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2026-10-06 ·

2 – 1Final

FLA beat LAK 2–1. FLA also won the expected-goals battle 2.8 to 1.9: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Matthew Tkachuk scored at 11:20 of the third, moving FLA’s win probability from 48% to 82%. Jacob Markstrom saved 1.3 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
28 – 20
Expected goals
2.8 – 1.9
xG share
FLA 60%
Model before the game
LAK 54%

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 goalLAK goal

Expected goals

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

FLALAK

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 +1.28
+1.28
FLA
1 G, 0 A · 25:33 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.36 · Playmaking −0.07
+0.41
FLA
0 G, 0 A · 21:22 TOI
On-ice +0.33 · Playmaking +0.08
+0.38

Rough nights

LAK
0 G, 0 A · 20:25 TOI
On-ice −0.26 · Finishing −0.21 · Penalties −0.19
−0.68
LAK
0 G, 0 A · 19:15 TOI
On-ice −0.37 · Penalties −0.19
−0.59
LAK
0 G, 0 A · 11:29 TOI
On-ice −0.26 · Penalties −0.19
−0.50

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalFLA–LAKWin prob.
P1 19:00 LAKAlex Laferriere
from Erik Haula
0–153% → 71%
P2 3:49 FLASeth Jones
from Lars Eller
1–127% → 47%
P3 11:20 FLAMatthew Tkachuk
from Sam Bennett
2–148% → 82%

Every player

Show both lineups

FLA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Seth Jones D25:331+0.41+0.13+0.36−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00
Gustav Forsling D21:22+0.38+0.33−0.02+0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C12:561+0.36+0.17−0.00+0.21−0.00+0.00−0.02
Matthew Tkachuk L21:251+0.31+0.07+0.37−0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00
Garnet Hathaway R7:52+0.29+0.09−0.00+0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Niko Mikkola D18:10+0.26+0.10−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00
Dmitry Kulikov D18:23+0.21+0.18−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Carter Verhaeghe C18:10+0.16+0.19−0.07+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.01
Sandis Vilmanis L11:49+0.05+0.17−0.03−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Radko Gudas D12:08−0.00+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Uvis Balinskis D14:13−0.02+0.11−0.02−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00
Bokondji Imama L6:18−0.03+0.02−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anton Lundell C18:40−0.07+0.14−0.11−0.08+0.00+0.00−0.03
Sam Bennett C19:291−0.12+0.05−0.09+0.18+0.00−0.19−0.07
Brad Marchand L9:36−0.21+0.04−0.21−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brady Tkachuk L17:12−0.21+0.04−0.13−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sam Reinhart C21:01−0.23−0.13−0.23−0.11+0.01+0.19+0.05
Eetu Luostarinen C15:43−0.29+0.06−0.15−0.04+0.01−0.19+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jacob Markstrom G60:00+1.28

LAK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cody Ceci D16:11+0.27+0.06−0.00+0.02+0.02+0.19+0.00
Alex Laferriere R17:101+0.18−0.15+0.37−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.01
Erik Haula L16:081+0.13+0.19−0.29+0.19+0.00+0.00+0.03
Erik Gustafsson D14:59+0.07−0.09−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Joel Armia R12:29+0.05+0.10−0.00−0.04−0.00+0.00−0.01
Joel Edmundson D13:18+0.04+0.09−0.07+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Scott Laughton C13:18−0.12−0.03−0.10−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.05
Corey Perry R11:42−0.16−0.21−0.00+0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Trevor Moore L16:12−0.17−0.02−0.12−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Drew Doughty D16:46−0.21−0.22−0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brian Dumoulin D14:29−0.25−0.08−0.17−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikey Anderson D16:05−0.28−0.09−0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Mats Zuccarello C17:16−0.29−0.22−0.00−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adrian Kempe R21:42−0.30−0.27−0.15−0.05−0.01+0.19−0.01
Quinton Byfield R21:10−0.33−0.27−0.00−0.10+0.02+0.00+0.02
Alex Turcotte C11:29−0.50−0.26−0.00−0.02+0.01−0.19−0.04
Brandt Clarke D19:15−0.59−0.37−0.00−0.05+0.01−0.19+0.00
Artemi Panarin L20:25−0.68−0.26−0.21−0.02−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Darcy Kuemper G57:56+0.27

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.