By Ethan Haas — Jun 9, 2023

94 Morning Report: June 9th, 2023

The Panthers get their first SCF in franchise history thanks to late game heroics from Matthew Tkachuk and an OT winner from Carter Verhaeghe

Latest stats and analytics updates from games completed as of 6/8/23

Original data sourced from mysportsfeeds.com

Correction: An earlier version said Jonathan Marchessault was 2nd on the VGK with biggest difference in SOG/60 between regular season and playoffs. He is 2nd on the VGK with biggest difference in Points/60 between regular season and playoffs

Results

**Results from June 8th, 2023**
Home Team	Away Team	Final Score	Win Probabilities	Series
FLA	VGK	3:2	47.2% : 52.8%	1-2

Highlights from Yesterday

Matthew Tkachuk scores late in the third and Verhaeghe wins it in OT for the Panthers to get their first win of the series and first SCF win in franchise history
- While it wasn't a GWG, Tkachuk's game tying goal was his 11th of the playoffs and had an assist on the opening goal from Brandon Montour. Tkahuck is now tied with Roope Hintz for points leader with 24 points (11G/13A) in 19 Games in the 2023 playoffs
- The Panthers had 4 players play over 25 minutes (Barkov, Forsling, Montour, Reinhart)
Despite the loss, Jonathan Marchessault stays red hot in the playoffs after scoring a go-ahead goal and adding an assist last night
- Marchessault has 8 goals and 5 assists in his last 9 games, 23 points total in the playoffs (13G/10A) and is 2nd on the VGK with biggest difference in Points/60 between regular season and playoffs
Marchessault, Eichel and Stone lead the series for both teams in pointss with 6, 5, and 4 points, respectively
In each game of the Finals so far, the winner has been the team with fewer SOG, but Florida has made more shot attempts than Vegas in each game

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Game 3 Win Probability

Home Team	Home Win Probability	Away Team	Away Win Probability	Series
FLA	49.1%	VGK	50.9%	1-2

Players to Watch

**Playoff Statistics**
Player	Team	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	SOG per 60	Avg TOI (Mins)
Jonathan Marchessault	VGK	20	13	10	23	12.1	17.6
Chandler Stephenson	VGK	20	8	9	17	5.2	18.5
Matthew Tkachuk	FLA	19	11	13	24	8.2	22.0
Anton Lundell	FLA	19	2	7	9	6.7	18.0

Top 5 Teams in the Power Rankings

**Top 5 Teams**
Team	Project 94 Rating	5 Game Trend	5 Game Win%
BOS	770.668	-20.47	40.0%
VGK	751.863	+10.491	60.0%
FLA	728.996	-0.088	60.0%
EDM	724.034	-14.294	40.0%
CAR	707.583	-24.162	20.0%

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