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Game Recap
SJS2
FinalThu, Jan 30, 2025Every game that night
SEA6

SEA beat SJS 6-2, with the chances close: 2.78 expected goals to 2.18. C. Stephenson led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). J. Oleksiak had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 0.9. J. Daccord stopped 26 of 28.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
SJS1012
SEA1416
  1. 1st 3:55SEAC. Stephenson0.09 xG
  2. 1st 17:55SJSC. Grundstrom0.04 xG
  3. 2nd 2:03SEAO. Bjorkstrand0.20 xG
  4. 2nd 2:54SEAB. Montour0.11 xG
  5. 2nd 5:58SEAJ. Schwartz0.16 xG
  6. 2nd 7:52SEAB. MontourPP0.18 xG
  7. 3rd 8:06SJST. Toffoli0.13 xG
  8. 3rd 12:18SEAE. Tolvanen0.07 xG

Team Stats

SJSSEA
28Shots on goal33
2.18Expected goals2.78
62Shot attempts60
235v5 shots on goal30
0/2Power play1/2
24Hits23
14Blocked shots18
9Penalty minutes9
15Giveaways20
5Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

SJS 2.18 xGSEA 2.78 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdSEA goal, 3:55SJS goal, 17:55SEA goal, 2:03SEA goal, 2:54SEA goal, 5:58SEA goal, 7:52SJS goal, 8:06SEA goal, 12:18

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, 2 scored
SEA32 on goal, 6 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

SJS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. CelebriniC0113000021:113:16
M. GranlundC0112100020:073:16
T. ToffoliC101311-1018:073:16
W. SmithC011001+1015:050:33
C. GrundstromRW101450-1012:040:33
W. EklundLW000200-1022:333:16
B. GoodrowC000050-2016:140:11
L. KuninC000260-2215:330:33
F. ZetterlundLW0002220014:480:33
W. DuehrRW000131-109:050:11
N. KovalenkoRW000100-128:580:00
C. WhiteC000010-106:570:11
H. ThrunD0110000517:391:16
C. CeciD000102-1022:160:44
J. WalmanD000400-1022:092:00
M. FerraroD000004-1019:570:11
M. VlasicD000002-1018:170:00
T. LiljegrenD000301-2015:470:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
Y. Askarov1174.63625:58Loss
A. Georgiev22202.90934:02

SEA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. StephensonC123200+4016:151:13
E. TolvanenRW112340+3016:031:25
O. BjorkstrandRW112110+3014:121:13
J. SchwartzLW1013010218:231:44
J. McCannLW0113100014:370:39
S. WrightC0111000014:061:21
M. BeniersC000301-1221:001:52
K. KakkoRW000310-1016:131:27
B. TanevLW000131+1014:090:10
A. BurakovskyLW0002020013:440:00
M. StephensC0001200010:150:00
T. KartyeLW000030009:340:00
B. MontourD202213+1023:482:15
J. OleksiakD011416+1025:240:00
V. DunnD0111000518:070:00
J. MahuraD011110+2013:490:08
A. LarssonD000150+1022:110:00
C. FleuryD000104+1014:100:33
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Daccord28262.92960:00Win
A. Stezka000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreSJS 2.5, SEA 3.3SJS 2, SEA 6
Total goals5.88
Shots on goalSJS 25.6, SEA 30.6SJS 28, SEA 33
Win chanceSEA 63%SEA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
SJS M. Celebrini3.030.79126%0
SEA B. Montour2.920.66217%2
SEA J. Schwartz2.730.79130%1
SJS T. Toffoli2.630.65128%1
SEA J. McCann2.430.88133%0
SEA V. Dunn2.410.84117%0
SEA O. Bjorkstrand2.410.78227%1
SJS J. Walman2.240.44014%0
SEA M. Beniers2.130.77027%0
SEA K. Kakko2.030.69024%0
SJS M. Granlund1.920.74117%0
SJS F. Zetterlund1.920.47018%0
SEA A. Burakovsky1.820.56019%0
SEA E. Tolvanen1.730.50221%1
SJS W. Eklund1.720.66018%0
SEA A. Larsson1.610.3208%0
SJS W. Smith1.400.49116%0
SJS L. Kunin1.420.30015%0
SJS C. Grundstrom1.340.20111%1
SEA C. Stephenson1.320.82323%1
SEA B. Tanev1.310.34016%0
SEA S. Wright1.210.64122%0
SJS M. Ferraro1.200.2206%0
SJS T. Liljegren1.130.2807%0
SJS C. Ceci1.110.2706%0
SEA J. Mahura1.110.2214%0
SJS M. Vlasic1.000.1905%0
SEA J. Oleksiak0.940.2416%0
SJS N. Kovalenko0.910.36012%0
SEA T. Kartye0.900.21010%0
SJS B. Goodrow0.900.21010%0
SJS H. Thrun0.800.1914%0
SJS W. Duehr0.810.2009%0
SEA C. Fleury0.810.1103%0
SEA M. Stephens0.710.2108%0
SJS C. White0.600.1306%0

Shots on goal: 26 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 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.