Florida Panthers vs. New York IslandersMar 28, 2026

FinalSaturday, Mar 28, 2026· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	2	0	0	2		FLA	8	5	8	21
NYI	0	5	0	5		NYI	8	24	8	40

: FLA 60NYI 75
: FLA 2.61NYI 5.18
PP goals: FLA 0NYI 1
Hits: FLA 21NYI 13
Blocks: FLA 10NYI 18
PIM: FLA 6NYI 2
: FLA 35%NYI 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Florida Panthers 5–2

New York Islanders beat Florida Panthers 5–2 at home. Brayden Schenn (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Tkachuk–Luostarinen skated 15:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brayden Schenn had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:22.Schenn
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:43.Tkachuk
Points
Marc Gatcomb had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 9:44.Gatcomb
Points
Matthew Schaefer had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 27:51.Schaefer
New line
New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Tkachuk–Luostarinen skated 15:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Verhaeghe Tkachuk Luostarinen
Goalie
Daniil Tarasov (FLA) faced 40 shots and stopped 35 (.875), +12 against a season average of 28.0; the loss.Tarasov
New line
New look for FLA: Gregor–Boqvist–Samoskevich skated 6:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gregor Boqvist Samoskevich
Usage
Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) played 23:43, +5:36 up on his 18:07 season average over 30 games.Tkachuk

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 135 of 135 attempts · NYI 75 · FLA 60

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 19% of the game, NYI 46%.

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
	52	82
	2.29	4.93
	2.26	4.67
	11	24
	5	8
	23	22
	−0.078	+0.078
	19%	46%

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 – Tkachuk – Luostarinen
15:0844% CF
L2Gregor – Boqvist – Samoskevich
6:1018% CF
L3Kunin – Studnicka – Reinhardt
5:0313% CF
L4Hinostroza – Nosek – Foote
2:1467% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
15:2046% CF
D2Kulikov – Jones
13:0244% CF
D3Benning – Sebrango
8:195% CF

PK1FNosek – Kunin
1:39
PK2FTkachuk – Luostarinen
1:32
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
1:57
PK2DKulikov – Jones
1:50

Current FLA line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Lee – Horvat – Heineman
11:4669% CF
L2Schenn – Barzal – Ritchie
11:1272% CF
L3Palat – Pageau – Holmstrom
9:4760% CF
L4Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
8:3150% CF
D1Pulock – Schaefer
15:5649% CF
D2Pelech – Soucy
13:5069% CF
D3Mayfield – Boqvist
8:2564% CF

PP1Schenn – Horvat – Barzal – Ritchie – Schaefer
3:0450% CF
PP2Lee – Pageau – Barzal – Heineman – Schaefer
0:53100% CF

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:06
FLAMatthew Tkachuk (Seth Jones)backhand0.16 xG
FLA: Kulikov, Verhaeghe, Jones, Tkachuk, LuostarinenNYI: Lee, Pelech, Horvat, Boqvist, Heineman
FLA 1 – 0 NYI
14:03
FLAMatthew Tkachukother0.20 xG
FLA: Kulikov, Verhaeghe, Jones, Tkachuk, LuostarinenNYI: Palat, Pageau, Mayfield, Pulock, Holmstrom
FLA 2 – 0 NYI

2nd period

5:28
NYIMarc Gatcomb (Adam Pelech, Scott Mayfield)wrist0.02 xG
FLA: Hinostroza, Verhaeghe, Luostarinen, Benning, SebrangoNYI: Cizikas, Palat, Soucy, Gatcomb, Schaefer
FLA 2 – 1 NYI
12:09
NYIBrayden Schenn (Calum Ritchie, Matthew Schaefer)snap0.26 xG
FLA: Kulikov, Jones, Gregor, Boqvist, SamoskevichNYI: Schenn, Pelech, Barzal, Ritchie, Schaefer
FLA 2 – 2 NYI
14:52
NYISimon HolmstromPP (Matthew Schaefer, Brayden Schenn)snap0.04 xG
FLA: Nosek, Ekblad, Kunin, SebrangoNYI: Schenn, Horvat, Holmstrom, Ritchie, Schaefer
FLA 2 – 3 NYI
17:00
NYIEmil Heineman (Anders Lee, Brayden Schenn)snap0.06 xG
FLA: Nosek, Tkachuk, Foote, Benning, SebrangoNYI: Lee, Pelech, Horvat, Heineman, Schaefer
FLA 2 – 4 NYI
17:57
NYICasey Cizikas (Carson Soucy, Marc Gatcomb)wrist0.08 xG
FLA: Kunin, Gregor, Benning, Sebrango, SamoskevichNYI: Cizikas, Pelech, Soucy, MacLean, Gatcomb
FLA 2 – 5 NYI

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
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.46	1	0	0	23:43	—	—	44	46
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.37	0	0	0	23:06	—	—	42	42
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.45	0	1	0	21:11	—	—	45	47
Mackie Samoskevich R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	2	1	0	16:51	—	—	27	19
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	14:50	—	—	42	22
Noah Gregor L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.26	1	0	0	12:49	—	—	40	16
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:27	—	—	19	19
Cole Reinhardt L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:12	—	—	21	12
Jack Studnicka C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:32	—	—	20	13
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.41	2	0	0	13:47	—	—	52	36
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:29	—	—	54	34
Nolan Foote L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	2	0	2	10:56	—	—	53	48
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	1	0	24:07	—	—	45	43
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	1	3	2	21:25	—	—	44	54
Seth Jones D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	1	1	0	25:21	—	—	51	39
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	20:18	—	—	43	28
Mike Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	0	1	0	14:30	—	—	11	0
Donovan Sebrango D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.02	3	0	2	14:29	—	—	29	11

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Daniil Tarasov(start)	L	40	35	5	.875	4.33	54:45

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	0	0	0	20:18	—	—	67	65
Anders Lee L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.55	0	2	0	18:17	—	—	69	65
Emil Heineman L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.34	0	2	0	17:56	—	—	66	60
Brayden Schenn C	L2	1	2	3	+1	5	0.85	2	3	0	19:22	—	—	64	94
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.83	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	69	88
Calum Ritchie C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	63	88
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.33	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	63	65
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.43	1	1	0	14:25	—	—	57	52
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	10:47	—	—	59	56
Casey Cizikas C	L4	1	0	1	+2	4	0.46	2	1	0	10:50	—	—	52	50
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.17	2	0	0	9:47	—	—	52	56
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.02	3	0	0	9:44	—	—	46	55
Matthew Schaefer D	D1	0	2	2	+3	5	0.41	1	1	0	27:51	—	—	55	71
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.13	0	4	0	21:15	—	—	51	51
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.26	1	1	0	22:04	—	—	64	72
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	1	1	2	20:15	—	—	76	78
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	12:07	—	—	63	72
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:54	—	—	60	57

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	2.61	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) 1st 8:06 · assists Seth Jones · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 19.8 mph shot · 2.8 s from entry to goal.

Matthew Tkachuk · 1st 8:06 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Matthew Tkachuk · 1st 14:03 · FLA

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Marc Gatcomb · 2nd 5:28 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.4 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Brayden Schenn · 2nd 12:09 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 65.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Simon Holmstrom · 2nd 14:52 · NYI PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 73.1 mph
Distance: 54 ft

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Emil Heineman · 2nd 17:00 · NYI

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.6 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Casey Cizikas · 2nd 17:57 · NYI

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

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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.