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Florida Panthers vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 25, 2025

Final· Bridgestone Arena
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FLA
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NSH
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Goals123TShots123T
FLA1124FLA115925
NSH0011NSH67518
FLA 65NSH 40
FLA 3.72NSH 1.73
PP goals
FLA 1NSH 0
Hits
FLA 14NSH 19
Blocks
FLA 8NSH 21
PIM
FLA 16NSH 22
FLA 52%NSH 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Nashville Predators 4–1

Florida Panthers beat Nashville Predators 4–1 at NSH. Sam Bennett (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart and Bennett) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:48 together.

  1. Points
    Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:03.Bennett
  2. Points
    Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:12.Barkov
  3. PP1
    FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart and Bennett) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:48 together.VerhaegheBarkovEkbladReinhartBennett
  4. Usage
    Roman Josi (NSH) played 15:39, −9:34 down on his 25:13 season average over 52 games.Josi
  5. New line
    New look for FLA: Boqvist–Sourdif–Lundell skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BoqvistSourdifLundell
  6. Usage
    Gustav Forsling (FLA) played 18:51, −4:09 down on his 23:00 season average over 79 games.Forsling
  7. Usage
    Andreas Englund (NSH) played 19:10, +6:05 up on his 13:05 season average over 34 games.Englund
  8. Usage
    Sam Reinhart (FLA) played 23:51, +3:23 up on his 20:28 season average over 78 games.Reinhart

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.

Shot map, FLA at NSH: 105 attempts, 43 on goal, 5 goals, 5.45 expected goals; best chance Mackie Samoskevich at 0.51 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← FLA attacks left (bottom on phones)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NSH
  • FLA
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · NSH 40 · FLA 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, FLA at NSH: expected goals 1.73 to 3.72 (FLA led the chances), shot attempts 40 to 65, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdNSHFLABSMFSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NSH
  • FLA
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NSHFLAcontrol2nd3rdBennett · 1st 1:23Sourdif · 2nd 4:21McCarron · 3rd 4:30Forsling · 3rd 9:02Samoskevich · 3rd 15:34
  • NSH 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 56% of the game, NSH 5%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, FLA at NSH: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Juuse Saros (59:46) for NSH and Spencer Knight (59:45) for FLA, 5 goals.

NSH
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
StatFLANSH
5637
1.821.42
1.751.35
56
51
2526
+0.008−0.009
56%5%

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

Current FLA line combinations →

Nashville Predators

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:23
    FLASam BennettPP (Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov)wrist0.36 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, BennettNSH: Nyquist, Skjei, Sissons, Blankenburg
    FLA 1 – 0 NSH

2nd period

  1. 4:21
    FLAJustin Sourdif (Jesper Boqvist, Niko Mikkola)wrist0.30 xG
    FLA: Ekblad, Mikkola, Boqvist, Sourdif, LundellNSH: Englund, Bellows, Barron, Evangelista, Svechkov
    FLA 2 – 0 NSH

3rd period

  1. 4:30
    NSHMichael McCarron (Colton Sissons, Cole Smith)backhand0.28 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, ForslingNSH: Sissons, McCarron, Englund, Smith, Blankenburg
    FLA 2 – 1 NSH
  2. 9:02
    FLAGustav Forsling (Aaron Ekblad, Aleksander Barkov)wrist0.01 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, ForslingNSH: Nyquist, O'Reilly, Englund, Barron, Evangelista
    FLA 3 – 1 NSH
  3. 15:34
    FLAMackie Samoskevich (Sam Bennett)backhand0.51 xG
    FLA: Kulikov, Bennett, Mikkola, SamoskevichNSH: Skjei, Novak, Evangelista, Blankenburg
    FLA 4 – 1 NSH

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sam Reinhart CL1011030.3100023:51——5236
Aleksander Barkov CL1022000.0220021:12——5536
Carter Verhaeghe CL1000020.3300020:41——5237
Sam Bennett CL2112+130.8521716:03——6470
Mackie Samoskevich RL2101+110.7420015:17——6467
Evan Rodrigues CL2000050.6100014:28——6775
Anton Lundell CL3000+100.0900017:24——6481
Jesper Boqvist CL3011+110.0720015:28——7085
Justin Sourdif CL3101+120.310009:27——7085
Tomas Nosek LL4000000.0520010:22——6773
A.J. Greer LL4000000.0000210:08——6053
Jonah Gadjovich LL4000010.070257:47——67100
Niko Mikkola DD1011+210.0200019:36——7482
Dmitry Kulikov DD1000+100.0001019:25——6370
Aaron Ekblad DD2011+130.1811023:07——5453
Gustav Forsling DD2101020.0512018:51——5036
Nate Schmidt DD3000000.0111017:07——6344
Uvis Balinskis DD3000010.0010214:01——6740
FLA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Spencer Knight(start)W18171.9441.7359:45

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jonathan Marchessault RL1000030.2612018:48——4648
Ryan O'Reilly CL1000-120.2102017:39——4349
Filip Forsberg LL1000030.2731216:26——4635
Colton Sissons CL2011+120.2123213:25——5068
Michael McCarron CL2101+120.4411713:05——3367
Cole Smith RL2011+100.0011711:21——4171
Steven Stamkos CL3000010.0600018:27——3223
Gustav Nyquist RL3000-100.0110217:47——3856
Tommy Novak CL3000-100.0701013:46——4123
Fedor Svechkov CL4000-110.0500013:37——3120
Luke Evangelista RL4000-300.0110212:18——329
Kieffer Bellows LL4000-110.022106:40——255
Nick Blankenburg DD1000000.0000023:03——5063
Brady Skjei DD1000-110.0603022:41——4852
Luke Schenn DD2000000.0041017:04——2611
Roman Josi DD2000010.0310015:39——3326
Andreas Englund DD3000-110.0114019:10——3860
Justin Barron DD3000-200.0311018:53——3524
NSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Juuse Saros(start)L25214.8403.7259:46

Goal anatomy

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

Sam Bennett (FLA PP) 1st 1:23 · assists Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov · Rebound · carried in · 4-on-3 at the blue line · 11.3 mph shot · 6.5 s from entry to goal.

Sam Bennett · 1st 1:23 · FLA PP

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-3
Passes
0
Shot
11.3 mph
Distance
4 ft
Entry to goal
6.5 s
Type
rebound

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Justin Sourdif · 2nd 4:21 · FLA

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
17.1 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
2.8 s

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Michael McCarron · 3rd 4:30 · NSH

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
7.6 mph
Distance
5 ft
Entry to goal
4.8 s
Type
rebound

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