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Game Recap
CHI4
FinalTue, Jan 28, 2025Every game that night
TBL1

CHI beat TBL 4-1 despite fewer good chances: 2.45 expected goals to 4.04. TBL outshot CHI 35 to 21. S. Jones led the way with 2 points (0 G, 2 A). B. Point had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.8. A. Soderblom stopped 34 of 35.

Team Stats

CHITBL
21Shots on goal35
2.45Expected goals4.04
44Shot attempts66
175v5 shots on goal26
1/2Power play0/3
17Hits11
16Blocked shots12
17Penalty minutes15
18Giveaways23
5Takeaways0

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

CHI 2.45 xGTBL 4.04 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdTBL goal, 3:34CHI goal, 10:19CHI goal, 18:14CHI goal, 8:02

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

CHI19 on goal, 3 scored
TBL35 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. BedardC1013200221:412:19
J. DickinsonC0112230017:180:00
T. TeravainenC1012100016:562:19
R. DonatoC101100+1012:380:24
N. FolignoLW011000+1712:331:47
P. KurashevC011000+1011:310:00
L. SlaggertLW101411+2011:300:00
L. ReichelLW011102+1010:580:00
F. NazarC0001000019:150:00
T. BertuzziLW0001200218:272:19
I. MikheyevRW000100-1012:400:00
P. MaroonLW000101+1410:490:00
S. JonesD022132+3225:302:19
A. VlasicD000213+1023:460:08
A. MartinezD000013+1020:340:00
L. CrevierD000031-1020:230:00
E. Del MastroD0001100014:100:00
T. BrodieD0000000013:430:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Soderblom35341.97159:38Win
P. Mrazek000–0:00

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. KucherovRW011200-1224:195:19
B. PointC101700-1021:364:14
J. GuentzelC011200-1017:123:30
A. CirelliC000201-1021:362:28
B. HagelLW0003110021:312:30
N. PaulLW0004000018:062:19
C. GeekieC0001200013:450:00
G. GoncalvesC0002000012:120:15
M. ChaffeeRW000231-109:473:08
Z. GirgensonsC000121059:180:00
L. GlendeningC000100-108:330:00
M. EyssimontC000000-166:470:00
V. HedmanD000110-3025:022:51
D. RaddyshD000211-2023:353:26
R. McDonaghD0000040018:100:00
N. PerbixD0001000017:200:00
E. CernakD0002130215:590:00
D. CarlileD000200+1014:330:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Johansson20173.85056:44Loss
K. Konin000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamIlya Mikheyev TBL Faces CHI, his team until Apr 20261 SOG

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCHI 2.4, TBL 3.8CHI 4, TBL 1
Total goals6.25
Shots on goalCHI 24.1, TBL 33.1CHI 21, TBL 35
Win chanceTBL 72%CHI won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TBL N. Kucherov4.121.98143%0
TBL J. Guentzel3.021.11140%0
TBL B. Hagel2.831.07034%0
TBL B. Point2.871.21144%1
CHI C. Bedard2.530.84124%1
TBL V. Hedman2.410.94013%0
TBL A. Cirelli2.320.79028%0
TBL N. Paul2.240.65027%0
CHI S. Jones2.010.46211%0
CHI T. Bertuzzi2.010.62026%0
CHI R. Donato2.010.45118%1
TBL M. Eyssimont1.700.24011%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.720.5307%0
CHI I. Mikheyev1.710.35018%0
CHI T. Teravainen1.520.60120%1
TBL Z. Girgensons1.410.22013%0
CHI N. Foligno1.400.39116%0
CHI F. Nazar1.310.41016%0
CHI A. Vlasic1.320.2605%0
CHI J. Dickinson1.220.33115%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.100.3804%0
CHI L. Reichel1.110.28110%0
CHI A. Martinez1.100.2507%0
TBL C. Geekie1.110.29014%0
CHI P. Kurashev1.100.33112%0
CHI L. Crevier1.100.1807%0
CHI L. Slaggert1.040.26110%1
TBL N. Perbix0.910.2905%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.920.26015%0
CHI P. Maroon0.910.2308%0
TBL E. Cernak0.820.2202%0
TBL L. Glendening0.810.1309%0
TBL G. Goncalves0.620.1308%0
CHI T. Brodie0.500.2103%0

Shots on goal: 18 of 34 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 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.