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Game Recap
SJS1
FinalSat, Dec 7, 2024Every game that night
FLA3

FLA beat SJS 3-1, and the chances backed it up: 4.15 expected goals to 2.72. FLA outshot SJS 54 to 29. M. Tkachuk led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). M. Tkachuk had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 3.3. S. Bobrovsky stopped 28 of 29.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
SJS0011
FLA1203
  1. 1st 0:23FLAM. Tkachuk0.10 xG
  2. 2nd 10:05FLAM. Tkachuk0.04 xG
  3. 2nd 13:17FLAA. BarkovPP0.12 xG
  4. 3rd 18:35SJST. ToffoliPP0.08 xG

Team Stats

SJSFLA
29Shots on goal54
2.72Expected goals4.15
58Shot attempts96
115v5 shots on goal35
1/7Power play1/5
22Hits19
20Blocked shots15
15Penalty minutes19
28Giveaways25
6Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SJS 2.72 xGFLA 4.15 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdFLA goal, 0:23FLA goal, 10:05FLA goal, 13:17SJS goal, 18:35

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

SJS28 on goal, 1 scored
FLA54 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SJS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. GranlundC0113110223:369:06
T. ToffoliC101300-2017:228:28
A. WennbergC000401-2021:558:52
M. CelebriniC0005120021:479:14
W. EklundLW0000000020:018:04
L. KuninC000231-1018:594:40
F. ZetterlundLW0001020218:424:52
K. KostinC0000030215:264:09
E. CardwellRW0001100011:250:00
N. SturmC000120008:230:00
C. GrundstromRW000160-107:550:00
T. DellandreaC000102007:040:00
J. WalmanD011132-1023:084:48
C. CeciD000201-2017:470:00
T. LiljegrenD0004010217:414:06
J. RuttaD0000130014:430:00
M. FerraroD000020-1714:200:00
H. ThrunD0000210013:230:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
M. Blackwood54513.94457:45Loss
V. Vanecek000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. TkachukLW202712+2219:197:11
A. BarkovC1016210020:567:06
S. ReinhartC0114100019:097:07
C. VerhaegheC0114000016:286:24
T. NosekLW011204+1012:090:00
S. BennettC011410+1911:351:11
A. LundellC0003020016:161:27
E. LuostarinenC0003510216:130:00
J. BoqvistC000220+1012:000:00
E. RodriguesC0001000011:131:34
A. GreerLW000220+129:490:00
M. SamoskevichRW000100009:081:23
A. EkbladD000523+1226:527:04
G. ForslingD000600+1020:580:00
D. KulikovD000001+1018:230:00
N. MikkolaD000130+1217:110:00
N. SchmidtD0001010015:141:34
U. BalinskisD0002000014:161:09
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky29281.96660:00Win
S. Knight000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreSJS 2.4, FLA 3.8SJS 1, FLA 3
Total goals6.34
Shots on goalSJS 24.5, FLA 34.7SJS 29, FLA 54
Win chanceFLA 72%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA M. Tkachuk3.371.32236%2
FLA C. Verhaeghe3.141.02138%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.941.22146%0
FLA S. Bennett2.840.84131%0
FLA A. Barkov2.661.30134%1
SJS M. Celebrini2.550.66024%0
FLA G. Forsling2.360.60014%0
SJS T. Toffoli2.330.57126%1
SJS J. Walman2.110.43113%0
FLA A. Ekblad2.150.60013%0
FLA E. Rodrigues2.110.62022%0
SJS F. Zetterlund2.010.51020%0
SJS M. Granlund1.830.69116%0
FLA A. Lundell1.830.60019%0
SJS W. Eklund1.500.60017%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.510.41018%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.410.3006%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.320.2904%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.310.3507%0
SJS C. Grundstrom1.210.20011%0
SJS T. Liljegren1.240.3207%0
SJS L. Kunin1.220.28014%0
SJS M. Ferraro1.100.2104%0
SJS C. Ceci1.120.2605%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.130.41015%0
FLA D. Kulikov1.100.3006%0
SJS A. Wennberg1.140.39014%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.120.39016%0
FLA A. Greer1.020.24010%0
SJS E. Cardwell0.910.24012%0
SJS T. Dellandrea0.910.1908%0
SJS K. Kostin0.800.29014%0
FLA T. Nosek0.820.2217%0
SJS J. Rutta0.800.1704%0
SJS N. Sturm0.810.2009%0
SJS H. Thrun0.700.2003%0

Shots on goal: 18 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.7 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.