Florida Panthers vs. San Jose SharksOct 1, 2026

Final / OTThursday, Oct 1, 2026· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
FLA	0	1	2	0	3		FLA	6	11	9	0	26
SJS	1	2	0	1	4		SJS	11	8	7	6	32

: FLA 70SJS 61
: FLA 4.24SJS 3.36
PP goals: FLA 1SJS 1
Hits: FLA 41SJS 24
Blocks: FLA 12SJS 21
PIM: FLA 18SJS 22
: FLA 57%SJS 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Florida Panthers 4–3 (OT)

San Jose Sharks beat Florida Panthers 4–3 in overtime at home. Will Smith (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Wennberg, Cagnoni, Smith, Celebrini and Chernyshov) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:37 together.

Points
Will Smith had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:09.Smith
Points
Macklin Celebrini had 3 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 22:57.Celebrini
Points
Eetu Luostarinen had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:28.Luostarinen
Points
Luca Cagnoni had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:17.Cagnoni
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Wennberg, Cagnoni, Smith, Celebrini and Chernyshov) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:37 together.Wennberg Cagnoni Smith Celebrini Chernyshov
New line
New look for FLA: Eller–Reinhart–Tkachuk skated 5:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Reinhart Tkachuk
PP1
FLA's PP1 (Jones, Reinhart, Tkachuk, Tkachuk and Lundell) went scoreless in 5:24 of 5v4 time with 8 attempts.Jones Reinhart Tkachuk Tkachuk Lundell
Cats
Kiefer Sherwood (SJS) threw 8 hits, a night for hits leagues.Sherwood

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 131 of 131 attempts · SJS 61 · FLA 70

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 37% of the game, SJS 22%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

SJS 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	SJS
	53	46
	2.33	1.29
	2.01	1.25
	7	4
	6	8
	26	24
	+0.070	−0.070
	37%	22%

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 – Bennett – Tkachuk
11:1256% CF
L2Luostarinen – Lundell – Vilmanis
8:1658% CF
L3Eller – Reinhart – Tkachuk
5:5855% CF
L4Barkov – Hathaway – Imama
0:17
D1Jones – Mikkola
14:5158% CF
D2Kulikov – Ekblad
10:1638% CF
D3Gudas – Balinskis
8:4461% CF

PP1Jones – Reinhart – Tkachuk – Tkachuk – Lundell
5:2480% CF
PP2Ekblad – Bennett – Tkachuk – Luostarinen – Lundell
2:28100% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Lundell
1:53
PK2FEller – Hathaway
1:51
PK1DKulikov – Ekblad
1:04
PK2DJones – Mikkola
0:46

Current FLA line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Marchment – Smith – Celebrini
10:3467% CF
L2Wennberg – Graf – Stenberg
10:1343% CF
L3Toffoli – Chernyshov – Misa
7:1724% CF
L4Goodrow – Sherwood – Ostapchuk
6:4336% CF
D1Orlov – Cagnoni
13:3830% CF
D2Nurse – Kesselring
12:1848% CF
D3Trouba – Allan
12:0641% CF

PP1Wennberg – Cagnoni – Smith – Celebrini – Chernyshov
3:3778% CF
PP2Orlov – Toffoli – Marchment – Misa – Stenberg
0:29100% CF
PK1FSherwood – Ostapchuk
2:05
PK2FGoodrow – Graf
1:59
PK1DTrouba – Allan
4:05
PK2DNurse – Kesselring
2:11

Current SJS 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
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.56	2	1	0	22:47	—	—	53	68
Sam Bennett C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.42	3	0	2	20:49	—	—	46	80
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	56	81
Anton Lundell C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.49	3	0	0	20:43	—	—	53	59
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	2	0	2	0	3	0.85	0	1	0	16:28	—	—	62	66
Sandis Vilmanis L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.49	4	0	0	12:19	—	—	54	57
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.46	4	1	0	23:33	—	—	50	48
Brady Tkachuk L	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.30	5	1	5	19:37	—	—	44	41
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	14:57	—	—	68	65
Aleksander Barkov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	9:15	—	—	46	13
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:03	—	—	60	91
Bokondji Imama L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	5:16	—	—	60	91
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	1	2	27:43	—	—	58	56
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	2	22:42	—	—	54	49
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	21:33	—	—	38	71
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:28	—	—	44	64
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	3	0	13:31	—	—	62	67
Uvis Balinskis D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	7	12:52	—	—	60	84

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	O	32	28	4	.875	3.36	63:14

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	0	3	3	+1	7	0.38	0	1	0	22:57	—	—	61	52
Will Smith C	L1	2	1	3	+2	3	1.00	1	0	0	20:09	—	—	55	51
Mason Marchment L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.21	3	0	2	12:44	—	—	70	66
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.20	1	1	0	21:44	—	—	50	28
Collin Graf R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	1	5	16:48	—	—	46	20
Ivar Stenberg L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	42	20
Igor Chernyshov L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	1	0	12:13	—	—	30	38
Michael Misa C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.41	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	33	25
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	9:24	—	—	28	29
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:09	—	—	36	21
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	8	0	4	14:01	—	—	56	57
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:29	—	—	46	61
Luca Cagnoni D	D1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.34	0	3	2	21:17	—	—	37	20
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	3	0	17:55	—	—	41	27
Michael Kesselring D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:46	—	—	52	48
Darnell Nurse D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	5	4	17:07	—	—	44	41
Jacob Trouba D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	1	5	22:35	—	—	50	44
Nolan Allan D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	2	1	0	20:44	—	—	54	41

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	4.24	63:14

Goal anatomy

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

Eetu Luostarinen (FLA PP) 2nd 17:10 · assists Lars Eller, Aaron Ekblad · Rebound · 23.9 mph shot.

Eetu Luostarinen · 2nd 17:10 · FLA PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 3
Shot: 23.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Mason Marchment · 1st 14:20 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.1 mph
Distance: 55 ft

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Will Smith · 2nd 5:52 · SJS SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.2 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Will Smith · 2nd 10:37 · SJS PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.2 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Eetu Luostarinen · 3rd 5:01 · FLA

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 24.0 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Type: deflection

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Matthew Tkachuk · 3rd 5:18 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 59.1 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Luca Cagnoni · OT 3:14 · SJS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.9 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 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. San Jose SharksOct 1, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks edge Florida Panthers 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Florida Panthers

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Florida Panthers

San Jose Sharks

Goal anatomy

Eetu Luostarinen · 2nd 17:10 · FLA PP

Mason Marchment · 1st 14:20 · SJS

Will Smith · 2nd 5:52 · SJS SH

Will Smith · 2nd 10:37 · SJS PP

Eetu Luostarinen · 3rd 5:01 · FLA

Matthew Tkachuk · 3rd 5:18 · FLA

Luca Cagnoni · OT 3:14 · SJS