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Game Recap
FLA1
FinalThu, Feb 5, 2026Every game that night
TBL6

TBL beat FLA 6-1, with the chances close: 2.56 expected goals to 2.99. O. Bjorkstrand led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). M. Samoskevich had 7 shots on goal against our projection of 1.4. A. Vasilevskiy stopped 33 of 34.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
FLA0011
TBL2226
  1. 1st 2:08TBLB. Hagel0.05 xG
  2. 1st 14:08TBLZ. Girgensons0.12 xG
  3. 2nd 1:14TBLJ. GuentzelPP0.27 xG
  4. 2nd 17:50TBLE. Cernak0.05 xG
  5. 3rd 6:09TBLP. Holmberg0.10 xG
  6. 3rd 9:50FLAM. SamoskevichPP0.07 xG
  7. 3rd 15:41TBLO. Bjorkstrand0.11 xG

Team Stats

FLATBL
34Shots on goal28
2.99Expected goals2.56
66Shot attempts41
275v5 shots on goal19
1/6Power play1/4
17Hits34
5Blocked shots16
76Penalty minutes91
15Giveaways17
3Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 2.99 xGTBL 2.56 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdTBL goal, 2:08TBL goal, 14:08TBL goal, 1:14TBL goal, 17:50TBL goal, 6:09FLA goal, 9:50TBL goal, 15:41

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

FLA33 on goal, 1 scored
TBL27 on goal, 6 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. LundellC011200-1220:477:48
M. SamoskevichRW1017100215:014:04
J. BoqvistC011020-1210:231:19
S. ReinhartC000010-2020:497:15
E. LuostarinenC000010-1017:102:39
S. BennettC000310-21216:025:20
C. SchwindtRW000010-1015:183:16
S. VilmanisLW000010-1014:573:17
M. TkachukLW000320-12113:404:14
A. GreerLW000110-2013:362:37
L. KuninC000131-1012:130:19
C. VerhaegheC000210-11011:381:20
U. BalinskisD000512-1025:586:32
J. PetryD000200-3022:053:52
N. MikkolaD000201-1220:452:15
G. ForslingD000400-21518:421:35
D. SebrangoD000211-11012:250:09
M. HovorkaD000000-3011:270:09
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Tarasov25205.80045:59Loss
S. Bobrovsky321.66713:51

TBL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
P. HolmbergRW112320+3017:440:40
O. BjorkstrandRW112302+3016:015:11
B. HagelLW101100+1519:283:11
Z. GirgensonsC101440+2218:200:03
N. KucherovRW011351+11417:543:11
J. GuentzelC10110001017:073:07
D. JamesC011010+3215:232:00
Y. GourdeC011021+11014:160:03
G. GoncalvesC011120+2213:152:00
S. SabourinRW000152009:230:00
J. FinleyC000031006:421:27
C. DouglasC0001110156:130:00
E. CernakD101241+1023:130:03
R. McDonaghD011003+2022:590:20
D. RaddyshD011221+11019:373:11
V. HedmanD011501+2217:521:43
D. CarlileD000121+2216:420:00
J. MoserD000011+11714:550:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Vasilevskiy34331.97159:56Win
J. Johansson000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

FLA

Line 2C. Schwindt11:00S. Vilmanis11:40A. Greer10:32
Pair 1N. Mikkola15:19U. Balinskis17:35
Pair 2J. Petry16:37G. Forsling13:52
Pair 3D. Sebrango11:59M. Hovorka10:32

TBL

Line 1N. Kucherov14:03B. Hagel14:17J. Guentzel12:15
Pair 1R. McDonagh16:54E. Cernak16:50
Pair 2D. Raddysh15:25J. Moser12:29
Pair 3V. Hedman10:14D. Carlile14:27

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.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreFLA 2.7, TBL 3.6FLA 1, TBL 6
Total goals6.37
Shots on goalFLA 25.6, TBL 27.3FLA 34, TBL 28
Win chanceTBL 65%TBL won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
TBL B. Hagel3.011.24138%1
TBL N. Kucherov3.031.74138%0
TBL D. Raddysh2.720.99117%0
TBL J. Guentzel2.611.17140%1
FLA M. Tkachuk2.630.87029%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.600.83036%0
FLA S. Bennett2.530.62026%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.320.64026%0
FLA A. Lundell2.120.55119%0
FLA G. Forsling1.540.35010%0
TBL O. Bjorkstrand1.530.54220%1
FLA U. Balinskis1.550.33010%0
TBL Y. Gourde1.400.54117%0
TBL J. Moser1.400.3807%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.470.2219%1
TBL P. Holmberg1.430.38216%1
TBL V. Hedman1.350.5318%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.300.37013%0
TBL D. James1.200.35114%0
TBL Z. Girgensons1.240.26113%1
FLA A. Greer1.210.26012%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.020.1704%0
TBL R. McDonagh1.000.3815%0
TBL D. Carlile0.910.1405%0
TBL E. Cernak0.920.2213%1
TBL G. Goncalves0.910.36113%0
FLA J. Petry0.720.1503%0
FLA S. Vilmanis0.700.2109%0
FLA L. Kunin0.710.1006%0
FLA C. Schwindt0.600.1507%0
FLA J. Boqvist0.600.1417%0
TBL C. Douglas0.610.1004%0
TBL J. Finley0.500.1609%0
TBL S. Sabourin0.510.2007%0
FLA D. Sebrango0.520.0902%0

Shots on goal: 17 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.3 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.