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Game Recap
ANA3
FinalSat, Oct 25, 2025Every game that night
TBL4

TBL beat ANA 4-3, and the chances backed it up: 4.85 expected goals to 2.72. A. Cirelli led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). C. Gauthier had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 3.0. J. Johansson stopped 37 of 40.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
ANA0123
TBL1214
  1. 1st 9:10TBLJ. Guentzel0.28 xG
  2. 2nd 4:42ANAJ. Trouba0.07 xG
  3. 2nd 12:19TBLJ. Guentzel0.10 xG
  4. 2nd 14:20TBLA. Cirelli0.03 xG
  5. 3rd 7:11ANAR. Poehling0.09 xG
  6. 3rd 8:10ANAT. Terry0.32 xG
  7. 3rd 16:45TBLA. CirelliPP0.12 xG

Team Stats

ANATBL
40Shots on goal33
2.72Expected goals4.85
63Shot attempts71
315v5 shots on goal23
0/2Power play1/6
14Hits21
17Blocked shots15
19Penalty minutes11
10Giveaways23
8Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

ANA 2.72 xGTBL 4.85 xGGoal

0123451st2nd3rdTBL goal, 9:10ANA goal, 4:42TBL goal, 12:19TBL goal, 14:20ANA goal, 7:11ANA goal, 8:10TBL goal, 16:45

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

ANA39 on goal, 3 scored
TBL31 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

ANA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. TerryRW112400+2018:492:19
L. CarlssonC011200+1222:202:18
C. GauthierLW011711+2218:010:16
M. McTavishC011312-1217:190:15
R. PoehlingC1013100013:250:00
R. JohnstonLW011020096:300:00
A. KillornLW0001000018:150:16
N. NesterenkoC000031+1015:270:00
B. SenneckeRW000100-2015:160:14
F. VatranoRW0003210011:262:18
S. ColangeloRW000020-328:110:00
M. GranlundC000300006:072:20
J. TroubaD101422+1027:310:00
D. HellesonD0112010019:290:00
J. LaCombeD0004040027:262:18
P. MintyukovD0000030017:570:00
O. ZellwegerD0003020215:070:16
I. MooreD000000-1010:220:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Dostal33294.87960:00Loss
P. Mrazek000–0:00

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. CirelliC213302+1020:564:00
J. GuentzelC202600+1022:288:14
N. KucherovRW0226100020:548:14
B. HagelLW022020+1019:581:29
B. PointC0115000019:488:12
D. JamesC0003200015:350:53
O. BjorkstrandRW0000010014:344:23
Y. GourdeC000021-1013:140:00
Z. GirgensonsC000230-1012:180:00
G. GoncalvesC0001200012:100:53
P. HolmbergRW000040-1210:310:04
C. DouglasC000100002:460:00
V. HedmanD022301+3024:207:48
R. McDonaghD000023-2020:430:02
J. MoserD000110+3019:490:00
E. CernakD000004-2218:450:04
C. D'AstousD000111-1014:571:19
E. LillebergD000112-1712:140:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Johansson40373.92560:00Win
A. Vasilevskiy000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

ANA

Line 4M. Granlund2:53T. Terry12:46
Pair 1J. Trouba21:24O. Zellweger13:01
Pair 2P. Mintyukov16:41D. Helleson15:04
Pair 3J. LaCombe17:37I. Moore10:22

TBL

Line 1A. Cirelli14:40B. Hagel16:14J. Guentzel14:13
Line 3N. Kucherov12:30B. Point11:32
Pair 1R. McDonagh17:54E. Cernak17:23
Pair 2J. Moser17:50V. Hedman16:02
Pair 3C. D'Astous13:07E. Lilleberg11:21

From the NHL's shift charts: the players on the ice together most at 5-on-5, with each one's own 5-on-5 time.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreANA 2.8, TBL 3.7ANA 3, TBL 4
Total goals6.57
Shots on goalANA 27.3, TBL 30.5ANA 40, TBL 33
Win chanceTBL 63%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TBL N. Kucherov3.361.66238%0
TBL J. Guentzel3.261.16241%2
ANA C. Gauthier3.070.64125%0
TBL B. Hagel2.600.96231%0
TBL B. Point2.651.11142%0
TBL V. Hedman2.530.95216%0
ANA M. McTavish2.330.62122%0
ANA T. Terry2.240.67224%1
ANA F. Vatrano2.130.42020%0
TBL A. Cirelli2.130.74327%2
ANA L. Carlsson2.020.65123%0
ANA O. Zellweger1.930.2808%0
TBL O. Bjorkstrand1.900.66024%0
ANA M. Granlund1.830.66017%0
ANA B. Sennecke1.710.49019%0
ANA A. Killorn1.710.47020%0
ANA J. LaCombe1.740.47012%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.600.54017%0
ANA N. Nesterenko1.400.33014%0
ANA J. Trouba1.440.2416%1
ANA D. Helleson1.320.2519%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.300.4706%0
TBL E. Cernak1.200.2805%0
ANA S. Colangelo1.200.32018%0
TBL P. Holmberg1.200.34013%0
TBL J. Moser1.110.3107%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.120.17010%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.110.46015%0
ANA R. Poehling0.930.29111%1
ANA P. Mintyukov0.800.2105%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.710.2102%0
TBL C. Douglas0.610.1106%0
ANA R. Johnston0.400.1215%0

Shots on goal: 15 of 33 players within one of their projection; they took 0.4 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.