94 Morning Report: May 18th, 2024

Results from May 17th, 2024

Home	Away	Score	Matchup Probability
Colorado Avalanche	Dallas Stars	1:2	47.4% : 52.6%
Boston Bruins	Florida Panthers	1:2	48.4% : 51.6%

The Florida Panthers eliminated the Boston Bruins in a 2-1 win in Florida thanks to a late GWG from Gustav Forsling, just his 2nd of the playoffs.
- Forsling’s goal was assisted by Anton Lundell, who had an excellent night with 1 goal, 1 assists, an on-ice net xG of 1.12 and allowed 0 high quality shot attempts from the Bruins.
- Brandon Montour, paired with Niko Mikkola, also had a great defensive night, with just 1 high quality unblocked shot allowed and was on the ice 1.83 xG For.
In 2OT, the Stars beat the Avalanche after Matt Duchene scored the OT Winner, his 2nd goal and 6th point of the playoffs.
- Duchene had 6 unblocked shots with an individual xG of 0.79.
- Joe Pavelski assisted Duchene’s GWG and was on the ice for 4 high quality chances for Dallas, and was on the ice for 0 for Colorado.
- The Stars will go onto the face the winner of the Oilers/Canucks series, in which the Canucks play tonight in Edmonton with a 3-2 series lead. The Canucks have a 51.6% win probability on the road.