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Game Recap
TBL4
FinalMon, Oct 13, 2025Every game that night
BOS3

TBL beat BOS 4-3, and the chances backed it up: 3.54 expected goals to 1.98. BOS outshot TBL 33 to 23. A. Cirelli led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). Y. Gourde had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.4. J. Johansson stopped 30 of 33.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
TBL2204
BOS0303
  1. 1st 1:09TBLA. Cirelli0.23 xG
  2. 1st 13:16TBLA. Cirelli0.14 xG
  3. 2nd 0:39TBLY. Gourde0.25 xG
  4. 2nd 1:09BOSC. Mittelstadt0.09 xG
  5. 2nd 3:37TBLP. Holmberg0.06 xG
  6. 2nd 5:31BOSJ. Harris0.06 xG
  7. 2nd 11:35BOSM. Geekie0.02 xG

Team Stats

TBLBOS
23Shots on goal33
3.54Expected goals1.98
54Shot attempts66
195v5 shots on goal22
0/2Power play0/5
21Hits31
14Blocked shots12
14Penalty minutes8
20Giveaways16
9Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 3.54 xGBOS 1.98 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdTBL goal, 1:09TBL goal, 13:16TBL goal, 0:39BOS goal, 1:09TBL goal, 3:37BOS goal, 5:31BOS goal, 11:35

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

TBL23 on goal, 4 scored
BOS31 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. CirelliC202221+1020:431:34
J. GuentzelC022100+1018:591:58
G. GoncalvesC022011+1215:461:19
P. HolmbergRW112210+2411:460:00
Y. GourdeC101520+1015:340:02
O. BjorkstrandRW011110+2012:141:48
B. HagelLW000103-1022:011:34
N. KucherovRW000100-2019:241:56
B. PointC000411-1218:032:00
M. ChaffeeRW000000007:231:26
C. GeekieC000121006:120:00
C. DouglasC000020004:420:00
J. MoserD0110300024:230:01
M. CrozierD011110+1014:110:13
V. HedmanD0002020024:101:55
R. McDonaghD000001+1022:571:35
E. CernakD0001340219:100:04
E. LillebergD0001200412:110:05
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Johansson33303.90959:38Win
A. Vasilevskiy000–0:00

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
P. ZachaC022111+3019:344:44
D. PastrnakRW011541-1023:177:05
M. GeekieC101230-1020:425:14
V. ArvidssonLW011400+1416:332:32
C. MittelstadtC101100+2015:152:27
E. LindholmC000220-2020:345:07
M. EyssimontC000310-2213:180:00
F. MintenC000001-2013:140:00
T. JeannotLW000040-2212:190:00
M. KhusnutdinovC0001000010:292:53
S. KuralyC000113009:260:00
M. KastelicC000030009:200:00
J. HarrisD1014100016:590:00
C. McAvoyD0003010022:234:42
M. LohreiD0002220019:212:57
A. PeekeD000120-1018:370:00
N. ZadorovD0000720017:410:00
H. JokiharjuD000301-1016:350:34
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Korpisalo23194.82657:59Loss
J. Swayman000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

TBL

Line 1N. Kucherov14:55B. Point14:34B. Hagel14:09
Pair 1J. Moser19:45V. Hedman16:17
Pair 2R. McDonagh14:47E. Cernak12:31
Pair 3M. Crozier13:13E. Lilleberg12:06

BOS

Line 1E. Lindholm12:31D. Pastrnak13:16M. Geekie12:40
Line 3M. Eyssimont13:03F. Minten11:19T. Jeannot11:44
Pair 1N. Zadorov15:12H. Jokiharju15:00
Pair 2A. Peeke15:30J. Harris14:41
Pair 3C. McAvoy13:30M. Lohrei14:36

From the NHL's shift charts: the players on the ice together most at 5-on-5, with each one's own 5-on-5 time.

Storylines That Played Out

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 3.1, BOS 2.9TBL 4, BOS 3
Total goals6.07
Shots on goalTBL 26.4, BOS 26.2TBL 23, BOS 33
Win chanceTBL 54%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
BOS D. Pastrnak3.751.16140%0
TBL N. Kucherov3.111.41033%0
TBL J. Guentzel3.111.02237%0
TBL B. Point2.540.99038%0
TBL V. Hedman2.220.81013%0
TBL B. Hagel2.210.77025%0
BOS E. Lindholm2.120.61023%0
BOS M. Geekie2.020.73128%1
BOS V. Arvidsson2.040.43118%0
BOS C. McAvoy2.030.56013%0
BOS M. Eyssimont1.930.25011%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.820.59222%2
TBL O. Bjorkstrand1.810.56120%0
BOS P. Zacha1.510.61219%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.450.46114%1
BOS N. Zadorov1.400.31010%0
BOS F. Minten1.400.25014%0
BOS S. Kuraly1.310.25012%0
BOS C. Mittelstadt1.310.51117%1
TBL M. Crozier1.310.2013%0
BOS M. Lohrei1.220.3307%0
BOS A. Peeke1.210.2104%0
BOS M. Kastelic1.200.23011%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.200.43215%0
BOS H. Jokiharju1.130.2305%0
TBL C. Geekie1.110.24012%0
BOS T. Jeannot1.000.23012%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.000.3404%0
TBL P. Holmberg1.020.25210%1
TBL E. Cernak0.910.2203%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.900.22013%0
TBL J. Moser0.700.2114%0
BOS M. Khusnutdinov0.710.22010%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.610.2002%0
BOS J. Harris0.640.1714%1

Shots on goal: 18 of 35 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.