Game Recap: FLA 4, NJD 3, October 16, 2023

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Game Recap

FLA4

FinalMon, Oct 16, 2023Every game that night

NJD3

FLA beat NJD 4-3, with the chances close: 3.77 expected goals to 3.19. S. Reinhart led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). S. Bobrovsky stopped 31 of 34.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
FLA	2	1	1	4
NJD	0	0	3	3

1st 3:54FLAS. Reinhart0.10 xG
1st 13:12FLAC. Verhaeghe0.11 xG
2nd 11:18FLAN. Mikkola0.20 xG
3rd 0:59FLAS. ReinhartPP0.13 xG
3rd 3:35NJDE. HaulaPP0.13 xG
3rd 8:51NJDM. McLeod0.29 xG
3rd 17:37NJDJ. BrattPP0.20 xG

Team Stats

FLANJD

30Shots on goal34

3.77Expected goals3.19

49Shot attempts71

245v5 shots on goal21

1/4Power play2/5

31Hits40

22Blocked shots9

12Penalty minutes10

4Giveaways7

2Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 3.77 xGNJD 3.19 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

FLA30 on goal, 4 scored

NJD34 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Tkachuk	LW	0	2	2	4	5	1	+1	2	19:41	3:39
S. Reinhart	C	2	0	2	5	0	3	+1	0	19:35	3:53
A. Barkov	C	0	1	1	2	3	0	+1	0	19:14	3:53
C. Verhaeghe	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	+1	0	17:08	1:17
E. Rodrigues	C	0	1	1	4	1	0	+1	2	15:53	3:55
E. Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	1	3	2	+1	0	20:43	2:00
A. Lundell	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	14:11	1:20
K. Stenlund	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	12:48	0:40
N. Cousins	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	11:07	0:00
J. Sourdif	C	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	10:00	0:00
R. Lomberg	LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	8:39	0:00
S. Lorentz	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6:31	0:00
O. Ekman-Larsson	D	0	1	1	1	2	4	0	0	25:19	4:19
N. Mikkola	D	1	0	1	3	2	4	+1	4	19:43	0:00
D. Kulikov	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	+1	2	18:54	0:00
J. Mahura	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	13:03	0:00
G. Forsling	D	0	0	0	2	1	0	+1	0	25:53	0:53
U. Balinskis	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	+1	0	12:12	0:11

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Bobrovsky	34	31	3	.912	60:00	Win
A. Stolarz	0	0	0	–	0:00

NJD Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Bratt	LW	1	1	2	5	3	1	-1	0	22:08	5:14
E. Haula	LW	1	1	2	6	1	0	+1	2	14:27	2:44
J. Hughes	C	0	1	1	6	0	0	-2	0	24:32	5:20
M. McLeod	C	1	0	1	3	6	1	0	0	14:09	0:00
A. Holtz	RW	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	0	12:11	2:36
T. Toffoli	C	0	0	0	4	1	0	-2	0	19:39	5:16
N. Hischier	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	19:09	4:17
D. Mercer	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	17:58	2:36
O. Palat	LW	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	2	15:55	2:10
T. Meier	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	11:29	2:42
N. Bastian	RW	0	0	0	2	6	0	-1	0	8:35	0:00
C. Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	-1	0	6:42	0:00
D. Hamilton	D	0	1	1	1	1	0	-1	0	25:08	4:43
L. Hughes	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	20:49	3:39
J. Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	19:47	0:00
K. Bahl	D	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	17:46	0:00
B. Smith	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	-1	0	15:02	0:00
J. Marino	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	11:52	0:04

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
V. Vanecek	30	26	4	.867	56:00	Loss
A. Schmid	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamEvan Rodrigues NJD First game against FLA since he left (his team until Mar 2026)1 A, 4 SOG
Old teamAkira Schmid FLA Faces NJD, his team until Apr 20240 saves on 0

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