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Game Recap
TBL1
FinalSat, Jan 4, 2025Every game that night
LAK2

LAK beat TBL 2-1 despite fewer good chances: 1.99 expected goals to 2.60. TBL outshot LAK 34 to 21. M. Anderson had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.3. D. Kuemper stopped 33 of 34.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
TBL1001
LAK1012
  1. 1st 1:09TBLV. Hedman0.02 xG
  2. 1st 7:58LAKM. Anderson0.01 xG
  3. 3rd 14:12LAKA. Kempe0.24 xG

Team Stats

TBLLAK
34Shots on goal21
2.60Expected goals1.99
68Shot attempts54
325v5 shots on goal19
0/2Power play0/1
25Hits36
16Blocked shots17
4Penalty minutes4
8Giveaways8
4Takeaways1

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 2.60 xGLAK 1.99 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdTBL goal, 1:09LAK goal, 7:58LAK goal, 14:12

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

TBL34 on goal, 1 scored
LAK20 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. PointC011210-1021:402:30
J. GuentzelC0113000020:052:35
N. KucherovRW0003010223:242:49
B. HagelLW0002200020:262:29
N. PaulLW0003100017:551:28
A. CirelliC0002120016:441:28
M. ChaffeeRW000142-1015:391:11
M. EyssimontC000150-1014:130:00
C. GeekieC0001300011:431:28
L. GlendeningC000022009:210:00
Z. GirgensonsC000300008:380:00
C. AtkinsonRW000020007:270:00
V. HedmanD101404+1224:512:20
R. McDonaghD0000030020:180:00
D. RaddyshD000301+1020:031:42
E. CernakD0004200019:220:00
N. PerbixD000100-2014:580:00
E. LillebergD000121-2013:450:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy21192.90557:28Loss
J. Johansson000–0:00

LAK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. KempeRW1011100020:521:21
P. DanaultC011000+1018:070:43
A. TurcotteC0111110013:381:03
K. FialaLW000020+1018:442:00
Q. ByfieldRW0001110018:440:57
A. KopitarC0001110018:121:17
W. FoegeleLW0000210017:280:00
A. LaferriereRW000201+1017:100:36
T. MooreLW0001200015:350:00
T. LewisC0002300210:470:00
T. JeannotLW000060008:300:00
M. AndersonD1015350025:510:00
V. GavrikovD0000340025:240:03
J. SpenceD000240+1020:250:51
J. EdmundsonD0001310014:460:00
B. ClarkeD0003100213:481:09
J. MoverareD000100+1013:060:00
A. EnglundD000032004:530:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Kuemper34331.97160:00Win
D. Rittich000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 3.0, LAK 3.1TBL 1, LAK 2
Total goals6.23
Shots on goalTBL 25.2, LAK 29.3TBL 34, LAK 21
Win chanceLAK 52%LAK won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
LAK A. Kempe3.111.00138%1
LAK K. Fiala2.800.89032%0
TBL N. Kucherov2.731.27031%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.530.88134%0
LAK W. Foegele2.400.58023%0
LAK T. Moore2.410.61023%0
LAK A. Laferriere2.320.56023%0
TBL B. Point2.321.00138%0
TBL B. Hagel2.220.89030%0
LAK Q. Byfield2.110.68021%0
LAK P. Danault1.800.60120%0
TBL V. Hedman1.740.65110%1
LAK B. Clarke1.730.4207%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.620.60022%0
LAK A. Kopitar1.510.89026%0
TBL N. Paul1.530.44019%0
TBL M. Eyssimont1.410.1909%0
LAK V. Gavrikov1.400.3708%0
LAK M. Anderson1.350.3217%1
LAK J. Edmundson1.310.2407%0
LAK A. Turcotte1.210.39112%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.130.3205%0
LAK T. Lewis1.120.1908%0
TBL C. Geekie1.110.25012%0
TBL C. Atkinson1.000.21010%0
LAK T. Jeannot1.000.28014%0
LAK J. Spence1.020.3205%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.910.26014%0
TBL R. McDonagh0.900.2803%0
TBL N. Perbix0.910.2605%0
TBL Z. Girgensons0.930.1609%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.710.1702%0
TBL L. Glendening0.700.1208%0
TBL E. Cernak0.740.1802%0
LAK J. Moverare0.610.1002%0
LAK A. Englund0.400.1002%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 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.