Florida Panthers vs. New York IslandersMar 1, 2026

FinalSunday, Mar 1, 2026· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	2	1	1	4		FLA	8	8	17	33
NYI	1	2	2	5		NYI	7	6	13	26

: FLA 78NYI 53
: FLA 3.69NYI 2.17
PP goals: FLA 1NYI 0
Hits: FLA 23NYI 25
Blocks: FLA 13NYI 17
PIM: FLA 2NYI 6
: FLA 51%NYI 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders edge Florida Panthers 5–4

New York Islanders beat Florida Panthers 5–4 at home. Matthew Schaefer (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Marchand, Ekblad, Reinhart, Bennett and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:16 together.

Points
Matthew Schaefer had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 23:17.Schaefer
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:16.Tkachuk
Points
Sam Bennett had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:58.Bennett
Points
Aaron Ekblad had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 26:24.Ekblad
Points
Tony DeAngelo had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:34.DeAngelo
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Marchand, Ekblad, Reinhart, Bennett and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:16 together.Marchand Ekblad Reinhart Bennett Tkachuk
Luck
NYI scored 5 goals on 2.17 expected goals (53 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for FLA: Greer–Boqvist–Vilmanis skated 6:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Greer Boqvist Vilmanis

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)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · NYI 53 · FLA 78

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI 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 35% of the game, NYI 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYI

FLA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NYI skaters (rows) against FLA skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NYI side.

Matchup matrix

NYI xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	FLA	NYI
	82	60
	3.26	2.25
	3.09	2.21
	28	7
	7	6
	23	20
	−0.012	+0.012
	35%	28%

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

L1Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Rodrigues
14:0452% CF
L2Bennett – Tkachuk – Samoskevich
13:2170% CF
L3Marchand – Luostarinen – Lundell
11:5953% CF
L4Greer – Boqvist – Vilmanis
6:4150% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
20:5260% CF
D2Kulikov – Mikkola
18:3563% CF
D3Petry – Sebrango
9:0450% CF

PP1Marchand – Ekblad – Reinhart – Bennett – Tkachuk
2:16100% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Lundell
0:24
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
0:24

Current FLA line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Palat – Horvat – Barzal
13:4450% CF
L2Lee – Pageau – Holmstrom
12:4132% CF
L3Duclair – Heineman – Ritchie
10:5533% CF
L4Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
7:4533% CF
D1Pulock – Schaefer
17:4743% CF
D2Pelech – DeAngelo
15:4035% CF
D3Mayfield – Soucy
12:4050% CF

PP1Horvat – Barzal – Holmstrom – Ritchie – Schaefer
0:24
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
1:12
PK2FCizikas – Horvat
0:59
PK1DPelech – Pulock
1:22
PK2DMayfield – Soucy
0:43

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.85	1	0	0	20:34	—	—	54	55
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	55	55
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	1	0	17:11	—	—	51	49
Sam Bennett C	L2	2	0	2	-1	4	0.64	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	68	64
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	3	3	-1	3	0.37	1	1	0	19:16	—	—	69	65
Mackie Samoskevich R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	1	0	15:43	—	—	61	57
Anton Lundell C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:30	—	—	55	76
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	50	61
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	4	0	0	15:24	—	—	65	74
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	4	0	0	7:57	—	—	47	58
Sandis Vilmanis L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	7:45	—	—	47	56
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	1	0	7:44	—	—	50	59
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	26:24	—	—	61	61
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.35	1	2	0	26:11	—	—	56	54
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	23:03	—	—	58	62
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:27	—	—	64	64
Donovan Sebrango D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	2	10:29	—	—	50	51
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	2	0	9:50	—	—	52	53

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	2.17	59:06

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.39	1	2	0	20:24	—	—	57	66
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.29	2	1	0	17:45	—	—	59	72
Ondrej Palat L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.34	2	1	0	15:16	—	—	54	67
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	32	30
Simon Holmstrom R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	1	0	16:17	—	—	31	28
Anders Lee L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	15:00	—	—	32	29
Emil Heineman L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	14:28	—	—	33	28
Anthony Duclair L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	26	23
Calum Ritchie C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	2	13:20	—	—	39	34
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:55	—	—	35	6
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:47	—	—	59	58
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	10:45	—	—	35	10
Matthew Schaefer D	D1	2	1	3	+4	5	0.23	0	4	2	23:17	—	—	43	50
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.03	1	2	2	22:12	—	—	43	51
Tony DeAngelo D	D2	0	2	2	-2	1	0.06	0	0	0	21:34	—	—	30	29
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:58	—	—	34	34
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.07	4	0	0	17:09	—	—	53	30
Carson Soucy D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	1	3	0	14:57	—	—	54	43

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	W	33	29	4	.879	3.69	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Sandis Vilmanis (FLA) 1st 3:44 · assists A.J. Greer, Sergei Bobrovsky · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 33.8 mph shot · 2.9 s from entry to goal.

Sandis Vilmanis · 1st 3:44 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.8 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Sam Bennett · 1st 14:54 · FLA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 74.1 mph
Distance: 40 ft

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Matthew Schaefer · 1st 18:01 · NYI

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 14.3 mph
Distance: 48 ft
Type: one-timer

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Carson Soucy · 2nd 7:28 · NYI

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 60.0 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Sam Bennett · 2nd 12:04 · FLA

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.0 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Bo Horvat · 2nd 17:14 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 65.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Matthew Schaefer · 3rd 10:29 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 67.7 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Sam Reinhart · 3rd 18:02 · FLA

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 69.1 mph
Distance: 50 ft

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Anders Lee · 3rd 19:28 · NYI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.4 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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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.

Florida Panthers vs. New York IslandersMar 1, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders edge Florida Panthers 5–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Florida Panthers

New York Islanders

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Florida Panthers

New York Islanders

Goal anatomy

Sandis Vilmanis · 1st 3:44 · FLA

Sam Bennett · 1st 14:54 · FLA PP

Matthew Schaefer · 1st 18:01 · NYI

Carson Soucy · 2nd 7:28 · NYI

Sam Bennett · 2nd 12:04 · FLA

Bo Horvat · 2nd 17:14 · NYI

Matthew Schaefer · 3rd 10:29 · NYI

Sam Reinhart · 3rd 18:02 · FLA

Anders Lee · 3rd 19:28 · NYI