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New York Rangers at Florida Panthers, NHL forecast

Final/OTNYR lead series 2-1

Away

Rangers

55-23-4

5–4

at

Home

Panthers

52-24-6

NYR 45%FLA 55%

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Amerant Bank Arena · ABC, ESPN+

Win probability

Starts from the pregame forecast, then moves with every score and the time left. Above the line favors FLA; hover for each play.

FLA favored NYR favored9 scoring plays
P1P2P3OTFLA50%NYR

Game center

From the ESPN box score.

Top performers

Panthers

Scoring summary

  • OT5:35Alexander Wennberg Goal (1) Deflected, assists: Ryan Lindgren (3), Jack Roslovic (6)5–4
  • P36:58Gustav Forsling Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Matthew Tkachuk (13), Evan Rodrigues (4)4–4
  • P35:04Aleksander Barkov Goal (6) Deflected, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (8), Niko Mikkola (2)4–3
  • P218:14Barclay Goodrow Goal (6) Slap Shot, assists: Vincent Trocheck (11), Ryan Lindgren (2)4–2
  • P215:23Alexis Lafrenière Goal (6) Backhand, assists: K'Andre Miller (3), Jacob Trouba (6)3–2
  • P114:46Sam Reinhart Goal (7) Backhand, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (7)2–2
  • P17:42Barclay Goodrow Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Braden Schneider (2), Will Cuylle (1)2–1
  • P17:17Alexis Lafrenière Goal (5) Backhand, assists: Vincent Trocheck (10), Jacob Trouba (5)1–1
  • P12:50Sam Reinhart Goal (6) Backhand, assists: Aleksander Barkov (9), Matthew Tkachuk (12)0–1

Turning points

The 5 plays that swung the win chance most, each judged at its own moment: the chance with the score just before it against just after.

  1. P215:23Alexis Lafrenière Goal (6) Backhand, assists: K'Andre Miller (3), Jacob Trouba (6)NYR 3 – 2 FLA · NYR 47% → 69% +22
  2. P218:14Barclay Goodrow Goal (6) Slap Shot, assists: Vincent Trocheck (11), Ryan Lindgren (2)NYR 4 – 2 FLA · NYR 70% → 87% +17
  3. P35:04Aleksander Barkov Goal (6) Deflected, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (8), Niko Mikkola (2)NYR 4 – 3 FLA · FLA 8% → 25% +17
  4. P36:58Gustav Forsling Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Matthew Tkachuk (13), Evan Rodrigues (4)NYR 4 – 4 FLA · FLA 24% → 53% +29
  5. OT5:35Alexander Wennberg Goal (1) Deflected, assists: Ryan Lindgren (3), Jack Roslovic (6)NYR 5 – 4 FLA · NYR 48% → 100% +52

The pick

Reconstructed from what was known before the game: the ratings at that point.

Panthers 55%

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NYR 45%FLA 55%

Forecast Elo ratings alone

How often that comes true: NHL favorites the forecast gave 55–60% have won 56.4% of 1,035 graded games.

Market
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Pre-line forecast
FLA 55%
Elo + market-implied
Elo ratings
FLA 57%
Fair odds
FLA -124
NYR +124 · the forecast as odds, no margin
Pregame projection
NYR 2.9 – 3.2 FLA
Margin from the forecast, total from team scoring ratings

How the number is built

Elo inputs in rating points (higher favors that team; 25–28 Elo is about a point of spread in football and basketball), then how the pieces combine.

FactorNYRFLAWhy
Team rating15651575Elo entering the game; 1500 is league average
Home field—+35Worth 35 Elo in the NHL
Starting goalies+1+3NYR: Igor Shesterkin: team allows 0.03 fewer goals than with its usual starter (≈37 weighted starts) · FLA: Sergei Bobrovsky: team allows 0.09 fewer goals than with its usual starter (≈38 weighted starts)
Elo ratingsFLA +47 EloFLA 56.8%
Market-implied ratingsFLA 55.0%Team strength as past closing lines priced it, same game context
Pre-line forecastFLA 55.4%20% Elo, 80% market-implied (log-odds blend)

Tale of the tape

This season coming into the game, regular season, each number with its league rank (the longer the bar, the higher). Home and road: the host's record at home against the visitor's on the road. Overtime and shootout losses count as losses in these records. Shot share is a team's share of the shots on goal in its games. PDO adds shooting and save percentages: far from 100 tends to even out.

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New York Rangers and Florida Panthers compared, with each team's league rank
NYRStatFLA
8th of 313.4Goals scored3.214th of 31
7th of 312.8Goals allowed2.52nd of 31
8th of 31+0.6Margin+0.81st of 31
14th of 3150.7%Shot share54.7%3rd of 31
5th of 3191.3%Save percentage91.7%2nd of 31
4th of 317–3Last 106–46th of 31
5th of 3123–16Road vs home25–158th of 31

Rating history

Each team's Elo over the last two seasons. Hover or drag to compare on any date.

RangersPanthers
1450150015501600league averageNovFebMayAugNov

Head to head

NYR 2–3 FLA in their last 5 meetings; the forecast called 3 of 5.