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2026-01-25 · United Center

5 – 1Final

FLA beat CHI 5–1. FLA also won the expected-goals battle 2.1 to 1.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Mackie Samoskevich scored at 5:20 of the third, moving FLA’s win probability from 48% to 76%. Spencer Knight allowed 1.6 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
25 – 22
Expected goals
2.1 – 1.8
xG share
FLA 54%
Home-ice start
CHI 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.

FLA goalCHI goal

Expected goals

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

FLACHI

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
Tobias Bjornfot
2 G, 0 A · 12:57 TOI
Finishing +1.65
+1.67
FLA
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.75
+0.75
FLA
1 G, 0 A · 10:15 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.69
+0.74

Rough nights

CHI
68:30 TOI
GSAx −1.63
−1.63
CHI
Louis Crevier
0 G, 0 A · 18:49 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.06 · Penalties −0.19
−0.40
FLA
0 G, 0 A · 19:16 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing −0.48
−0.38

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalFLA–CHIWin prob.
P2 15:33 FLATobias Bjornfot
from Cole Schwindt
1–047% → 70%
P2 19:30 CHITyler Bertuzzi
from Ilya Mikheyev, Wyatt Kaiser
1–128% → 52%
P3 5:20 FLAMackie Samoskevich
from Gustav Forsling
2–148% → 76%
P3 7:24 FLACarter Verhaeghe
from Evan Rodrigues, Gustav Forsling
3–178% → 94%
P3 18:11 FLASam ReinhartEN
from Evan Rodrigues, Eetu Luostarinen
4–1100% → 100%
P3 19:38 FLATobias Bjornfot
from Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Lundell
5–1100% → 100%

Every player

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FLA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tobias Bjornfot D12:572+1.67+0.03+1.65−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mackie Samoskevich R10:151+0.74+0.06+0.69−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Carter Verhaeghe C15:1711+0.70+0.07+0.64−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sandis Vilmanis L15:29+0.21+0.15−0.14−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.01
Gustav Forsling D23:202+0.14+0.15−0.02+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Cole Schwindt C9:361+0.07+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.03
Sam Reinhart C15:511+0.00+0.09−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Jeff Petry D17:00−0.01+0.08−0.07−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Matthew Tkachuk L15:49−0.02+0.15−0.19+0.04−0.01+0.00−0.01
Anton Lundell C17:151−0.07−0.11+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.04
Aaron Ekblad D20:00−0.09+0.10−0.01+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Niko Mikkola D23:44−0.10−0.05−0.03−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Uvis Balinskis D21:08−0.11−0.05−0.02−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
A.J. Greer L11:00−0.16+0.03+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Eetu Luostarinen C16:091−0.19−0.19+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brad Marchand L14:46−0.24−0.19−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Evan Rodrigues C16:442−0.36+0.07−0.23−0.01−0.00−0.19−0.01
Sam Bennett C19:16−0.38+0.14−0.48−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Daniil Tarasov G60:00+0.75

CHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tyler Bertuzzi L18:171+0.66+0.20+0.24+0.02−0.00+0.19+0.00
Ryan Donato C11:50+0.14−0.04+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Ilya Mikheyev R18:091+0.14+0.13−0.01+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Connor Murphy D17:27+0.13+0.08−0.16+0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Matt Grzelcyk D18:57+0.03+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Wyatt Kaiser D18:431−0.03−0.01−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Greene C13:27−0.05−0.06+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.02
Alex Vlasic D19:17−0.06−0.07−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Landon Slaggert L10:53−0.09−0.07+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Foligno L13:23−0.12−0.07+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.04
Artyom Levshunov D21:47−0.13−0.03−0.08−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Oliver Moore C15:45−0.16−0.14+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.03
Andre Burakovsky L15:50−0.17−0.15+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Lardis L14:10−0.18−0.08−0.08−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jason Dickinson C16:28−0.19+0.05−0.19−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.04
Frank Nazar C18:07−0.26−0.09−0.20−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.05
Connor Bedard C17:41−0.29−0.10−0.18+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Louis Crevier D18:49−0.40−0.13−0.06−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Spencer Knight G68:30−1.63

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.