.50018%0
DET T. Motte1.300.23012%0
DET E. Gustafsson1.220.4317%0
DET S. Edvinsson1.200.40110%0
SJS T. Liljegren1.200.3207%0
DET M. Rasmussen1.200.40116%0
SJS C. Ceci1.100.2906%0
DET J. Veleno1.110.35015%0
SJS A. Wennberg1.110.40114%0
SJS M. Ferraro1.110.2115%1
SJS C. Graf1.010.39014%0
SJS M. Vlasic1.010.2115%0
SJS J. Rutta1.010.2115%1
DET A. Johansson1.000.2206%0
SJS B. Goodrow0.910.22011%0
SJS T. Dellandrea0.810.1908%0
SJS N. Sturm0.710.1919%1
DET J. Holl0.600.2203%0

Shots on goal: 22 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.