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Game Recap
TBL1
FinalThu, Apr 3, 2025Every game that night
OTT2

OTT beat TBL 2-1 despite fewer good chances: 2.05 expected goals to 3.76. TBL outshot OTT 32 to 19. R. Greig led the way with 2 points (0 G, 2 A). N. Kucherov had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 2.9. L. Ullmark stopped 31 of 32.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
TBL0101
OTT1102
  1. 1st 13:45OTTS. Pinto0.17 xG
  2. 2nd 5:17OTTJ. SandersonPP0.13 xG
  3. 2nd 7:00TBLB. Hagel0.38 xG

Team Stats

TBLOTT
32Shots on goal19
3.76Expected goals2.05
64Shot attempts41
205v5 shots on goal15
0/3Power play1/3
14Hits27
14Blocked shots21
4Penalty minutes6
9Giveaways8
6Takeaways2

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 3.76 xGOTT 2.05 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdOTT goal, 13:45OTT goal, 5:17TBL goal, 7:00

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

TBL32 on goal, 1 scored
OTT19 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. HagelLW101401+1020:494:46
Y. GourdeC0113200014:131:00
N. KucherovRW0007000225:095:03
J. GuentzelC0003100224:065:05
B. PointC0005010024:025:00
A. CirelliC0002210017:571:03
N. PaulLW000401+1016:510:57
Z. GirgensonsC0000420011:080:00
O. BjorkstrandRW000100-1010:220:55
L. GlendeningC000010009:350:00
G. GoncalvesC000010-109:250:00
R. McDonaghD0111130019:220:11
V. HedmanD0001030025:484:04
E. CernakD000010+1017:560:00
D. RaddyshD0000010015:381:56
J. MoserD000011-1013:510:00
E. LillebergD0000000010:490:00
N. PerbixD0001000010:450:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy19172.89557:09Loss
J. Johansson000–0:00

OTT Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
R. GreigC022003+1021:362:49
S. PintoC101213+1020:280:00
T. StützleC0111210018:253:17
D. BathersonRW000110-1418:393:11
M. AmadioRW000122+1017:070:00
D. CozensC000230-1016:413:13
F. ZetterlundLW000123-1016:041:53
C. GirouxRW0000310014:501:50
D. PerronLW0002200013:211:54
M. HighmoreC000031009:390:00
A. GaudetteRW000200006:472:20
A. CrookshankC000100005:080:00
J. SandersonD101301+1025:502:57
A. ZubD000211+1023:570:01
T. ChabotD0001110219:432:10
N. JensenD000013-1017:590:00
T. KlevenD000030-1014:510:00
N. MatinpaloD0000210012:550:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Ullmark32311.96960:00Win
A. Forsberg000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 3.5, OTT 3.0TBL 1, OTT 2
Total goals6.53
Shots on goalTBL 28.7, OTT 29.4TBL 32, OTT 19
Win chanceTBL 58%OTT won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TBL N. Kucherov2.971.32032%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.830.96036%0
TBL B. Hagel2.440.88129%1
TBL B. Point2.450.94037%0
OTT D. Cozens2.320.54020%0
OTT J. Sanderson2.130.54110%1
OTT D. Batherson2.110.64023%0
OTT T. Chabot2.110.48011%0
TBL V. Hedman2.010.74013%0
OTT T. Stützle2.010.82125%0
OTT F. Zetterlund2.010.39017%0
OTT S. Pinto1.920.46120%1
TBL N. Paul1.940.50023%0
OTT D. Perron1.820.52022%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.720.56022%0
OTT R. Greig1.700.42218%0
TBL O. Bjorkstrand1.710.51020%0
OTT C. Giroux1.600.58021%0
OTT A. Crookshank1.510.21011%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.430.46115%0
OTT M. Amadio1.210.34017%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.100.3405%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.100.17010%0
OTT A. Zub1.120.2606%0
OTT N. Jensen1.000.2405%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.010.3314%0
OTT N. Matinpalo0.900.0602%0
OTT A. Gaudette0.920.19011%0
OTT T. Kleven0.900.1204%0
TBL G. Goncalves0.900.28011%0
TBL J. Moser0.800.2605%0
OTT M. Highmore0.800.1607%0
TBL E. Cernak0.800.2203%0
TBL L. Glendening0.700.1208%0
TBL N. Perbix0.710.2304%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.600.2001%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.