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Game Recap
TBL3
FinalSat, Mar 1, 2025Every game that night
WSH1

TBL beat WSH 3-1, with the chances close: 3.09 expected goals to 2.46. A. Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of 21.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
TBL1023
WSH0011
  1. 1st 17:11TBLM. ChaffeePP0.58 xG
  2. 3rd 6:08TBLG. Goncalves0.06 xG
  3. 3rd 16:01WSHA. Ovechkin0.16 xG
  4. 3rd 19:01TBLB. HagelEN0.77 xG

Team Stats

TBLWSH
19Shots on goal21
3.09Expected goals2.46
32Shot attempts60
115v5 shots on goal18
1/3Power play0/3
11Hits14
19Blocked shots7
8Penalty minutes8
10Giveaways16
4Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TBL 3.09 xGWSH 2.46 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdTBL goal, 17:11TBL goal, 6:08WSH goal, 16:01TBL goal, 19:01

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, 3 scored
WSH20 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. HagelLW1014010022:252:30
N. KucherovRW0110100020:553:26
B. PointC011300+1018:033:00
N. PaulLW011000+1016:441:29
G. GoncalvesC101120+1015:161:18
M. ChaffeeRW101311+1014:021:22
J. GuentzelC000201+1220:052:57
A. CirelliC000101-1019:591:28
Z. GirgensonsC000021-1011:540:00
L. GlendeningC000021029:400:00
M. EyssimontC000010008:330:00
R. McDonaghD000015-1021:440:10
V. HedmanD000201+1021:352:42
E. CernakD0000140020:520:10
J. MoserD0001010019:500:00
D. RaddyshD000002+1012:561:48
E. LillebergD000000+1211:430:00
N. PerbixD000200027:490:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy21201.95259:35Win
J. Johansson000–0:00

WSH Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. OvechkinLW1013200218:384:18
T. WilsonRW000220-1220:593:04
P. DuboisC000311-1220:243:19
D. StromeC0001010018:443:35
A. ProtasLW000300+1017:410:00
C. McMichaelLW0003100216:450:45
L. EllerC0001000012:090:01
N. DowdC000001-1011:540:00
B. DuhaimeLW000031-1010:380:00
A. MangiapaneLW0000100010:251:02
T. RaddyshRW000120-109:580:00
E. FrankRW000100009:571:01
M. RoyD011100+1020:320:00
J. CarlsonD000100-1022:133:23
J. ChychrunD000121-2021:151:17
M. FehérváryD000001+1020:270:15
T. van RiemsdykD000000-1016:150:00
R. SandinD0000010015:410:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Thompson18162.88958:57Loss
C. Lindgren000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamJohn Carlson TBL First game back in Washington, his team until Feb 20261 SOG

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreTBL 3.1, WSH 3.1TBL 3, WSH 1
Total goals6.14
Shots on goalTBL 27.0, WSH 27.9TBL 19, WSH 21
Win chanceWSH 51%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
WSH A. Ovechkin3.730.90139%1
TBL N. Kucherov3.101.33132%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.620.86032%0
WSH J. Chychrun2.610.56018%0
TBL B. Hagel2.640.89130%1
TBL B. Point2.430.88135%0
WSH T. Wilson2.220.60027%0
TBL V. Hedman2.220.68013%0
WSH J. Carlson2.110.60012%0
WSH D. Strome2.010.80025%0
WSH C. McMichael2.030.53022%0
WSH A. Protas1.930.60019%0
WSH P. Dubois1.930.70024%0
TBL A. Cirelli1.810.59021%0
TBL N. Paul1.700.45120%0
TBL M. Eyssimont1.600.2209%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.400.20011%0
TBL D. Raddysh1.300.3106%0
WSH L. Eller1.310.28013%0
WSH M. Roy1.310.3116%0
WSH A. Mangiapane1.300.38017%0
WSH E. Frank1.210.34016%0
WSH B. Duhaime1.200.22011%0
WSH T. Raddysh1.210.29011%0
TBL G. Goncalves1.110.2518%1
TBL R. McDonagh1.000.3004%0
WSH R. Sandin1.000.3107%0
WSH N. Dowd1.000.32016%0
TBL E. Cernak1.000.2204%0
WSH T. Riemsdyk1.000.2103%0
WSH M. Fehérváry1.000.2206%0
TBL J. Moser0.910.2506%0
TBL M. Chaffee0.930.21112%1
TBL L. Glendening0.800.1308%0
TBL N. Perbix0.820.2104%0
TBL E. Lilleberg0.700.1702%0

Shots on goal: 18 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.5 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.