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Game Recap
OTT1
FinalThu, Feb 6, 2025Every game that night
TBL5

TBL beat OTT 5-1, with the chances close: 2.90 expected goals to 2.19. B. Point led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). T. Chabot had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.1. A. Vasilevskiy stopped 27 of 28.

Team Stats

OTTTBL
28Shots on goal31
2.19Expected goals2.90
66Shot attempts66
255v5 shots on goal25
0/3Power play1/3
24Hits16
18Blocked shots18
6Penalty minutes2
16Giveaways11
5Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

OTT 2.19 xGTBL 2.90 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdTBL goal, 9:23OTT goal, 5:27TBL goal, 10:14TBL goal, 15:44TBL goal, 19:34

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

OTT28 on goal, 1 scored
TBL30 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

OTT Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. StützleC011001-1022:494:57
M. AmadioRW101110+1017:251:00
C. GirouxRW000200-2021:264:44
D. BathersonRW000410-2021:204:56
B. TkachukLW000540-3019:274:52
R. GreigC000020-2217:321:06
M. HighmoreC0002310015:110:00
D. PerronLW0001110014:191:04
Z. OstapchukC000010-1014:020:00
A. GaudetteRW000230-1011:401:15
C. ReinhardtLW000000007:290:00
T. ChabotD0117120024:321:17
J. SandersonD000102-2226:154:43
A. ZubD000024-1019:120:01
N. JensenD000001-1017:110:05
T. KlevenD000133-1211:250:00
T. HamonicD000112-109:520:00
N. MatinpaloD000111+105:350:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Forsberg30264.86757:23Loss
L. Ullmark000–0:00

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. PointC123531+1018:423:48
N. KucherovRW022401+1221:055:55
B. HagelLW101210+2021:132:03
J. GuentzelC101101+1020:544:43
G. GoncalvesC0113110012:540:00
L. GlendeningC011113+1011:430:00
M. ChaffeeRW101120+109:060:00
N. PaulLW000311+1019:092:07
Z. GirgensonsC0001300014:290:00
C. ShearyLW0000000011:180:00
M. EyssimontC000100008:280:00
C. AtkinsonRW000000+107:411:12
D. RaddyshD011213+1022:253:52
R. McDonaghD011302+3022:242:08
E. CernakD101212+2020:390:00
V. HedmanD000002+1023:023:47
E. LillebergD0002110016:370:00
N. PerbixD000010-1012:220:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy28271.96459:49Win
B. Halverson000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreOTT 2.7, TBL 3.3OTT 1, TBL 5
Total goals6.06
Shots on goalOTT 28.7, TBL 29.7OTT 28, TBL 31
Win chanceTBL 59%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
OTT B. Tkachuk3.950.79031%0
TBL N. Kucherov3.641.63239%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.910.98137%1
TBL B. Point2.751.07342%1
TBL B. Hagel2.720.93132%1
OTT D. Batherson2.340.74025%0
TBL V. Hedman2.300.83013%0
OTT T. Stützle2.200.89127%0
OTT T. Chabot2.170.48111%0
OTT J. Sanderson2.110.5009%0
OTT C. Giroux2.020.70023%0
OTT D. Perron1.810.47019%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.720.4817%0
TBL N. Paul1.630.44020%0
OTT R. Greig1.600.40018%0
TBL M. Eyssimont1.510.20010%0
OTT T. Hamonic1.310.1605%0
OTT M. Amadio1.310.35117%1
OTT N. Matinpalo1.310.0603%0
OTT A. Zub1.200.2707%0
OTT M. Highmore1.220.27010%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.210.17010%0
TBL C. Sheary1.100.32013%0
OTT A. Gaudette1.120.27014%0
TBL C. Atkinson1.000.1909%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.030.3214%0
OTT N. Jensen1.000.2505%0
OTT T. Kleven1.010.1004%0
TBL G. Goncalves0.930.1819%0
TBL N. Perbix0.900.2605%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.910.22113%1
TBL E. Cernak0.820.2113%1
TBL L. Glendening0.710.1118%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.720.2102%0
OTT C. Reinhardt0.700.1407%0
OTT Z. Ostapchuk0.500.1106%0

Shots on goal: 18 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 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.