Florida Panthers vs. Utah Hockey ClubJan 8, 2025

FinalWednesday, Jan 8, 2025· Delta Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	1	3	4		FLA	7	13	13	33
UTA	0	0	1	1		UTA	4	16	6	26

: FLA 79UTA 65
: FLA 4.34UTA 3.13
PP goals: FLA 1UTA 1
Hits: FLA 34UTA 26
Blocks: FLA 16UTA 24
PIM: FLA 10UTA 6
: FLA 51%UTA 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Utah Hockey Club 4–1

Florida Panthers beat Utah Hockey Club 4–1 at UTA. Jesper Boqvist (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther and Cooley) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:41 together.

Points
Jesper Boqvist had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:16.Boqvist
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:15.Tkachuk
PP1
UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther and Cooley) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:41 together.Schmaltz Keller Sergachev Guenther Cooley
Luck
UTA scored 1 goal on 3.14 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mackie Samoskevich (FLA) played 8:26, −4:57 down on his 13:23 season average over 71 games.Samoskevich
Cats
Jack McBain (UTA) threw 7 hits, a night for hits leagues.McBain

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

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

UTA
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 144 of 144 attempts · UTA 65 · FLA 79

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

UTA
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 36% of the game, UTA 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

UTA

FLA

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	FLA	UTA
	86	62
	3.06	2.70
	2.82	2.55
	11	11
	8	7
	22	12
	+0.019	−0.019
	36%	30%

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.

Florida Panthers

L1Barkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues
11:5158% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Boqvist – Lundell
10:1956% CF
L3Bennett – Tkachuk – Luostarinen
9:3475% CF
L4Nosek – Greer – Samoskevich
6:1550% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
16:5455% CF
D2Kulikov – Mikkola
13:5550% CF
D3Schmidt – Balinskis
13:3671% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart – Tkachuk
0:49100% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Lundell
3:22
PK2FBarkov – Reinhart
2:19
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
3:54
PK2DKulikov – Mikkola
1:42

Current FLA line combinations →

Utah Mammoth

L1Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton
10:3638% CF
L2Bjugstad – O'Brien – Crouse
9:0059% CF
L3McBain – Guenther – Cooley
8:1039% CF
L4Kerfoot – Stenlund – Maccelli
7:3041% CF
D1Maatta – Sergachev
13:5052% CF
D2Cole – Kesselring
11:1431% CF
D3Välimäki – Kolyachonok
6:3047% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Guenther – Cooley
4:4190% CF
PP2Bjugstad – Crouse – Sergachev – Hayton – Maccelli
1:53100% CF
PK1FKerfoot – Stenlund
0:49
PK1DCole – Sergachev
0:49

Current UTA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:05
FLASam ReinhartPP (Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov)snap0.28 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, TkachukUTA: Cole, Kerfoot, Stenlund, Sergachev
FLA 1 – 0 UTA

3rd period

1:48
FLAJesper Boqvist (Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Lundell)snap0.16 xG
FLA: Schmidt, Verhaeghe, Mikkola, Boqvist, LundellUTA: Välimäki, McBain, Kolyachonok, Guenther, Cooley
FLA 2 – 0 UTA
13:41
UTALogan CooleyPP (Clayton Keller, Mikhail Sergachev)snap0.17 xG
FLA: Ekblad, Forsling, Luostarinen, LundellUTA: Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther, Cooley
FLA 2 – 1 UTA
17:59
FLAJesper BoqvistEN (Gustav Forsling)backhand0.43 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Forsling, Boqvist, LundellUTA: Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, McBain, Guenther, Cooley
FLA 3 – 1 UTA
19:38
FLAEetu LuostarinenEN (Matthew Tkachuk)wrist0.95 xG
FLA: Barkov, Forsling, Mikkola, Tkachuk, LuostarinenUTA: Schmaltz, Stenlund, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther, Cooley
FLA 4 – 1 UTA

Box score

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

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.52	1	1	0	18:38	—	—	55	48
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.28	0	1	0	18:31	—	—	58	48
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	14:08	—	—	56	38
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.27	2	1	2	17:33	—	—	59	57
Anton Lundell C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.11	2	1	0	16:40	—	—	57	72
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	1.07	5	0	0	14:16	—	—	57	75
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.95	1	2	0	17:03	—	—	67	48
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.36	1	1	2	16:18	—	—	68	44
Matthew Tkachuk L	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.26	5	0	2	16:15	—	—	70	45
Mackie Samoskevich R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	1	0	8:26	—	—	40	42
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	8:21	—	—	44	41
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	2	7:35	—	—	45	69
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.07	2	2	0	24:37	—	—	54	46
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	1	0	24:01	—	—	54	42
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	19:18	—	—	52	37
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	3	2	19:06	—	—	55	49
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.07	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	69	79
Uvis Balinskis D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	15:49	—	—	65	74

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	3.13	60:00

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.28	0	0	0	21:21	—	—	39	60
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.23	0	1	0	20:47	—	—	37	60
Barrett Hayton C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.64	0	3	2	14:33	—	—	38	61
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	4	1	0	14:47	—	—	70	89
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	3	0	0	14:43	—	—	65	86
Liam O'Brien C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	1	2	10:28	—	—	55	78
Logan Cooley C	L3	1	0	1	-3	2	0.31	0	1	0	19:57	—	—	31	16
Dylan Guenther R	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.40	1	1	0	16:47	—	—	40	19
Jack McBain C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	7	0	0	13:32	—	—	34	31
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:13	—	—	35	30
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	1	2	14:12	—	—	41	44
Matias Maccelli L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	43	26
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.10	1	1	0	26:27	—	—	57	67
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	2	0	19:44	—	—	54	68
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	20:07	—	—	33	46
Michael Kesselring D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	3	0	19:14	—	—	31	40
Juuso Välimäki D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:29	—	—	32	26
Vladislav Kolyachonok D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	0	10:28	—	—	48	32

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	2.96	58:44

Goal anatomy

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

Sam Reinhart (FLA PP) 2nd 1:05 · assists Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov · Forecheck turnover · 50.0 mph shot.

Sam Reinhart · 2nd 1:05 · FLA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.0 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jesper Boqvist · 3rd 17:59 · FLA EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Eetu Luostarinen · 3rd 19:38 · FLA EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Jesper Boqvist · 3rd 1:48 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 27.5 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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Logan Cooley · 3rd 13:41 · UTA PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 41.3 mph
Distance: 13 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.