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Game Recap
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FinalSat, Apr 5, 2025Every game that night
OTT3

OTT beat FLA 3-0, with the chances close: 3.16 expected goals to 3.35. FLA outshot OTT 39 to 22. J. Sanderson led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). A. Greer had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 0.8. A. Forsberg stopped 39 of 39.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
FLA0000
OTT2013
  1. 1st 11:21OTTJ. Sanderson0.12 xG
  2. 1st 14:17OTTD. BathersonPP0.12 xG
  3. 3rd 17:40OTTM. HighmoreEN0.95 xG

Team Stats

FLAOTT
39Shots on goal22
3.35Expected goals3.16
83Shot attempts40
325v5 shots on goal13
0/3Power play1/5
55Hits31
9Blocked shots20
32Penalty minutes18
14Giveaways11
6Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 3.35 xGOTT 3.16 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdOTT goal, 11:21OTT goal, 14:17OTT goal, 17:40

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

FLA39 on goal, 0 scored
OTT22 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. ReinhartC000160-2020:193:40
S. BennettC000411-1219:523:40
A. LundellC000401-1018:091:56
B. MarchandLW000150-1017:133:38
M. SamoskevichRW000410-1016:193:42
E. LuostarinenC0001510014:540:04
J. BoqvistC000211-1013:360:04
E. RodriguesC000020-1011:471:57
A. GreerLW00067001211:290:06
T. NosekLW0002400010:350:10
C. VerhaegheC0000000410:321:54
J. GadjovichLW0003510109:410:06
G. ForslingD0002510024:541:53
S. JonesD000230-2023:583:53
N. MikkolaD000240-1220:050:10
N. SchmidtD0002310018:421:52
U. BalinskisD0003200214:150:00
J. MegnaD0000120013:550:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky21192.90558:55Loss
V. Vanecek000–0:00

OTT Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. CozensC011130+1218:244:47
S. PintoC011021+1017:170:05
D. BathersonRW101462+1016:414:25
M. HighmoreC101110+1011:500:00
R. GreigC000130+1218:203:32
C. GirouxRW0002110016:422:38
T. StützleC00020001016:404:39
F. ZetterlundLW0000210014:572:43
M. AmadioRW000111+1014:030:02
D. PerronLW0002000013:563:20
A. GaudetteRW000001009:431:46
A. CrookshankC000121008:190:00
J. SandersonD112213+1025:164:50
T. ChabotD011211+1023:262:41
N. JensenD000133+1021:581:23
A. ZubD000124+1220:150:00
T. KlevenD0001210013:291:10
N. MatinpaloD0000100210:440:04
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Forsberg393901.00060:00Win
L. Ullmark000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.3, OTT 2.8FLA 0, OTT 3
Total goals6.13
Shots on goalFLA 31.5, OTT 27.0FLA 39, OTT 22
Win chanceFLA 58%OTT won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA S. Bennett3.140.67027%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.810.93038%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.800.67028%0
FLA B. Marchand2.210.67025%0
FLA S. Jones2.220.53011%0
OTT J. Sanderson2.220.5729%1
FLA G. Forsling2.220.41011%0
FLA M. Samoskevich2.240.50020%0
OTT D. Cozens2.110.52120%0
OTT T. Chabot2.020.4819%0
OTT D. Batherson2.040.63123%1
FLA A. Lundell1.840.53018%0
OTT F. Zetterlund1.800.38017%0
OTT S. Pinto1.800.47121%0
OTT T. Stützle1.820.79024%0
FLA E. Rodrigues1.800.38016%0
OTT D. Perron1.620.49021%0
OTT R. Greig1.610.44018%0
OTT C. Giroux1.420.55020%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.320.2305%0
OTT A. Crookshank1.210.18010%0
OTT M. Amadio1.210.35018%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.110.32013%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.120.32015%0
OTT A. Zub1.110.2706%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.120.2706%0
OTT N. Jensen1.010.2404%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.030.1704%0
OTT N. Matinpalo0.900.0602%0
OTT T. Kleven0.910.1304%0
FLA A. Greer0.860.1808%0
OTT A. Gaudette0.800.18010%0
FLA J. Gadjovich0.830.1307%0
FLA J. Megna0.800.1302%0
OTT M. Highmore0.810.1617%1
FLA T. Nosek0.720.1705%0

Shots on goal: 22 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.