Game Recap: FLA 5, DET 2, March 20, 2023

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Game Recap

FLA5

FinalMon, Mar 20, 2023Every game that night

DET2

FLA beat DET 5-2, with the chances close: 2.79 expected goals to 3.01. M. Tkachuk led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). S. Bobrovsky stopped 20 of 22.

Scoring

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

1st 7:28FLAM. Tkachuk0.08 xG
1st 12:28FLAC. Verhaeghe0.06 xG
1st 14:37DETP. Suter0.85 xG
2nd 11:33FLAG. Forsling0.01 xG
3rd 7:53DETD. Larkin0.02 xG
3rd 16:08FLAE. Staal0.19 xG
3rd 18:37FLAC. VerhaeghePP0.18 xG

Team Stats

FLADET

25Shots on goal22

2.79Expected goals3.01

53Shot attempts43

215v5 shots on goal19

1/2Power play0/1

19Hits21

8Blocked shots11

4Penalty minutes4

3Giveaways7

2Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 2.79 xGDET 3.01 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

FLA25 on goal, 5 scored

DET21 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Tkachuk	LW	1	2	3	2	0	0	+1	0	16:12	2:22
C. Verhaeghe	C	2	0	2	5	0	0	+1	0	18:04	1:34
S. Bennett	C	0	2	2	2	0	0	+1	0	12:44	0:45
S. Reinhart	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	+1	0	21:40	2:12
A. Barkov	C	0	1	1	3	1	0	+1	0	19:11	2:17
E. Luostarinen	C	0	1	1	1	3	1	+1	0	16:40	0:17
A. Duclair	LW	0	1	1	2	0	1	-1	0	13:55	0:45
E. Staal	C	1	0	1	2	0	0	+1	0	12:03	0:00
A. Lundell	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	2	16:36	1:00
R. Lomberg	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	12:57	0:00
C. White	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8:31	0:00
N. Cousins	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8:11	0:00
G. Forsling	D	1	0	1	2	0	0	+1	0	22:04	1:43
B. Montour	D	0	0	0	2	0	4	+1	0	25:41	1:36
M. Staal	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	+1	0	22:04	0:13
A. Ekblad	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20:05	1:51
R. Gudas	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	+1	2	14:53	0:00
J. Mahura	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	14:29	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Bobrovsky	22	20	2	.909	60:00	Win
A. Lyon	0	0	0	–	0:00

DET Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Copp	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	-1	0	17:56	0:36
D. Larkin	C	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	17:09	1:21
L. Raymond	LW	0	1	1	0	0	0	-1	0	16:24	1:24
D. Perron	LW	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	16:18	1:21
P. Suter	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	-1	0	15:00	0:00
J. Veleno	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	+1	2	15:47	0:00
D. Kubalik	LW	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	15:28	0:35
F. Zadina	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	15:14	0:39
J. Berggren	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1	-3	0	14:38	0:39
A. Chiasson	RW	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	12:02	1:25
A. Erne	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	12:02	0:00
A. Czarnik	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9:51	0:00
J. Walman	D	0	1	1	4	0	0	+1	0	22:49	0:42
M. Seider	D	0	0	0	2	2	3	+1	0	23:33	1:18
O. Maatta	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	-4	0	21:16	0:00
J. Oesterle	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	-3	0	20:11	0:00
R. Hagg	D	0	0	0	3	5	0	+1	0	15:31	0:00
S. Edvinsson	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14:17	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
V. Husso	25	20	5	.800	59:15	Loss
M. Hellberg	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

HometownAaron Ekblad FLA Plays near home (born in Windsor)0 SOG

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