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Game Recap
BUF3
CAR5
CAR beat BUF 5-3, and the chances backed it up: 5.00 expected goals to 2.90. CAR outshot BUF 32 to 21. S. Aho led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). A. Raanta stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| CAR | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
- 1st 3:49BUFT. Thompson0.12 xG
- 1st 6:25BUFA. Tuch0.29 xG
- 2nd 4:59CARS. Aho0.10 xG
- 2nd 5:29BUFV. Olofsson0.16 xG
- 2nd 16:32CART. Teravainen0.16 xG
- 3rd 5:12CARJ. Staal0.14 xG
- 3rd 11:39CARS. Aho0.15 xG
- 3rd 19:05CARJ. StaalEN0.87 xG
Team Stats
BUFCAR
21Shots on goal32
2.90Expected goals5.00
38Shot attempts56
175v5 shots on goal23
0/3Power play0/2
16Hits37
8Blocked shots5
4Penalty minutes6
11Giveaways11
9Takeaways5
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.
Expected Goals Over the Game
BUF 2.90 xGCAR 5.00 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
GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance
Box Score
BUF Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Thompson | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:08 | 3:37 |
| A. Tuch | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:26 | 3:30 |
| J. Skinner | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:38 | 3:36 |
| C. Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:54 | 3:51 |
| V. Olofsson | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:21 | 2:09 |
| D. Cozens | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:37 | 2:21 |
| K. Okposo | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 | 2:11 |
| P. Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:20 | 2:23 |
| Z. Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:29 | 0:00 |
| V. Hinostroza | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 12:23 | 0:00 |
| C. Eakin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:15 | 0:00 |
| R. Asplund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:50 | 0:00 |
| M. Samuelsson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:05 | 0:00 |
| R. Dahlin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 23:14 | 4:50 |
| H. Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 22:28 | 1:21 |
| C. Fitzgerald | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:38 | 0:00 |
| J. Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 | 0:11 |
| M. Pysyk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 14:26 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Anderson | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 59:04 | Loss |
| D. Tokarski | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |
CAR Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Aho | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:22 | 2:22 |
| J. Staal | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:38 | 0:00 |
| A. Svechnikov | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 | 2:21 |
| S. Jarvis | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:26 | 1:32 |
| T. Teravainen | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:05 | 2:24 |
| J. Fast | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:38 | 0:00 |
| V. Trocheck | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:40 | 2:26 |
| N. Niederreiter | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:29 | 1:37 |
| M. Necas | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:56 | 1:39 |
| M. Domi | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:41 | 1:36 |
| D. Stepan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:06 | 0:00 |
| J. Martinook | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 9:43 | 0:00 |
| B. Pesce | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22:55 | 0:00 |
| B. Skjei | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:51 | 0:02 |
| J. Slavin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 19:57 | 1:30 |
| I. Cole | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:37 | 0:00 |
| T. DeAngelo | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 | 2:31 |
| B. Smith | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Raanta | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 60:00 | Win |
| F. Andersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |