Game Recap: TBL 4, TOR 1, April 3, 2024

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Game Recap

TBL4

FinalWed, Apr 3, 2024Every game that night

TOR1

TBL beat TOR 4-1, with the chances close: 2.73 expected goals to 2.69. N. Kucherov led the way with 3 points (0 G, 3 A). A. Vasilevskiy stopped 28 of 29.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
TBL	1	2	1	4
TOR	1	0	0	1

1st 10:03TBLV. Hedman0.03 xG
1st 19:00TORA. MatthewsPP0.04 xG
2nd 2:54TBLB. Point0.20 xG
2nd 8:47TBLS. Stamkos0.08 xG
3rd 14:19TBLN. Paul0.10 xG

Team Stats

TBLTOR

25Shots on goal29

2.73Expected goals2.69

47Shot attempts66

185v5 shots on goal22

0/3Power play1/4

38Hits35

18Blocked shots13

15Penalty minutes13

15Giveaways10

2Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 2.73 xGTOR 2.69 xGGoal

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, 4 scored

TOR29 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
N. Kucherov	RW	0	3	3	2	1	1	+2	0	17:24	4:31
B. Hagel	LW	0	2	2	1	1	1	+2	4	18:31	1:26
N. Paul	LW	1	0	1	4	5	0	+1	0	16:57	2:02
S. Stamkos	C	1	0	1	2	2	2	+2	0	16:38	4:30
B. Point	C	1	0	1	4	1	1	+1	0	15:50	4:36
A. Duclair	LW	0	1	1	0	2	0	+1	2	12:42	1:58
A. Cirelli	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	+2	0	20:23	3:27
L. Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	13:33	0:02
T. Motte	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	13:26	0:00
M. Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	+1	0	13:19	1:15
M. Chaffee	RW	0	0	0	0	4	0	+1	0	12:01	0:00
T. Jeannot	LW	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	7:14	0:04
V. Hedman	D	1	0	1	2	0	2	+2	0	24:39	4:20
H. Fleury	D	0	1	1	3	0	5	+1	0	19:06	0:09
D. Raddysh	D	0	1	1	2	3	1	+2	0	16:49	1:39
E. Cernak	D	0	0	0	0	3	2	+1	0	23:42	0:01
M. Dumba	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	+1	0	15:30	0:00
E. Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	+1	0	14:35	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Vasilevskiy	29	28	1	.966	59:38	Win
M. Tomkins	0	0	0	–	0:00

TOR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Matthews	C	1	0	1	6	2	2	-1	0	21:41	4:47
J. Tavares	C	0	1	1	2	1	0	-1	0	17:04	4:13
W. Nylander	RW	0	0	0	5	0	0	-1	0	21:04	4:49
M. Domi	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	18:14	4:32
T. Bertuzzi	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	15:58	1:47
P. Holmberg	RW	0	0	0	1	3	0	-1	0	14:15	0:27
N. Robertson	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-2	0	13:38	1:16
B. McMann	C	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	12:51	0:39
D. Kampf	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	11:52	0:00
M. Knies	LW	0	0	0	1	4	0	-1	0	11:38	0:03
C. Dewar	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	10:11	0:00
R. Reaves	RW	0	0	0	2	5	0	-1	5	7:24	0:00
M. Rielly	D	0	1	1	3	0	4	-1	0	23:14	5:03
T. Brodie	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	2	20:27	0:03
S. Benoit	D	0	0	0	0	6	1	-2	2	20:05	0:00
J. McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	0	20:00	1:00
C. Timmins	D	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	2	16:54	1:36
I. Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	15:30	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Woll	25	21	4	.840	60:00	Loss
I. Samsonov	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamDarren Raddysh TOR First game against TBL since he left (his team until May 2026)1 A, 2 SOG
Old teamNick Paul TOR First game against TBL since he left (his team until May 2026)1 G, 4 SOG
Old teamPontus Holmberg TBL Faces TOR, his team until May 20251 SOG
HometownAnthony Cirelli TBL Plays near home (born in Etobicoke)0 SOG

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