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Game Recap
VGK3
Final/OTSat, Oct 19, 2024Every game that night
FLA4

FLA beat VGK 4-3 in overtime, with the chances close: 3.21 expected goals to 2.48. FLA outshot VGK 49 to 26. S. Reinhart led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). N. Mikkola had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 0.9. S. Bobrovsky stopped 23 of 26.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
VGK11103
FLA02114
  1. 1st 19:27VGKT. Pearson0.18 xG
  2. 2nd 1:09FLAS. Reinhart0.03 xG
  3. 2nd 14:15VGKK. Kolesar0.13 xG
  4. 2nd 19:20FLAS. BennettPP0.09 xG
  5. 3rd 7:30VGKB. Howden0.15 xG
  6. 3rd 12:43FLAE. Luostarinen0.23 xG
  7. OT 4:43FLAG. Forsling0.15 xG

Team Stats

VGKFLA
26Shots on goal49
2.48Expected goals3.21
54Shot attempts90
235v5 shots on goal39
0/1Power play1/2
25Hits17
28Blocked shots17
4Penalty minutes2
27Giveaways23
3Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

VGK 2.48 xGFLA 3.21 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdOTVGK goal, 19:27FLA goal, 1:09VGK goal, 14:15FLA goal, 19:20VGK goal, 7:30FLA goal, 12:43FLA goal, 4:43

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

VGK25 on goal, 3 scored
FLA49 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

VGK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. RoyC022200+2218:110:29
T. PearsonLW112220+2015:160:00
B. HowdenC1013030017:150:00
K. KolesarRW101141+1016:360:00
J. EichelC000212-1020:211:42
M. StoneRW000110-1019:281:31
T. HertlC000142-1018:511:31
I. BarbashevLW000020-1017:050:31
P. DorofeyevRW0000120016:101:29
A. HoltzRW0001000010:140:29
B. BrissonC000110009:090:00
C. SchwindtRW000111009:060:00
A. PietrangeloD0000140022:510:18
N. HanifinD000424+1022:130:19
S. TheodoreD000100-2021:371:41
Z. WhitecloudD000016+1019:160:00
N. HagueD000102+1019:130:00
B. McNabbD0005410218:110:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Samsonov49454.91864:43OT loss
A. Hill000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. ReinhartC123511+2023:552:17
S. BennettC112530+1021:422:17
A. LundellC0223010021:172:17
C. VerhaegheC0116100023:042:17
E. LuostarinenC1012210021:470:49
E. RodriguesC0003000019:310:49
A. GreerLW000502-1216:400:00
J. BoqvistC000011-1016:350:00
M. SamoskevichRW000201-2014:280:49
P. GilesRW000131006:300:00
A. EkbladD022227+1026:370:49
G. ForslingD101601+2028:070:00
N. MikkolaD000611-1020:490:00
D. KulikovD000020-1019:580:00
A. BoqvistD000000-1011:352:17
N. SchmidtD000310-1011:180:00
U. BalinskisD000000008:160:49
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky26233.88564:43Win
S. Knight000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreVGK 2.9, FLA 3.1VGK 3, FLA 4
Total goals5.97
Shots on goalVGK 26.9, FLA 30.9VGK 26, FLA 49
Win chanceFLA 54%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
VGK J. Eichel3.420.97032%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe3.160.91135%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.750.95338%1
FLA S. Bennett2.750.69227%1
FLA E. Rodrigues2.430.58020%0
FLA A. Lundell2.230.63220%0
VGK S. Theodore2.010.64010%0
VGK M. Stone1.910.81026%0
VGK T. Hertl1.810.56022%0
FLA G. Forsling1.860.48111%1
VGK P. Dorofeyev1.800.42021%0
VGK A. Pietrangelo1.800.4308%0
FLA A. Ekblad1.620.41210%0
VGK N. Hanifin1.640.4309%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.520.20011%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.520.42116%1
VGK A. Holtz1.310.27014%0
FLA A. Greer1.350.28012%0
VGK I. Barbashev1.300.52019%0
VGK N. Roy1.120.39214%0
VGK T. Pearson1.120.25210%1
VGK N. Hague1.110.1504%0
VGK B. Howden1.130.29114%1
VGK B. McNabb1.150.2604%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.000.35014%0
VGK B. Brisson1.010.34011%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.030.2305%0
FLA N. Mikkola0.960.2004%0
FLA A. Boqvist0.900.2806%0
FLA D. Kulikov0.900.2404%0
VGK Z. Whitecloud0.900.2106%0
VGK K. Kolesar0.810.2219%1
VGK C. Schwindt0.710.1407%0
FLA U. Balinskis0.600.1203%0

Shots on goal: 18 of 34 players within one of their projection; they took 0.6 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.