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Game Recap
NSH2
Final/OTMon, Oct 28, 2024Every game that night
TBL3

TBL beat NSH 3-2 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 4.06 expected goals to 2.65. NSH outshot TBL 37 to 27. B. Point led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). L. Evangelista had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.8. A. Vasilevskiy stopped 35 of 37.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
NSH02002
TBL20013
  1. 1st 9:49TBLB. Point0.15 xG
  2. 1st 19:24TBLM. Chaffee0.23 xG
  3. 2nd 10:19NSHR. O'ReillyPP0.15 xG
  4. 2nd 18:40NSHG. Nyquist0.16 xG
  5. OT 3:22TBLN. Paul0.19 xG

Team Stats

NSHTBL
37Shots on goal27
2.65Expected goals4.06
56Shot attempts65
245v5 shots on goal20
1/4Power play0/3
33Hits13
21Blocked shots13
6Penalty minutes8
13Giveaways10
1Takeaways1

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NSH 2.65 xGTBL 4.06 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdOTTBL goal, 9:49TBL goal, 19:24NSH goal, 10:19NSH goal, 18:40TBL goal, 3:22

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

NSH34 on goal, 2 scored
TBL27 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NSH Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. StamkosC0226000021:025:48
R. O'ReillyC101310-1021:314:34
G. NyquistRW101211+1019:212:01
J. MarchessaultRW011111-1017:344:32
F. ForsbergLW000211-3220:004:33
C. SissonsC000220+1215:170:16
C. SmithRW0000320014:530:00
T. NovakC000301-2014:082:05
M. McCarronC0000300012:320:00
L. EvangelistaRW0005000011:132:02
M. JankowskiLW0001100011:070:36
Z. L'HeureuxLW000041028:310:00
B. SkjeiD0110000019:221:55
R. JosiD000611-2028:224:47
A. CarrierD0003340022:360:00
J. LauzonD0000840020:590:00
L. SchennD000244-1014:060:00
D. FabbroD0001010011:320:01
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Saros27243.88963:22OT loss
S. Wedgewood000–0:00

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. PointC112300+2022:304:54
J. GuentzelC022400+1018:304:15
N. PaulLW101211+1013:331:00
M. ChaffeeRW101100+1011:440:10
B. HagelLW000101+1022:584:15
N. KucherovRW0003000021:444:57
A. CirelliC000301-1018:230:50
C. GeekieC0001330012:440:00
Z. GirgensonsC0002100011:210:01
L. GlendeningC0001000011:140:00
M. EyssimontC0001100211:000:11
C. AtkinsonRW000211008:370:14
V. HedmanD000100+1222:543:29
R. McDonaghD000013+2021:240:00
E. CernakD0000120021:180:09
J. MoserD000021+1420:251:46
N. PerbixD0001000016:140:04
E. LillebergD000120-1016:100:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy37352.94663:22Win
J. Johansson000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamSteven Stamkos NSH Faces TBL, his team until Apr 20242 A, 6 SOG

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreNSH 3.3, TBL 3.3NSH 2, TBL 3
Total goals6.65
Shots on goalNSH 31.2, TBL 28.9NSH 37, TBL 27
Win chanceTBL 51%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
NSH F. Forsberg3.921.07039%0
TBL N. Kucherov3.231.48034%0
NSH R. Josi3.160.93021%0
NSH J. Marchessault3.110.83134%0
TBL J. Guentzel3.140.95233%0
NSH S. Stamkos3.160.96235%0
TBL B. Point2.631.00238%1
TBL V. Hedman2.210.83015%0
NSH B. Skjei2.100.50113%0
TBL B. Hagel2.110.83028%0
NSH R. O'Reilly2.030.79126%1
TBL M. Eyssimont1.810.28011%0
NSH L. Evangelista1.850.41015%0
TBL N. Paul1.720.48120%1
NSH G. Nyquist1.620.74120%1
TBL A. Cirelli1.530.57019%0
NSH T. Novak1.430.54019%0
TBL C. Atkinson1.420.28012%0
NSH C. Sissons1.320.34013%0
NSH M. McCarron1.200.26013%0
NSH M. Jankowski1.210.32014%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.120.20011%0
NSH C. Smith1.100.2409%0
NSH A. Carrier1.130.3206%0
NSH J. Lauzon1.100.1705%0
TBL C. Geekie1.110.31013%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.100.3405%0
NSH L. Schenn1.020.1604%0
TBL J. Moser1.000.3709%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.910.28113%1
NSH D. Fabbro0.910.1503%0
TBL N. Perbix0.910.2904%0
TBL E. Cernak0.900.2304%0
TBL L. Glendening0.810.1208%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.810.1603%0

Shots on goal: 19 of 35 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.