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2023-12-30 · Amerant Bank Arena

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FLA beat MTL 4–1. FLA also won the expected-goals battle 2.8 to 1.4: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Eetu Luostarinen scored on the power play at 7:34 of the third, moving FLA’s win probability from 53% to 81%.

Shots on goal
19 – 26
Expected goals
1.4 – 2.8
xG share
FLA 68%
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.

MTL goalFLA goal

Expected goals

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

MTLFLA

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
2 G, 0 A · 19:40 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +1.26
+1.41
FLA
1 G, 1 A · 14:37 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.74
+0.86
MTL
1 G, 0 A · 19:29 TOI
Finishing +0.68
+0.66

Rough nights

MTL
0 G, 0 A · 14:01 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing −0.10 · Penalties −0.19
−0.43
FLA
1 G, 1 A · 13:23 TOI
Finishing −0.16 · Penalties −0.19
−0.36
MTL
58:56 TOI
GSAx −0.36
−0.36

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalMTL–FLAWin prob.
P2 4:05 FLAEetu LuostarinenPP
from Evan Rodrigues, Sam Bennett
0–154% → 72%
P2 7:01 MTLCole CaufieldPP
from Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson
1–128% → 47%
P3 7:34 FLAEetu LuostarinenPP
from Aaron Ekblad, Oliver Ekman-Larsson
1–253% → 81%
P3 15:26 FLASam Bennett
from Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Carter Verhaeghe
1–389% → 99%
P3 17:13 FLACarter VerhaegheEN
from Matthew Tkachuk, Aaron Ekblad
1–499% → 100%

Every player

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MTL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cole Caufield R19:291+0.66−0.00+0.68+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Mike Matheson D22:361+0.05−0.08−0.04−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Sean Monahan C18:22+0.05+0.03−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.04
Juraj Slafkovský L17:50+0.02+0.02−0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Josh Anderson R18:31−0.04−0.02−0.18−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Nick Suzuki C19:151−0.12+0.02−0.01+0.01−0.00−0.19+0.04
Jayden Struble D19:13−0.13−0.13+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Pezzetta L7:07−0.13−0.08−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Harris D19:16−0.14−0.14+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Barron D17:55−0.15−0.12+0.01−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Kaiden Guhle D17:17−0.16−0.12−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jake Evans C18:22−0.19−0.17−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Mitchell Stephens C8:37−0.20−0.21−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Jesse Ylonen R8:19−0.21−0.18−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
David Savard D19:42−0.22−0.10−0.14+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Christian Dvorak C15:59−0.24−0.25−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brendan Gallagher R14:39−0.29−0.23−0.05+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Joel Armia R14:01−0.43−0.14−0.10−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G58:56−0.36

FLA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Eetu Luostarinen C19:402+1.41+0.17+1.26−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Sam Bennett C14:3711+0.86+0.10+0.74−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D17:312+0.46+0.37−0.13+0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00
Dmitry Kulikov D17:04+0.39+0.20+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Aaron Ekblad D20:302+0.19+0.16+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Gustav Forsling D21:11+0.12+0.13+0.01+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Evan Rodrigues C16:081+0.04+0.24−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Anton Lundell C14:41+0.04+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Kevin Stenlund C13:39+0.03+0.13−0.03−0.03−0.00+0.00−0.04
Niko Mikkola D19:56+0.00+0.03−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matthew Tkachuk L15:471−0.01+0.02−0.05+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Montour D21:56−0.03+0.01−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
William Lockwood R10:20−0.07+0.06−0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Aleksander Barkov C17:08−0.08+0.14−0.20+0.01+0.02+0.00−0.05
Ryan Lomberg L11:44−0.09+0.09−0.16−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Cousins C14:51−0.30+0.08−0.38−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sam Reinhart C16:46−0.35+0.11−0.43−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.04
Carter Verhaeghe C13:2311−0.36+0.01−0.16−0.01−0.00−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Anthony Stolarz G59:38−0.02

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.