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Game Recap
UTA3
Final/OTSat, Nov 2, 2024Every game that night
VGK4

VGK beat UTA 4-3 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.92 expected goals to 1.82. VGK outshot UTA 35 to 19. N. Hanifin led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). N. Roy had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 1.3. A. Hill stopped 16 of 19.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
UTA11103
VGK02114
  1. 1st 11:52UTAL. Cooley0.11 xG
  2. 2nd 12:00UTAI. Cole0.01 xG
  3. 2nd 15:06VGKP. Dorofeyev0.07 xG
  4. 2nd 19:59VGKN. Hanifin0.46 xG
  5. 3rd 5:37VGKW. Karlsson0.04 xG
  6. 3rd 13:10UTAA. Kerfoot0.08 xG
  7. OT 2:15VGKB. Howden0.20 xG

Team Stats

UTAVGK
19Shots on goal35
1.82Expected goals3.92
51Shot attempts56
185v5 shots on goal32
0/0Power play0/1
21Hits22
9Blocked shots14
7Penalty minutes5
13Giveaways13
8Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

UTA 1.82 xGVGK 3.92 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdOTUTA goal, 11:52UTA goal, 12:00VGK goal, 15:06VGK goal, 19:59VGK goal, 5:37UTA goal, 13:10VGK goal, 2:15

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

UTA19 on goal, 3 scored
VGK34 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

UTA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
L. CooleyC112210+1020:110:00
N. BjugstadC022111+1012:370:00
C. KellerRW0111000021:520:00
A. KerfootC1013010015:190:00
J. McBainC011060+1711:110:00
D. GuentherRW0003000020:260:00
N. SchmaltzC000202-1020:000:00
M. MaccelliLW000000-2019:050:00
B. HaytonC000202-1016:220:00
L. CrouseLW0000500013:090:00
K. StenlundC000010-1012:110:00
I. ColeD101111+1018:010:00
M. LamoureuxD011110+1015:320:00
M. SergachevD000010-2023:060:00
O. MaattaD0000010022:050:00
M. KesselringD000131-1021:070:00
J. VälimäkiD000210+1015:260:00
V. KolyachonokD000000-107:050:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Ingram35314.88662:15OT loss
K. Vejmelka000–0:00

VGK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. HowdenC1124020015:120:00
M. StoneRW0110000016:441:00
N. RoyC011610+1016:221:00
P. DorofeyevRW101310-1016:131:00
W. KarlssonC101301+1015:371:00
T. HertlC011010-1014:381:00
K. KolesarRW011021+1513:250:00
I. BarbashevLW000030-1018:311:00
J. EichelC000410-1018:251:00
A. HoltzRW000100+1013:410:00
T. PearsonLW000010+1013:390:00
C. SchwindtRW000100+1013:040:00
N. HanifinD123621+3024:311:00
A. PietrangeloD000023+2024:561:00
B. McNabbD0002330022:280:00
S. TheodoreD0002000022:141:00
N. HagueD000241-2013:480:00
Z. WhitecloudD000112-2013:170:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Hill19163.84262:15Win
A. Schmid000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreUTA 3.0, VGK 3.7UTA 3, VGK 4
Total goals6.67
Shots on goalUTA 27.2, VGK 31.8UTA 19, VGK 35
Win chanceVGK 61%VGK won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
VGK J. Eichel3.341.08032%0
UTA C. Keller2.710.89131%0
UTA D. Guenther2.430.67026%0
VGK P. Dorofeyev2.430.66129%1
VGK S. Theodore2.120.79013%0
UTA B. Hayton2.020.44018%0
VGK M. Stone2.000.98128%0
UTA N. Bjugstad1.910.42219%0
UTA N. Schmaltz1.920.75023%0
VGK A. Pietrangelo1.900.59010%0
VGK W. Karlsson1.830.66122%1
UTA L. Cooley1.820.51218%1
VGK T. Hertl1.800.67124%0
VGK N. Hanifin1.860.55312%1
UTA M. Sergachev1.700.6208%0
UTA L. Crouse1.700.43021%0
UTA M. Maccelli1.500.55015%0
VGK I. Barbashev1.500.65022%0
VGK B. Howden1.440.41219%1
VGK A. Holtz1.310.35016%0
VGK N. Roy1.360.53117%0
VGK T. Pearson1.300.38014%0
UTA M. Kesselring1.310.3807%0
UTA A. Kerfoot1.330.43114%1
VGK B. McNabb1.220.3206%0
VGK N. Hague1.120.1905%0
UTA K. Stenlund1.000.17011%0
UTA J. Välimäki1.020.2603%0
VGK K. Kolesar0.900.32112%0
VGK Z. Whitecloud0.910.2608%0
UTA J. McBain0.900.33112%0
UTA I. Cole0.810.2113%1
VGK C. Schwindt0.710.2308%0
UTA O. Maatta0.700.2004%0
UTA V. Kolyachonok0.600.2004%0

Shots on goal: 19 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 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.