Florida Panthers vs. Dallas StarsMar 28, 2021

FinalSunday, Mar 28, 2021· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	3	0	1	4		FLA	14	4	5	23
DAL	1	0	0	1		DAL	7	14	13	34

: FLA 46DAL 61
: FLA 4.16DAL 2.65
PP goals: FLA 1DAL 1
Hits: FLA 23DAL 29
Blocks: FLA 17DAL 12
PIM: FLA 13DAL 13
: FLA 48%DAL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Dallas Stars 4–1

Florida Panthers beat Dallas Stars 4–1 at DAL. Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Aaron Ekblad (FLA) played 10:36, −14:55 down on his 25:31 season average over 34 games.

Points
Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:27.Huberdeau
Usage
Aaron Ekblad (FLA) played 10:36, −14:55 down on his 25:31 season average over 34 games.Ekblad
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Klingberg, Hintz, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:20 together.Pavelski Klingberg Hintz Robertson Heiskanen
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Yandle, Connolly, Huberdeau, Wennberg and Ekblad) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:47 together.Yandle Connolly Huberdeau Wennberg Ekblad
New line
New look for DAL: Caamano–Gardner–L'Esperance skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Caamano Gardner L'Esperance
Usage
Brett Connolly (FLA) played 18:41, +6:45 up on his 11:56 season average over 30 games.Connolly
Usage
John Klingberg (DAL) played 27:03, +4:26 up on his 22:37 season average over 52 games.Klingberg
Luck
DAL scored 1 goal on 2.65 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · DAL 61 · FLA 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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 36% of the game, DAL 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	35	54
	1.85	1.80
	1.81	1.71
	10	11
	1	4
	4	14
	−0.001	+0.001
	36%	41%

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

L1Duclair – Verhaeghe – Acciari
9:3639% CF
L2Connolly – Huberdeau – Wennberg
9:3540% CF
L3Lammikko – Vatrano – Tippett
7:3445% CF
D1Gudas – Forsling
15:5335% CF
D2Yandle – Nutivaara
8:3938% CF
D3Weegar – Stillman
5:1863% CF

PP1Yandle – Connolly – Huberdeau – Wennberg – Ekblad
4:47100% CF
PP2Verhaeghe – Vatrano – Acciari – Nutivaara – Tippett
0:52
PK1FWennberg – Luostarinen
1:50
PK2FDuclair – Acciari
0:59
PK1DGudas – Forsling
2:31
PK2DWeegar – Stillman
0:32

Current FLA line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson
13:0177% CF
L2Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa
8:4038% CF
L3Benn – Dickinson – Gurianov
7:4889% CF
L4Caamano – Gardner – L'Esperance
5:1620% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
11:3058% CF
D2Oleksiak – Heiskanen
7:4747% CF
D3Sekera – Hanley
5:1743% CF

PP1Pavelski – Klingberg – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen
2:20100% CF
PP2Benn – Faksa – Lindell – Gurianov – L'Esperance
1:41100% CF
PK1FFaksa – Hintz
1:38
PK2FComeau – Dickinson
1:23
PK1DSekera – Lindell
3:12
PK2DOleksiak – Heiskanen
1:36

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:32
DALJason RobertsonPP (Roope Hintz, John Klingberg)tip-in0.09 xG
FLA: Gudas, Verhaeghe, Forsling, AcciariDAL: Pavelski, Klingberg, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen
FLA 0 – 1 DAL
5:03
FLAJonathan Huberdeauwrist0.15 xG
FLA: Connolly, Huberdeau, Wennberg, Ekblad, ForslingDAL: Benn, Klingberg, Lindell, Dickinson, Gurianov
FLA 1 – 1 DAL
6:26
FLAAnthony DuclairPSwrist0.30 xG
FLA: Gudas, Duclair, Verhaeghe, Forsling, AcciariDAL: Comeau, Cogliano, Oleksiak, Faksa, Heiskanen
FLA 2 – 1 DAL
13:37
FLAJonathan HuberdeauPP (Keith Yandle, Aaron Ekblad)wrist0.08 xG
FLA: Yandle, Connolly, Huberdeau, Wennberg, EkbladDAL: Sekera, Lindell, Dickinson, Gardner
FLA 3 – 1 DAL

3rd period

18:55
FLAOwen TippettEN (Jonathan Huberdeau)wrist0.96 xG
FLA: Huberdeau, Weegar, Wennberg, Forsling, TippettDAL: Pavelski, Benn, Klingberg, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen
FLA 4 – 1 DAL

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
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	19:59	—	—	36	54
Noel Acciari C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	5	2	17:23	—	—	36	50
Anthony Duclair L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.73	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	44	54
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L2	2	1	3	+2	4	1.04	1	1	0	22:27	—	—	33	55
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	0	2	0	21:31	—	—	29	41
Brett Connolly R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.40	1	0	0	18:41	—	—	35	50
Juho Lammikko C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:20	—	—	46	38
Frank Vatrano R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:34	—	—	42	25
Owen Tippett R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.96	4	0	0	12:09	—	—	33	25
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	25:34	—	—	34	51
Radko Gudas D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	3	2	0	22:40	—	—	32	48
Keith Yandle D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	33	10
Markus Nutivaara D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	1	2	13:05	—	—	38	37
MacKenzie Weegar D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	1	2	0	20:21	—	—	46	55
Riley Stillman D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	9:54	—	—	56	65
Mason Marchment L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	0	2	11:49	—	—	57	76
Eetu Luostarinen C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	0	0	11:34	—	—	60	70
Aaron Ekblad D	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	2	10:36	—	—	67	99

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chris Driedger(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.65	59:40

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	3	1	0	21:39	—	—	74	65
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.76	2	0	0	21:01	—	—	79	74
Jason Robertson L	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.43	1	0	0	20:59	—	—	72	54
Radek Faksa C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	2	18:45	—	—	39	39
Blake Comeau L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	0	2	14:49	—	—	47	40
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:24	—	—	53	40
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	15:16	—	—	83	55
Jamie Benn L	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.29	2	0	0	13:50	—	—	83	64
Denis Gurianov R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	1	0	5	12:36	—	—	83	66
Rhett Gardner C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:19	—	—	41	5
Joel L'Esperance R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	8:58	—	—	18	1
Nick Caamano R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	6:16	—	—	18	1
John Klingberg D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.01	1	2	2	27:03	—	—	68	67
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	5	1	0	25:11	—	—	69	67
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	7	0.44	1	2	2	23:14	—	—	68	48
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:34	—	—	50	24
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:48	—	—	43	55
Andrej Sekera D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	46	2

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	2.68	57:43

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.