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Game Recap
FLA2
FinalThu, Apr 24, 2025PlayoffsEvery game that night
TBL0

FLA beat TBL 2-0, and the chances backed it up: 3.47 expected goals to 2.42. E. Cernak had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 0.8. S. Bobrovsky stopped 19 of 19.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
FLA1012
TBL0000
  1. 1st 4:15FLAN. Schmidt0.01 xG
  2. 3rd 19:56FLAS. BennettEN0.62 xG

Team Stats

FLATBL
23Shots on goal19
3.47Expected goals2.42
37Shot attempts58
185v5 shots on goal14
0/3Power play0/5
34Hits38
20Blocked shots6
16Penalty minutes15
14Giveaways15
1Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 3.47 xGTBL 2.42 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdFLA goal, 4:15FLA goal, 19:56

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

FLA20 on goal, 2 scored
TBL16 on goal, 0 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. ReinhartC011112+2022:454:56
S. BennettC101422+1017:024:36
A. BarkovC011011+1015:412:44
B. MarchandLW000022+1417:102:34
E. LuostarinenC0001120017:060:52
A. LundellC0001100216:331:01
C. VerhaegheC000320+1216:003:19
M. TkachukLW0001210213:314:39
M. SamoskevichRW0002200213:244:41
E. RodriguesC0002300011:262:49
N. SturmC0001300010:080:05
J. BoqvistC000011006:200:06
S. JonesD011241+1027:315:30
N. SchmidtD101103+1014:482:39
G. ForslingD000211+1222:550:12
N. MikkolaD0002400019:420:22
D. KulikovD0000420217:000:00
U. BalinskisD000002+1010:580:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky191901.00060:00Win
V. Vanecek000–0:00

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. GuentzelC000011-2423:107:20
B. HagelLW000240-2522:416:26
N. KucherovRW000120-1020:587:43
B. PointC000310-1220:377:11
N. PaulLW0001400015:091:48
A. CirelliC0000410415:090:50
Y. GourdeC000130-1013:422:01
G. GoncalvesC0000200012:281:59
C. GeekieC0002300011:161:23
L. GlendeningC0000420010:110:00
Z. GirgensonsC000110009:420:00
M. ChaffeeRW000000006:490:00
V. HedmanD000001-2027:276:34
R. McDonaghD0004400022:302:39
E. CernakD000430-1019:440:00
J. MoserD000000-1016:270:11
N. PerbixD0000000014:010:00
E. LillebergD0000210010:540:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy22211.95558:05Loss
J. Johansson000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.0, TBL 3.1FLA 2, TBL 0
Total goals6.12
Shots on goalFLA 29.0, TBL 25.8FLA 23, TBL 19
Win chanceTBL 52%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA M. Tkachuk2.910.91029%0
TBL N. Kucherov2.811.24031%0
FLA S. Bennett2.840.57124%1
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.730.63027%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.500.83033%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.510.77133%0
FLA B. Marchand2.400.66025%0
FLA G. Forsling2.220.36011%0
TBL B. Point2.230.86036%0
TBL B. Hagel2.220.78026%0
FLA A. Barkov2.100.82124%0
FLA M. Samoskevich2.020.43018%0
FLA S. Jones2.020.41110%0
FLA A. Lundell2.010.49017%0
FLA E. Rodrigues2.020.39017%0
TBL V. Hedman2.000.70012%0
TBL N. Paul1.810.45022%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.610.50016%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.400.45018%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.420.1905%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.300.44016%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.200.2005%0
TBL C. Geekie1.220.28015%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.210.30013%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.200.28014%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.110.2417%1
FLA N. Sturm1.110.21010%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.110.16010%0
TBL R. McDonagh0.940.3204%0
FLA D. Kulikov0.900.1804%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.900.20012%0
TBL E. Cernak0.840.2103%0
TBL J. Moser0.800.2305%0
TBL N. Perbix0.800.2304%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.700.2102%0
TBL L. Glendening0.600.0906%0

Shots on goal: 21 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.5 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.