Game Recap: BUF 4, ANA 3 (OT), October 28, 2021

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Game Recap

BUF4

Final/OTThu, Oct 28, 2021Every game that night

ANA3

BUF beat ANA 4-3 in overtime despite fewer good chances: 2.64 expected goals to 3.42. ANA outshot BUF 37 to 29. R. Asplund led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). C. Anderson stopped 34 of 37.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
BUF	1	2	0	1	4
ANA	0	2	1	0	3

1st 15:03BUFZ. Girgensons0.05 xG
2nd 4:24BUFR. AsplundPP0.08 xG
2nd 6:01BUFA. Ruotsalainen0.11 xG
2nd 7:46ANAT. Terry0.09 xG
2nd 16:31ANAA. Henrique0.28 xG
3rd 5:59ANAS. Benoit0.10 xG
OT 4:16BUFR. Asplund0.11 xG

Team Stats

BUFANA

29Shots on goal37

2.64Expected goals3.42

53Shot attempts56

235v5 shots on goal34

1/2Power play0/1

13Hits23

9Blocked shots11

2Penalty minutes4

9Giveaways17

10Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BUF 2.64 xGANA 3.42 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

BUF29 on goal, 4 scored

ANA37 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
V. Olofsson	LW	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	19:31	1:06
R. Asplund	C	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	2	17:55	1:06
Z. Girgensons	C	1	0	1	3	1	1	+1	0	18:35	0:00
K. Okposo	RW	0	1	1	3	1	1	+1	0	18:03	0:00
A. Ruotsalainen	C	1	0	1	2	1	0	+1	0	15:25	0:00
A. Bjork	LW	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	15:22	0:00
V. Hinostroza	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	13:03	0:00
T. Thompson	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	20:02	1:06
D. Caggiula	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	15:40	0:00
J. Hayden	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	13:10	0:00
J. Skinner	LW	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	11:06	0:17
D. Cozens	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	0	10:00	0:00
R. Dahlin	D	0	2	2	1	1	1	-2	0	23:10	1:06
M. Pysyk	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	+1	0	18:26	0:00
J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	21:42	0:00
C. Miller	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20:24	0:00
W. Butcher	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	-2	0	20:16	0:27
R. Hagg	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	+2	0	18:36	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Anderson	37	34	3	.919	64:16	Win
D. Tokarski	0	0	0	–	0:00

ANA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
J. Silfverberg	RW	0	1	1	3	0	1	+2	0	18:41	0:12
R. Getzlaf	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	18:07	0:00
A. Henrique	C	1	0	1	5	1	0	+1	0	18:02	0:00
I. Lundestrom	C	0	1	1	1	3	0	+2	0	17:33	0:12
T. Terry	RW	1	0	1	2	0	0	-1	0	17:26	0:00
T. Zegras	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	-2	0	19:57	0:00
S. Milano	LW	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	17:18	0:00
S. Steel	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	16:37	0:00
R. Rakell	RW	0	0	0	3	2	0	-1	0	13:31	0:00
N. Deslauriers	LW	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	11:12	0:00
M. Comtois	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8:36	0:00
B. Groulx	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	8:08	0:00
C. Fowler	D	0	1	1	4	0	1	+1	0	23:21	0:12
K. Shattenkirk	D	0	1	1	1	1	3	+3	0	17:52	0:12
S. Benoit	D	1	0	1	1	3	1	+2	0	14:05	0:00
H. Lindholm	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	-2	0	25:43	0:00
J. Drysdale	D	0	0	0	4	0	1	-3	0	23:10	0:00
J. Manson	D	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	20:35	0:12

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Stolarz	29	25	4	.862	64:16	OT loss
J. Gibson	0	0	0	–	0:00