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2026-03-01 · UBS Arena

4 – 5Final

NYI beat FLA 5–4. NYI lost the expected-goals battle 2.2 to 3.8 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Anders Lee scored at 19:28 of the third, moving NYI’s win probability from 51% to 97%. Sergei Bobrovsky allowed 2.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
33 – 26
Expected goals
3.8 – 2.2
xG share
FLA 63%
Home-ice start
NYI 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 goalNYI goal

Expected goals

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

FLANYI

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 · 19:58 TOI
On-ice +0.26 · Finishing +1.44 · Faceoffs +0.06
+1.74
NYI
2 G, 1 A · 23:17 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Finishing +1.65 · Penalties −0.19
+1.35
FLA
Sandis Vilmanis
1 G, 0 A · 10:05 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.65
+0.78

Rough nights

FLA
71:50 TOI
GSAx −2.73
−2.73
NYI
David Rittich
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.83
−0.83
NYI
0 G, 0 A · 13:22 TOI
On-ice −0.30 · Finishing −0.21
−0.50

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalFLA–NYIWin prob.
P1 3:44 FLASandis Vilmanis
from A.J. Greer, Sergei Bobrovsky
1–047% → 63%
P1 14:54 FLASam BennettPP
from Aaron Ekblad, Matthew Tkachuk
2–065% → 78%
P1 18:01 NYIMatthew Schaefer
from Ryan Pulock, Mathew Barzal
2–121% → 35%
P2 7:28 NYICarson Soucy
from Simon Holmstrom, Tony DeAngelo
2–232% → 53%
P2 12:04 FLASam Bennett
from Matthew Tkachuk
3–247% → 69%
P2 17:14 NYIBo Horvat
from Matthew Schaefer
3–329% → 53%
P3 10:29 NYIMatthew Schaefer
from Ondrej Palat
3–452% → 83%
P3 18:02 FLASam ReinhartPP
from Aaron Ekblad, Matthew Tkachuk
4–47% → 50%
P3 19:28 NYIAnders Lee
from Tony DeAngelo, Adam Pelech
4–551% → 97%

Every player

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FLA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Sam Bennett C19:582+1.74+0.26+1.44−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.06
Sandis Vilmanis L10:051+0.78+0.13+0.65−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sam Reinhart C20:341+0.73+0.33+0.41−0.02+0.02+0.00−0.01
Anton Lundell C17:30+0.36+0.15+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.03
Aaron Ekblad D26:242+0.32+0.29−0.01+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matthew Tkachuk L19:163+0.15+0.25−0.36+0.07−0.01+0.19+0.00
Niko Mikkola D23:03+0.10+0.15−0.02−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dmitry Kulikov D20:27+0.09+0.12−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
A.J. Greer L10:071+0.04+0.14−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02
Brad Marchand L16:14+0.04+0.16−0.13+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeff Petry D9:50+0.01+0.04−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Evan Rodrigues C17:11+0.00+0.07−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.04
Eetu Luostarinen C15:24−0.05+0.08−0.33−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.01
Jesper Boqvist C10:07−0.06+0.15−0.17−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
Mackie Samoskevich R15:43−0.13−0.00−0.13−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.01
Gustav Forsling D26:11−0.18−0.04−0.13+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00
Donovan Sebrango D10:29−0.22+0.01−0.03−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Carter Verhaeghe C17:14−0.27+0.08−0.33−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Sergei Bobrovsky G71:50−2.73

NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matthew Schaefer D23:1721+1.35−0.09+1.65+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Carson Soucy D14:571+0.77−0.04+0.79−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Bo Horvat C20:241+0.66−0.06+0.71+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.02
Anders Lee C15:001+0.58−0.13+0.72+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kyle MacLean C10:47+0.01+0.03+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marc Gatcomb C10:45−0.05−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Pelech D20:581−0.14−0.17+0.00−0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00
Calum Ritchie C13:20−0.19−0.14+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.03
Scott Mayfield D17:09−0.21−0.10−0.12+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mathew Barzal C17:451−0.22+0.11−0.34+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Casey Cizikas C11:55−0.25−0.26+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.03
Tony DeAngelo D21:342−0.27−0.22−0.01+0.01−0.05+0.00+0.00
Emil Heineman L14:28−0.28−0.27+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.01
Ondrej Palat L15:161−0.28+0.04−0.37+0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Pulock D22:121−0.31−0.18+0.00+0.04+0.02−0.19+0.00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C16:28−0.34−0.05−0.24−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.04
Simon Holmstrom R16:171−0.35−0.17−0.17−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Anthony Duclair L13:22−0.50−0.30−0.21+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
David Rittich G60:00−0.83

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.