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Sun, Feb 2, 2025·Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

New York Islanders 3, Florida Panthers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 70% of the time.

FLA winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI05316013334
FLA21421227633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 0:39FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:52FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Gustav Forsling · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:10NYIKyle MacLeanAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Dennis Cholowski · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:00NYIJean-Gabriel PageauPPAssists: Casey Cizikas, Dennis Cholowski · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:51NYIMarc GatcombAssists: Adam Pelech, Maxim Tsyplakov · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:52FLAEvan RodriguesAssists: Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P2 19:09FLASam ReinhartGWGAssists: Gustav Forsling, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–4
  8. P3 10:41FLACarter VerhaeghePPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:21FLAMatthew TkachukENAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Carter Verhaeghe · Wrist, 0.75 xG3–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 16:00FLAAaron Ekblad: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 8:05FLANiko Mikkola: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:38NYIMarc Gatcomb: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 7:33NYIBrock Nelson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 7:33FLANiko Mikkola: Holding2 min
  6. P3 10:29NYIMaxim Tsyplakov: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 15:06FLADmitry Kulikov: Holding2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bennett won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIFLA
34Shots on goal33
4.0Expected goals5.3
65Shot attempts65
41Faceoffs won21
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
12Hits28
16Blocked shots12
14Giveaways18
6Takeaways9

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEngvall – MacLean – Gatcomb7:06

    xG 0.48–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Cizikas – Pageau – Holmstrom9:05

    xG 0.60–0.32 (66%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Palmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov9:40

    xG 0.56–0.60 (48%)attempts 12–13goals 0–2

  4. Lee – Duclair – Horvat12:07

    xG 0.64–1.00 (39%)attempts 13–22goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeAngelo – Romanov9:04

    xG 1.04–0.51 (67%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  2. Cholowski – Romanov4:33

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. DeAngelo – Boqvist4:51

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVerhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart11:57

    xG 0.89–0.53 (63%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  2. Bennett – Tkachuk – Boqvist10:46

    xG 0.48–0.55 (47%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  3. Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell10:37

    xG 0.35–0.59 (37%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  4. Nosek – Greer – Gadjovich8:05

    xG 0.00–0.48 (0%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkblad – Forsling14:30

    xG 1.00–0.53 (65%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Kulikov – Mikkola15:01

    xG 0.44–0.73 (37%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  3. Schmidt – Balinskis10:46

    xG 0.39–0.78 (33%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

FLA 5.3 xGNYI 4.0 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

FLA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line FLA is favoured, below it NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #196 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 70% of the time.

FLA winsNYI wins

Simulated goal difference (FLA − NYI), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).