Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Florida PanthersApr 29, 2024

FinalPlayoffsMonday, Apr 29, 2024· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	0	1	0	1		TBL	7	12	13	32
FLA	0	2	4	6		FLA	7	23	9	39

: TBL 70FLA 65
: TBL 2.18FLA 5.28
PP goals: TBL 0FLA 0
Hits: TBL 47FLA 44
Blocks: TBL 11FLA 20
PIM: TBL 8FLA 6
: TBL 46%FLA 54%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Florida Panthers rout Tampa Bay Lightning 6–1

Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 6–1 at home. Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for FLA: Reinhart–Luostarinen–Lundell skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Aleksander Barkov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:24.Barkov
Points
Carter Verhaeghe had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 8 shots in 21:15.Verhaeghe
Points
Niko Mikkola had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:25.Mikkola
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:08.Tkachuk
New line
New look for FLA: Reinhart–Luostarinen–Lundell skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reinhart Luostarinen Lundell
New line
New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Barkov–Tkachuk skated 6:55 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Verhaeghe Barkov Tkachuk
Goalie
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +6 against a season average of 31.2; the loss.Vasilevskiy
New line
New look for FLA: Tarasenko–Rodrigues–Stenlund skated 5:53 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tarasenko Rodrigues Stenlund

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← TBL attacks left (bottom on phones)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 135 of 135 attempts · FLA 65 · TBL 70

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA pressure
TBL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 20% of the game, FLA 35%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

FLA

TBL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	TBL	FLA
	72	38
	2.18	1.70
	2.00	1.69
	18	8
	8	7
	23	23
	−0.031	+0.031
	20%	35%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Stamkos – Kucherov – Point
9:1465% CF
L2Duclair – Cirelli – Hagel
7:4464% CF
L3Paul – Eyssimont – Chaffee
6:4464% CF
L4Glendening – Motte – Jeannot
5:4083% CF
D1Hedman – Dumba
9:4657% CF
D2Crozier – Lilleberg
8:2583% CF
D3Cernak – Sergachev
8:1047% CF

PP1Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Point – Hagel
4:2975% CF
PP2Stamkos – Duclair – Cirelli – Sergachev – Eyssimont
0:52100% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
4:34
PK2FGlendening – Motte
2:48
PK1DHedman – Cernak
5:26
PK2DSergachev – Lilleberg
2:06

Current TBL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Reinhart – Luostarinen – Lundell
7:5731% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Barkov – Tkachuk
6:5556% CF
L3Tarasenko – Rodrigues – Stenlund
5:5340% CF
L4Okposo – Cousins – Lorentz
5:4718% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
14:1531% CF
D2Montour – Mikkola
10:5323% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov
8:5547% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
6:0088% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Tarasenko – Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
1:12100% CF
PK1FBarkov – Reinhart
2:47
PK2FStenlund – Luostarinen
2:17
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
2:31
PK2DKulikov – Mikkola
2:11

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:45
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Aleksander Barkov, Niko Mikkola)wrist0.17 xG
TBL: Hedman, Cernak, Cirelli, HagelFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Montour, Forsling
TBL 0 – 1 FLA
12:38
FLAAleksander BarkovSH (Aaron Ekblad, Gustav Forsling)wrist0.15 xG
TBL: Duclair, Paul, Cirelli, Sergachev, EyssimontFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling
TBL 0 – 2 FLA
13:37
TBLVictor Hedman (Nikita Kucherov, Brandon Hagel)slap0.08 xG
TBL: Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Point, HagelFLA: Montour, Mikkola, Tkachuk, Luostarinen, Lundell
TBL 1 – 2 FLA

3rd period

11:06
FLAAleksander Barkov (Matthew Tkachuk, Carter Verhaeghe)wrist0.29 xG
TBL: Motte, Point, Cernak, Sergachev, JeannotFLA: Ekman-Larsson, Kulikov, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Tkachuk
TBL 1 – 3 FLA
14:16
FLAEvan Rodrigues (Kevin Stenlund, Vladimir Tarasenko)slap0.04 xG
TBL: Dumba, Paul, Eyssimont, Chaffee, LillebergFLA: Tarasenko, Montour, Rodrigues, Stenlund, Mikkola
TBL 1 – 4 FLA
16:03
FLACarter VerhaegheEN (Matthew Tkachuk)wrist0.62 xG
TBL: Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Paul, Point, HagelFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling, Tkachuk
TBL 1 – 5 FLA
18:50
FLANiko MikkolaEN (Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen)wrist0.55 xG
TBL: Stamkos, Kucherov, Point, Cirelli, Sergachev, HagelFLA: Reinhart, Forsling, Mikkola, Luostarinen, Lundell
TBL 1 – 6 FLA

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.18	2	1	0	22:15	—	—	64	51
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.39	8	0	0	20:25	—	—	66	59
Brayden Point C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.35	0	1	2	20:17	—	—	62	50
Brandon Hagel L	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.14	3	0	0	23:52	—	—	71	69
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.17	3	0	0	20:14	—	—	62	55
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	0	0	10:43	—	—	63	34
Nick Paul L	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.09	2	0	0	12:35	—	—	68	79
Michael Eyssimont C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	4	0	2	10:33	—	—	65	74
Mitchell Chaffee R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	6	0	0	9:17	—	—	56	65
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	64	54
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:24	—	—	86	100
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	4	1	0	7:14	—	—	73	50
Victor Hedman D	D1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.30	1	3	0	27:06	—	—	55	47
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	1	0	12:59	—	—	64	35
Emil Lilleberg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	0	2	18:07	—	—	79	69
Maxwell Crozier D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	2	14:23	—	—	73	93
Erik Cernak D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	3	1	0	20:52	—	—	58	55
Mikhail Sergachev D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.03	1	2	0	18:23	—	—	59	50

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	4.11	58:49

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.82	3	3	0	25:02	—	—	27	57
Anton Lundell C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.10	5	1	2	19:00	—	—	31	50
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	2	1	0	17:11	—	—	35	34
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	2	1	3	+4	4	0.63	3	2	0	21:24	—	—	46	68
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	2	1	3	+3	8	1.35	0	0	0	21:15	—	—	52	86
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	2	2	+1	6	0.82	0	1	0	21:08	—	—	40	50
Kevin Stenlund C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:16	—	—	45	46
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	6	0	0	12:01	—	—	50	49
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:25	—	—	27	18
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	6:46	—	—	17	4
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:20	—	—	18	5
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:14	—	—	18	5
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	1	1	+4	2	0.17	0	3	0	21:58	—	—	41	74
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	6	1	2	19:32	—	—	27	50
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.22	3	3	2	23:48	—	—	33	28
Niko Mikkola D	D2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.55	2	3	0	19:25	—	—	21	22
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	7	1	0	14:45	—	—	44	58
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	2	0	0	14:29	—	—	41	45

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.18	59:08

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) 2nd 0:45 · assists Aleksander Barkov, Niko Mikkola · Rebound · carried in · 43.2 mph shot · 6.8 s from entry to goal.

Carter Verhaeghe · 2nd 0:45 · FLA

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.2 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s
Type: rebound

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Aleksander Barkov · 2nd 12:38 · FLA SH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.3 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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Victor Hedman · 2nd 13:37 · TBL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 78.2 mph
Distance: 44 ft

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Aleksander Barkov · 3rd 11:06 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Evan Rodrigues · 3rd 14:16 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 69.7 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s
Type: one-timer

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Carter Verhaeghe · 3rd 16:03 · FLA EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.8 mph
Distance: 101 ft

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Niko Mikkola · 3rd 18:50 · FLA EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.1 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.