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Edmonton Oilers at Florida Panthers, NHL forecast

FinalFLA wins series 4-3

Away

Oilers

49-27-6

1–2

at

Home

Panthers

52-24-6

EDM 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 EDM favored3 scoring plays
P1P2P3FLA50%EDM

Game center

From the ESPN box score.

Top performers

Scoring summary

  • P215:11Sam Reinhart Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (10), Dmitry Kulikov (2)1–2
  • P16:44Mattias Janmark Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Cody Ceci (3)1–1
  • P14:27Carter Verhaeghe Goal (11) Tip-In, assists: Evan Rodrigues (8), Anton Lundell (14)0–1

Turning points

The 3 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. P14:27Carter Verhaeghe Goal (11) Tip-In, assists: Evan Rodrigues (8), Anton Lundell (14)EDM 0 – 1 FLA · FLA 55% → 69% +14
  2. P16:44Mattias Janmark Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Cody Ceci (3)EDM 1 – 1 FLA · EDM 31% → 45% +15
  3. P215:11Sam Reinhart Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (10), Dmitry Kulikov (2)EDM 1 – 2 FLA · FLA 53% → 74% +21

The pick

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

Panthers 55%

Toss-upHit
EDM 45%FLA 55%

Forecast Elo ratings alone

How often that comes true: NHL favorites the forecast gave 50–55% have won 51.2% of 926 graded games.

Market
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Pre-line forecast
FLA 55%
Elo + market-implied
Elo ratings
FLA 54%
Fair odds
FLA -121
EDM +121 · the forecast as odds, no margin
Pregame projection
EDM 2.9 – 3.1 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.

FactorEDMFLAWhy
Team rating15741574Elo entering the game; 1500 is league average
Home field—+35Worth 35 Elo in the NHL
Starting goalies+2−5EDM: Stuart Skinner: team allows 0.04 fewer goals than with its usual starter (≈40 weighted starts) · FLA: Sergei Bobrovsky: team allows 0.13 more goals than with its usual starter (≈40 weighted starts)
Elo ratingsFLA +28 EloFLA 54.0%
Market-implied ratingsFLA 55.0%Team strength as past closing lines priced it, same game context
Pre-line forecastFLA 54.8%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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Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers compared, with each team's league rank
EDMStatFLA
4th of 313.6Goals scored3.214th of 31
8th of 312.9Goals allowed2.52nd of 31
2nd of 31+0.7Margin+0.81st of 31
4th of 3154.5%Shot share54.7%3rd of 31
12th of 3190.5%Save percentage91.7%2nd of 31
6th of 316–4Last 106–46th of 31
11th of 3120–19Road vs home25–158th of 31

Rating history

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

OilersPanthers
1450150015501600league averageNovFebMayAugNov

Head to head

EDM 3–5 FLA in their last 8 meetings; the forecast called 5 of 8.