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Game Recap
TOR3
FinalThu, Feb 6, 2025Every game that night
SEA1

TOR beat SEA 3-1, with the chances close: 3.26 expected goals to 2.72. B. Montour had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.6. A. Stolarz stopped 26 of 27.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
TOR2103
SEA0011
  1. 1st 7:23TORP. Myers0.01 xG
  2. 1st 18:53TORB. McMannPP0.08 xG
  3. 2nd 12:37TORM. Knies0.08 xG
  4. 3rd 5:43SEAE. Tolvanen0.03 xG

Team Stats

TORSEA
30Shots on goal27
3.26Expected goals2.72
55Shot attempts71
225v5 shots on goal16
1/3Power play0/5
14Hits15
19Blocked shots11
13Penalty minutes11
14Giveaways14
1Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TOR 3.26 xGSEA 2.72 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdTOR goal, 7:23TOR goal, 18:53TOR goal, 12:37SEA goal, 5:43

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

TOR29 on goal, 3 scored
SEA26 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TOR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. MarnerRW011100+1025:084:12
A. MatthewsC011601+1222:414:10
M. KniesLW101201+1018:404:14
J. TavaresC011001+1017:194:06
M. DomiC011100+1013:281:27
B. McMannC1013000012:371:39
W. NylanderRW000201+1018:434:09
P. HolmbergRW0004000011:400:10
D. KampfC000000-1010:390:00
N. RobertsonLW000001009:340:07
S. LorentzC000113-109:010:00
M. PaciorettyLW000230-128:091:26
J. McCabeD011131+1021:450:00
M. RiellyD0113010221:351:34
P. MyersD1014210214:210:00
C. TanevD000016+1021:190:00
O. Ekman-LarssonD0000000019:221:41
S. BenoitD0000420513:590:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Stolarz27261.96360:00Win
J. Woll000–0:00

SEA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
O. BjorkstrandRW011100+1515:515:42
E. TolvanenRW101330+1015:170:12
C. StephensonC0001010422:295:36
J. SchwartzLW000001-1020:543:48
K. KakkoRW000010-1020:215:51
M. BeniersC000201-1020:204:12
J. McCannLW000130-1017:245:55
A. BurakovskyLW0000000015:344:17
S. WrightC0003010013:433:50
B. TanevLW000111-1012:450:12
M. StephensC000100027:390:08
T. KartyeLW000040004:440:00
V. DunnD000400-1024:406:21
B. MontourD000624-2022:445:40
A. LarssonD0001010021:400:08
J. OleksiakD000000-1018:460:00
J. MahuraD000200+1012:000:04
C. FleuryD000111+1011:210:04
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Daccord30273.90056:01Loss
A. Stezka000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamBobby McMann SEA Faces TOR, his team until Mar 20261 G, 3 SOG

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTOR 3.0, SEA 2.8TOR 3, SEA 1
Total goals5.94
Shots on goalTOR 28.6, SEA 28.0TOR 30, SEA 27
Win chanceTOR 53%TOR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TOR A. Matthews4.061.17145%0
TOR W. Nylander3.521.06038%0
TOR J. Tavares2.800.85131%0
TOR B. McMann2.730.56127%1
SEA B. Montour2.660.55014%0
SEA J. Schwartz2.400.65026%0
SEA J. McCann2.310.73028%0
TOR M. Marner2.211.19129%0
SEA V. Dunn2.240.71014%0
SEA M. Beniers2.020.64024%0
SEA O. Bjorkstrand1.910.59121%0
TOR M. Pacioretty1.920.46017%0
SEA K. Kakko1.900.59021%0
TOR M. Knies1.820.66126%1
TOR M. Rielly1.830.5619%0
SEA E. Tolvanen1.830.48121%1
SEA A. Burakovsky1.700.46016%0
TOR M. Domi1.610.53113%0
TOR N. Robertson1.600.33016%0
TOR O. Ekman-Larsson1.500.3507%0
SEA A. Larsson1.510.2707%0
SEA C. Stephenson1.210.73021%0
TOR J. McCabe1.210.3217%0
TOR P. Myers1.240.1514%1
SEA B. Tanev1.210.30014%0
SEA S. Wright1.230.59021%0
SEA J. Oleksiak1.000.2305%0
TOR P. Holmberg1.040.28011%0
SEA J. Mahura1.020.1903%0
TOR D. Kampf0.900.2209%0
TOR S. Lorentz0.910.2009%0
TOR C. Tanev0.700.2604%0
SEA T. Kartye0.700.1608%0
SEA C. Fleury0.710.1102%0
SEA M. Stephens0.710.1707%0
TOR S. Benoit0.700.0802%0

Shots on goal: 17 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.