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Detroit Red Wings at Florida Panthers NHL Predictions

2025-01-16 • Amerant Bank Arena
Florida Panthers 2 - 5 Detroit Red Wings
🚨 Upset Loss (69% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
FLA: 69.0%
DET: 31.0%
Expected Goals
FLA: 3.99
DET: 2.57
Total Goals
Median: 5.9
Over 5.5: 54%
Over 6.5: 37%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

FLA
Sergei Bobrovsky - 17-9-1 | 0.888 SV% | 2.80 GAA
DET
Cam Talbot - 11-6-3 | 0.888 SV% | 2.99 GAA
StatFLADET
Season SV%0.8880.888
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.802.99
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
FLASergei Bobrovsky2015575.0%2.511-2.49
DETCam Talbot4341295.3%3.7721.77
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 72% • FLA at home vs DET: 7-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-15FLA 8 - 1 DETFLAFLA
2026-03-10FLA 4 - 3 DETFLAFLA
2026-03-06DET 1 - 3 FLAFLADET
2025-10-15DET 4 - 1 FLADETFLA
2025-04-10FLA 4 - 1 DETFLAFLA

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1FLA2000.94
1DET800.33
2FLA1310.97
2DET1200.87
3FLA2911.86
3DET711.31
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 69.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.6
Score Breakdown
Florida Panthers 2 - 5 Detroit Red Wings
Expected: 4.0 - 2.6