Game Recap: BUF 3, CBJ 7, February 20, 2022

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Game Recap

BUF3

FinalSun, Feb 20, 2022Every game that night

CBJ7

CBJ beat BUF 7-3, and the chances backed it up: 4.57 expected goals to 2.71. D. Kukan led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). J. Berube stopped 33 of 36.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	2	1	0	3
CBJ	2	3	2	7

1st 4:47CBJD. Kukan0.01 xG
1st 15:05BUFM. Pysyk0.02 xG
1st 17:14BUFT. Thompson0.03 xG
1st 17:24CBJB. Jenner0.02 xG
2nd 3:28CBJD. Kukan0.03 xG
2nd 8:16CBJZ. Werenski0.12 xG
2nd 17:43CBJB. Gaunce0.20 xG
2nd 19:28BUFK. Okposo0.16 xG
3rd 19:24CBJG. NyquistEN0.87 xG
3rd 19:56CBJJ. Danforth0.17 xG

Team Stats

BUFCBJ

36Shots on goal39

2.71Expected goals4.57

59Shot attempts59

315v5 shots on goal31

0/1Power play0/2

15Hits17

8Blocked shots12

6Penalty minutes4

3Giveaways5

10Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BUF 2.71 xGCBJ 4.57 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

BUF36 on goal, 3 scored

CBJ38 on goal, 7 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
K. Okposo	RW	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	18:29	0:59
C. Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	18:23	0:59
T. Thompson	C	1	0	1	4	0	0	-3	0	18:19	1:01
D. Cozens	C	0	1	1	3	0	0	-1	0	16:57	1:12
A. Tuch	RW	0	1	1	2	2	0	-2	2	16:51	1:01
V. Olofsson	LW	0	1	1	4	0	0	-2	0	14:51	0:59
P. Krebs	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	11:53	1:01
R. Asplund	C	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	14:57	0:00
J. Skinner	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	14:32	0:48
A. Bjork	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	11:09	0:00
J. Hayden	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	0	10:46	0:00
C. Eakin	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	10:24	0:00
M. Pysyk	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	-1	0	15:05	0:00
H. Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	2	25:06	1:21
J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	2	1	0	+1	0	22:47	0:39
M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	4	1	1	-3	0	19:49	0:00
C. Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	1	3	0	-3	0	18:46	0:00
R. Hagg	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	15:56	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Anderson	38	32	6	.842	59:00	Loss
D. Tokarski	0	0	0	–	0:00

CBJ Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
B. Gaunce	C	1	2	3	3	2	0	+3	2	7:41	0:00
B. Jenner	C	1	1	2	2	1	0	+3	0	20:36	2:11
P. Laine	LW	0	2	2	4	3	0	+1	0	20:18	2:40
J. Voracek	RW	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	17:43	2:29
S. Kuraly	C	0	1	1	1	4	1	+2	0	17:10	0:00
G. Nyquist	RW	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	17:06	1:20
M. Domi	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	+1	0	16:10	1:49
E. Chinakhov	RW	0	1	1	4	1	1	0	0	15:50	1:20
O. Bjorkstrand	RW	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	15:35	2:11
J. Danforth	RW	1	0	1	3	1	0	+2	0	6:59	0:00
C. Sillinger	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-2	0	13:25	0:00
J. Roslovic	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	+2	0	10:57	1:37
D. Kukan	D	2	1	3	4	0	1	+2	0	16:54	0:00
Z. Werenski	D	1	0	1	4	0	1	+3	0	25:02	2:23
V. Gavrikov	D	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	23:25	0:00
G. Bayreuther	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	+1	0	10:06	0:00
A. Peeke	D	0	0	0	2	1	4	+2	0	24:32	0:11
A. Boqvist	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	16:31	1:49

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
J. Berube	36	33	3	.917	60:00	Win
J. Greaves	0	0	0	–	0:00