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Game Recap
TBL5
FinalSat, Apr 26, 2025PlayoffsEvery game that night
FLA1

TBL beat FLA 5-1, with the chances close: 3.24 expected goals to 2.79. FLA outshot TBL 34 to 22. J. Guentzel led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). A. Barkov had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 2.0. A. Vasilevskiy stopped 33 of 34.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
TBL1135
FLA1001
  1. 1st 2:43FLAM. Tkachuk0.16 xG
  2. 1st 17:15TBLB. Point0.39 xG
  3. 2nd 13:17TBLN. Paul0.17 xG
  4. 3rd 0:21TBLJ. Guentzel0.09 xG
  5. 3rd 14:19TBLL. Glendening0.15 xG
  6. 3rd 15:00TBLA. CirelliEN0.93 xG

Team Stats

TBLFLA
22Shots on goal34
3.24Expected goals2.79
49Shot attempts69
135v5 shots on goal24
0/5Power play0/4
34Hits43
23Blocked shots17
20Penalty minutes25
20Giveaways11
7Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 3.24 xGFLA 2.79 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdFLA goal, 2:43TBL goal, 17:15TBL goal, 13:17TBL goal, 0:21TBL goal, 14:19TBL goal, 15:00

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

TBL21 on goal, 5 scored
FLA32 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. GuentzelC123530+4023:466:36
N. KucherovRW033110+3221:346:33
G. GoncalvesC022041+1018:315:28
N. PaulLW1013400219:594:39
A. CirelliC10117301419:244:50
B. PointC101400+1017:455:49
L. GlendeningC101102+1010:471:46
Y. GourdeC011021+1010:461:53
M. ChaffeeRW0000310014:093:52
Z. GirgensonsC0001100013:221:46
C. GeekieC0000010211:093:46
R. McDonaghD022003+3017:040:06
V. HedmanD000311+1022:205:40
E. CernakD000251+3017:070:03
J. MoserD000005+1015:481:33
D. RaddyshD0001130013:305:13
N. PerbixD0000110013:211:36
E. LillebergD0000100011:381:31
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy34331.97160:00Win
J. Johansson000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. TkachukLW1012000716:105:49
E. RodriguesC0112110215:321:34
S. BennettC011350-3015:261:46
S. ReinhartC000240-2021:545:41
A. BarkovC000521-2018:525:33
C. VerhaegheC000202-2017:044:01
E. LuostarinenC000191-1214:530:20
A. LundellC000222-1014:140:26
B. MarchandLW0003310212:121:19
M. SamoskevichRW000210-129:522:43
N. SturmC000220009:280:00
J. BoqvistC000040-109:150:00
S. JonesD0002440023:576:01
G. ForslingD000300-4021:590:00
A. EkbladD000224-4020:200:41
N. MikkolaD000030+11016:290:12
N. SchmidtD0001100016:111:34
D. KulikovD0000010013:460:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky21174.81059:26Loss
V. Vanecek000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 2.9, FLA 3.1TBL 5, FLA 1
Total goals6.06
Shots on goalTBL 24.1, FLA 30.2TBL 22, FLA 34
Win chanceFLA 54%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA S. Bennett2.930.60125%0
FLA M. Tkachuk2.920.91129%1
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.820.65028%0
TBL N. Kucherov2.711.16329%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.620.85036%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.550.80332%1
FLA B. Marchand2.430.69026%0
FLA G. Forsling2.330.38012%0
TBL B. Point2.240.81134%1
FLA S. Jones2.220.46011%0
FLA M. Samoskevich2.020.44018%0
FLA A. Lundell2.020.51018%0
FLA A. Barkov2.050.84024%0
TBL V. Hedman2.030.68011%0
FLA A. Ekblad2.020.46011%0
FLA E. Rodrigues2.020.39117%0
TBL N. Paul1.730.41120%1
TBL Y. Gourde1.400.44114%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.400.2005%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.310.42117%1
FLA E. Luostarinen1.210.32013%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.200.37214%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.210.3205%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.110.2607%0
TBL C. Geekie1.100.24013%0
FLA N. Sturm1.120.22011%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.100.27013%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.000.3023%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.010.1409%0
TBL E. Cernak0.920.2003%0
FLA D. Kulikov0.900.1904%0
TBL J. Moser0.800.2104%0
TBL N. Perbix0.800.2104%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.800.17010%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.600.1802%0
TBL L. Glendening0.510.0816%1

Shots on goal: 25 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 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.