Game Recap: PIT 1, FLA 3, December 8, 2023

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Game Recap

PIT1

FinalFri, Dec 8, 2023Every game that night

FLA3

FLA beat PIT 3-1, and the chances backed it up: 4.61 expected goals to 2.75. A. Lundell led the way with 2 points (0 G, 2 A). S. Bobrovsky stopped 25 of 26.

Scoring

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

2nd 8:05PITR. Smith0.14 xG
2nd 17:04FLAO. Ekman-Larsson0.74 xG
3rd 6:10FLAE. Luostarinen0.26 xG
3rd 19:33FLAA. BarkovEN0.67 xG

Team Stats

PITFLA

26Shots on goal33

2.75Expected goals4.61

50Shot attempts72

225v5 shots on goal29

0/3Power play0/2

28Hits31

20Blocked shots13

4Penalty minutes6

9Giveaways10

4Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

PIT 2.75 xGFLA 4.61 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

PIT25 on goal, 1 scored

FLA33 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

PIT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
E. Malkin	C	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	20:09	4:23
R. Smith	RW	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	16:56	3:22
V. Puustinen	RW	0	1	1	1	3	1	+1	0	14:18	1:36
J. Guentzel	C	0	0	0	4	2	2	-1	0	21:26	4:26
S. Crosby	C	0	0	0	4	0	0	-1	0	21:02	4:37
D. O'Connor	LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	17:07	0:00
L. Eller	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	17:06	1:54
V. Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	2	1	2	-1	0	16:56	1:36
J. Carter	C	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	0	16:38	2:01
M. Johnstone	RW	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	7:19	0:00
J. Harkins	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	7:07	0:00
J. Gruden	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5:56	0:00
E. Karlsson	D	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	25:38	3:41
K. Letang	D	0	0	0	1	3	1	-2	0	24:47	3:47
M. Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	22:13	0:00
R. Graves	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	20:01	0:00
J. Ludvig	D	0	0	0	0	5	2	-1	0	11:30	0:00
R. Shea	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	11:26	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
T. Jarry	32	30	2	.938	58:25	Loss
A. Nedeljkovic	0	0	0	–	0:00

FLA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Lundell	C	0	2	2	5	1	0	+3	2	16:35	1:06
S. Reinhart	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	+1	0	18:22	2:27
A. Barkov	C	1	0	1	3	0	1	+1	2	18:06	2:07
E. Luostarinen	C	1	0	1	3	2	1	+1	0	17:34	0:08
C. Verhaeghe	C	0	1	1	4	1	1	0	2	16:29	1:45
E. Rodrigues	C	0	1	1	1	2	0	+2	0	13:59	1:25
M. Tkachuk	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	16:54	2:54
S. Bennett	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	-1	0	16:09	2:25
N. Cousins	C	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	15:35	0:08
K. Stenlund	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:49	0:00
R. Lomberg	LW	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	8:49	0:00
J. Gadjovich	LW	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	6:37	0:00
A. Ekblad	D	0	1	1	1	4	2	+1	0	21:52	1:35
O. Ekman-Larsson	D	1	0	1	3	0	1	+2	0	16:16	0:58
G. Forsling	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	22:24	0:00
B. Montour	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	22:02	3:02
N. Mikkola	D	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	21:00	0:00
D. Kulikov	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	14:28	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Bobrovsky	26	25	1	.962	60:00	Win
A. Stolarz	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamLars Eller FLA Faces PIT, his team until Nov 20242 SOG

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