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Game Recap
TBL6
FinalSat, Mar 15, 2025Every game that night
BOS2

TBL beat BOS 6-2, and the chances backed it up: 7.11 expected goals to 1.02. TBL outshot BOS 40 to 12. A. Cirelli led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). A. Cirelli had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.7. A. Vasilevskiy stopped 10 of 12.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
TBL1326
BOS1012
  1. 1st 2:22TBLV. Hedman0.15 xG
  2. 1st 15:58BOSE. Lindholm0.22 xG
  3. 2nd 2:13TBLN. Paul0.23 xG
  4. 2nd 7:22TBLA. Cirelli0.08 xG
  5. 2nd 17:08TBLD. Raddysh0.03 xG
  6. 3rd 0:23BOSM. Khusnutdinov0.01 xG
  7. 3rd 16:31TBLB. HagelEN0.26 xG
  8. 3rd 19:15TBLA. CirelliEN0.86 xG

Team Stats

TBLBOS
40Shots on goal12
7.11Expected goals1.02
89Shot attempts31
335v5 shots on goal10
0/2Power play0/1
19Hits36
11Blocked shots19
0Penalty minutes4
12Giveaways13
3Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 7.11 xGBOS 1.02 xGGoal

012345671st2nd3rdTBL goal, 2:22BOS goal, 15:58TBL goal, 2:13TBL goal, 7:22TBL goal, 17:08BOS goal, 0:23TBL goal, 16:31TBL goal, 19:15

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

TBL38 on goal, 6 scored
BOS11 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. CirelliC202502+2022:000:25
Y. GourdeC022340+2017:260:25
N. PaulLW112410+3013:580:25
B. HagelLW101300+1021:081:19
N. KucherovRW011300+1019:253:35
G. GoncalvesC011120+1013:480:00
J. GuentzelC0005000020:143:35
B. PointC0001010017:283:35
O. BjorkstrandRW000000+2013:592:41
Z. GirgensonsC0001330011:240:00
L. GlendeningC0000020011:190:00
V. HedmanD1123010023:143:35
E. LillebergD022230+2015:340:00
D. RaddyshD112201+2011:270:00
E. CernakD011350+1018:040:00
R. McDonaghD011101+2017:550:25
J. MoserD000310+1018:130:00
N. PerbixD0000000011:250:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy12102.83360:00Win
J. Johansson000–0:00

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
E. LindholmC112102+1018:041:06
M. KhusnutdinovC1011110016:350:47
J. LaukoC011061-1215:540:05
D. PastrnakRW000131-2021:271:55
M. GeekieC000111-2019:111:05
P. ZachaC000220-3018:590:49
C. MittelstadtC000100-3016:511:08
V. LettieriC000141-1014:120:50
C. KoepkeLW000010-1011:560:05
J. BeecherC000010-1011:010:05
P. BrownC000031-108:120:00
M. KastelicC000032-107:430:00
H. JokiharjuD011022-1022:460:05
A. PeekeD0112220020:420:00
M. LohreiD000021-3022:471:04
N. ZadorovD000131+1220:570:05
I. MitchellD000011-1015:330:51
P. WotherspoonD000112-3015:110:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Swayman38344.89557:59Loss
J. Korpisalo000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 3.1, BOS 3.0TBL 6, BOS 2
Total goals6.18
Shots on goalTBL 27.8, BOS 28.4TBL 40, BOS 12
Win chanceTBL 52%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
BOS D. Pastrnak4.211.20043%0
TBL N. Kucherov2.731.24130%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.650.92034%0
TBL B. Hagel2.530.89129%1
TBL B. Point2.510.95036%0
BOS M. Geekie2.010.58025%0
BOS E. Lindholm1.910.55222%1
TBL V. Hedman1.930.67211%1
TBL O. Bjorkstrand1.700.52019%0
BOS P. Zacha1.720.66021%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.750.57221%2
TBL N. Paul1.640.46220%1
BOS M. Lohrei1.500.45010%0
BOS V. Lettieri1.410.27014%0
BOS N. Zadorov1.410.29010%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.430.45215%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.320.3926%1
BOS C. Mittelstadt1.310.54017%0
BOS C. Koepke1.300.24014%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.210.19010%0
BOS A. Peeke1.120.2214%0
BOS M. Kastelic1.100.21010%0
BOS H. Jokiharju1.000.1815%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.010.3113%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.010.27111%0
TBL E. Cernak0.930.2413%0
BOS J. Lauko0.900.2219%0
TBL J. Moser0.830.2505%0
BOS P. Wotherspoon0.810.1603%0
BOS P. Brown0.800.1707%0
TBL L. Glendening0.800.1308%0
TBL N. Perbix0.800.2204%0
BOS I. Mitchell0.700.1803%0
BOS M. Khusnutdinov0.710.21110%1
TBL E. Lilleberg0.720.1721%0
BOS J. Beecher0.600.1709%0

Shots on goal: 21 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.