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Game Recap
FLA2
FinalSun, Mar 16, 2025Every game that night
NYI4

NYI beat FLA 4-2 despite fewer good chances: 2.92 expected goals to 4.04. NYI outshot FLA 34 to 24. S. Reinhart led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). S. Reinhart had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.6. I. Sorokin stopped 22 of 24.

Team Stats

FLANYI
24Shots on goal34
4.04Expected goals2.92
56Shot attempts62
105v5 shots on goal28
1/2Power play0/3
27Hits22
16Blocked shots14
6Penalty minutes2
16Giveaways18
3Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 4.04 xGNYI 2.92 xGGoal

012341st2nd3rdFLA goal, 1:00FLA goal, 4:48NYI goal, 6:29NYI goal, 12:16NYI goal, 12:33

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

FLA23 on goal, 2 scored
NYI31 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. ReinhartC112611-2018:573:21
A. BarkovC112310-1017:323:16
E. LuostarinenC0111110215:062:07
M. SamoskevichRW000110-2018:173:17
S. BennettC000300-3017:401:46
C. VerhaegheC000210-2017:020:35
A. LundellC0001110016:330:43
J. BoqvistC0002200014:530:00
N. SturmC0000310012:340:00
E. RodriguesC000100-1012:280:45
A. GreerLW0000420010:410:00
J. GadjovichLW0000540010:020:00
G. ForslingD011021-1025:170:07
S. JonesD000210-3025:403:08
N. MikkolaD000221-1021:340:07
N. SchmidtD000011+1218:420:43
U. BalinskisD000013-1017:100:00
D. KulikovD000000026:000:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
V. Vanecek33303.90957:52Loss
S. Bobrovsky000–0:00

NYI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. HolmstromRW101200+1020:404:02
J. PageauC011302+2016:171:55
A. LeeLW011140+1015:371:57
P. EngvallLW0113000012:410:03
M. GatcombC101330+209:080:00
M. TsyplakovRW101100+108:380:00
K. PalmieriC0002020022:463:59
B. HorvatC000301+1022:254:01
C. CizikasC000150-1013:210:02
H. FaschingRW000101-1013:000:23
A. DuclairLW000020+1012:241:37
K. MacLeanC000210+228:580:00
T. DeAngeloD022010+1023:424:15
N. DobsonD101413+1021:584:19
M. ReillyD011102+1014:231:35
A. RomanovD000432+1026:240:18
R. PulockD000111+2021:221:34
S. MayfieldD0002100012:190:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Sorokin24222.91760:00Win
M. Hogberg000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamAnthony Duclair NYI Faces FLA, his team until Jun 20230 SOG
  • Old teamVitek Vanecek NYI Faces FLA, his team until Jun 202530 saves on 33

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

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 3.0, NYI 2.8FLA 2, NYI 4
Total goals5.86
Shots on goalFLA 31.0, NYI 27.4FLA 24, NYI 34
Win chanceFLA 53%NYI won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA S. Bennett3.030.63025%0
NYI B. Horvat2.930.72033%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.720.67027%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.660.90236%1
NYI N. Dobson2.440.57110%1
NYI A. Lee2.210.53126%0
FLA A. Barkov2.230.93226%1
FLA M. Samoskevich2.210.48020%0
NYI K. Palmieri2.220.62027%0
FLA G. Forsling2.100.38110%0
FLA S. Jones2.120.49010%0
NYI T. DeAngelo2.100.52211%0
FLA E. Rodrigues2.010.40017%0
NYI M. Reilly1.610.2415%0
NYI A. Duclair1.600.48024%0
FLA A. Lundell1.610.47015%0
NYI J. Pageau1.430.48117%0
NYI A. Romanov1.440.3006%0
NYI S. Holmstrom1.420.52123%1
FLA N. Mikkola1.320.2404%0
NYI R. Pulock1.110.2706%0
NYI C. Cizikas1.110.24010%0
NYI M. Tsyplakov1.110.35111%1
FLA J. Boqvist1.120.32014%0
NYI P. Engvall1.130.24112%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.110.29112%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.000.1704%0
FLA N. Sturm0.900.2009%0
FLA A. Greer0.900.1908%0
FLA D. Kulikov0.900.2004%0
NYI H. Fasching0.810.21010%0
FLA N. Schmidt0.800.2004%0
FLA J. Gadjovich0.700.1006%0
NYI K. MacLean0.720.1608%0
NYI S. Mayfield0.720.1403%0
NYI M. Gatcomb0.630.18111%1

Shots on goal: 23 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 more 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.