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Game Recap
WPG3
Final/OTSun, Mar 16, 2025Every game that night
SEA2

WPG beat SEA 3-2 in overtime, with the chances close: 2.70 expected goals to 2.93. D. Samberg led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). D. Samberg had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.4. E. Comrie stopped 14 of 15.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
WPG11013
SEA20002
  1. 1st 9:58SEAJ. NymanPP0.16 xG
  2. 1st 15:23SEAM. Eyssimont0.11 xG
  3. 1st 19:43WPGC. Perfetti0.02 xG
  4. 2nd 11:42WPGK. Connor0.13 xG
  5. OT 1:47WPGD. Samberg0.24 xG

Team Stats

WPGSEA
26Shots on goal21
2.70Expected goals2.93
67Shot attempts46
225v5 shots on goal14
0/2Power play1/2
37Hits21
9Blocked shots17
6Penalty minutes6
16Giveaways14
3Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

WPG 2.70 xGSEA 2.93 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdOTSEA goal, 9:58SEA goal, 15:23WPG goal, 19:43WPG goal, 11:42WPG goal, 1:47

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

WPG26 on goal, 3 scored
SEA20 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

WPG Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
V. NamestnikovC022021+2016:421:53
C. PerfettiC112430+2215:501:58
K. ConnorLW101311+1020:201:59
M. BarronC011111+108:090:00
M. ScheifeleC0001100021:102:08
G. VilardiC000100+1017:562:07
N. EhlersLW0002000015:031:53
N. NiederreiterRW0001400014:481:49
A. LowryC000220-1014:130:00
M. AppletonC000140-1014:030:05
A. IafalloLW0002300012:221:35
B. TanevLW0001200210:190:03
D. SambergD112512+3022:490:11
J. MorrisseyD0002210028:592:11
D. DeMeloD000042+1224:180:19
L. SchennD000040+1017:530:00
C. MillerD000010-1013:561:49
H. FleuryD000021-1011:040:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
E. Comrie15141.93351:34Win
C. Hellebuyck651.83310:10

SEA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. StephensonC011202-1018:551:15
J. EberleRW0110010016:341:17
J. NymanRW101100009:191:15
M. EyssimontC101110008:250:00
M. BeniersC0004040021:321:14
J. SchwartzLW000100-1019:532:15
K. KakkoRW0001300019:262:13
J. McCannLW0002030015:582:16
E. TolvanenRW000131-1015:190:00
S. WrightC000101-1014:212:15
A. BurakovskyLW000000-1012:150:00
T. KartyeLW000132028:570:00
B. MontourD011331-2025:031:18
R. EvansD011040-2016:300:00
V. DunnD0002110223:052:12
A. LarssonD0000100222:130:00
J. OleksiakD000001+1020:090:00
J. MahuraD0001200011:270:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Daccord26233.88561:47OT loss
P. Grubauer000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreWPG 3.2, SEA 2.7WPG 3, SEA 2
Total goals5.95
Shots on goalWPG 27.3, SEA 27.2WPG 26, SEA 21
Win chanceWPG 58%WPG won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
WPG K. Connor2.931.08136%1
SEA B. Montour2.630.46113%0
WPG N. Ehlers2.420.82026%0
SEA J. McCann2.220.58025%0
SEA V. Dunn2.120.54012%0
SEA J. Schwartz2.110.47021%0
WPG J. Morrissey2.020.76014%0
WPG M. Scheifele1.910.96033%0
SEA E. Tolvanen1.810.46021%0
WPG G. Vilardi1.810.82031%0
SEA J. Eberle1.700.53119%0
WPG N. Niederreiter1.710.44020%0
SEA M. Beniers1.740.49021%0
SEA K. Kakko1.610.46018%0
WPG C. Perfetti1.440.51217%1
SEA M. Eyssimont1.410.1819%1
SEA A. Burakovsky1.400.37014%0
WPG M. Appleton1.410.35013%0
WPG D. Samberg1.450.3026%1
SEA A. Larsson1.300.2406%0
WPG A. Lowry1.320.45018%0
WPG V. Namestnikov1.100.43214%0
SEA S. Wright1.110.52019%0
WPG L. Schenn1.100.1504%0
SEA C. Stephenson1.120.63119%0
WPG M. Barron1.110.20110%0
WPG A. Iafallo1.120.31013%0
WPG C. Miller1.000.2105%0
SEA J. Oleksiak1.000.1804%0
SEA J. Mahura1.010.1702%0
WPG H. Fleury0.900.1403%0
WPG B. Tanev0.910.24011%0
WPG D. DeMelo0.900.2905%0
SEA R. Evans0.700.2314%0
SEA T. Kartye0.710.1308%0

Shots on goal: 25 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 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.