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Game Recap
BOS4
FinalSat, Mar 8, 2025Every game that night
TBL0

BOS beat TBL 4-0, with the chances close: 2.35 expected goals to 2.62. C. Koepke led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). B. Hagel had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.6. J. Swayman stopped 25 of 25.

Team Stats

BOSTBL
25Shots on goal25
2.35Expected goals2.62
57Shot attempts62
245v5 shots on goal20
0/1Power play0/2
35Hits21
23Blocked shots20
9Penalty minutes7
13Giveaways16
3Takeaways1

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BOS 2.35 xGTBL 2.62 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdBOS goal, 10:32BOS goal, 13:16BOS goal, 15:53

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

BOS24 on goal, 3 scored
TBL24 on goal, 0 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. KoepkeLW202241+2014:220:00
D. PastrnakRW011400+1018:501:37
C. MittelstadtC011111+2217:551:31
P. BrownC011213+2012:390:00
J. BeecherC011011+2012:070:00
M. KastelicC101110+1711:170:00
M. GeekieC0000110018:291:35
E. LindholmC000210+1016:130:32
P. ZachaC0001200015:431:28
V. LettieriC000243+1014:060:25
M. KhusnutdinovC0000320013:150:29
J. LaukoC0001220012:240:00
N. ZadorovD101341+1020:310:02
I. MitchellD011312+2014:460:14
M. LohreiD0001030023:541:44
A. PeekeD000062+1021:480:00
P. WotherspoonD000130+3019:030:00
H. JokiharjuD000101+1018:380:23
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Swayman252501.00060:00Win
J. Korpisalo000–0:00

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. CirelliC000103-2020:041:30
B. HagelLW000601-2220:001:32
J. GuentzelC000211-1018:142:28
B. PointC000202-1018:102:30
N. PaulLW000201-2018:081:30
N. KucherovRW000302-2017:162:30
O. BjorkstrandRW000210-1015:402:29
Y. GourdeC0000310015:161:23
G. GoncalvesC000010-2011:340:00
L. GlendeningC000120-1011:130:00
M. ChaffeeRW000140008:440:00
Z. GirgensonsC000010008:410:00
D. RaddyshD000013-3021:262:19
R. McDonaghD000302-1020:541:41
J. MoserD0000100020:450:00
E. LillebergD000121-2518:120:00
E. CernakD0001320018:110:08
N. PerbixD000011-1016:090:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy24213.87559:23Loss
J. Johansson000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreBOS 2.8, TBL 3.3BOS 4, TBL 0
Total goals6.04
Shots on goalBOS 27.0, TBL 29.6BOS 25, TBL 25
Win chanceTBL 59%BOS won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
BOS D. Pastrnak4.241.12141%0
TBL N. Kucherov3.231.48034%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.820.99036%0
TBL B. Hagel2.660.96031%0
TBL B. Point2.621.02038%0
BOS M. Geekie2.100.57024%0
BOS E. Lindholm2.120.54022%0
TBL O. Bjorkstrand1.920.59021%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.910.62022%0
BOS P. Zacha1.810.64021%0
TBL N. Paul1.720.51022%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.500.4306%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.500.48016%0
BOS M. Lohrei1.410.4208%0
BOS N. Zadorov1.330.27110%1
TBL Z. Girgensons1.300.20010%0
BOS V. Lettieri1.220.22012%0
BOS M. Kastelic1.210.1919%1
BOS C. Mittelstadt1.210.45114%0
BOS C. Koepke1.220.19211%2
TBL M. Chaffee1.110.28015%0
BOS A. Peeke1.100.2104%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.000.27010%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.030.3304%0
TBL E. Cernak1.010.2504%0
TBL J. Moser1.000.2806%0
BOS P. Wotherspoon0.910.1503%0
BOS H. Jokiharju0.810.1504%0
BOS P. Brown0.820.1517%0
BOS J. Lauko0.810.1808%0
TBL L. Glendening0.810.1308%0
TBL N. Perbix0.700.2003%0
BOS J. Beecher0.700.1519%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.710.1801%0
BOS I. Mitchell0.630.1613%0
BOS M. Khusnutdinov0.600.1607%0

Shots on goal: 25 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 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.