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Sun, Mar 29, 2026·Madison Square Garden, New York

Florida Panthers 1, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 60% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0150319127
NYR050839322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 5:10NYRAdam SykoraAssists: Adam Fox, Noah Laba · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 11:14NYRConor ShearySHGWGAssists: J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P3 16:06NYRAdam FoxENAssists: Will Borgen · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:19FLAMackie SamoskevichAssists: Jesper Boqvist, Mike Benning · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:53NYRDrew Fortescue: Delaying game2 min
  2. P1 19:35FLALuke Kunin: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 19:35NYRAdam Sykora: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 18:14FLADmitry Kulikov: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 9:17NYRJonny Brodzinski: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 12:14NYRBraden Schneider: 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 SOG0NYR
47% to win53% to win
← FLA attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Luostarinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYR
27Shots on goal22
3.4Expected goals2.8
71Shot attempts47
20Faceoffs won32
3Power plays1
7Penalty minutes11
15Hits24
10Blocked shots21
9Giveaways16
4Takeaways6

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. bestVerhaeghe – Tkachuk – Luostarinen10:34

    xG 1.10–0.17 (87%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Greer – Boqvist – Samoskevich10:11

    xG 0.30–0.08 (79%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  3. Nosek – Gregor – Foote8:14

    xG 0.30–0.23 (56%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  4. Hinostroza – Kunin – Reinhardt8:49

    xG 0.09–0.60 (12%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkblad – Forsling16:00

    xG 0.77–0.43 (64%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Benning10:16

    xG 0.54–0.39 (58%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Sebrango13:11

    xG 0.53–0.40 (57%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrodzinski – Chmelar – Laba8:52

    xG 0.66–0.14 (83%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault11:34

    xG 0.18–0.40 (31%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

  3. Trocheck – Cuylle – Sykora7:18

    xG 0.05–0.69 (6%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Sheary – Kartye9:42

    xG 0.15–0.82 (15%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobertson – Schneider2:50

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Borgen – Robertson10:04

    xG 0.22–0.27 (45%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Borgen – Fortescue3:42

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

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.

NYR 2.8 xGFLA 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1153 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 60% of the time.

NYR winsFLA wins

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

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