Game Recap: FLA 5, CAR 2, May 20, 2025

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Game Recap

FLA5

FinalTue, May 20, 2025PlayoffsEvery game that night

CAR2

FLA beat CAR 5-2 despite fewer good chances: 1.49 expected goals to 3.07. CAR outshot FLA 33 to 20. C. Verhaeghe led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). S. Bobrovsky stopped 31 of 33.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
FLA	2	1	2	5
CAR	1	0	1	2

1st 8:30FLAC. VerhaeghePP0.08 xG
1st 12:29FLAA. Ekblad0.06 xG
1st 19:44CARS. Aho0.15 xG
2nd 3:33FLAA. Greer0.18 xG
3rd 6:08FLAS. BennettPP0.06 xG
3rd 14:55FLAE. Luostarinen0.11 xG
3rd 16:19CARJ. BlakePP0.58 xG

Team Stats

FLACAR

20Shots on goal33

1.49Expected goals3.07

46Shot attempts78

175v5 shots on goal23

2/3Power play1/4

47Hits50

21Blocked shots17

22Penalty minutes8

13Giveaways13

2Takeaways8

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 1.49 xGCAR 3.07 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

FLA20 on goal, 5 scored

CAR33 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
E. Rodrigues	C	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	16:39	1:01
C. Verhaeghe	C	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	12:39	2:05
T. Nosek	LW	0	2	2	1	0	3	+2	0	10:37	0:00
A. Barkov	C	0	1	1	1	2	2	+1	0	18:17	3:28
E. Luostarinen	C	1	0	1	2	4	4	+1	0	16:48	0:00
M. Tkachuk	LW	0	1	1	0	4	0	-1	0	15:25	3:48
S. Bennett	C	1	0	1	5	5	0	-1	2	13:39	1:34
A. Greer	LW	1	0	1	3	3	1	+1	0	10:00	0:00
S. Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	+1	0	21:48	3:38
A. Lundell	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	+1	0	17:42	0:00
B. Marchand	LW	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	14	13:01	0:56
J. Gadjovich	LW	0	0	0	1	8	2	+1	4	8:25	0:00
A. Ekblad	D	1	0	1	1	2	0	+1	0	23:29	3:02
G. Forsling	D	0	1	1	1	1	2	+1	2	20:32	0:14
N. Mikkola	D	0	1	1	0	3	0	+1	0	19:09	0:00
S. Jones	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	+1	0	24:25	3:25
D. Kulikov	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	16:16	0:00
N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	14:35	1:14

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Bobrovsky	33	31	2	.939	60:00	Win
V. Vanecek	0	0	0	–	0:00

CAR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
S. Jarvis	RW	0	2	2	4	2	1	+1	0	18:55	4:45
S. Aho	C	1	0	1	6	4	3	+1	2	19:15	4:47
A. Svechnikov	RW	0	1	1	1	5	0	+1	2	19:02	4:30
J. Blake	RW	1	0	1	2	0	0	-1	0	14:53	4:29
J. Staal	C	0	0	0	0	10	0	-1	0	19:11	0:00
J. Martinook	LW	0	0	0	0	4	3	-1	0	17:12	0:00
L. Stankoven	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	14:32	1:50
W. Carrier	LW	0	0	0	1	6	2	-1	0	13:44	0:00
T. Hall	LW	0	0	0	1	5	1	-1	0	13:40	1:49
J. Roslovic	C	0	0	0	2	2	0	-2	0	12:50	1:34
J. Kotkaniemi	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	11:52	1:32
E. Robinson	LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	8:45	0:00
S. Gostisbehere	D	0	1	1	1	3	1	-2	2	18:33	3:49
S. Walker	D	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	22:00	1:01
J. Slavin	D	0	0	0	4	1	3	+1	0	21:53	0:00
B. Burns	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	21:29	1:29
D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	17:21	0:00
S. Morrow	D	0	0	0	3	0	0	-3	2	12:18	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
F. Andersen	20	15	5	.750	57:27	Loss
P. Kochetkov	0	0	0	–	0:00