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Game Recap
DAL1
Final/OTThu, Oct 30, 2025Every game that night
TBL2

TBL beat DAL 2-1 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 4.78 expected goals to 2.23. TBL outshot DAL 33 to 21. J. Robertson had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.9. A. Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of 21.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
DAL00101
TBL01012
  1. 2nd 15:02TBLB. HagelPP0.11 xG
  2. 3rd 2:03DALA. Erne0.08 xG
  3. OT 2:36TBLA. Cirelli0.28 xG

Team Stats

DALTBL
21Shots on goal33
2.23Expected goals4.78
44Shot attempts70
135v5 shots on goal23
0/3Power play1/4
30Hits21
10Blocked shots15
8Penalty minutes6
13Giveaways17
3Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DAL 2.23 xGTBL 4.78 xGGoal

0123451st2nd3rdOTTBL goal, 15:02DAL goal, 2:03TBL goal, 2:36

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

DAL20 on goal, 1 scored
TBL33 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DAL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
R. FaksaC011031+1011:420:00
A. ErneLW101110+129:520:00
W. JohnstonC000400-1226:494:37
J. RobertsonLW0006100023:374:37
M. RantanenRW000020-1023:174:37
T. SeguinC0000200021:484:37
S. SteelC0000110020:400:22
M. BourqueC0000110015:260:22
C. BlackwellC0000200011:110:00
J. HryckowianC0000300010:380:22
N. BastianRW000030+107:120:00
A. PetrovicD011240+1211:120:00
M. HeiskanenD000200-1025:583:01
T. HarleyD0001010023:321:58
E. LindellD0001320021:590:22
I. LyubushkinD0001040015:270:00
L. BichselD000130+1012:290:00
K. CapobiancoD000210027:360:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Oettinger33312.93962:16OT loss
C. DeSmith000–0:00

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. HagelLW101310+1023:322:57
A. CirelliC101200+1020:573:40
G. GoncalvesC011101-1012:062:47
N. KucherovRW0005010021:424:51
B. PointC0003010020:565:00
J. GuentzelC0001100020:515:03
Y. GourdeC0001110215:070:01
Z. GirgensonsC0001200014:240:00
O. BjorkstrandRW000420-1013:113:42
P. HolmbergRW0001210012:280:01
D. JamesC000010-1211:022:29
C. D'AstousD0112110015:532:33
V. HedmanD000303-1021:144:25
R. McDonaghD000332+1019:530:00
J. MoserD0001100017:420:00
E. CernakD0000530217:040:03
E. LillebergD000211-1013:090:00
D. RaddyshD0000000010:371:03
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy21201.95262:36Win
J. Johansson000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

DAL

Line 2T. Seguin15:30M. Rantanen16:50S. Steel15:32
Line 3A. Erne9:48N. Bastian7:12R. Faksa8:17
Pair 1T. Harley19:42I. Lyubushkin13:42
Pair 2M. Heiskanen16:00E. Lindell14:48
Pair 3A. Petrovic11:12L. Bichsel11:12

TBL

Line 1J. Guentzel14:51B. Point14:53N. Kucherov15:44
Line 4G. Goncalves9:13D. James8:11
Pair 1R. McDonagh14:12E. Cernak14:39
Pair 2C. D'Astous13:17E. Lilleberg12:49
Pair 3J. Moser16:11V. Hedman13:32

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
ScoreDAL 2.9, TBL 3.3DAL 1, TBL 2
Total goals6.23
Shots on goalDAL 25.4, TBL 29.0DAL 21, TBL 33
Win chanceTBL 58%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TBL N. Kucherov3.151.50034%0
TBL J. Guentzel3.011.05037%0
DAL J. Robertson2.960.99034%0
DAL M. Rantanen2.601.03034%0
TBL B. Hagel2.630.94129%1
DAL W. Johnston2.540.77032%0
TBL B. Point2.330.99037%0
TBL V. Hedman2.230.78013%0
DAL T. Seguin2.200.65025%0
DAL M. Heiskanen2.120.56012%0
TBL A. Cirelli2.020.72125%1
TBL O. Bjorkstrand1.740.57020%0
DAL T. Harley1.710.46012%0
DAL M. Bourque1.500.34014%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.410.46014%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.300.3205%0
DAL S. Steel1.200.37012%0
DAL E. Lindell1.110.2607%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.130.3705%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.110.18010%0
DAL C. Blackwell1.100.21010%0
TBL E. Cernak1.000.2304%0
TBL J. Moser1.010.2505%0
TBL P. Holmberg1.010.29010%0
TBL G. Goncalves0.910.37112%0
DAL R. Faksa0.800.2419%0
DAL J. Hryckowian0.800.1508%0
DAL A. Petrovic0.820.0713%0
DAL A. Erne0.710.1717%1
DAL L. Bichsel0.710.1405%0
DAL I. Lyubushkin0.710.1402%0
DAL K. Capobianco0.720.1204%0
DAL N. Bastian0.600.1307%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.620.1702%0

Shots on goal: 18 of 34 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.