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Game Recap
TBL3
Final/OTTue, Nov 19, 2024Every game that night
PIT2

TBL beat PIT 3-2 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.71 expected goals to 1.28. TBL outshot PIT 35 to 19. B. Point led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). J. Puljujarvi had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.7. A. Vasilevskiy stopped 17 of 19.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
TBL00213
PIT11002
  1. 1st 12:05PITJ. Puljujarvi0.09 xG
  2. 2nd 13:05PITR. RakellPP0.16 xG
  3. 3rd 5:41TBLB. Point0.04 xG
  4. 3rd 12:49TBLA. Cirelli0.06 xG
  5. OT 3:58TBLB. Point0.05 xG

Team Stats

TBLPIT
35Shots on goal19
3.71Expected goals1.28
85Shot attempts38
255v5 shots on goal16
0/3Power play1/2
11Hits15
11Blocked shots22
4Penalty minutes6
16Giveaways23
4Takeaways2

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 3.71 xGPIT 1.28 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdOTPIT goal, 12:05PIT goal, 13:05TBL goal, 5:41TBL goal, 12:49TBL goal, 3:58

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

TBL35 on goal, 3 scored
PIT19 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. PointC202500+2023:435:05
A. CirelliC101201+1020:591:20
C. GeekieC011130+1013:121:40
N. KucherovRW000401+1024:515:06
J. GuentzelC0002000023:525:01
B. HagelLW000310+1022:273:47
G. GoncalvesC0001100212:580:00
M. ChaffeeRW000300+1012:440:52
N. PaulLW0003100010:380:55
M. EyssimontC000200-108:420:00
L. GlendeningC000100028:390:07
Z. GirgensonsC000110-107:490:00
D. RaddyshD022300+1018:072:14
V. HedmanD011303+1025:473:41
R. McDonaghD011002+1021:440:12
J. MoserD0111110020:460:00
E. CernakD000001+1019:420:00
E. LillebergD000032-1011:480:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy19172.89563:58Win
J. Johansson000–0:00

PIT Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
R. RakellRW101221-2020:213:03
S. CrosbyC011000-2019:303:01
J. PuljujarviRW101521+1010:130:23
S. PoulinRW011000+109:490:00
B. RustRW0002120219:493:11
E. MalkinC000111-1019:403:00
A. BeauvillierRW0002230016:560:25
D. O'ConnorLW0000120016:420:26
N. AcciariC000011-1016:170:00
M. NietoLW000202-1015:020:00
M. BuntingLW0001000012:100:15
V. PonomarevC000010008:360:00
M. PetterssonD0110030024:320:00
M. GrzelcykD011101-2017:090:24
E. KarlssonD000202-1226:153:02
R. SheaD0000110018:290:00
O. PickeringD000100-1017:390:00
J. St. IvanyD000032+1216:450:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
T. Jarry35323.91463:58OT loss
A. Nedeljkovic000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamJake Guentzel TBL Faces PIT, his team until Feb 20242 SOG

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 3.4, PIT 3.2TBL 3, PIT 2
Total goals6.65
Shots on goalTBL 28.9, PIT 31.9TBL 35, PIT 19
Win chanceTBL 52%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TBL N. Kucherov3.441.64036%0
TBL J. Guentzel3.221.12037%0
PIT S. Crosby3.201.16136%0
PIT B. Rust2.720.75029%0
PIT R. Rakell2.720.70127%1
TBL B. Hagel2.430.99031%0
PIT E. Malkin2.410.93029%0
PIT E. Karlsson2.420.71016%0
TBL V. Hedman2.330.92115%0
TBL B. Point2.250.92235%2
PIT D. O'Connor2.000.43019%0
PIT M. Bunting1.810.56020%0
PIT A. Beauvillier1.820.38015%0
TBL N. Paul1.830.58023%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.720.71123%1
PIT J. Puljujarvi1.750.30112%1
TBL M. Eyssimont1.520.2309%0
PIT N. Acciari1.300.26014%0
PIT M. Pettersson1.200.3815%0
TBL C. Geekie1.210.25113%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.100.3814%0
PIT M. Nieto1.120.25011%0
PIT M. Grzelcyk1.110.2915%0
TBL J. Moser1.010.3518%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.030.3126%0
TBL M. Chaffee1.030.33016%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.010.18010%0
TBL G. Goncalves0.910.21011%0
PIT J. Ivany0.800.1303%0
TBL E. Cernak0.800.2303%0
PIT S. Poulin0.700.2019%0
TBL L. Glendening0.710.1108%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.700.1902%0
PIT R. Shea0.600.0704%0

Shots on goal: 22 of 34 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.