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Game Recap
CBJ2
FinalTue, Mar 4, 2025Every game that night
TBL6

TBL beat CBJ 6-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.74 expected goals to 2.45. J. Guentzel led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). J. Guentzel had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.9. J. Johansson stopped 31 of 33.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
CBJ1102
TBL2226
  1. 1st 0:30TBLM. Chaffee0.05 xG
  2. 1st 1:37TBLN. Kucherov0.15 xG
  3. 1st 17:20CBJZ. Werenski0.01 xG
  4. 2nd 1:27TBLJ. Guentzel0.04 xG
  5. 2nd 6:36TBLV. Hedman0.05 xG
  6. 2nd 10:49CBJZ. WerenskiSH0.21 xG
  7. 3rd 9:44TBLV. HedmanPP0.07 xG
  8. 3rd 17:53TBLJ. GuentzelEN0.49 xG

Team Stats

CBJTBL
33Shots on goal40
2.45Expected goals3.74
72Shot attempts73
255v5 shots on goal33
0/2Power play1/3
19Hits10
18Blocked shots22
18Penalty minutes6
20Giveaways17
2Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CBJ 2.45 xGTBL 3.74 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdTBL goal, 0:30TBL goal, 1:37CBJ goal, 17:20TBL goal, 1:27TBL goal, 6:36CBJ goal, 10:49TBL goal, 9:44TBL goal, 17:53

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

CBJ33 on goal, 2 scored
TBL39 on goal, 6 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CBJ Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. FantilliC0113210019:133:05
K. JohnsonC011301-1017:172:56
K. MarchenkoRW000100-3018:583:05
B. JennerC000310-3017:051:57
Z. Aston-ReeseLW000360-1015:160:00
J. DanforthRW000003-1015:010:39
D. VoronkovLW000201-1014:582:45
E. ChinakhovRW000230-2013:251:04
J. van RiemsdykLW0000000213:130:55
S. KuralyC0000000012:390:00
M. OlivierRW00044001411:280:39
J. LaBateC0001360011:010:00
Z. WerenskiD2024020029:553:05
D. FabbroD000001+1024:590:00
I. ProvorovD000102-3018:050:55
J. ChristiansenD0003000015:070:00
D. MateychukD000000-3015:020:55
D. SeversonD0003010213:190:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
E. Merzlikins39345.87257:10Loss
D. Tarasov000–0:00

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. KucherovRW123701+3019:573:39
J. GuentzelC213700+3018:443:49
B. PointC022202+2018:463:52
M. ChaffeeRW1013100014:262:21
B. HagelLW000200-1018:452:28
A. CirelliC000102+1017:301:10
N. PaulLW0001010014:320:48
Z. GirgensonsC000121-1013:100:09
G. GoncalvesC000021+1012:140:00
L. GlendeningC0001130011:420:00
C. AtkinsonRW000300009:210:51
M. EyssimontC000120008:420:00
V. HedmanD213404+3024:223:27
D. RaddyshD022302+2019:311:12
E. LillebergD0110010015:000:00
E. CernakD0002210219:490:01
R. McDonaghD0001030219:000:18
J. MoserD000100+2218:290:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Johansson33312.93960:00Win
A. Vasilevskiy000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCBJ 2.9, TBL 3.5CBJ 2, TBL 6
Total goals6.48
Shots on goalCBJ 27.2, TBL 30.3CBJ 33, TBL 40
Win chanceTBL 59%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TBL N. Kucherov3.571.64339%1
CBJ Z. Werenski3.340.85218%2
TBL J. Guentzel2.971.03338%2
TBL B. Point2.821.11243%0
TBL B. Hagel2.721.01034%0
CBJ K. Marchenko2.610.72029%0
CBJ A. Fantilli2.530.63125%0
CBJ B. Jenner2.430.57026%0
CBJ D. Voronkov2.320.64027%0
TBL V. Hedman2.340.77313%2
CBJ E. Chinakhov2.120.46020%0
TBL A. Cirelli2.010.68025%0
TBL N. Paul1.810.53024%0
CBJ K. Johnson1.830.61122%0
TBL M. Eyssimont1.610.22010%0
CBJ J. Danforth1.400.34015%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.430.3626%0
CBJ M. Olivier1.440.32015%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.410.21012%0
CBJ Z. Aston-Reese1.430.24012%0
CBJ J. Riemsdyk1.300.40016%0
CBJ D. Fabbro1.300.2706%0
CBJ I. Provorov1.310.3808%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.200.31011%0
TBL C. Atkinson1.230.25011%0
CBJ S. Kuraly1.200.24012%0
TBL M. Chaffee1.130.30117%1
CBJ D. Mateychuk1.100.2208%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.110.3304%0
TBL E. Cernak1.020.2504%0
CBJ D. Severson1.030.2707%0
TBL J. Moser0.910.2706%0
TBL L. Glendening0.810.1409%0
CBJ J. Christiansen0.730.1202%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.600.1611%0

Shots on goal: 17 of 35 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.