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Game Recap
FLA6
FinalWed, Apr 30, 2025PlayoffsEvery game that night
TBL3

FLA beat TBL 6-3, and the chances backed it up: 3.55 expected goals to 2.51. E. Luostarinen led the way with 4 points (1 G, 3 A). S. Reinhart had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.6. S. Bobrovsky stopped 26 of 29.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
FLA2226
TBL2103
  1. 1st 2:33TBLG. Goncalves0.28 xG
  2. 1st 5:21FLAC. VerhaeghePP0.66 xG
  3. 1st 10:06FLAA. Lundell0.14 xG
  4. 1st 12:16TBLN. Paul0.19 xG
  5. 2nd 0:52FLAA. Barkov0.09 xG
  6. 2nd 9:57TBLJ. GuentzelPP0.04 xG
  7. 2nd 15:13FLAS. Bennett0.09 xG
  8. 3rd 13:02FLAE. Luostarinen0.18 xG
  9. 3rd 15:36FLAS. ReinhartEN0.48 xG

Team Stats

FLATBL
31Shots on goal29
3.55Expected goals2.51
57Shot attempts58
235v5 shots on goal23
1/3Power play1/3
46Hits26
18Blocked shots14
8Penalty minutes8
12Giveaways17
5Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 3.55 xGTBL 2.51 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdTBL goal, 2:33FLA goal, 5:21FLA goal, 10:06TBL goal, 12:16FLA goal, 0:52TBL goal, 9:57FLA goal, 15:13FLA goal, 13:02FLA goal, 15:36

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

FLA31 on goal, 6 scored
TBL29 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
E. LuostarinenC134341+4016:280:00
A. LundellC123300+2017:580:00
S. ReinhartC112700+1020:091:40
B. MarchandLW022021+1017:550:32
A. BarkovC101221+2019:071:40
C. VerhaegheC101362+1017:271:40
S. BennettC101652+1416:590:32
M. TkachukLW0112000010:331:40
E. RodriguesC0000000213:580:32
N. SturmC000030-108:101:26
J. BoqvistC000120007:401:26
A. GreerLW000050-206:591:26
G. ForslingD011035+2025:520:32
S. JonesD000220+2226:311:40
D. KulikovD000072-1021:570:49
N. MikkolaD0000120020:580:50
N. SchmidtD000141+2012:491:08
U. BalinskisD000101+1011:110:37
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky29263.89760:00Win
V. Vanecek000–0:00

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. GuentzelC101401-2224:213:54
G. GoncalvesC101420-1019:031:39
N. PaulLW101520-1014:381:30
C. GeekieC011111+1012:580:00
L. GlendeningC011050+108:590:00
B. PointC000210-2023:483:49
N. KucherovRW000211-2023:345:12
A. CirelliC000210-1019:393:40
Y. GourdeC000013-2014:400:00
M. ChaffeeRW0000200011:421:25
Z. GirgensonsC000050-108:270:00
V. HedmanD022302-2026:374:03
R. McDonaghD000011-1017:310:00
E. CernakD000323-1217:070:00
D. RaddyshD000110-3016:071:16
N. PerbixD000100+1214:540:00
J. MoserD000100-1012:240:07
E. LillebergD000012+1210:510:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy30255.83357:02Loss
J. Johansson000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 2.9, TBL 3.0FLA 6, TBL 3
Total goals5.99
Shots on goalFLA 28.5, TBL 24.7FLA 31, TBL 29
Win chanceTBL 52%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TBL N. Kucherov2.921.33033%0
FLA S. Bennett2.860.56123%1
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.730.62127%1
TBL J. Guentzel2.740.94136%1
FLA M. Tkachuk2.720.84127%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.670.82235%1
TBL B. Point2.320.90037%0
FLA G. Forsling2.200.35112%0
TBL V. Hedman2.230.74212%0
FLA B. Marchand2.100.60223%0
FLA S. Jones2.120.43011%0
FLA A. Barkov2.120.81124%1
FLA E. Rodrigues2.000.38016%0
FLA A. Lundell1.930.46316%1
TBL N. Paul1.750.44121%1
TBL A. Cirelli1.520.51020%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.300.44014%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.200.1705%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.130.30412%1
TBL G. Goncalves1.140.42115%1
TBL D. Raddysh1.110.3205%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.110.1805%0
TBL C. Geekie1.110.25113%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.000.3304%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.010.2207%0
FLA A. Greer1.000.1808%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.000.1409%0
TBL E. Cernak1.030.2203%0
FLA N. Sturm0.900.1809%0
FLA J. Boqvist0.910.21011%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.900.21013%0
TBL J. Moser0.810.2304%0
FLA D. Kulikov0.800.1704%0
TBL N. Perbix0.810.2204%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.600.1802%0
TBL L. Glendening0.600.1017%0

Shots on goal: 21 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.