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2023-12-08 · Amerant Bank Arena

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FLA beat PIT 3–1. FLA also won the expected-goals battle 3.6 to 2.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Eetu Luostarinen scored at 6:10 of the third, moving FLA’s win probability from 52% to 80%. Sergei Bobrovsky saved 2.2 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
26 – 33
Expected goals
2.8 – 3.6
xG share
FLA 56%
Home-ice start
FLA 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

PIT goalFLA goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

PITFLA

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

FLA
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.15
+2.15
PIT
58:25 TOI
GSAx +1.54
+1.54
FLA
1 G, 0 A · 16:16 TOI
On-ice +0.29 · Finishing +0.66
+0.97

Rough nights

FLA
0 G, 1 A · 16:29 TOI
On-ice +0.15 · Finishing −0.59 · Penalties −0.19
−0.64
FLA
0 G, 2 A · 16:35 TOI
On-ice +0.28 · Finishing −0.70 · Penalties −0.19
−0.59
PIT
0 G, 0 A · 17:07 TOI
On-ice −0.18 · Finishing −0.27
−0.49

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalPIT–FLAWin prob.
P2 8:05 PITReilly Smith
from Evgeni Malkin, Valtteri Puustinen
1–047% → 68%
P2 17:04 FLAOliver Ekman-Larsson
from Anton Lundell, Carter Verhaeghe
1–129% → 53%
P3 6:10 FLAEetu Luostarinen
from Evan Rodrigues, Anton Lundell
1–252% → 80%
P3 19:33 FLAAleksander BarkovEN
from Sam Reinhart, Aaron Ekblad
1–397% → 100%

Every player

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PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Reilly Smith R16:561+0.17−0.10+0.27−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jansen Harkins C7:07+0.01+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Ryan Shea D11:26−0.03−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Gruden L5:56−0.04−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Erik Karlsson D25:38−0.04−0.02−0.16+0.01−0.06+0.19+0.00
John Ludvig D11:30−0.12−0.11+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jeff Carter C16:38−0.12−0.06−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
Ryan Graves D20:01−0.12−0.14+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marc Johnstone R7:19−0.16−0.16−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Valtteri Puustinen R14:181−0.24−0.13−0.11−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.02
Vinnie Hinostroza C16:56−0.25−0.03−0.21−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D24:47−0.26−0.22−0.03+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D22:13−0.29−0.15+0.01+0.01+0.03−0.19+0.00
Sidney Crosby C21:02−0.37−0.12−0.46+0.04−0.01+0.19−0.01
Lars Eller C17:06−0.42−0.04−0.36−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Evgeni Malkin C20:091−0.43−0.16−0.08+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.01
Jake Guentzel C21:26−0.49−0.06−0.61−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.01
Drew O'Connor L17:07−0.49−0.18−0.27−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tristan Jarry G58:25+1.54

FLA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D16:161+0.97+0.29+0.66+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Eetu Luostarinen C17:341+0.73+0.29+0.45−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Evan Rodrigues C13:591+0.31+0.14−0.02−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Dmitry Kulikov D14:28+0.22+0.24−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Stenlund C10:49+0.12+0.15−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Aaron Ekblad D21:521+0.09+0.17−0.11+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Gustav Forsling D22:24+0.03+0.05−0.01+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Jonah Gadjovich L6:37+0.03−0.01−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Niko Mikkola D21:00−0.01+0.17−0.15−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Montour D22:02−0.01+0.02−0.02−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matthew Tkachuk L16:54−0.03−0.02−0.05+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Lomberg L8:49−0.07−0.06−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sam Reinhart C18:221−0.15−0.10−0.09−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
Sam Bennett C16:09−0.16−0.00−0.16−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.01
Nick Cousins C15:35−0.22+0.14−0.34−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Aleksander Barkov C18:061−0.45−0.13−0.15+0.01+0.02−0.19−0.01
Anton Lundell C16:352−0.59+0.28−0.70−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.02
Carter Verhaeghe C16:291−0.64+0.15−0.59−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Sergei Bobrovsky G60:00+2.15

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.