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Game Recap
VAN5
FinalTue, Nov 5, 2024Every game that night
ANA1

VAN beat ANA 5-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.76 expected goals to 1.38. VAN outshot ANA 37 to 22. Q. Hughes led the way with 3 points (0 G, 3 A). E. Pettersson had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.3. K. Lankinen stopped 21 of 22.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
VAN2125
ANA1001
  1. 1st 5:35ANAO. ZellwegerPP0.03 xG
  2. 1st 16:22VANB. BoeserPP0.08 xG
  3. 1st 17:20VANK. Sherwood0.14 xG
  4. 2nd 2:20VANE. Pettersson0.10 xG
  5. 3rd 12:08VANJ. DeBrusk0.11 xG
  6. 3rd 18:18VAND. Heinen0.40 xG

Team Stats

VANANA
37Shots on goal22
3.76Expected goals1.38
69Shot attempts38
265v5 shots on goal12
1/5Power play1/4
17Hits16
7Blocked shots19
8Penalty minutes10
7Giveaways12
8Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VAN 3.76 xGANA 1.38 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdANA goal, 5:35VAN goal, 16:22VAN goal, 17:20VAN goal, 2:20VAN goal, 12:08VAN goal, 18:18

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

VAN34 on goal, 5 scored
ANA20 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VAN Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. BoeserRW112200+1217:375:54
D. HeinenLW112200+2012:452:43
K. SherwoodLW112130+2012:120:13
C. GarlandRW011310+1019:575:49
J. MillerC011111+1018:535:45
E. PetterssonC101600+1018:095:35
J. DeBruskLW101200+1015:072:52
T. BluegerC011101+2014:160:10
P. SuterC000200+1016:050:00
D. SprongRW0005100013:222:56
N. HoglanderLW0001400013:042:47
A. RätyC000050029:590:00
Q. HughesD033302+2020:545:55
E. BrannstromD011101+2016:030:06
F. HronekD000210+1020:522:58
T. MyersD0001100020:480:15
C. SoucyD000301+1417:060:12
V. DesharnaisD000101+2016:320:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
K. Lankinen22211.95560:00Win
A. Silovs000–0:00

ANA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. TerryRW011100-1017:404:54
M. McTavishC011200-1214:034:25
A. KillornLW000000-1017:491:46
L. CarlssonC0002000217:394:31
F. VatranoRW000111-1017:154:40
R. FabbriC000040-1017:040:00
R. StromeC000111-1014:181:11
T. ZegrasC000102-2014:031:50
I. LundestromC000000-1213:010:00
B. McGinnLW000011-1012:390:00
C. GauthierLW000310-1012:311:28
R. JohnstonLW000051-108:340:00
O. ZellwegerD101501-1019:534:41
B. DumoulinD000102-3021:440:11
P. MintyukovD000002-2220:520:56
R. GudasD0003320018:570:10
C. FowlerD000103-2217:110:52
U. VaakanainenD0001030015:570:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Dostal37325.86560:00Loss
J. Reimer000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreVAN 3.4, ANA 2.6VAN 5, ANA 1
Total goals6.06
Shots on goalVAN 29.1, ANA 25.6VAN 37, ANA 22
Win chanceVAN 62%VAN won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
ANA F. Vatrano2.710.60026%0
VAN C. Garland2.730.76125%0
VAN Q. Hughes2.631.07314%0
VAN J. Miller2.411.16132%0
VAN B. Boeser2.420.89233%1
VAN E. Pettersson2.360.98132%1
ANA C. Gauthier2.230.42013%0
ANA T. Terry2.210.77127%0
VAN J. DeBrusk2.120.62126%1
VAN D. Sprong2.050.55021%0
ANA T. Zegras2.010.61020%0
ANA A. Killorn1.900.57022%0
ANA L. Carlsson1.820.50020%0
ANA M. McTavish1.720.58120%0
VAN K. Sherwood1.710.44217%1
VAN F. Hronek1.720.5309%0
ANA R. Strome1.610.50016%0
ANA O. Zellweger1.650.3319%1
VAN N. Hoglander1.510.45021%0
VAN D. Heinen1.520.49220%1
ANA R. Fabbri1.500.49022%0
VAN P. Suter1.520.38017%0
ANA P. Mintyukov1.300.3909%0
VAN T. Myers1.310.3004%0
VAN T. Blueger1.210.39111%0
ANA C. Fowler1.110.4309%0
ANA R. Gudas1.030.2105%0
VAN C. Soucy1.030.2608%0
ANA B. Dumoulin1.010.2305%0
VAN E. Brannstrom1.010.2513%0
VAN A. Räty1.000.25011%0
ANA B. McGinn1.000.22012%0
ANA U. Vaakanainen0.910.1803%0
ANA I. Lundestrom0.800.25011%0
VAN V. Desharnais0.610.1502%0
ANA R. Johnston0.500.1205%0

Shots on goal: 25 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.