Game Recap: BOS 5, BUF 2, November 14, 2023

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Game Recap

BOS5

FinalTue, Nov 14, 2023Every game that night

BUF2

BOS beat BUF 5-2, and the chances backed it up: 3.88 expected goals to 3.13. D. Pastrnak led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). L. Ullmark stopped 32 of 34.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BOS	3	2	0	5
BUF	0	1	1	2

1st 3:01BOSD. Heinen0.26 xG
1st 4:09BOSD. Pastrnak0.15 xG
1st 15:14BOSB. Carlo0.19 xG
2nd 4:07BOSO. Steen0.12 xG
2nd 12:23BOSH. LindholmPP0.03 xG
2nd 15:07BUFV. Olofsson0.30 xG
3rd 15:02BUFV. Olofsson0.14 xG

Team Stats

BOSBUF

32Shots on goal34

3.88Expected goals3.13

59Shot attempts64

215v5 shots on goal26

1/3Power play0/2

17Hits18

10Blocked shots16

6Penalty minutes6

6Giveaways5

4Takeaways5

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

BOS 3.88 xGBUF 3.13 xGGoal

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

BOS32 on goal, 5 scored

BUF34 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BOS Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
D. Pastrnak	RW	1	2	3	3	0	0	+1	0	17:35	3:23
P. Zacha	C	0	2	2	1	1	0	+2	0	17:27	2:51
B. Marchand	LW	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	17:03	3:11
M. Poitras	C	0	1	1	1	1	1	+1	4	15:07	2:24
D. Heinen	LW	1	0	1	3	1	1	+1	0	13:12	0:00
J. Lauko	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	11:30	0:19
O. Steen	C	1	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	10:03	0:00
C. Coyle	C	0	0	0	2	2	0	-1	0	18:35	2:59
J. DeBrusk	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	0	17:48	2:33
J. van Riemsdyk	LW	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	14:41	2:40
T. Frederic	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	14:06	0:06
J. Beecher	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10:50	0:00
C. McAvoy	D	0	2	2	1	1	0	+1	2	24:21	3:03
H. Lindholm	D	1	0	1	5	0	0	+1	0	22:07	2:42
B. Carlo	D	1	0	1	2	0	1	+2	0	19:34	0:00
M. Lohrei	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	19:51	0:00
D. Forbort	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	16:10	0:09
K. Shattenkirk	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	15:13	2:25

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Ullmark	34	32	2	.941	59:21	Win
J. Swayman	0	0	0	–	0:00

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
V. Olofsson	LW	2	0	2	3	1	0	+1	0	13:58	1:14
C. Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	19:04	3:01
J. Peterka	RW	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	18:19	1:16
D. Cozens	C	0	1	1	6	0	0	-1	2	17:38	2:59
J. Greenway	LW	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	18:06	0:00
K. Okposo	RW	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	17:52	0:12
J. Skinner	LW	0	0	0	4	0	0	-2	0	15:48	3:12
Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	15:48	0:12
P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:48	0:27
T. Jost	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	-1	0	10:07	0:00
L. Rousek	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9:21	0:00
T. Thompson	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	5:38	2:00
O. Power	D	0	1	1	2	1	0	-1	0	21:39	1:06
M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	2	4	5	-1	0	24:36	0:00
R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	23:44	2:33
C. Clifton	D	0	0	0	3	1	1	-3	0	16:21	0:00
R. Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	15:58	0:12
E. Johnson	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	14:41	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
D. Levi	18	13	5	.722	35:07	Loss
U. Luukkonen	14	14	0	1.000	22:42

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamCasey Mittelstadt BOS Faces BUF, his team until Mar 20241 A, 0 SOG
Old teamJJ Peterka BOS Faces BUF, his team until Apr 20251 A, 3 SOG

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.