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Game Recap
FLA2
FinalTue, Mar 11, 2025Every game that night
BOS3

BOS beat FLA 3-2, with the chances close: 2.71 expected goals to 3.03. D. Pastrnak led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). N. Zadorov had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.4. J. Swayman stopped 26 of 28.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
FLA1012
BOS0033
  1. 1st 4:27FLAD. Kulikov0.00 xG
  2. 3rd 4:49FLAM. SamoskevichPP0.23 xG
  3. 3rd 8:56BOSD. PastrnakPP0.20 xG
  4. 3rd 13:51BOSM. Lohrei0.16 xG
  5. 3rd 16:43BOSP. Zacha0.18 xG

Team Stats

FLABOS
28Shots on goal24
3.03Expected goals2.71
58Shot attempts56
175v5 shots on goal18
1/3Power play1/4
40Hits35
14Blocked shots13
13Penalty minutes13
14Giveaways12
6Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 3.03 xGBOS 2.71 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdFLA goal, 4:27FLA goal, 4:49BOS goal, 8:56BOS goal, 13:51BOS goal, 16:43

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

FLA28 on goal, 2 scored
BOS23 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. BennettC0111300517:453:43
M. SamoskevichRW1014130016:503:37
S. ReinhartC0002130022:163:34
A. BarkovC0004200021:533:38
C. VerhaegheC0002300017:591:25
A. LundellC000030-1217:161:24
E. LuostarinenC000130-1014:411:06
J. BoqvistC000320-1014:120:00
E. RodriguesC0001300013:511:31
N. SturmC0001300010:300:02
A. GreerLW000321007:280:03
T. NosekLW000010007:120:00
S. JonesD011122-1228:403:45
D. KulikovD1011340216:470:00
G. ForslingD000110-1222:440:14
N. MikkolaD0002410019:380:15
N. SchmidtD0000100013:141:08
U. BalinskisD0001200011:300:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky24213.87557:00Loss
V. Vanecek000–0:00

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. PastrnakRW112520+1221:545:11
P. ZachaC101200+1020:142:58
E. LindholmC0111200017:443:31
C. MittelstadtC0111010016:494:00
M. GeekieC000010+1017:193:33
V. LettieriC0002300015:523:03
M. KhusnutdinovC0000200014:432:31
C. KoepkeLW0002110013:170:00
J. BeecherC0000210011:170:00
J. LaukoC0000500210:480:00
P. BrownC000061029:270:00
M. KastelicC000011008:000:00
N. ZadorovD011542+1722:480:00
M. LohreiD1012130019:474:03
H. JokiharjuD000012+1020:221:24
A. PeekeD000220-1019:520:05
P. WotherspoonD0000210016:120:00
I. MitchellD000200+1016:042:31
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Swayman28262.92959:34Win
J. Korpisalo000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.0, BOS 2.6FLA 2, BOS 3
Total goals5.65
Shots on goalFLA 31.3, BOS 25.8FLA 28, BOS 24
Win chanceFLA 56%BOS won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
BOS D. Pastrnak3.951.09240%1
FLA S. Bennett3.010.61124%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.820.71028%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.720.91036%0
FLA A. Barkov2.240.95026%0
FLA E. Rodrigues2.110.44017%0
FLA G. Forsling2.110.36010%0
FLA M. Samoskevich2.040.40117%1
BOS M. Geekie1.900.56024%0
BOS E. Lindholm1.910.52121%0
FLA S. Jones1.910.4219%0
FLA A. Lundell1.800.53017%0
BOS P. Zacha1.620.61120%1
BOS M. Lohrei1.420.4418%1
BOS N. Zadorov1.450.2919%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.220.2304%0
BOS V. Lettieri1.220.22013%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.210.32012%0
BOS C. Koepke1.220.23013%0
BOS C. Mittelstadt1.110.47115%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.130.33014%0
BOS M. Kastelic1.100.21010%0
BOS A. Peeke1.120.2204%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.010.1804%0
FLA N. Sturm1.010.23010%0
FLA N. Schmidt0.900.2205%0
BOS P. Wotherspoon0.900.1602%0
BOS H. Jokiharju0.900.1604%0
FLA A. Greer0.930.1908%0
BOS P. Brown0.800.1707%0
FLA D. Kulikov0.810.1813%1
FLA T. Nosek0.800.1705%0
BOS J. Lauko0.800.1809%0
BOS I. Mitchell0.720.1803%0
BOS J. Beecher0.600.1609%0
BOS M. Khusnutdinov0.600.1608%0

Shots on goal: 23 of 36 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.