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Game Recap
DET3
Final/OTThu, Apr 17, 2025Every game that night
TOR4

TOR beat DET 4-3 in overtime, with the chances close: 2.80 expected goals to 2.10. DET outshot TOR 34 to 20. J. Holl led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). M. Kasper had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.0. J. Woll stopped 31 of 34.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
DET12003
TOR10214
  1. 1st 17:53TORA. Matthews0.21 xG
  2. 1st 19:19DETA. Watson0.15 xG
  3. 2nd 2:16DETJ. Holl0.01 xG
  4. 2nd 5:50DETA. DeBrincatPP0.12 xG
  5. 3rd 3:43TORP. Myers0.14 xG
  6. 3rd 19:58TORC. Tanev0.16 xG
  7. OT 0:56TORS. Laughton0.62 xG

Team Stats

DETTOR
34Shots on goal20
2.10Expected goals2.80
52Shot attempts47
295v5 shots on goal16
1/2Power play0/2
13Hits17
16Blocked shots11
4Penalty minutes4
14Giveaways19
4Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DET 2.10 xGTOR 2.80 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdOTTOR goal, 17:53DET goal, 19:19DET goal, 2:16DET goal, 5:50TOR goal, 3:43TOR goal, 19:58TOR goal, 0:56

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

DET34 on goal, 3 scored
TOR19 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DET Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
P. KaneRW011100-2018:260:44
A. DeBrincatRW101302+1017:120:54
M. KasperC011630+1216:370:10
V. TarasenkoRW011111+1015:050:10
A. WatsonLW1014010014:000:00
D. LarkinC000101-2016:360:44
J. CompherLW000110-1016:270:44
M. RasmussenC000340-1015:450:00
T. MotteC0003010015:030:00
C. SmithC0000110014:390:00
J. BerggrenRW000000-1012:470:00
L. RaymondLW000100-105:450:00
J. HollD112414+2017:520:10
M. SeiderD011322-2023:350:44
S. EdvinssonD000102-3024:210:00
A. JohanssonD000001-1019:560:00
B. ChiarotD000100-1019:200:00
W. LagessonD000100+2215:220:10
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Talbot20164.80060:56OT loss
A. Lyon000–0:00

TOR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. MarnerRW022000+1016:361:10
M. KniesLW022011+3014:191:10
P. HolmbergRW0110110015:551:00
S. LaughtonC101331+2015:470:00
A. MatthewsC101102+1015:361:10
C. JarnkrokC011000+1015:140:00
S. LorentzC011411+1015:030:00
W. NylanderRW000000+1016:281:10
J. TavaresC0001020416:221:10
B. McMannC000230-1015:391:00
M. DomiC000000-1015:150:56
N. RobertsonLW000110-1013:201:00
D. MermisD0111110020:390:00
P. MyersD101330+2019:490:00
C. TanevD101100+1016:070:04
M. RiellyD000001+1021:161:00
S. BenoitD0002100019:440:00
B. CarloD000121-2018:330:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Woll34313.91259:18Win
A. Stolarz000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreDET 2.9, TOR 3.6DET 3, TOR 4
Total goals6.57
Shots on goalDET 27.6, TOR 28.7DET 34, TOR 20
Win chanceTOR 61%TOR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TOR A. Matthews4.011.27147%1
DET A. DeBrincat3.030.72129%1
TOR W. Nylander2.901.03038%0
TOR J. Tavares2.810.95035%0
DET D. Larkin2.710.77029%0
DET P. Kane2.610.75124%0
DET L. Raymond2.210.73024%0
TOR M. Marner2.201.28233%0
TOR M. Knies2.200.76229%0
TOR B. McMann2.120.46023%0
DET M. Kasper2.060.47121%0
DET M. Seider1.930.4718%0
TOR M. Rielly1.700.6309%0
TOR N. Robertson1.710.38020%0
DET V. Tarasenko1.610.43119%0
TOR S. Laughton1.530.41116%1
TOR M. Domi1.400.55015%0
DET B. Chiarot1.310.1906%0
TOR P. Myers1.330.1715%1
TOR C. Jarnkrok1.300.40117%0
DET M. Rasmussen1.330.30013%0
DET J. Berggren1.300.34016%0
DET J. Compher1.310.39015%0
DET C. Smith1.200.22011%0
DET S. Edvinsson1.210.3408%0
DET T. Motte1.130.1608%0
TOR B. Carlo1.110.2205%0
TOR S. Lorentz1.140.26112%0
TOR P. Holmberg0.900.28112%0
TOR D. Mermis0.910.1615%0
DET A. Johansson0.800.1504%0
TOR S. Benoit0.820.1603%0
TOR C. Tanev0.810.2614%1
DET A. Watson0.740.1318%1
DET W. Lagesson0.710.1301%0
DET J. Holl0.640.1222%1

Shots on goal: 13 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.