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Game Recap
FLA6
FinalTue, Apr 22, 2025PlayoffsEvery game that night
TBL2

FLA beat TBL 6-2, and the chances backed it up: 2.72 expected goals to 1.89. M. Tkachuk led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). J. Guentzel had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.5. S. Bobrovsky stopped 20 of 22.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
FLA2316
TBL1102
  1. 1st 3:44FLAS. Bennett0.07 xG
  2. 1st 12:21TBLJ. GuentzelPP0.22 xG
  3. 1st 19:15FLAS. Reinhart0.07 xG
  4. 2nd 4:41FLAN. Schmidt0.60 xG
  5. 2nd 4:55FLAM. TkachukPP0.19 xG
  6. 2nd 9:44FLAM. TkachukPP0.19 xG
  7. 2nd 13:04TBLB. Point0.11 xG
  8. 3rd 5:09FLAN. SchmidtPP0.03 xG

Team Stats

FLATBL
17Shots on goal22
2.72Expected goals1.89
34Shot attempts60
145v5 shots on goal18
3/3Power play1/3
48Hits28
18Blocked shots8
6Penalty minutes4
13Giveaways15
5Takeaways2

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 2.72 xGTBL 1.89 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdFLA goal, 3:44TBL goal, 12:21FLA goal, 19:15FLA goal, 4:41FLA goal, 4:55FLA goal, 9:44TBL goal, 13:04FLA goal, 5:09

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

FLA16 on goal, 6 scored
TBL22 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. TkachukLW213300+1211:432:09
S. ReinhartC1123200419:042:03
A. BarkovC0220320018:402:02
S. BennettC112170+2011:500:39
B. MarchandLW011220+1017:150:32
C. VerhaegheC0112300016:170:38
M. SamoskevichRW011040+1012:351:36
A. LundellC0001010017:290:00
E. LuostarinenC000041+1016:320:00
E. RodriguesC0001300012:490:38
N. SturmC0000310011:440:00
J. BoqvistC0000120010:080:00
N. SchmidtD202321+1015:510:57
D. KulikovD0111510020:000:00
S. JonesD000002+1024:121:44
G. ForslingD000003+1023:040:27
N. MikkolaD0000530019:560:00
U. BalinskisD000041+1014:550:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky22202.90960:00Win
V. Vanecek000–0:00

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. KucherovRW011210+1023:155:05
B. PointC101201+1022:584:08
G. GoncalvesC0110310020:071:46
J. GuentzelC101610-2018:204:11
B. HagelLW000111-2019:254:05
N. PaulLW000360-1019:181:48
Y. GourdeC0001210017:521:45
C. GeekieC000041-1014:050:20
Z. GirgensonsC0001100011:540:00
L. GlendeningC000041009:410:00
A. CirelliC000110-206:210:31
V. HedmanD011001-1021:584:01
R. McDonaghD0111100019:020:00
E. CernakD0002000217:080:00
E. LillebergD000020-1216:160:00
D. RaddyshD000100-1015:022:00
J. MoserD0001100013:410:00
N. PerbixD000001-1011:100:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy17116.64759:46Loss
J. Johansson000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.0, TBL 3.1FLA 6, TBL 2
Total goals6.18
Shots on goalFLA 29.7, TBL 26.1FLA 17, TBL 22
Win chanceTBL 53%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA M. Tkachuk3.230.96330%2
FLA S. Bennett3.110.59225%1
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.820.63127%0
TBL N. Kucherov2.721.19130%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.530.75233%1
TBL J. Guentzel2.560.84133%1
FLA B. Marchand2.420.66125%0
FLA G. Forsling2.300.36011%0
FLA M. Samoskevich2.200.44119%0
TBL B. Hagel2.210.77026%0
FLA E. Rodrigues2.110.41017%0
FLA A. Barkov2.100.80224%0
TBL B. Point2.120.81134%1
FLA S. Jones2.100.41010%0
FLA A. Lundell2.010.49017%0
TBL V. Hedman2.000.69112%0
TBL N. Paul1.830.45021%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.610.52020%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.610.51016%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.400.1905%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.300.41116%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.300.2105%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.300.30015%0
TBL C. Geekie1.200.28015%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.210.3505%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.200.30012%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.230.2426%2
FLA N. Sturm1.200.21011%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.110.16010%0
TBL R. McDonagh0.910.3114%0
TBL N. Perbix0.900.2405%0
TBL J. Moser0.910.2505%0
FLA D. Kulikov0.810.1614%0
TBL E. Cernak0.820.2103%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.700.2102%0
TBL L. Glendening0.600.0906%0

Shots on goal: 16 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.6 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.