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Game Recap
BOS1
FinalThu, Jan 9, 2025Every game that night
TBL4

TBL beat BOS 4-1, and the chances backed it up: 5.02 expected goals to 2.11. B. Hagel led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). B. Hagel had 9 shots on goal against our projection of 2.4. A. Vasilevskiy stopped 27 of 28.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
BOS0011
TBL0224
  1. 2nd 14:07TBLA. CirelliSH0.17 xG
  2. 2nd 19:10TBLM. Eyssimont0.08 xG
  3. 3rd 2:05BOSM. Lohrei0.14 xG
  4. 3rd 18:28TBLB. HagelEN0.54 xG
  5. 3rd 19:24TBLB. PointPP0.19 xG

Team Stats

BOSTBL
28Shots on goal31
2.11Expected goals5.02
62Shot attempts69
265v5 shots on goal24
0/2Power play1/4
35Hits24
20Blocked shots13
27Penalty minutes24
15Giveaways15
4Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BOS 2.11 xGTBL 5.02 xGGoal

0123451st2nd3rdTBL goal, 14:07TBL goal, 19:10BOS goal, 2:05TBL goal, 18:28TBL goal, 19:24

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

BOS28 on goal, 1 scored
TBL31 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. MarchandLW0112310018:181:09
D. PastrnakRW000500-2019:200:51
C. CoyleC000210+1018:171:09
M. GeekieC000230-1017:400:51
P. ZachaC000131-2417:310:51
E. LindholmC0004020016:421:09
T. FredericC000131-1016:030:00
J. BrazeauRW000132-21212:590:54
J. BeecherC0000210010:520:03
C. KoepkeLW0000300010:390:03
O. WahlstromRW000201-109:271:06
M. KastelicC000330058:050:00
M. LohreiD101102-2218:470:51
A. PeekeD0110130017:500:00
C. McAvoyD000131-1025:081:08
N. ZadorovD0001740422:120:03
P. WotherspoonD0001000019:150:03
B. CarloD0001010015:580:04
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Swayman30273.90058:50Loss
J. Korpisalo000–0:00

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. HagelLW112911+2224:454:42
N. KucherovRW022310+1022:495:28
B. PointC1012000020:385:23
A. CirelliC101200+2019:510:44
N. PaulLW0110100014:140:39
M. EyssimontC101150+1011:440:00
J. GuentzelC0002010019:475:25
M. ChaffeeRW0000410012:360:59
C. GeekieC0001100011:251:03
Z. GirgensonsC0002300011:050:00
L. GlendeningC000040-109:040:00
C. AtkinsonRW000310006:280:00
R. McDonaghD022004+2021:370:02
V. HedmanD0111010222:364:21
E. CernakD011223+1019:490:02
D. RaddyshD0001010018:251:47
E. LillebergD00020102016:310:00
N. PerbixD000010+1015:090:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy28271.96459:24Win
J. Johansson000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreBOS 3.0, TBL 3.2BOS 1, TBL 4
Total goals6.25
Shots on goalBOS 27.7, TBL 28.8BOS 28, TBL 31
Win chanceTBL 55%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
BOS D. Pastrnak3.951.04039%0
TBL N. Kucherov3.231.51234%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.820.99035%0
TBL B. Point2.621.12140%1
BOS B. Marchand2.520.74127%0
TBL B. Hagel2.490.94230%1
TBL V. Hedman2.110.73112%0
BOS M. Geekie1.920.50020%0
TBL M. Eyssimont1.810.25111%1
TBL A. Cirelli1.820.62121%1
BOS P. Zacha1.710.61021%0
TBL N. Paul1.700.50121%0
BOS C. McAvoy1.710.50011%0
BOS E. Lindholm1.740.54022%0
BOS J. Brazeau1.610.41020%0
BOS O. Wahlstrom1.520.24012%0
BOS T. Frederic1.510.38018%0
BOS C. Coyle1.420.45018%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.310.3806%0
BOS N. Zadorov1.310.28010%0
BOS M. Kastelic1.130.23010%0
TBL C. Atkinson1.130.23010%0
TBL C. Geekie1.110.29012%0
TBL M. Chaffee1.100.30015%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.100.3024%0
BOS B. Carlo1.110.1605%0
BOS M. Lohrei1.010.3516%1
TBL N. Perbix1.000.2805%0
BOS A. Peeke1.000.1714%0
TBL Z. Girgensons0.920.1609%0
BOS C. Koepke0.900.22011%0
BOS P. Wotherspoon0.910.1602%0
TBL E. Cernak0.820.2113%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.820.1702%0
TBL L. Glendening0.700.1208%0
BOS J. Beecher0.700.1809%0

Shots on goal: 23 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 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.