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Game Recap
TBL3
Final/SOThu, Mar 20, 2025Every game that night
DAL2

TBL beat DAL 3-2 in a shootout, and the chances backed it up: 3.12 expected goals to 1.98. TBL outshot DAL 38 to 24. B. Hagel led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). J. Guentzel had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.5. A. Vasilevskiy stopped 22 of 24.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdSOT
TBL11013
DAL02002
  1. 1st 4:35TBLB. Hagel0.11 xG
  2. 2nd 7:21TBLA. Cirelli0.17 xG
  3. 2nd 7:58DALO. Bäck0.07 xG
  4. 2nd 13:48DALM. MarchmentPP0.57 xG

Team Stats

TBLDAL
38Shots on goal24
3.12Expected goals1.98
61Shot attempts40
325v5 shots on goal20
0/1Power play1/2
16Hits29
12Blocked shots12
8Penalty minutes6
15Giveaways17
2Takeaways1

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 3.12 xGDAL 1.98 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdOTTBL goal, 4:35TBL goal, 7:21DAL goal, 7:58DAL goal, 13:48

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, 2 scored
DAL22 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. HagelLW112530+1021:090:50
A. CirelliC112400+1019:140:48
N. KucherovRW0112020021:111:12
Y. GourdeC011120+1018:370:48
B. PointC0002000020:431:10
J. GuentzelC0006000219:321:13
N. PaulLW0004100017:240:45
G. GoncalvesC0001110015:390:00
O. BjorkstrandRW0002000214:161:12
L. GlendeningC000011009:160:00
Z. GirgensonsC000130028:460:00
V. HedmanD0005100226:081:17
J. MoserD0000010022:390:00
R. McDonaghD000001+2021:000:43
E. CernakD000132+1018:480:02
N. PerbixD0002020012:070:00
D. RaddyshD0002010011:380:00
E. LillebergD000011-1010:540:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy24222.91765:00Win
J. Johansson000–0:00

DAL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. DucheneC0113240019:242:20
M. MarchmentLW1013500017:171:54
J. BennLW0111310013:442:10
S. SteelC011201+1013:280:00
O. BäckC101201+1010:070:00
C. BlackwellC011000+128:560:00
M. RantanenRW000110-2021:062:07
J. RobertsonLW000101-2019:291:39
M. GranlundC0001110019:182:18
W. JohnstonC0003200018:501:39
R. HintzC000130-2016:211:40
M. BourqueC0002000011:300:00
T. HarleyD0001110031:112:57
E. LindellD000011-1022:440:00
I. LyubushkinD000130-2020:190:00
C. CeciD000000+1219:300:00
M. DumbaD0002010014:231:02
L. BichselD0000700213:230:09
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. DeSmith38362.94765:00OT loss
J. Oettinger000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 3.1, DAL 3.2TBL 3, DAL 2
Total goals6.45
Shots on goalTBL 27.7, DAL 28.7TBL 38, DAL 24
Win chanceDAL 52%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
DAL J. Robertson2.710.95034%0
TBL N. Kucherov2.621.23130%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.560.87033%0
DAL W. Johnston2.530.79030%0
DAL M. Rantanen2.410.92033%0
TBL B. Hagel2.250.83228%1
TBL B. Point2.220.89034%0
TBL V. Hedman2.050.61011%0
DAL T. Harley2.010.57015%0
DAL R. Hintz1.910.77030%0
DAL M. Marchment1.930.55122%1
DAL M. Duchene1.830.76127%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.640.56221%1
DAL M. Granlund1.610.59015%0
TBL O. Bjorkstrand1.520.47018%0
DAL J. Benn1.510.55119%0
TBL N. Paul1.540.42019%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.410.45115%0
DAL E. Lindell1.300.2907%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.220.3105%0
DAL C. Blackwell1.100.23111%0
DAL C. Ceci1.100.2906%0
DAL M. Bourque1.120.36015%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.010.1609%0
DAL S. Steel1.020.27110%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.000.2703%0
DAL L. Bichsel1.000.1906%0
TBL E. Cernak0.910.2103%0
TBL J. Moser0.900.2205%0
TBL G. Goncalves0.810.25010%0
DAL M. Dumba0.820.1304%0
TBL N. Perbix0.720.1703%0
TBL L. Glendening0.700.1208%0
DAL I. Lyubushkin0.710.1903%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.600.1601%0
DAL O. Bäck0.620.2018%1

Shots on goal: 20 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.3 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.