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Game Recap
LAK0
FinalWed, Jan 29, 2025Every game that night
FLA3

FLA beat LAK 3-0, and the chances backed it up: 3.85 expected goals to 1.72. FLA outshot LAK 39 to 29. M. Tkachuk led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). S. Bennett had 8 shots on goal against our projection of 2.6. S. Bobrovsky stopped 29 of 29.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
LAK0000
FLA1023
  1. 1st 4:55FLAS. Bennett0.07 xG
  2. 3rd 4:43FLAA. BarkovPP0.43 xG
  3. 3rd 18:48FLAM. TkachukEN0.47 xG

Team Stats

LAKFLA
29Shots on goal39
1.72Expected goals3.85
65Shot attempts58
235v5 shots on goal23
0/2Power play1/4
18Hits23
10Blocked shots21
10Penalty minutes6
11Giveaways14
2Takeaways1

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 1.72 xGFLA 3.85 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdFLA goal, 4:55FLA goal, 4:43FLA goal, 18:48

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

LAK28 on goal, 0 scored
FLA39 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. KempeRW000410-1018:522:09
Q. ByfieldRW0004200018:290:49
P. DanaultC000142-1018:020:50
T. MooreLW000230-1017:241:07
A. LaferriereRW000310-1016:511:52
W. FoegeleLW000200-1216:450:47
A. KopitarC000010-1016:442:12
K. FialaLW000200-1216:102:10
A. TurcotteC000110-1011:320:00
T. JeannotLW000202009:050:00
T. LewisC000110048:410:00
A. ThomasC000010008:000:00
D. DoughtyD000310-2023:512:08
M. AndersonD0002130022:010:00
J. EdmundsonD0000010219:510:00
J. SpenceD0001110019:460:51
V. GavrikovD000101-1019:390:00
J. MoverareD0000000010:020:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Kuemper38362.94758:19Loss
D. Rittich000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. TkachukLW123200+2219:114:36
A. BarkovC1015110019:114:36
S. ReinhartC0113130018:444:34
S. BennettC101861+2016:202:07
E. LuostarinenC011100+1013:590:01
C. VerhaegheC0004000018:054:42
A. LundellC0000140017:032:14
M. SamoskevichRW000643+1014:362:03
E. RodriguesC0001200014:042:08
T. NosekLW0000200010:220:00
A. GreerLW000040009:430:00
J. BoqvistC000000029:270:00
A. EkbladD011200+1023:444:40
D. KulikovD011101+1019:550:02
N. MikkolaD000214+1020:540:03
G. ForslingD000203+1020:530:08
N. SchmidtD0001000214:592:16
U. BalinskisD0001110012:500:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky292901.00060:00Win
S. Knight000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreLAK 2.5, FLA 2.8LAK 0, FLA 3
Total goals5.43
Shots on goalLAK 25.5, FLA 29.1LAK 29, FLA 39
Win chanceFLA 56%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA M. Tkachuk2.921.01331%1
LAK A. Kempe2.940.83034%0
LAK K. Fiala2.820.77028%0
FLA S. Bennett2.680.57124%1
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.440.67027%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.430.82136%0
FLA A. Barkov2.250.92127%1
LAK W. Foegele2.120.46020%0
FLA G. Forsling2.120.36010%0
LAK T. Moore2.020.49019%0
LAK Q. Byfield1.940.56019%0
LAK A. Laferriere1.930.44018%0
FLA A. Ekblad1.720.4019%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.760.35014%0
FLA E. Rodrigues1.710.40016%0
LAK D. Doughty1.630.58012%0
FLA A. Lundell1.600.48016%0
LAK P. Danault1.510.49017%0
LAK A. Kopitar1.500.75022%0
LAK V. Gavrikov1.410.3106%0
LAK J. Spence1.410.3905%0
LAK M. Anderson1.320.2606%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.220.2104%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.210.2706%0
LAK A. Turcotte1.210.34012%0
LAK J. Edmundson1.100.2005%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.110.2305%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.110.31112%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.000.33015%0
FLA A. Greer1.000.2109%0
FLA D. Kulikov1.010.2214%0
LAK A. Thomas0.900.24011%0
LAK T. Lewis0.910.1507%0
FLA T. Nosek0.900.2106%0
LAK T. Jeannot0.820.20010%0
LAK J. Moverare0.600.1003%0

Shots on goal: 22 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.3 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.