Game Recap: BUF 4, BOS 3 (OT), December 31, 2022

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Game Recap

BUF4

Final/OTSat, Dec 31, 2022Every game that night

BOS3

BUF beat BOS 4-3 in overtime despite fewer good chances: 2.00 expected goals to 4.71. BOS outshot BUF 40 to 25. A. Tuch led the way with 4 points (2 G, 2 A). U. Luukkonen stopped 37 of 40.

Scoring

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

1st 13:09BOSD. Pastrnak0.06 xG
1st 16:13BUFT. Thompson0.19 xG
2nd 2:03BUFA. Tuch0.12 xG
3rd 5:16BOSP. BergeronPP0.13 xG
3rd 12:25BOSB. Marchand0.18 xG
3rd 18:23BUFD. Cozens0.05 xG
OT 3:53BUFA. Tuch0.11 xG

Team Stats

BUFBOS

25Shots on goal40

2.00Expected goals4.71

42Shot attempts66

165v5 shots on goal26

0/3Power play1/5

27Hits30

17Blocked shots12

17Penalty minutes11

14Giveaways9

4Takeaways9

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BUF 2.00 xGBOS 4.71 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

BUF25 on goal, 4 scored

BOS39 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Tuch	RW	2	2	4	2	1	0	+3	0	21:30	3:09
D. Cozens	C	1	1	2	3	1	0	+1	0	17:26	3:09
T. Thompson	C	1	0	1	3	0	0	+2	0	22:39	3:30
J. Skinner	LW	0	1	1	2	0	0	+2	0	19:03	3:35
K. Okposo	RW	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	2	14:32	0:06
P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	5	14:22	0:06
C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13:54	2:46
J. Peterka	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	4	13:28	2:24
J. Quinn	RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	13:10	2:19
Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	12:40	0:06
V. Olofsson	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	12:03	2:22
T. Jost	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	10:59	0:00
R. Dahlin	D	0	1	1	5	4	6	0	2	27:52	3:36
I. Lyubushkin	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	11:37	0:00
O. Power	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	+2	0	28:44	2:24
M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	24:44	0:22
J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	15:24	0:06
K. Clague	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	+1	2	9:41	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
U. Luukkonen	40	37	3	.925	63:16	Win
C. Anderson	0	0	0	–	0:00

BOS Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
B. Marchand	LW	1	1	2	6	2	1	-1	0	22:49	3:49
D. Pastrnak	RW	1	1	2	6	0	1	+1	0	20:30	4:08
D. Krejci	C	0	1	1	2	3	0	+2	0	20:25	4:03
P. Bergeron	C	1	0	1	6	2	0	-3	0	20:18	3:07
P. Zacha	C	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	19:38	2:15
J. DeBrusk	LW	0	1	1	1	3	0	-1	0	18:20	2:29
T. Hall	LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	15:03	3:16
C. Coyle	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	-1	0	14:55	0:00
N. Foligno	LW	0	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	11:13	1:29
T. Frederic	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	11:02	0:00
C. Smith	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	2	6:41	0:00
A. Greer	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6:06	0:00
C. McAvoy	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	26:48	4:04
H. Lindholm	D	0	0	0	4	1	2	-1	2	23:44	2:49
D. Forbort	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	19:12	0:00
B. Carlo	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	+1	0	18:38	0:00
M. Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	0	16:03	0:43
C. Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	5	14:16	0:08

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Swayman	25	21	4	.840	63:51	OT loss
L. Ullmark	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamCasey Mittelstadt BOS Faces BUF, his team until Mar 20240 SOG
Old teamJJ Peterka BOS Faces BUF, his team until Apr 20250 SOG

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