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Game Recap
TBL2
FinalTue, Jan 14, 2025Every game that night
BOS6

BOS beat TBL 6-2 despite fewer good chances: 2.68 expected goals to 3.22. TBL outshot BOS 45 to 24. D. Pastrnak led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). N. Paul had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.6. J. Swayman stopped 43 of 45.

Team Stats

TBLBOS
45Shots on goal24
3.22Expected goals2.68
78Shot attempts43
375v5 shots on goal17
0/1Power play0/2
25Hits22
8Blocked shots14
18Penalty minutes16
13Giveaways19
4Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 3.22 xGBOS 2.68 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdBOS goal, 4:24BOS goal, 9:31BOS goal, 1:13BOS goal, 6:05TBL goal, 8:50TBL goal, 19:42

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

TBL43 on goal, 2 scored
BOS22 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. KucherovRW011500-4021:361:50
N. PaulLW011520-2016:240:10
C. GeekieC101230+1013:410:00
B. HagelLW000320-3221:091:51
A. CirelliC000210-2219:370:29
J. GuentzelC000300-3018:431:54
Z. GirgensonsC000222-1011:260:09
M. EyssimontC0004300011:240:10
L. GlendeningC000331-2011:190:06
C. AtkinsonRW000110+1010:300:00
M. ChaffeeRW000030-129:581:17
J. FinleyC000110+108:250:00
V. HedmanD112501-2026:220:29
D. RaddyshD011320+2022:331:16
E. LillebergD000000-2519:200:14
E. CernakD000210-2518:010:00
N. PerbixD000312-1017:420:15
R. McDonaghD000102-1214:380:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy22184.81859:12Loss
J. Johansson000–0:00

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. PastrnakRW123412+2018:493:17
P. ZachaC123210+3016:301:57
B. MarchandLW112220+2019:231:53
E. LindholmC011200+1018:011:55
C. CoyleC011122+1017:101:55
M. PoitrasC011101+1014:050:00
T. FredericC1011200512:310:00
M. GeekieC0001200015:002:05
V. LettieriC0000000012:540:43
J. BrazeauRW0001200011:512:07
J. BeecherC000012-1011:270:00
C. KoepkeLW000041009:270:00
A. PeekeD112402+4020:550:00
P. WotherspoonD1013100221:200:00
N. ZadorovD011143+2718:240:48
M. LohreiD000001+1022:373:12
B. CarloD0000000219:250:08
M. CallahanD000100+1014:110:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Swayman45432.95660:00Win
J. Korpisalo000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 3.1, BOS 3.0TBL 2, BOS 6
Total goals6.18
Shots on goalTBL 27.6, BOS 28.9TBL 45, BOS 24
Win chanceTBL 50%BOS won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
BOS D. Pastrnak4.241.15343%1
TBL N. Kucherov3.151.44133%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.630.91033%0
BOS B. Marchand2.620.81229%1
TBL B. Hagel2.530.94030%0
BOS M. Geekie2.010.55022%0
TBL V. Hedman2.050.70211%1
BOS P. Zacha1.920.66322%1
BOS E. Lindholm1.920.60124%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.820.61021%0
TBL M. Eyssimont1.740.22010%0
TBL N. Paul1.650.48120%0
BOS J. Brazeau1.510.42020%0
BOS C. Coyle1.510.50120%0
BOS T. Frederic1.510.41119%1
BOS N. Zadorov1.410.30111%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.330.3615%0
TBL C. Geekie1.120.26111%1
BOS B. Carlo1.100.1706%0
TBL C. Atkinson1.010.2009%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.010.3203%0
BOS M. Lohrei1.000.4108%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.020.1609%0
BOS V. Lettieri1.000.20010%0
BOS M. Poitras1.010.36112%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.900.24013%0
BOS A. Peeke0.940.1824%1
TBL N. Perbix0.930.2505%0
BOS P. Wotherspoon0.930.1712%1
BOS C. Koepke0.900.21011%0
TBL E. Cernak0.820.2102%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.700.1802%0
TBL L. Glendening0.730.1207%0
BOS J. Beecher0.600.1809%0

Shots on goal: 21 of 34 players within one of their projection; they took 0.5 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.