Game Recap: BUF 3, BOS 4 (OT), January 1, 2022

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Game Recap

BUF3

Final/OTSat, Jan 1, 2022Every game that night

BOS4

BOS beat BUF 4-3 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.89 expected goals to 1.81. BOS outshot BUF 41 to 22. C. McAvoy led the way with 3 points (0 G, 3 A). L. Ullmark stopped 19 of 22.

Scoring

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

1st 6:33BUFV. Hinostroza0.04 xG
2nd 3:47BOSC. Smith0.15 xG
2nd 11:32BUFJ. Skinner0.12 xG
2nd 19:11BUFA. TuchPP0.14 xG
3rd 3:24BOSN. Foligno0.10 xG
3rd 4:49BOST. Hall0.07 xG
OT 0:34BOSC. Coyle0.12 xG

Team Stats

BUFBOS

22Shots on goal41

1.81Expected goals3.89

45Shot attempts67

145v5 shots on goal32

1/4Power play0/4

15Hits14

10Blocked shots10

8Penalty minutes8

9Giveaways2

4Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BUF 1.81 xGBOS 3.89 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

BUF21 on goal, 3 scored

BOS41 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
T. Thompson	C	0	2	2	3	0	1	0	0	19:09	4:26
A. Tuch	RW	1	1	2	1	1	1	+1	4	18:20	4:34
J. Skinner	LW	1	0	1	5	0	1	0	2	18:26	4:31
P. Krebs	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	-2	0	16:14	3:12
B. Murray	LW	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	14:32	1:23
V. Hinostroza	C	1	0	1	3	0	0	+1	0	13:16	0:00
K. Okposo	RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	-2	0	15:58	1:21
C. Eakin	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	0	15:14	0:00
V. Olofsson	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	-2	0	14:47	3:04
R. Asplund	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	13:51	1:12
J. Hayden	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	-1	0	11:14	0:00
A. Bjork	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7:55	0:00
R. Dahlin	D	0	1	1	1	3	2	-1	0	26:37	3:19
H. Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	24:24	0:17
M. Pysyk	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	17:59	0:00
W. Butcher	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	17:54	2:41
C. Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	16:01	0:00
E. Prow	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:52	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
U. Luukkonen	41	37	4	.902	60:34	OT loss
M. Subban	0	0	0	–	0:00

BOS Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
B. Marchand	LW	0	2	2	4	1	0	+1	0	20:12	4:06
C. Smith	C	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	4	17:50	3:38
T. Hall	LW	1	0	1	5	0	1	+1	0	16:16	3:54
C. Coyle	C	1	0	1	1	1	2	+1	0	16:07	3:31
J. DeBrusk	LW	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	12:09	1:55
N. Foligno	LW	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	11:48	4:18
P. Bergeron	C	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	19:36	4:22
D. Pastrnak	RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	+1	0	19:15	5:31
E. Haula	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	2	13:32	0:14
T. Nosek	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	13:21	0:00
C. Lazar	C	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	12:44	0:00
T. Frederic	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9:08	0:00
C. McAvoy	D	0	3	3	4	1	2	+1	0	23:59	5:08
M. Grzelcyk	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	-1	0	18:35	2:51
D. Forbort	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	+1	0	19:14	0:00
B. Carlo	D	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	17:52	0:01
M. Reilly	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	+1	0	17:44	0:31
C. Clifton	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	+1	0	15:34	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
L. Ullmark	22	19	3	.864	60:34	Win
J. Swayman	0	0	0	–	0:00