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Game Recap
TBL4
FinalTue, Apr 1, 2025Every game that night
NYI1

TBL beat NYI 4-1, with the chances close: 3.77 expected goals to 3.29. J. Guentzel led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). T. DeAngelo had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 2.2. A. Vasilevskiy stopped 28 of 29.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
TBL1214
NYI1001
  1. 1st 8:46TBLO. Bjorkstrand0.10 xG
  2. 1st 10:57NYIB. HorvatSH0.14 xG
  3. 2nd 8:09TBLJ. Guentzel0.13 xG
  4. 2nd 10:41TBLV. Hedman0.25 xG
  5. 3rd 16:29TBLN. PaulEN0.87 xG

Team Stats

TBLNYI
24Shots on goal29
3.77Expected goals3.29
52Shot attempts61
135v5 shots on goal19
0/4Power play0/4
14Hits25
21Blocked shots13
15Penalty minutes15
11Giveaways16
1Takeaways1

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 3.77 xGNYI 3.29 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdTBL goal, 8:46NYI goal, 10:57TBL goal, 8:09TBL goal, 10:41TBL goal, 16:29

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

TBL23 on goal, 4 scored
NYI28 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. GuentzelC112301+2021:305:34
B. PointC022111+2019:115:32
N. KucherovRW022210+1018:345:36
N. PaulLW101411+1017:560:15
A. CirelliC011001+1215:280:13
O. BjorkstrandRW101202+1014:302:00
B. HagelLW000211-1220:153:28
Z. GirgensonsC0002110014:570:10
Y. GourdeC0002200512:030:00
M. ChaffeeRW0002410211:080:00
G. GoncalvesC000002+1010:260:04
V. HedmanD101101+2023:104:39
E. CernakD011112+1018:340:12
D. RaddyshD011201+2010:211:13
R. McDonaghD000002+1018:070:19
J. MoserD0000100218:050:00
E. LillebergD000012+1214:010:00
N. PerbixD0000020011:440:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy29281.96660:00Win
J. Johansson000–0:00

NYI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. HorvatC101500-1018:374:18
J. PageauC000121-2018:041:18
S. HolmstromRW000001-1016:501:25
K. PalmieriC000400-1216:104:19
A. LeeLW000010-2214:384:12
P. EngvallLW0001100214:100:00
C. CizikasC0001230713:080:00
H. FaschingRW0003010013:040:00
M. TsyplakovRW000120-1212:221:07
A. DuclairLW000211-1012:150:13
M. GatcombC000141-1010:340:00
K. MacLeanC000050-1010:330:00
R. PulockD0111120020:501:06
N. DobsonD000020-1022:143:37
T. DeAngeloD000500-3020:504:34
A. PelechD000200-1020:430:00
A. RomanovD0002420018:430:00
A. BoqvistD000001-1016:412:01
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Sorokin23203.87059:34Loss
M. Hogberg000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 3.5, NYI 3.1TBL 4, NYI 1
Total goals6.65
Shots on goalTBL 28.9, NYI 30.2TBL 24, NYI 29
Win chanceTBL 55%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
NYI B. Horvat3.050.71131%1
TBL N. Kucherov2.921.33231%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.730.93235%1
NYI A. Lee2.700.55026%0
TBL B. Hagel2.420.89029%0
TBL B. Point2.410.93237%0
NYI K. Palmieri2.440.64028%0
NYI N. Dobson2.300.55012%0
NYI T. DeAngelo2.250.58013%0
TBL V. Hedman2.010.77112%1
TBL N. Paul1.840.49122%1
TBL A. Cirelli1.800.58122%0
TBL O. Bjorkstrand1.720.51119%1
NYI A. Pelech1.620.3204%0
NYI J. Pageau1.610.49017%0
NYI P. Engvall1.510.31015%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.520.50016%0
NYI A. Duclair1.420.40020%0
NYI S. Holmstrom1.300.47021%0
NYI A. Romanov1.320.2506%0
NYI R. Pulock1.210.2817%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.220.3815%0
NYI C. Cizikas1.210.25011%0
NYI M. Tsyplakov1.210.35011%0
NYI A. Boqvist1.100.3309%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.120.1609%0
NYI H. Fasching1.030.23010%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.000.3604%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.000.30012%0
NYI M. Gatcomb0.910.24015%0
NYI K. MacLean0.900.1709%0
TBL J. Moser0.900.2705%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.920.21012%0
TBL E. Cernak0.810.2313%0
TBL N. Perbix0.800.2504%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.700.2201%0

Shots on goal: 22 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.