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Game Recap
VGK0
FinalSun, Mar 16, 2025Every game that night
DET3

DET beat VGK 3-0, and the chances backed it up: 2.85 expected goals to 1.70. DET outshot VGK 27 to 18. P. Mrazek stopped 18 of 18.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
VGK0000
DET0123
  1. 2nd 7:58DETA. Johansson0.05 xG
  2. 3rd 4:51DETL. Raymond0.16 xG
  3. 3rd 11:14DETM. Kasper0.09 xG

Team Stats

VGKDET
18Shots on goal27
1.70Expected goals2.85
50Shot attempts53
175v5 shots on goal26
0/0Power play0/2
21Hits15
10Blocked shots16
4Penalty minutes2
23Giveaways15
7Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 1.70 xGDET 2.85 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdDET goal, 7:58DET goal, 4:51DET goal, 11:14

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

VGK18 on goal, 0 scored
DET26 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. StoneRW000111-1018:030:00
J. EichelC000210-1017:060:00
I. BarbashevLW000110-2015:550:00
B. SaadLW000100-1015:250:00
T. HertlC000121-1015:060:00
P. DorofeyevRW000210-1014:590:00
K. KolesarRW000031-1014:210:00
V. OlofssonLW0001000013:590:00
B. HowdenC000120-1213:430:00
N. RoyC0000000013:320:00
R. SmithRW0001100012:060:00
T. PearsonLW000100009:340:00
Z. WhitecloudD000231-1023:590:00
A. PietrangeloD0001110221:260:00
N. HagueD0002130020:500:00
N. HanifinD000000-1020:450:00
B. McNabbD000031-2019:510:00
K. KorczakD000111-2013:200:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Samsonov27243.88960:00Loss
A. Hill000–0:00

DET Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
P. KaneRW011402+1020:083:15
L. RaymondLW101202+1017:393:15
M. KasperC101411+1016:040:02
J. CompherLW011100+1014:431:05
V. TarasenkoRW011110+1014:100:43
E. SoderblomLW011100+1012:280:00
D. LarkinC000000+1019:183:15
A. DeBrincatRW000321+1018:542:53
J. BerggrenRW000120+1014:510:43
M. RasmussenC0000000213:300:43
C. SmithC0001200010:300:02
T. MotteC000200009:420:02
A. JohanssonD101103+2021:110:00
E. GustafssonD011200+1016:031:32
M. SeiderD0002230022:022:28
S. EdvinssonD000130+1021:590:02
B. ChiarotD0001220020:370:00
J. HollD000002+2014:110:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
P. Mrazek181801.00060:00Win
C. Talbot000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreVGK 3.2, DET 3.1VGK 0, DET 3
Total goals6.23
Shots on goalVGK 28.3, DET 28.2VGK 18, DET 27
Win chanceVGK 51%DET won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
VGK J. Eichel3.121.05031%0
DET D. Larkin3.000.93034%0
DET A. DeBrincat2.930.82031%0
VGK P. Dorofeyev2.720.62029%0
DET P. Kane2.640.87127%0
DET L. Raymond2.320.92128%1
VGK T. Hertl2.110.69026%0
VGK M. Stone2.010.93027%0
VGK N. Hanifin1.900.53012%0
DET M. Kasper1.940.49120%1
DET V. Tarasenko1.810.52122%0
DET M. Seider1.820.5209%0
VGK A. Pietrangelo1.710.4208%0
VGK B. Saad1.710.46021%0
DET C. Smith1.510.32015%0
VGK R. Smith1.510.49017%0
DET E. Soderblom1.510.42118%0
VGK V. Olofsson1.510.42020%0
VGK I. Barbashev1.410.62022%0
VGK B. Howden1.410.39017%0
VGK T. Pearson1.310.32013%0
DET B. Chiarot1.310.2106%0
VGK N. Roy1.300.44015%0
VGK N. Hague1.320.1905%0
DET J. Compher1.310.46117%0
DET M. Rasmussen1.200.31014%0
DET J. Berggren1.110.33015%0
VGK K. Kolesar1.100.33013%0
DET E. Gustafsson1.120.3416%0
VGK Z. Whitecloud1.020.2507%0
DET T. Motte1.020.1709%0
VGK B. McNabb1.000.2605%0
VGK K. Korczak0.910.2302%0
DET S. Edvinsson0.910.3109%0
DET A. Johansson0.710.1814%1
DET J. Holl0.500.1302%0

Shots on goal: 27 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.3 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.