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Game Recap
VAN3
Final/OTThu, Oct 17, 2024Every game that night
FLA2

VAN beat FLA 3-2 in overtime, with the chances close: 2.49 expected goals to 2.10. Q. Hughes led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). Q. Hughes had 9 shots on goal against our projection of 2.0. K. Lankinen stopped 26 of 28.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
VAN11013
FLA11002
  1. 1st 11:42VANT. Blueger0.05 xG
  2. 1st 11:53FLAJ. Boqvist0.03 xG
  3. 2nd 6:30VANQ. Hughes0.03 xG
  4. 2nd 19:00FLAA. LundellPP0.12 xG
  5. OT 2:09VANJ. Miller0.08 xG

Team Stats

VANFLA
33Shots on goal28
2.49Expected goals2.10
55Shot attempts60
295v5 shots on goal27
0/2Power play1/1
41Hits35
18Blocked shots10
9Penalty minutes9
13Giveaways7
2Takeaways0

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VAN 2.49 xGFLA 2.10 xGGoal

00.511.522.51st2nd3rdOTVAN goal, 11:42FLA goal, 11:53VAN goal, 6:30FLA goal, 19:00VAN goal, 2:09

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

VAN32 on goal, 3 scored
FLA27 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VAN Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. MillerC101320+1020:503:12
B. BoeserRW011511+1020:232:22
J. DeBruskLW011350+1216:312:17
K. SherwoodLW0111101+1012:550:05
T. BluegerC101130+1512:380:10
D. HeinenLW0110100010:030:33
N. AmanC011100009:260:00
C. GarlandRW0001210020:251:47
E. PetterssonC0001340020:152:14
N. HoglanderLW0001300018:111:33
A. BainsLW0000210014:301:34
P. SuterC0001200010:570:00
Q. HughesD112902+1026:582:19
F. HronekD0002230226:171:39
T. MyersD000132+1021:020:04
C. SoucyD0001120019:530:11
V. DesharnaisD000101+1012:210:00
E. BrannstromD0001100011:510:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
K. Lankinen28262.92962:09Win
A. Silovs000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. LundellC101410-1022:421:01
C. VerhaegheC011321-1222:141:01
S. ReinhartC011202-1022:131:01
J. BoqvistC101120+1016:440:00
M. SamoskevichRW0113400014:030:00
E. RodriguesC000510-1220:440:00
S. BennettC000152-1019:261:01
E. LuostarinenC0002200019:020:00
A. GreerLW000220+1016:040:00
P. GilesRW000020-104:150:00
J. GadjovichLW000010-102:060:00
G. ForslingD011211+1022:440:00
D. KulikovD0001410023:320:00
N. MikkolaD0001110023:200:00
A. EkbladD000031+1022:350:00
N. SchmidtD000131-2013:440:00
A. BoqvistD000000-2013:061:01
U. BalinskisD000010-153:530:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky33303.90962:09OT loss
S. Knight000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreVAN 2.7, FLA 3.1VAN 3, FLA 2
Total goals5.85
Shots on goalVAN 23.9, FLA 29.8VAN 33, FLA 28
Win chanceFLA 57%VAN won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.930.88133%0
FLA S. Bennett2.610.69026%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.620.93137%0
VAN C. Garland2.310.56021%0
VAN J. Miller2.230.97130%1
FLA E. Rodrigues2.250.56019%0
VAN B. Boeser2.150.73129%0
VAN E. Pettersson2.010.82029%0
VAN J. DeBrusk2.030.55125%0
VAN Q. Hughes2.090.88210%1
FLA A. Lundell1.940.59118%1
FLA G. Forsling1.820.49115%0
FLA A. Ekblad1.700.43014%0
VAN F. Hronek1.520.4307%0
VAN D. Heinen1.400.40118%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.320.41015%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.330.16110%0
VAN N. Hoglander1.310.33017%0
VAN K. Sherwood1.310.30113%0
VAN P. Suter1.210.29014%0
FLA A. Greer1.220.26011%0
VAN E. Brannstrom1.010.2603%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.010.2506%0
VAN T. Blueger1.010.2718%1
FLA A. Boqvist0.900.2909%0
VAN T. Myers0.910.2003%0
FLA J. Boqvist0.910.32113%1
FLA N. Mikkola0.910.1905%0
FLA D. Kulikov0.810.2305%0
VAN C. Soucy0.810.2006%0
FLA U. Balinskis0.700.1404%0
FLA J. Gadjovich0.700.1407%0
VAN A. Bains0.700.1509%0
VAN N. Aman0.510.1516%0
VAN V. Desharnais0.510.1202%0

Shots on goal: 25 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.3 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.