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Game Recap
FLA1
FinalSun, Apr 6, 2025Every game that night
DET2

DET beat FLA 2-1, and the chances backed it up: 4.39 expected goals to 2.33. FLA outshot DET 33 to 24. C. Verhaeghe had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.5. C. Talbot stopped 32 of 33.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
FLA0011
DET0202
  1. 2nd 4:37DETA. DeBrincatPP0.09 xG
  2. 2nd 11:23DETJ. Compher0.15 xG
  3. 3rd 19:20FLAA. Lundell0.12 xG

Team Stats

FLADET
33Shots on goal24
2.33Expected goals4.39
53Shot attempts54
235v5 shots on goal21
0/1Power play1/5
42Hits19
13Blocked shots10
22Penalty minutes4
16Giveaways15
7Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 2.33 xGDET 4.39 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdDET goal, 4:37DET goal, 11:23FLA goal, 19:20

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

FLA32 on goal, 1 scored
DET23 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. LundellC1015000020:571:12
C. VerhaegheC011701+1218:220:48
M. SamoskevichRW0112400014:121:13
B. MarchandLW0002200219:431:12
E. RodriguesC000330+1218:111:12
E. LuostarinenC0002420014:210:00
J. BoqvistC0000300013:440:48
T. NosekLW0001500013:190:00
J. PuljujarviRW0005600013:010:48
A. GreerLW0000200212:190:00
J. GadjovichLW00015201210:490:00
R. AsplundC000101007:110:00
S. JonesD000302+1024:251:25
N. MikkolaD0000120020:520:00
U. BalinskisD000140-1019:040:47
N. SchmidtD0000120218:430:35
J. MegnaD000000-1018:010:00
M. KierstedD0000210015:210:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
V. Vanecek24222.91757:37Loss
S. Bobrovsky000–0:00

DET Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. DeBrincatRW1015000021:085:54
P. KaneRW0115020020:085:40
L. RaymondLW011220-1017:535:28
M. KasperC0112200016:034:03
J. CompherLW101211+1016:013:49
D. LarkinC000100-1023:025:48
V. TarasenkoRW000000+1014:163:39
E. SoderblomLW0001010013:342:09
M. RasmussenC0001100012:301:36
T. MotteC0001020012:020:12
C. SmithC0000000211:580:05
J. BerggrenRW000020009:280:00
J. PetryD011011+1019:340:31
S. EdvinssonD000020+1023:503:56
M. SeiderD000120-1023:035:37
B. ChiarotD000031-1217:400:10
A. JohanssonD0001300013:560:23
J. HollD0002020013:040:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Talbot33321.97058:50Win
A. Lyon000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.2, DET 3.0FLA 1, DET 2
Total goals6.23
Shots on goalFLA 30.1, DET 26.7FLA 33, DET 24
Win chanceFLA 52%DET won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
DET D. Larkin2.810.86033%0
DET A. DeBrincat2.750.75130%1
DET P. Kane2.550.80126%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.570.61126%0
DET L. Raymond2.320.86128%0
FLA B. Marchand2.220.68025%0
FLA S. Jones2.230.52012%0
FLA M. Samoskevich2.220.49120%0
DET M. Seider2.010.5408%0
FLA A. Lundell1.950.53118%1
DET M. Kasper1.820.47121%0
FLA E. Rodrigues1.730.37015%0
DET V. Tarasenko1.600.47020%0
FLA J. Puljujarvi1.550.26011%0
DET B. Chiarot1.500.2306%0
DET E. Soderblom1.510.42017%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.400.2305%0
DET M. Rasmussen1.310.34016%0
DET J. Compher1.220.44117%1
DET C. Smith1.200.24012%0
DET J. Berggren1.100.33016%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.100.32015%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.120.32013%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.100.2706%0
DET S. Edvinsson1.100.3809%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.110.1705%0
DET J. Petry1.000.2915%0
FLA R. Asplund1.010.1807%0
DET T. Motte1.010.1609%0
FLA A. Greer1.000.2008%0
FLA J. Gadjovich0.910.1308%0
FLA T. Nosek0.810.1705%0
FLA J. Megna0.700.1202%0
DET A. Johansson0.710.1504%0
FLA M. Kiersted0.700.1604%0
DET J. Holl0.520.1302%0

Shots on goal: 19 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 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.