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Game Recap
TBL1
Final/OTFri, Oct 17, 2025Every game that night
DET2

DET beat TBL 2-1 in overtime, with the chances close: 2.92 expected goals to 2.89. D. Larkin led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). J. Gibson stopped 31 of 32.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
TBL00101
DET10012
  1. 1st 13:02DETA. Sandin-Pellikka0.02 xG
  2. 3rd 16:17TBLJ. Moser0.03 xG
  3. OT 3:36DETD. Larkin0.29 xG

Team Stats

TBLDET
32Shots on goal31
2.89Expected goals2.92
74Shot attempts61
305v5 shots on goal25
0/3Power play0/3
20Hits27
13Blocked shots22
6Penalty minutes6
15Giveaways16
4Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 2.89 xGDET 2.92 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdOTDET goal, 13:02TBL goal, 16:17DET goal, 3:36

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

TBL32 on goal, 1 scored
DET31 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. GeekieC011132+1212:392:05
J. GuentzelC000500-2024:564:14
B. HagelLW000311-2024:113:42
B. PointC000310-1021:263:23
A. CirelliC000101+1219:373:43
Y. GourdeC0000100215:490:03
G. GoncalvesC000102+1015:061:38
O. BjorkstrandRW0003100014:512:08
P. HolmbergRW0000100013:190:05
M. ChaffeeRW0003210010:182:31
J. FinleyC000310007:510:00
C. DouglasC000100006:270:00
V. HedmanD0111210026:123:02
J. MoserD101210+1021:210:00
R. McDonaghD0001020022:160:26
E. CernakD0001120020:440:12
D. RaddyshD000220-1015:562:48
E. LillebergD000131-1011:490:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy31292.93563:36OT loss
J. Johansson000–0:00

DET Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. LarkinC112400+2023:123:56
J. CompherLW0111010018:442:09
M. AppletonC0110100015:550:00
E. FinnieC0003620018:350:00
A. DeBrincatRW0000010017:543:59
P. KaneRW0002100017:423:58
M. KasperC0001400015:072:01
A. CoppC0001100015:051:58
M. Brandsegg-NygårdRW0004510213:361:48
M. RasmussenC0002220011:280:00
J. van RiemsdykLW0003010010:343:52
E. SoderblomLW000120008:400:00
A. Sandin-PellikkaD1012040217:272:07
M. SeiderD0003340027:193:52
S. EdvinssonD000001+1023:420:02
B. ChiarotD0003120022:150:00
A. JohanssonD0001120017:260:18
J. Bernard-DockerD0000010210:070:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Gibson32311.96963:36Win
C. Talbot000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

TBL

Line 1J. Guentzel16:41B. Point16:28G. Goncalves13:28
Line 3A. Cirelli11:47C. Geekie10:34B. Hagel15:12
Pair 1J. Moser17:46V. Hedman19:00
Pair 2R. McDonagh17:10E. Cernak17:21
Pair 3D. Raddysh13:08E. Lilleberg11:49

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.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 3.2, DET 3.2TBL 1, DET 2
Total goals6.43
Shots on goalTBL 25.1, DET 28.2TBL 32, DET 31
Win chanceTBL 51%DET won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
DET A. DeBrincat3.000.81030%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.851.04038%0
DET D. Larkin2.740.85231%1
DET P. Kane2.420.77024%0
TBL B. Point2.431.01040%0
TBL B. Hagel2.230.82027%0
TBL V. Hedman2.110.82114%0
DET M. Kasper2.010.50021%0
DET M. Seider1.930.5009%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.810.64024%0
TBL O. Bjorkstrand1.830.59022%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.400.48016%0
DET J. Riemsdyk1.430.47017%0
DET B. Chiarot1.430.2007%0
DET M. Appleton1.400.32112%0
DET E. Soderblom1.310.37015%0
DET J. Compher1.310.44117%0
DET A. Copp1.310.42015%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.220.4007%0
DET S. Edvinsson1.200.34010%0
DET M. Rasmussen1.120.29013%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.110.47015%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.010.3805%0
TBL E. Cernak1.010.2404%0
TBL P. Holmberg1.000.29012%0
TBL J. Moser0.920.2615%1
TBL C. Geekie0.910.21111%0
DET A. Johansson0.810.1405%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.830.21012%0
DET J. Bernard-Docker0.800.1404%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.610.1902%0

Shots on goal: 18 of 31 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 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.