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Game Recap
FLA4
FinalTue, Feb 25, 2025Every game that night
NSH1

FLA beat NSH 4-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.69 expected goals to 1.88. S. Bennett led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). E. Rodrigues had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 2.0. S. Knight stopped 17 of 18.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
FLA1124
NSH0011
  1. 1st 1:23FLAS. BennettPP0.47 xG
  2. 2nd 4:21FLAJ. Sourdif0.24 xG
  3. 3rd 4:30NSHM. McCarron0.23 xG
  4. 3rd 9:02FLAG. Forsling0.01 xG
  5. 3rd 15:34FLAM. Samoskevich0.44 xG

Team Stats

FLANSH
25Shots on goal18
3.69Expected goals1.88
65Shot attempts39
155v5 shots on goal10
1/5Power play0/2
14Hits19
8Blocked shots21
16Penalty minutes22
20Giveaways21
8Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 3.69 xGNSH 1.88 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdFLA goal, 1:23FLA goal, 4:21NSH goal, 4:30FLA goal, 9:02FLA goal, 15:34

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, 4 scored
NSH17 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. BarkovC0220200021:125:05
S. BennettC112321+1716:034:31
S. ReinhartC0113000023:515:50
J. BoqvistC011120+1015:282:43
M. SamoskevichRW101120+1015:172:57
J. SourdifC101200+109:270:00
C. VerhaegheC0002000020:415:28
A. LundellC000000+1017:244:04
E. RodriguesC0005000014:282:35
T. NosekLW0000200010:220:00
A. GreerLW0000000210:080:00
J. GadjovichLW000102057:470:00
A. EkbladD011311+1023:075:51
N. MikkolaD011100+2019:360:00
G. ForslingD1012120018:510:17
D. KulikovD000001+1019:250:10
N. SchmidtD0000110017:072:34
U. BalinskisD0001100214:010:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Knight18171.94459:45Win
S. Bobrovsky000–0:00

NSH Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. SissonsC011223+1213:250:07
M. McCarronC101211+1713:050:14
C. SmithRW011011+1711:210:03
J. MarchessaultRW0003120018:482:38
S. StamkosC0001000018:272:40
G. NyquistRW000010-1217:471:26
R. O'ReillyC000202-1017:392:39
F. ForsbergLW0003310216:262:12
T. NovakC000001-1013:460:56
F. SvechkovC000100-1013:371:31
L. EvangelistaRW000010-3212:181:17
K. BellowsLW000121-106:400:00
N. BlankenburgD0000000023:030:16
B. SkjeiD000103-1022:411:22
A. EnglundD000114-1019:100:00
J. BarronD000011-2018:530:00
L. SchennD0000410017:040:00
R. JosiD0001100015:392:39
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Saros25214.84059:46Loss
J. Annunen000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.1, NSH 2.7FLA 4, NSH 1
Total goals5.85
Shots on goalFLA 31.7, NSH 28.5FLA 25, NSH 18
Win chanceFLA 56%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
NSH F. Forsberg3.530.93035%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe3.120.81030%0
FLA S. Bennett3.130.61224%1
NSH R. Josi3.010.83018%0
NSH J. Marchessault2.930.78032%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.730.91136%0
FLA A. Barkov2.400.98226%0
NSH S. Stamkos2.310.76032%0
FLA G. Forsling2.320.44114%1
NSH B. Skjei2.010.44011%0
FLA A. Ekblad2.030.51113%0
FLA E. Rodrigues2.050.46017%0
NSH L. Evangelista1.900.37015%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.910.36114%1
NSH R. O'Reilly1.820.64024%0
FLA A. Lundell1.800.53016%0
NSH T. Novak1.500.46018%0
NSH N. Blankenburg1.500.2608%0
NSH G. Nyquist1.400.56019%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.410.2616%0
NSH F. Svechkov1.310.31015%0
NSH J. Barron1.300.2609%0
NSH C. Sissons1.220.30112%0
NSH M. McCarron1.220.22111%1
NSH L. Schenn1.200.1403%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.110.34115%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.110.2205%0
NSH C. Smith1.000.2219%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.000.2607%0
FLA D. Kulikov1.000.2405%0
FLA A. Greer1.000.2008%0
FLA J. Gadjovich0.910.1307%0
NSH K. Bellows0.910.1707%0
FLA T. Nosek0.900.2006%0
NSH A. Englund0.410.0902%0

Shots on goal: 18 of 35 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.