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Game Recap
STL1
Final/OTSat, Dec 14, 2024Every game that night
DAL2

DAL beat STL 2-1 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.96 expected goals to 2.47. DAL outshot STL 37 to 16. J. Robertson led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). R. Hintz had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.2. J. Oettinger stopped 15 of 16.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
STL10001
DAL01012
  1. 1st 9:08STLJ. Kyrou0.19 xG
  2. 2nd 2:39DALJ. RobertsonPP0.13 xG
  3. OT 2:31DALM. Duchene0.19 xG

Team Stats

STLDAL
16Shots on goal37
2.47Expected goals3.96
39Shot attempts72
135v5 shots on goal28
0/2Power play1/4
30Hits12
17Blocked shots12
10Penalty minutes6
23Giveaways16
4Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

STL 2.47 xGDAL 3.96 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdOTSTL goal, 9:08DAL goal, 2:39DAL goal, 2:31

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

STL15 on goal, 1 scored
DAL36 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

STL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
R. ThomasC0110000422:033:13
P. BuchnevichLW011212+1020:292:48
J. KyrouRW101201+1019:503:11
D. HollowayLW000150-1017:410:47
J. NeighboursLW000441+1216:582:51
B. SchennC0001300216:550:37
Z. BolducRW0000200013:401:12
O. SundqvistC0000100012:001:09
A. TexierLW0000020211:490:00
N. WalkerLW0001300010:220:00
A. ToropchenkoRW000221009:490:00
M. JosephRW000021008:200:00
C. ParaykoD0001130028:200:12
J. FaulkD0000300025:502:56
P. BrobergD0000140022:561:04
C. FowlerD0001110017:570:00
R. SuterD0001010016:010:00
P. JosephD000010007:520:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Binnington37352.94662:31OT loss
J. Hofer000–0:00

DAL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. RobertsonLW112200+1018:533:31
R. HintzC0116200020:033:29
M. DucheneC101200+1019:533:13
J. BennLW0111320014:313:06
W. JohnstonC0000000020:543:30
L. StankovenC0005100018:492:49
M. MarchmentLW0002010218:323:05
E. DadonovLW0004000012:353:04
S. SteelC000200-1211:290:00
O. BäckC000000-1010:030:07
C. BlackwellC000214-109:340:06
M. BourqueC000000009:230:00
E. LindellD011212-1023:540:02
M. HeiskanenD0002020027:495:51
T. HarleyD000510+1027:461:26
I. LyubushkinD000101-1215:140:06
L. BichselD0000300014:040:00
B. SmithD000100008:070:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Oettinger16151.93862:31Win
M. Hellberg000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreSTL 2.7, DAL 3.4STL 1, DAL 2
Total goals6.13
Shots on goalSTL 25.6, DAL 31.9STL 16, DAL 37
Win chanceDAL 62%DAL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
DAL W. Johnston2.900.78032%0
STL J. Kyrou2.520.74129%1
DAL J. Robertson2.520.89232%1
DAL L. Stankoven2.350.56018%0
DAL M. Marchment2.220.72026%0
DAL R. Hintz2.260.81134%0
DAL M. Heiskanen2.120.66012%0
STL J. Faulk2.000.4308%0
STL P. Buchnevich1.920.70125%0
DAL J. Benn1.810.72123%0
DAL M. Duchene1.820.80129%1
STL D. Holloway1.810.42019%0
DAL T. Harley1.850.48011%0
STL R. Thomas1.800.89123%0
STL J. Neighbours1.740.45024%0
STL B. Schenn1.710.54019%0
STL C. Parayko1.610.3208%0
DAL E. Dadonov1.540.45018%0
DAL E. Lindell1.320.3017%0
STL Z. Bolduc1.200.35014%0
DAL C. Blackwell1.220.25012%0
DAL S. Steel1.220.39013%0
STL P. Broberg1.200.3507%0
STL C. Fowler1.110.3406%0
STL M. Joseph1.000.2709%0
STL A. Texier1.000.28012%0
STL A. Toropchenko1.020.20011%0
STL R. Suter1.010.2304%0
DAL M. Bourque0.900.24011%0
DAL B. Smith0.810.1905%0
STL N. Walker0.810.21010%0
DAL O. Bäck0.800.33010%0
STL P. Joseph0.800.1403%0
STL O. Sundqvist0.700.25010%0
DAL I. Lyubushkin0.610.2002%0

Shots on goal: 23 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 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.