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Game Recap
TBL1
FinalMon, Mar 3, 2025Every game that night
FLA2

FLA beat TBL 2-1 despite fewer good chances: 2.03 expected goals to 3.56. A. Barkov led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). S. Bobrovsky stopped 28 of 29.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
TBL0011
FLA0202
  1. 2nd 9:02FLAA. Barkov0.08 xG
  2. 2nd 15:16FLAA. BarkovPP0.13 xG
  3. 3rd 2:07TBLB. Point0.33 xG

Team Stats

TBLFLA
29Shots on goal29
3.56Expected goals2.03
66Shot attempts62
155v5 shots on goal23
0/7Power play1/3
12Hits38
12Blocked shots13
6Penalty minutes14
9Giveaways16
3Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 3.56 xGFLA 2.03 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdFLA goal, 9:02FLA goal, 15:16TBL goal, 2:07

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

TBL28 on goal, 1 scored
FLA29 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. PointC1014000026:138:41
J. GuentzelC0112000021:507:36
N. KucherovRW0005110027:589:26
A. CirelliC0001100018:152:56
B. HagelLW0003100217:402:20
M. ChaffeeRW0002100017:337:56
N. PaulLW0001000016:381:47
G. GoncalvesC0001100012:441:05
L. GlendeningC0000120010:550:01
Z. GirgensonsC0001200010:250:00
M. EyssimontC000111007:120:03
D. RaddyshD011211+1020:416:54
V. HedmanD0002010023:433:51
R. McDonaghD0001010016:510:05
E. CernakD0001030016:000:04
J. MoserD000211-1213:130:00
N. PerbixD0000010010:470:00
E. LillebergD000010028:270:04
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy29272.93158:49Loss
J. Johansson000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. BarkovC2024100020:442:29
M. SamoskevichRW0112510014:232:29
S. ReinhartC0004210021:592:24
A. LundellC0001100219:210:00
E. LuostarinenC0002310417:570:00
S. BennettC0002220015:032:29
J. BoqvistC0001100015:020:00
C. VerhaegheC0001000013:480:00
E. RodriguesC0002100012:390:00
T. NosekLW000110028:490:00
A. GreerLW000020005:090:00
J. GadjovichLW000220004:480:00
A. EkbladD0111300224:572:23
G. ForslingD0001240024:570:00
S. JonesD0003120022:560:06
N. MikkolaD0001810420:410:05
D. KulikovD0000300013:310:00
N. SchmidtD0001010011:070:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky29281.96660:00Win
C. Driedger000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 2.9, FLA 3.2TBL 1, FLA 2
Total goals6.13
Shots on goalTBL 25.8, FLA 32.8TBL 29, FLA 29
Win chanceFLA 56%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA S. Bennett3.220.63026%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe3.110.80032%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.940.93039%0
TBL N. Kucherov2.851.26031%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.420.82132%0
TBL B. Hagel2.430.85030%0
FLA A. Barkov2.440.97228%2
FLA G. Forsling2.310.39012%0
TBL B. Point2.240.83134%1
FLA E. Rodrigues2.220.45018%0
TBL V. Hedman2.120.68011%0
FLA S. Jones2.130.48011%0
FLA A. Ekblad2.010.47111%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.920.37117%0
FLA A. Lundell1.810.53017%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.710.56021%0
TBL N. Paul1.610.43020%0
TBL M. Eyssimont1.410.1909%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.410.2305%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.310.18010%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.220.3015%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.120.32013%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.110.33015%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.010.26010%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.010.2406%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.010.3004%0
FLA A. Greer1.000.2109%0
TBL E. Cernak0.910.2304%0
FLA J. Gadjovich0.920.1307%0
FLA D. Kulikov0.900.2004%0
TBL J. Moser0.920.2605%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.920.22013%0
FLA T. Nosek0.810.1805%0
TBL N. Perbix0.700.1903%0
TBL L. Glendening0.700.1208%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.600.1601%0

Shots on goal: 26 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.