Go ad-free AND support the site for the 26-27 season for just $18. Sign up now!
Game Recap
TBL1
FinalTue, Mar 11, 2025Every game that night
CAR4

CAR beat TBL 4-1, with the chances close: 3.53 expected goals to 2.94. V. Hedman had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 1.5. P. Kochetkov stopped 23 of 24.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
TBL0011
CAR1214
  1. 1st 4:29CARS. JarvisSH0.08 xG
  2. 2nd 12:56CARJ. Martinook0.02 xG
  3. 2nd 19:15CARJ. Roslovic0.16 xG
  4. 3rd 4:38TBLG. Goncalves0.17 xG
  5. 3rd 6:26CARS. Walker0.06 xG

Team Stats

TBLCAR
24Shots on goal31
2.94Expected goals3.53
59Shot attempts61
205v5 shots on goal24
0/1Power play0/5
25Hits16
17Blocked shots16
8Penalty minutes4
12Giveaways15
4Takeaways1

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 2.94 xGCAR 3.53 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdCAR goal, 4:29CAR goal, 12:56CAR goal, 19:15TBL goal, 4:38CAR goal, 6:26

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

TBL22 on goal, 1 scored
CAR31 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. HagelLW011100-1014:520:02
G. GoncalvesC1012100211:490:00
J. GuentzelC000130-2021:281:58
B. PointC000221-2019:011:58
Y. GourdeC0003500216:430:00
N. KucherovRW000000-2015:171:58
A. CirelliC000011-1015:170:02
O. BjorkstrandRW0000100014:151:44
L. GlendeningC0002310013:420:00
Z. GirgensonsC0002400013:220:02
N. PaulLW000300-1012:550:00
D. RaddyshD011011-2014:380:14
V. HedmanD000403-2223:081:44
R. McDonaghD000105-1019:180:16
E. CernakD000020-1018:210:02
J. MoserD000113-1016:350:00
E. LillebergD0000100214:570:00
N. PerbixD000202+1012:220:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy31274.87160:00Loss
J. Johansson000–0:00

CAR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. AhoC011200+1020:125:25
S. JarvisRW101411+1019:544:49
T. HallLW011320+1017:575:56
J. RoslovicC101100+1017:514:02
J. StaalC011110+1011:240:00
J. MartinookLW101210+1010:540:00
L. StankovenC000211+2016:405:55
J. BlakeRW000411-1216:342:20
J. KotkaniemiC000110+1015:293:36
E. RobinsonLW0001310012:480:00
M. JankowskiLW0000000011:370:00
T. JostC0000200010:040:11
S. WalkerD101413+3019:322:40
J. ChatfieldD011013+3017:180:00
J. SlavinD000102-1022:350:13
B. BurnsD000111-1022:244:32
S. GostisbehereD000200+2217:504:44
S. MorrowD0002030015:120:47
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
P. Kochetkov24231.95859:45Win
F. Andersen000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamJake Guentzel TBL Faces CAR, his team until May 20241 SOG

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 2.9, CAR 3.2TBL 1, CAR 4
Total goals6.05
Shots on goalTBL 24.8, CAR 32.0TBL 24, CAR 31
Win chanceCAR 55%CAR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TBL N. Kucherov2.701.23030%0
CAR S. Aho2.720.94134%0
CAR S. Jarvis2.640.79131%1
TBL J. Guentzel2.410.84032%0
TBL B. Hagel2.310.82128%0
CAR B. Burns2.310.43011%0
TBL B. Point2.220.87034%0
CAR L. Stankoven2.120.42015%0
CAR J. Blake1.940.38017%0
CAR T. Hall1.930.50119%0
TBL O. Bjorkstrand1.700.51019%0
CAR S. Gostisbehere1.720.53011%0
CAR J. Slavin1.710.3909%0
CAR S. Walker1.740.2116%1
TBL A. Cirelli1.700.54020%0
CAR J. Staal1.610.44116%0
TBL N. Paul1.630.45020%0
CAR J. Martinook1.520.42115%1
CAR J. Kotkaniemi1.510.39016%0
TBL V. Hedman1.540.5109%0
CAR S. Morrow1.420.1804%0
CAR J. Chatfield1.400.2318%0
CAR J. Roslovic1.310.37115%1
TBL Y. Gourde1.330.41014%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.300.3515%0
CAR E. Robinson1.110.26011%0
CAR M. Jankowski1.100.27013%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.020.1609%0
TBL G. Goncalves0.920.2218%1
CAR T. Jost0.900.1507%0
TBL R. McDonagh0.810.2703%0
TBL E. Cernak0.800.2003%0
TBL J. Moser0.810.2305%0
TBL L. Glendening0.720.1207%0
TBL N. Perbix0.620.1703%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.600.1501%0

Shots on goal: 17 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 fewer 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.