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Mon, Nov 24, 2025·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Florida Panthers 8, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 53% of the time.

NSH winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA4151437826
NSH213013113339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:11FLAA.J. GreerAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Seth Jones · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:42FLAEvan RodriguesAssists: Uvis Balinskis, Sam Reinhart · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 6:52NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Luke Evangelista, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P1 10:32NSHFedor SvechkovAssists: Ozzy Wiesblatt, Tyson Jost · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P1 11:31FLAJesper BoqvistAssists: Gustav Forsling, Sam Reinhart · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P1 15:46FLASam BennettGWGUnassisted · Deflected, 0.10 xG4–2
  7. P2 1:24FLAGustav ForslingAssists: Mackie Samoskevich, Brad Marchand · Deflected, 0.08 xG5–2
  8. P3 2:11NSHNick BlankenburgPPAssists: Michael Bunting, Erik Haula · Deflected, 0.12 xG5–3
  9. P3 4:52FLAA.J. GreerAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Uvis Balinskis · Snap, 0.10 xG6–3
  10. P3 8:33FLASam ReinhartAssists: Evan Rodrigues, Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.07 xG7–3
  11. P3 12:49FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: A.J. Greer · Backhand, 0.15 xG8–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:05NSHMichael McCarron: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:08NSHSteven Stamkos: Holding2 min
  3. P2 2:15FLANiko Mikkola: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:06FLAJeff Petry: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:51NSHLuke Evangelista: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 7:51FLAA.J. Greer: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 16:24FLAJeff Petry: Tripping2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
47% to win53% to win
← FLA attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bennett won the faceoff against McCarron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANSH
26Shots on goal39
2.7Expected goals2.6
41Shot attempts67
27Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits25
14Blocked shots5
15Giveaways13
10Takeaways6

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestReinhart – Rodrigues – Boqvist12:00

    xG 0.90–0.18 (84%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  2. Marchand – Lundell – Samoskevich10:46

    xG 0.60–0.59 (51%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  3. Verhaeghe – Bennett – Greer12:03

    xG 0.58–0.73 (44%)attempts 9–16goals 4–0

  4. Kunin – Gregor – Devine7:04

    xG 0.01–0.43 (1%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkblad – Forsling13:15

    xG 0.83–0.41 (67%)attempts 11–8goals 2–1

  2. Petry – Balinskis12:26

    xG 0.70–0.41 (63%)attempts 11–14goals 2–0

  3. Jones – Mikkola17:14

    xG 0.53–0.93 (36%)attempts 13–23goals 2–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJost – Wiesblatt – Svechkov8:08

    xG 0.43–0.32 (57%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  2. O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista11:28

    xG 0.66–0.63 (51%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. Stamkos – Haula – Wood7:12

    xG 0.13–0.39 (25%)attempts 7–6goals 0–2

  4. Marchessault – McCarron – Bunting7:32

    xG 0.29–0.60 (33%)attempts 9–7goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Hague16:18

    xG 0.77–0.52 (60%)attempts 20–9goals 2–3

  2. Stastney – Blankenburg10:49

    xG 0.50–0.43 (53%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Perbix14:54

    xG 0.38–0.92 (29%)attempts 8–15goals 0–2

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.

NSH 2.6 xGFLA 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #289 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 53% of the time.

NSH winsFLA wins

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

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