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Game Recap
FLA1
FinalWed, Oct 15, 2025Every game that night
DET4

DET beat FLA 4-1, and the chances backed it up: 4.77 expected goals to 2.26. M. Appleton led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). C. Talbot stopped 20 of 21.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
FLA0101
DET0224
  1. 2nd 2:09DETM. Appleton0.25 xG
  2. 2nd 9:36DETP. KanePP0.16 xG
  3. 2nd 14:05FLAB. Marchand0.04 xG
  4. 3rd 18:02DETM. AppletonEN0.86 xG
  5. 3rd 19:42DETM. RasmussenEN0.84 xG

Team Stats

FLADET
21Shots on goal25
2.26Expected goals4.77
63Shot attempts54
185v5 shots on goal20
0/2Power play1/3
32Hits15
9Blocked shots21
6Penalty minutes4
15Giveaways23
2Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 2.26 xGDET 4.77 xGGoal

0123451st2nd3rdDET goal, 2:09DET goal, 9:36FLA goal, 14:05DET goal, 18:02DET goal, 19:42

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

FLA21 on goal, 1 scored
DET25 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. LundellC011200-2017:080:59
B. MarchandLW101400-1016:562:39
S. ReinhartC000220-2020:162:40
E. RodriguesC0003200018:171:00
C. VerhaegheC000131-2016:581:01
E. LuostarinenC0000510016:340:00
S. BennettC0002300016:232:38
M. SamoskevichRW0000100014:461:00
J. BoqvistC000140-1013:590:00
L. KuninC0000210010:400:00
J. GadjovichLW000030008:470:00
A. GreerLW000030008:230:00
S. JonesD000200-2025:312:47
A. EkbladD000201-2223:532:26
G. ForslingD0000100022:250:13
N. MikkolaD0002220220:570:00
U. BalinskisD0000110012:480:00
J. PetryD0000020212:140:52
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky23212.91357:43Loss
D. Tarasov000–0:00

DET Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. LarkinC022210+1019:563:03
A. DeBrincatRW022301+1018:203:14
M. AppletonC202321+2015:120:00
M. RasmussenC112300+2011:130:00
P. KaneRW101200-1015:543:00
J. CompherLW0000020016:331:45
M. KasperC0000110216:061:53
A. CoppC0001020015:521:47
M. Brandsegg-NygårdRW0001400014:501:38
E. FinnieC000231+1014:040:00
J. van RiemsdykLW0001000013:123:06
E. SoderblomLW000000009:150:00
M. SeiderD011032+2025:303:06
B. ChiarotD000204+1023:490:03
S. EdvinssonD0001150021:430:03
A. Sandin-PellikkaD000202-1219:481:59
A. JohanssonD000100+1013:520:00
J. Bernard-DockerD000100+1010:530:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Talbot21201.95259:58Win
J. Gibson000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

From the NHL's shift charts: the players on the ice together most at 5-on-5, with each one's own 5-on-5 time.

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamDaniil Tarasov DET Faces FLA, his team until Apr 20260 saves on 0
  • HometownAaron Ekblad FLA Plays near home (born in Windsor)2 SOG

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.2, DET 2.9FLA 1, DET 4
Total goals6.05
Shots on goalFLA 28.1, DET 26.6FLA 21, DET 25
Win chanceFLA 55%DET won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA S. Bennett3.020.74030%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.820.98039%0
DET A. DeBrincat2.830.73229%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.510.72028%0
DET D. Larkin2.520.78230%0
FLA B. Marchand2.440.81129%1
DET P. Kane2.220.71123%1
FLA A. Lundell2.020.58118%0
DET M. Seider2.000.5018%0
FLA A. Ekblad2.020.59013%0
FLA G. Forsling1.900.40011%0
FLA E. Rodrigues1.930.49017%0
DET M. Kasper1.800.46020%0
FLA S. Jones1.820.51012%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.700.39016%0
DET B. Chiarot1.320.2005%0
DET E. Soderblom1.300.36015%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.300.42014%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.320.2306%0
DET S. Edvinsson1.210.3608%0
DET J. Riemsdyk1.210.41016%0
DET J. Compher1.200.41016%0
DET M. Appleton1.230.28211%2
FLA L. Kunin1.200.21012%0
DET A. Copp1.110.37014%0
DET M. Rasmussen1.030.26212%1
FLA U. Balinskis1.000.1805%0
FLA J. Petry0.900.2905%0
FLA J. Boqvist0.910.27012%0
FLA A. Greer0.900.2009%0
DET A. Johansson0.810.1504%0
DET J. Bernard-Docker0.810.1503%0
FLA J. Gadjovich0.800.1307%0

Shots on goal: 19 of 33 players within one of their projection; they took 0.4 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.