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Game Recap
TBL2
FinalMon, Apr 28, 2025PlayoffsEvery game that night
FLA4

FLA beat TBL 4-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.42 expected goals to 1.53. A. Lundell led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). S. Bobrovsky stopped 18 of 20.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
TBL0202
FLA0134
  1. 2nd 9:06FLAA. Lundell0.17 xG
  2. 2nd 12:21TBLM. Chaffee0.11 xG
  3. 2nd 12:32TBLE. Cernak0.03 xG
  4. 3rd 16:13FLAA. Ekblad0.22 xG
  5. 3rd 16:24FLAS. Jones0.01 xG
  6. 3rd 18:20FLAC. VerhaegheEN0.70 xG

Team Stats

TBLFLA
20Shots on goal23
1.53Expected goals3.42
48Shot attempts67
185v5 shots on goal21
0/2Power play0/3
28Hits46
20Blocked shots11
6Penalty minutes17
12Giveaways11
1Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 1.53 xGFLA 3.42 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdFLA goal, 9:06TBL goal, 12:21TBL goal, 12:32FLA goal, 16:13FLA goal, 16:24FLA goal, 18:20

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

TBL19 on goal, 2 scored
FLA23 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. GuentzelC011110-1024:063:46
M. ChaffeeRW1011300012:413:01
N. KucherovRW000100-1025:324:59
B. PointC0001010223:523:59
A. CirelliC000114-1020:413:09
Y. GourdeC000011-1015:331:21
G. GoncalvesC000042-2214:212:56
N. PaulLW000020-2013:492:51
Z. GirgensonsC000050+1011:150:00
B. HagelLW0000010011:041:23
L. GlendeningC000000008:590:00
E. CernakD1013530018:320:00
N. PerbixD0112000211:210:00
E. LillebergD0111220010:110:00
V. HedmanD000421-2024:163:08
R. McDonaghD0003110019:330:07
J. MoserD000103-1018:160:00
D. RaddyshD000111-1011:303:45
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy22193.86458:28Loss
J. Johansson000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. LundellC112311+2015:180:02
S. ReinhartC011340+1021:543:47
A. BarkovC011310+1020:273:48
C. VerhaegheC101250+1019:123:52
B. MarchandLW011021+2015:591:56
E. LuostarinenC011021+2015:030:00
S. BennettC0003220017:412:05
E. RodriguesC0001200017:032:04
M. TkachukLW0000100016:323:55
J. BoqvistC000020-106:560:07
N. SturmC000010-106:450:00
A. GreerLW000020-104:190:04
S. JonesD101110+1026:164:03
A. EkbladD101140+1022:111:45
D. KulikovD011250+1014:590:00
G. ForslingD000322+1223:340:09
N. MikkolaD00018001514:580:06
N. SchmidtD0000140014:021:42
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky20182.90059:51Win
V. Vanecek000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 2.9, FLA 3.1TBL 2, FLA 4
Total goals6.06
Shots on goalTBL 23.8, FLA 30.4TBL 20, FLA 23
Win chanceFLA 54%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA S. Bennett2.930.59025%0
FLA M. Tkachuk2.800.90029%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.820.64128%1
TBL N. Kucherov2.711.21030%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.730.86136%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.610.86134%0
FLA G. Forsling2.330.37012%0
FLA B. Marchand2.300.64124%0
TBL B. Point2.210.81034%0
TBL B. Hagel2.200.76026%0
FLA S. Jones2.210.45111%1
FLA A. Barkov2.130.84124%0
TBL V. Hedman2.040.68011%0
FLA E. Rodrigues2.010.40017%0
FLA A. Lundell2.030.49217%1
FLA A. Ekblad1.910.44111%1
TBL N. Paul1.800.43021%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.410.45018%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.310.1905%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.300.42013%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.200.32113%0
FLA A. Greer1.200.22010%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.200.42015%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.110.3105%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.100.2507%0
FLA N. Sturm1.100.21010%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.000.25012%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.000.1409%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.030.3103%0
TBL E. Cernak0.930.1913%1
FLA D. Kulikov0.820.1814%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.810.19111%1
TBL J. Moser0.810.2104%0
TBL N. Perbix0.820.2114%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.610.1712%0
TBL L. Glendening0.600.0907%0

Shots on goal: 15 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.4 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.