Florida Panthers vs. San Jose SharksJan 25, 2025

FinalSaturday, Jan 25, 2025· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	3	4	0	7		FLA	13	11	8	32
SJS	2	0	0	2		SJS	10	9	4	23

: FLA 68SJS 43
: FLA 4.56SJS 2.12
PP goals: FLA 1SJS 0
Hits: FLA 19SJS 22
Blocks: FLA 9SJS 20
PIM: FLA 2SJS 2
: FLA 53%SJS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers rout San Jose Sharks 7–2

Florida Panthers beat San Jose Sharks 7–2 at SJS. Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:36 together.

Points
Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:40.Tkachuk
Points
A.J. Greer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:26.Greer
Points
Aaron Ekblad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:53.Ekblad
Points
Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:07.Barkov
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:36 together.Verhaeghe Barkov Ekblad Reinhart Tkachuk
New line
New look for SJS: Wennberg–Kunin–Kovalenko skated 12:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wennberg Kunin Kovalenko
Luck
FLA scored 7 goals on 4.56 expected goals (68 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
A.J. Greer (FLA) played 14:26, +4:54 up on his 9:32 season average over 80 games.Greer

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · SJS 43 · FLA 68

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 41% of the game, SJS 14%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	77	49
	4.80	2.40
	4.40	2.31
	20	10
	2	5
	12	17
	+0.019	−0.019
	41%	14%

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 – Tkachuk
12:4967% CF
L2Nosek – Greer – Rodrigues
11:5267% CF
L3Verhaeghe – Boqvist – Lundell
11:3153% CF
L4Bennett – Luostarinen – Samoskevich
10:4440% CF
D1Kulikov – Mikkola
16:4538% CF
D2Schmidt – Balinskis
14:5858% CF
D3Ekblad – Forsling
14:3060% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart – Tkachuk
1:36100% CF
PP2Schmidt – Bennett – Rodrigues – Lundell – Samoskevich
0:33100% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Lundell
1:11
PK2FNosek – Greer
0:33
PK1DKulikov – Schmidt
1:11
PK2DEkblad – Forsling
0:33

Current FLA line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Wennberg – Kunin – Kovalenko
12:2950% CF
L2Granlund – Zetterlund – Smith
12:0048% CF
L3Toffoli – Eklund – Celebrini
11:5648% CF
L4Goodrow – Sabourin – Duehr
9:237% CF
D1Ferraro – Liljegren
17:2159% CF
D2Ceci – Walman
16:4533% CF
D3Vlasic – Thrun
13:4627% CF

PP1Toffoli – Granlund – Walman – Eklund – Celebrini
1:1367% CF
PP2Wennberg – Liljegren – Zetterlund – Kovalenko – Smith
0:35
PK1FGoodrow – Kunin
0:50
PK2FWennberg – Celebrini
0:42
PK1DCeci – Walman
1:10
PK2DFerraro – Thrun
0:51

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:47
FLANate Schmidtslap0.09 xG
FLA: Schmidt, Verhaeghe, Boqvist, Lundell, BalinskisSJS: Vlasic, Wennberg, Kunin, Kovalenko, Thrun
FLA 1 – 0 SJS
6:50
SJSCody Ceci (Jake Walman)tip-in0.06 xG
FLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, TkachukSJS: Granlund, Ceci, Walman, Zetterlund, Smith
FLA 1 – 1 SJS
7:22
SJSWill Smith (Mario Ferraro, Fabian Zetterlund)snap0.35 xG
FLA: Kulikov, Bennett, Mikkola, Luostarinen, SamoskevichSJS: Granlund, Ferraro, Liljegren, Zetterlund, Smith
FLA 1 – 2 SJS
14:27
FLASam Bennett (A.J. Greer, Niko Mikkola)deflected0.30 xG
FLA: Kulikov, Bennett, Forsling, Greer, RodriguesSJS: Vlasic, Goodrow, Sabourin, Thrun, Duehr
FLA 2 – 2 SJS
17:08
FLAAaron Ekblad (Matthew Tkachuk)snap0.02 xG
FLA: Nosek, Ekblad, Forsling, Rodrigues, TkachukSJS: Vlasic, Granlund, Zetterlund, Thrun, Smith
FLA 3 – 2 SJS

