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Game Recap
CGY1
FinalWed, Nov 26, 2025Every game that night
TBL5

TBL beat CGY 5-1 despite fewer good chances: 2.81 expected goals to 3.73. CGY outshot TBL 32 to 23. N. Kucherov led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). J. Farabee had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 1.8. A. Vasilevskiy stopped 31 of 32.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
CGY0011
TBL4015
  1. 1st 0:39TBLB. Hagel0.14 xG
  2. 1st 1:26TBLC. D'Astous0.05 xG
  3. 1st 5:52TBLZ. Girgensons0.02 xG
  4. 1st 10:01TBLD. Carlile0.07 xG
  5. 3rd 1:04CGYJ. FarabeeSH0.04 xG
  6. 3rd 14:23TBLN. Kucherov0.16 xG

Team Stats

CGYTBL
32Shots on goal23
3.73Expected goals2.81
62Shot attempts60
265v5 shots on goal17
0/5Power play0/4
25Hits13
17Blocked shots15
8Penalty minutes10
16Giveaways14
4Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CGY 3.73 xGTBL 2.81 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdTBL goal, 0:39TBL goal, 1:26TBL goal, 5:52TBL goal, 10:01CGY goal, 1:04TBL goal, 14:23

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

CGY31 on goal, 1 scored
TBL23 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CGY Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. FarabeeLW1016020013:210:00
J. BeecherC011011+109:130:01
N. KadriC000530-1019:516:29
J. HuberdeauLW000200-2219:156:36
M. BacklundC000100-2018:191:47
M. CoronatoRW000610-2017:376:26
M. FrostC000320-2016:426:28
B. ColemanLW000031-1214:390:02
C. ZaryC000200-2014:371:50
Y. SharangovichC000101-1014:311:52
A. KlapkaRW000020-1011:431:55
R. LombergLW0001300010:120:00
Y. KuznetsovD011022-1020:540:00
M. WeegarD000133-1023:393:09
R. AnderssonD000115-4221:375:18
K. BahlD000020-2018:170:02
B. PachalD0001210213:520:00
J. HanleyD0002010013:410:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Wolf413.2505:52Loss
D. Cooley19172.89554:08

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. GuentzelC022102+1021:214:57
B. HagelLW112301+2020:111:30
N. KucherovRW112301+1417:285:33
N. PaulLW011221+1019:464:54
A. CirelliC011000+2017:271:26
Y. GourdeC011200+1015:030:00
Z. GirgensonsC101240+1012:590:00
P. HolmbergRW011211+109:350:00
G. GoncalvesC000010+2013:370:50
O. BjorkstrandRW000200-1012:534:48
D. JamesC000010009:141:29
C. DouglasC000010006:310:00
D. RaddyshD011213+1022:184:52
C. D'AstousD101111+1021:581:31
S. SantiniD011201+1015:180:00
D. CarlileD101102+2015:100:00
J. MoserD000001+2220:440:00
E. LillebergD000011+2418:270:05
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy32311.96960:00Win
J. Johansson000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

CGY

Line 1M. Backlund12:27B. Coleman11:38C. Zary12:07
Line 3J. Huberdeau10:59M. Coronato11:11M. Frost10:14
Pair 1M. Weegar14:13Y. Kuznetsov16:47
Pair 2J. Hanley13:41B. Pachal13:52
Pair 3R. Andersson14:36K. Bahl14:22

TBL

Line 1J. Guentzel14:37N. Paul13:45G. Goncalves12:28
Line 2A. Cirelli11:14B. Hagel13:46N. Kucherov11:48
Pair 1S. Santini15:18D. Carlile14:16
Pair 2D. Raddysh12:25J. Moser14:42
Pair 3E. Lilleberg15:12C. D'Astous15:39

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
ScoreCGY 2.7, TBL 3.3CGY 1, TBL 5
Total goals6.06
Shots on goalCGY 27.9, TBL 27.7CGY 32, TBL 23
Win chanceTBL 60%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
CGY N. Kadri3.050.75027%0
TBL N. Kucherov2.931.35234%1
TBL J. Guentzel2.811.01239%0
TBL B. Hagel2.530.86229%1
CGY M. Coronato2.360.51021%0
CGY R. Andersson2.110.46012%0
CGY M. Backlund2.110.44016%0
CGY M. Weegar2.010.40010%0
CGY B. Coleman2.000.42020%0
TBL N. Paul1.920.51124%0
CGY J. Farabee1.860.37117%1
TBL O. Bjorkstrand1.820.57021%0
CGY M. Frost1.830.47016%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.820.5519%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.700.61123%0
CGY J. Huberdeau1.620.63020%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.520.46116%0
CGY C. Zary1.520.35016%0
CGY Y. Sharangovich1.510.43020%0
TBL D. James1.400.36014%0
CGY Y. Kuznetsov1.300.1515%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.220.22113%1
CGY A. Klapka1.200.27013%0
TBL J. Moser1.100.3005%0
CGY K. Bahl1.000.2105%0
TBL P. Holmberg1.020.27111%0
TBL G. Goncalves0.900.34012%0
TBL C. D'Astous0.910.3515%1
CGY R. Lomberg0.910.1307%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.800.2603%0
TBL S. Santini0.720.1312%0
CGY B. Pachal0.710.1403%0
CGY J. Beecher0.600.1317%0
CGY J. Hanley0.620.1303%0
TBL C. Douglas0.600.1305%0
TBL D. Carlile0.510.1414%1

Shots on goal: 19 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 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.