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Game Recap
PHI1
FinalThu, Oct 9, 2025Every game that night
FLA2

FLA beat PHI 2-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.19 expected goals to 1.90. FLA outshot PHI 34 to 20. A. Lundell had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 1.9. S. Bobrovsky stopped 19 of 20.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
PHI0101
FLA0112
  1. 2nd 5:29FLAA. LundellPP0.13 xG
  2. 2nd 17:48PHIN. Cates0.41 xG
  3. 3rd 2:19FLAB. Marchand0.01 xG

Team Stats

PHIFLA
20Shots on goal34
1.90Expected goals3.19
37Shot attempts63
185v5 shots on goal23
0/2Power play1/5
17Hits27
10Blocked shots5
10Penalty minutes4
22Giveaways11
4Takeaways2

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

PHI 1.90 xGFLA 3.19 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdFLA goal, 5:29PHI goal, 17:48FLA goal, 2:19

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

PHI19 on goal, 1 scored
FLA34 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

PHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. FoersterRW011200+1217:151:15
N. CatesLW101320+1016:411:10
S. CouturierC0001110020:340:59
T. KonecnyRW0000100016:320:58
C. DvorakC0001000416:200:00
B. BrinkRW000001+1015:591:15
T. ZegrasC0000000215:570:58
M. MichkovRW0002000214:541:03
O. TippettRW0001010014:220:58
G. HathawayRW000140-109:470:03
R. AbolsC000110-108:050:03
N. DeslauriersLW000120-107:310:03
T. SanheimD0001020027:151:02
J. DrysdaleD0000110022:541:14
N. SeelerD0002110021:210:17
A. GinningD0002210017:210:02
E. ZamulaD0001020014:520:00
N. JuulsenD0001200014:260:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Vladar34322.94158:46Loss
S. Ersson000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. MarchandLW1016000019:344:08
A. LundellC1016200017:262:36
E. RodriguesC0110200215:582:15
L. KuninC011012+128:070:00
A. GreerLW011110+108:030:00
S. ReinhartC0003200022:015:09
S. BennettC000210-1019:264:31
E. LuostarinenC0000300016:260:50
C. VerhaegheC0002000015:582:31
M. SamoskevichRW000530-1015:352:47
J. BoqvistC0000100012:260:00
J. GadjovichLW000120008:070:00
J. PetryD011022-1017:062:23
N. MikkolaD000221-1023:430:02
G. ForslingD000320+1023:241:18
A. EkbladD0001100023:204:35
S. JonesD000210+1022:093:43
D. KulikovD000010007:470:12
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky20191.95059:24Win
D. Tarasov000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

PHI

Line 1S. Couturier14:16C. Dvorak15:02M. Michkov13:25
Line 2B. Brink13:56T. Foerster14:12N. Cates13:03
Line 3O. Tippett11:13T. Zegras13:07T. Konecny11:10
Pair 1N. Seeler15:55T. Sanheim18:33
Pair 2J. Drysdale18:34A. Ginning14:04
Pair 3N. Juulsen12:35E. Zamula14:50

FLA

Pair 1G. Forsling20:30A. Ekblad17:09
Pair 2N. Mikkola21:24S. Jones15:59
Pair 3J. Petry13:24D. Kulikov6:02

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
ScorePHI 2.5, FLA 3.5PHI 1, FLA 2
Total goals6.03
Shots on goalPHI 24.6, FLA 29.2PHI 20, FLA 34
Win chanceFLA 67%FLA won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA S. Bennett3.120.81032%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.831.09041%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.820.89033%0
PHI M. Michkov2.720.74025%0
FLA B. Marchand2.360.83129%1
PHI S. Couturier2.210.54017%0
PHI T. Konecny2.200.73026%0
PHI O. Tippett2.110.42019%0
FLA G. Forsling2.030.49014%0
FLA A. Ekblad2.010.68015%0
FLA A. Lundell1.960.63119%1
FLA E. Rodrigues1.900.55119%0
FLA S. Jones1.920.60014%0
PHI T. Foerster1.820.48123%0
FLA M. Samoskevich1.750.46017%0
PHI T. Sanheim1.610.3308%0
PHI T. Zegras1.600.52019%0
PHI N. Seeler1.420.2404%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.400.49016%0
PHI B. Brink1.300.49016%0
PHI N. Cates1.330.39115%1
FLA N. Mikkola1.320.2907%0
PHI C. Dvorak1.210.36014%0
PHI J. Drysdale1.100.2706%0
FLA L. Kunin1.100.22112%0
PHI G. Hathaway1.010.22011%0
PHI R. Abols1.010.1908%0
FLA J. Petry0.900.3216%0
PHI N. Deslauriers0.910.1106%0
FLA J. Boqvist0.900.30013%0
FLA D. Kulikov0.800.2305%0
FLA A. Greer0.810.2018%0
FLA J. Gadjovich0.810.1407%0
PHI N. Juulsen0.710.0802%0
PHI E. Zamula0.710.2004%0
PHI A. Ginning0.620.1204%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 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.