2nd period

3:01
FLAA.J. Greer (Tomas Nosek)backhand0.17 xG
FLA: Schmidt, Nosek, Ekblad, Greer, RodriguesSJS: Goodrow, Ceci, Sabourin, Walman, Duehr
FLA 4 – 2 SJS
5:35
FLAMatthew TkachukPP (Aleksander Barkov, Aaron Ekblad)tip-in0.31 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, TkachukSJS: Goodrow, Ceci, Walman, Kunin
FLA 5 – 2 SJS
13:07
FLAJesper Boqvist (Anton Lundell, Carter Verhaeghe)wrist0.22 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Forsling, Boqvist, LundellSJS: Kunin, Ferraro, Liljegren, Eklund, Celebrini
FLA 6 – 2 SJS
16:25
FLASam Reinhart (Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov)backhand0.40 xG
FLA: Schmidt, Barkov, Reinhart, Tkachuk, BalinskisSJS: Ceci, Wennberg, Walman, Kunin, Kovalenko
FLA 7 – 2 SJS

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	1	2	3	+1	2	0.42	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	71	84
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.54	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	69	84
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	67	84
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:44	—	—	71	88
A.J. Greer L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.45	3	0	0	14:26	—	—	65	82
Tomas Nosek L	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.06	1	0	0	14:05	—	—	67	72
Anton Lundell C	L3	0	1	1	+2	4	0.76	2	1	0	15:35	—	—	63	68
Carter Verhaeghe C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	1	1	0	15:32	—	—	52	51
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.30	3	1	0	13:52	—	—	59	53
Sam Bennett C	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.63	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	55	63
Mackie Samoskevich R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.80	1	1	0	13:55	—	—	58	59
Eetu Luostarinen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:35	—	—	44	49
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	21:30	—	—	52	52
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	1	2	20:55	—	—	58	50
Nate Schmidt D	D2	1	0	1	+3	3	0.15	0	1	0	19:52	—	—	63	74
Uvis Balinskis D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	4	1	0	19:08	—	—	64	65
Aaron Ekblad D	D3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	18:53	—	—	61	76
Gustav Forsling D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.10	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	61	77

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.12	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	2	0	0	15:27	—	—	50	26
Nikolai Kovalenko R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	1	0	15:21	—	—	50	35
Luke Kunin C	L1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.23	2	0	0	15:19	—	—	47	26
Will Smith C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.61	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	40	47
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	43	64
Fabian Zetterlund L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.43	2	3	0	14:45	—	—	52	61
Macklin Celebrini C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	43	16
William Eklund L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	2	0	17:29	—	—	34	13
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	2	14:29	—	—	44	22
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:54	—	—	11	23
Scott Sabourin R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:27	—	—	18	8
Walker Duehr R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:12	—	—	19	8
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.09	1	1	0	22:57	—	—	48	51
Timothy Liljegren D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	20:00	—	—	56	51
Jake Walman D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.01	2	4	0	22:12	—	—	35	34
Cody Ceci D	D2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.11	1	1	0	20:06	—	—	29	28
Henry Thrun D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	25	7
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	1	3	0	15:00	—	—	36	30

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov	—	17	14	3	.824	2.66	36:59
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	15	11	4	.733	1.90	23:01

Goal anatomy

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

Nate Schmidt (FLA) 1st 5:47 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 68.2 mph shot · 5.0 s from entry to goal.

Nate Schmidt · 1st 5:47 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.2 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

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Cody Ceci · 1st 6:50 · SJS

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 29.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: deflection

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Will Smith · 1st 7:22 · SJS

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.3 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 9.5 s

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Sam Bennett · 1st 14:27 · FLA

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: rebound

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Aaron Ekblad · 1st 17:08 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 70.6 mph
Distance: 61 ft
Type: one-timer

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A.J. Greer · 2nd 3:01 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Matthew Tkachuk · 2nd 5:35 · FLA PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 12.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Jesper Boqvist · 2nd 13:07 · FLA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.2 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Sam Reinhart · 2nd 16:25 · FLA

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.3 mph
Distance: 3 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.