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Game Recap
NYI3
Final/OTSat, Feb 1, 2025Every game that night
TBL2

NYI beat TBL 3-2 in overtime, with the chances close: 2.86 expected goals to 3.27. S. Holmstrom led the way with 2 points (0 G, 2 A). J. Guentzel had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.7. I. Sorokin stopped 29 of 31.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
NYI01113
TBL01102
  1. 2nd 5:39TBLJ. Guentzel0.09 xG
  2. 2nd 18:16NYIA. Boqvist0.25 xG
  3. 3rd 6:41NYIK. Palmieri0.08 xG
  4. 3rd 19:13TBLN. Kucherov0.06 xG
  5. OT 0:33NYIT. DeAngelo0.13 xG

Team Stats

NYITBL
36Shots on goal31
2.86Expected goals3.27
58Shot attempts71
345v5 shots on goal19
0/1Power play0/3
25Hits25
20Blocked shots13
11Penalty minutes9
9Giveaways13
4Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NYI 2.86 xGTBL 3.27 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdOTTBL goal, 5:39NYI goal, 18:16NYI goal, 6:41TBL goal, 19:13NYI goal, 0:33

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

NYI35 on goal, 3 scored
TBL31 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NYI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. HolmstromRW0223020016:510:00
B. HorvatC011322+3021:082:00
M. BarzalC011202+1219:151:41
K. PalmieriC101220+1014:530:10
M. TsyplakovRW011300+1012:450:11
B. NelsonC0005020020:151:50
A. LeeLW0002100019:201:49
J. PageauC000021-1017:060:00
C. CizikasC000180-2013:260:00
K. MacLeanC000110007:030:00
M. GatcombC000020076:530:00
P. EngvallLW000200006:520:00
T. DeAngeloD101502+1026:391:48
A. BoqvistD101110+2010:390:19
A. RomanovD000134-1031:390:00
A. PelechD000423-2222:510:00
S. PerunovichD0001110018:030:12
S. MayfieldD0000010010:030:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Sorokin31292.93560:33Win
J. Skarek000–0:00

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. KucherovRW101300+1023:595:56
J. GuentzelC101701+1022:144:17
B. PointC011420-1022:014:31
G. GoncalvesC011200+1014:060:00
N. PaulLW000060+1019:471:28
B. HagelLW000220-1019:251:45
A. CirelliC000102-1017:391:20
Z. GirgensonsC000121-1212:510:00
C. GeekieC000112-1011:150:04
M. ChaffeeRW000020009:564:09
L. GlendeningC000110006:510:00
C. AtkinsonRW000100075:290:00
D. RaddyshD011420+1023:344:02
E. CernakD0110130018:300:12
V. HedmanD000211-1024:242:10
R. McDonaghD0000020019:160:06
E. LillebergD000221-1015:170:00
N. PerbixD0000300015:050:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy36333.91758:33OT loss
M. Tomkins000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreNYI 2.7, TBL 3.1NYI 3, TBL 2
Total goals5.85
Shots on goalNYI 27.5, TBL 30.0NYI 36, TBL 31
Win chanceTBL 57%NYI won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TBL N. Kucherov3.631.64138%1
NYI B. Horvat2.930.73131%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.770.93135%1
TBL B. Point2.641.03140%0
TBL B. Hagel2.620.90030%0
NYI M. Barzal2.620.77121%0
NYI A. Lee2.520.60027%0
NYI B. Nelson2.550.73031%0
TBL V. Hedman2.520.85013%0
TBL A. Cirelli2.010.66025%0
NYI T. DeAngelo2.050.50111%1
TBL N. Paul2.000.52023%0
NYI K. Palmieri1.920.57123%1
TBL D. Raddysh1.840.4817%0
NYI A. Pelech1.740.3305%0
NYI A. Romanov1.510.3106%0
NYI J. Pageau1.400.42015%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.210.18010%0
NYI M. Tsyplakov1.230.35113%0
NYI C. Cizikas1.110.25011%0
NYI M. Gatcomb1.100.19010%0
TBL C. Atkinson1.110.21010%0
NYI S. Holmstrom1.130.42219%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.100.3203%0
TBL C. Geekie1.110.25012%0
NYI A. Boqvist1.110.2918%1
TBL N. Perbix1.000.2605%0
NYI S. Mayfield0.900.1804%0
NYI P. Engvall0.920.21010%0
TBL E. Cernak0.900.1912%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.800.22013%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.820.2102%0
NYI K. MacLean0.710.1608%0
TBL L. Glendening0.710.1107%0
TBL G. Goncalves0.720.1418%0
NYI S. Perunovich0.610.2903%0

Shots on goal: 20 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.