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Game Recap
FLA6
FinalSat, Oct 26, 2024Every game that night
NYI3

FLA beat NYI 6-3, with the chances close: 3.83 expected goals to 3.57. M. Tkachuk led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). M. Tkachuk had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 3.1. S. Knight stopped 25 of 28.

Team Stats

FLANYI
29Shots on goal28
3.83Expected goals3.57
58Shot attempts58
255v5 shots on goal24
1/2Power play0/3
20Hits23
12Blocked shots11
6Penalty minutes4
9Giveaways14
5Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 3.83 xGNYI 3.57 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdNYI goal, 1:32NYI goal, 6:01NYI goal, 11:41FLA goal, 13:27FLA goal, 6:38FLA goal, 18:16FLA goal, 6:19FLA goal, 9:49

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

FLA28 on goal, 5 scored
NYI27 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. TkachukLW2136100016:142:10
A. LundellC0223020221:162:08
S. ReinhartC101310+2020:462:09
C. VerhaegheC011500+2018:192:08
E. LuostarinenC0111000017:460:37
S. BennettC101251+1215:510:39
M. SamoskevichRW101100+109:120:00
J. BoqvistC0000400014:580:00
A. GreerLW000030-2013:100:00
E. RodriguesC000310-1012:430:38
P. GilesRW000010+107:380:00
G. ForslingD1011000023:150:00
D. KulikovD011012+3023:140:00
N. MikkolaD011014+2021:520:00
A. BoqvistD0111010013:292:06
A. EkbladD000311-2221:370:39
N. SchmidtD0000010012:220:00
U. BalinskisD000010+2010:180:41
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Knight28253.89360:00Win
S. Bobrovsky000–0:00

NYI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
K. PalmieriC112210-1217:422:26
M. TsyplakovRW022110+1016:051:48
B. NelsonC1013110017:361:51
C. CizikasC011041+1013:010:35
B. HorvatC000211-2019:134:03
M. BarzalC000030-2019:124:06
J. PageauC000010-1017:244:02
A. LeeLW0003110016:264:06
S. HolmstromRW000001-1215:411:36
K. MacLeanC000120-2011:110:06
P. EngvallLW0000100010:370:06
M. MartinLW000120-109:450:06
R. PulockD011312+1023:350:55
D. CholowskiD101200-1011:180:00
N. DobsonD000411-1025:014:12
A. PelechD0003210022:100:20
M. ReillyD0002010017:581:28
S. MayfieldD000111-2015:040:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Varlamov28235.82158:14Loss
I. Sorokin000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.1, NYI 2.7FLA 6, NYI 3
Total goals5.99
Shots on goalFLA 31.7, NYI 28.2FLA 29, NYI 28
Win chanceFLA 56%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA C. Verhaeghe3.350.87134%0
FLA M. Tkachuk3.160.97329%2
FLA S. Reinhart2.830.92137%1
FLA S. Bennett2.820.68127%1
NYI B. Horvat2.720.68031%0
NYI M. Barzal2.600.82023%0
NYI K. Palmieri2.620.60226%1
NYI B. Nelson2.530.75132%1
FLA E. Rodrigues2.330.53019%0
NYI A. Lee2.330.44022%0
FLA A. Lundell2.230.64221%0
NYI N. Dobson2.240.66011%0
FLA G. Forsling2.110.49111%1
FLA A. Ekblad1.830.43011%0
NYI P. Engvall1.700.39017%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.610.44117%0
NYI M. Reilly1.620.2305%0
FLA A. Greer1.500.26011%0
NYI M. Tsyplakov1.510.40216%0
NYI R. Pulock1.430.3116%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.310.1619%1
NYI J. Pageau1.300.39015%0
NYI A. Pelech1.330.2904%0
FLA J. Boqvist1.300.38016%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.100.2014%0
FLA D. Kulikov1.100.2614%0
FLA N. Schmidt1.000.2104%0
NYI S. Holmstrom1.000.31016%0
NYI C. Cizikas1.000.23110%0
FLA A. Boqvist0.910.2516%0
NYI D. Cholowski0.920.2113%1
NYI S. Mayfield0.910.1703%0
NYI M. Martin0.810.1407%0
NYI K. MacLean0.810.21010%0
FLA U. Balinskis0.700.1003%0
FLA P. Giles0.500.1107%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 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.