Game Recap: FLA 3, TOR 2, May 4, 2023

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Game Recap

FLA3

FinalThu, May 4, 2023PlayoffsEvery game that night

TOR2

FLA beat TOR 3-2, with the chances close: 3.36 expected goals to 3.82. TOR outshot FLA 37 to 29. A. Lundell led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). S. Bobrovsky stopped 35 of 37.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
FLA	1	2	0	3
TOR	2	0	0	2

1st 2:20TORA. Kerfoot0.05 xG
1st 5:10TORR. O'ReillyPP0.11 xG
1st 11:13FLAA. Lundell0.19 xG
2nd 0:19FLAA. Barkov0.02 xG
2nd 1:06FLAG. Forsling0.15 xG

Team Stats

FLATOR

29Shots on goal37

3.36Expected goals3.82

47Shot attempts69

275v5 shots on goal26

0/1Power play1/3

42Hits48

15Blocked shots6

6Penalty minutes2

14Giveaways18

15Takeaways15

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 3.36 xGTOR 3.82 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

FLA29 on goal, 3 scored

TOR36 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Lundell	C	1	1	2	4	0	1	+2	0	14:48	1:00
M. Tkachuk	LW	0	1	1	2	3	1	+1	2	20:36	2:00
A. Barkov	C	1	0	1	1	1	2	+1	0	19:28	0:53
S. Reinhart	C	0	1	1	0	3	0	+1	0	17:02	1:00
A. Duclair	LW	0	1	1	2	2	0	+1	0	14:53	0:00
S. Bennett	C	0	0	0	2	10	2	0	2	18:41	0:56
N. Cousins	C	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	16:38	0:00
C. Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	4	1	0	+1	0	16:26	1:04
E. Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	1	4	0	+2	0	15:32	0:00
E. Staal	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	8:51	0:00
C. White	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	6:35	0:00
Z. Dalpe	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	2	6:19	0:00
G. Forsling	D	1	0	1	3	1	1	+1	0	22:42	0:00
M. Staal	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	+2	0	25:26	0:00
B. Montour	D	0	0	0	4	3	3	+3	0	25:11	2:00
A. Ekblad	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	21:47	1:07
R. Gudas	D	0	0	0	0	5	1	-1	0	15:12	0:00
J. Mahura	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	9:28	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Bobrovsky	37	35	2	.946	60:00	Win
A. Lyon	0	0	0	–	0:00

TOR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Matthews	C	0	1	1	6	4	0	-1	2	25:22	4:24
M. Marner	RW	0	1	1	6	2	0	-1	0	24:46	4:22
R. O'Reilly	C	1	0	1	3	1	0	-1	0	19:39	3:11
A. Kerfoot	C	1	0	1	1	1	0	+1	0	12:58	0:00
J. Tavares	C	0	0	0	5	1	0	-1	0	21:48	4:16
W. Nylander	RW	0	0	0	6	0	0	-2	0	18:34	1:10
M. Bunting	LW	0	0	0	1	3	0	-1	0	15:11	0:03
N. Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	10	1	-1	0	13:20	0:00
D. Kampf	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	+1	0	12:07	0:01
S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	+1	0	9:38	0:00
C. Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	8:36	0:00
M. Knies	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4:47	0:00
M. Rielly	D	0	1	1	1	3	0	+1	0	26:30	3:26
L. Schenn	D	0	1	1	3	4	1	+1	0	19:04	0:00
J. McCabe	D	0	0	0	2	3	2	-2	0	20:36	0:00
T. Brodie	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	-2	0	19:49	0:00
M. Giordano	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	0	15:00	0:59
T. Liljegren	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	0	12:35	0:13

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
I. Samsonov	29	26	3	.897	57:40	Loss
J. Woll	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamSergei Bobrovsky TOR First game against FLA since he left (his team until Apr 2026)35 saves on 37, the win
HometownCarter Verhaeghe FLA Plays in his hometown4 SOG

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