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Game Recap
BUF1
Final/OTFri, Mar 18, 2022Every game that night
CGY0

BUF beat CGY 1-0 in overtime, with the chances close: 2.66 expected goals to 2.51. BUF outshot CGY 34 to 24. D. Tokarski stopped 24 of 24.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
BUF00011
CGY00000
  1. OT 3:07BUFT. Thompson0.03 xG

Team Stats

BUFCGY
34Shots on goal24
2.66Expected goals2.51
48Shot attempts50
255v5 shots on goal22
0/3Power play0/1
17Hits23
8Blocked shots9
4Penalty minutes8
10Giveaways15
8Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BUF 2.66 xGCGY 2.51 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 3:07

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

BUF32 on goal, 1 scored
CGY24 on goal, 0 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BUF Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. ThompsonC101501+1018:153:09
C. MittelstadtC0001010019:032:18
K. OkposoRW0004110217:202:53
A. TuchRW0005000016:402:31
V. OlofssonLW0003010016:372:50
J. SkinnerLW0004100016:332:48
C. EakinC0000000014:440:21
P. KrebsC0001000014:372:58
Z. GirgensonsC0001100014:140:00
R. AsplundC0004000014:070:00
V. HinostrozaC0001100013:570:33
D. CozensC000210+1213:382:58
H. JokiharjuD000111+1024:332:58
R. DahlinD0001100023:442:50
J. BrysonD0000010021:360:39
M. SamuelssonD0001400020:120:14
R. HaggD0000620013:540:00
M. PysykD0000000013:510:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Tokarski242401.00062:53Win
C. Anderson000–0:00

CGY Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
E. LindholmC0002000020:090:50
J. GaudreauLW000100-1019:030:49
M. TkachukLW000000-1018:210:52
B. ColemanLW0000200016:030:27
T. LewisC0002300015:560:00
M. BacklundC0000100215:130:43
A. MangiapaneLW0000000014:500:43
T. ToffoliC0001200213:060:51
C. JarnkrokC0001300012:370:26
D. DubeC0002100012:300:43
S. MonahanC0000000012:060:43
M. LucicLW0002200011:280:25
R. AnderssonD0001120025:580:48
N. HanifinD000201-1224:130:43
C. TanevD0003020220:280:28
N. ZadorovD0003210018:310:00
O. KylingtonD0004010018:170:29
E. GudbransonD0000620014:320:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Markstrom34331.97163:07OT loss
D. Vladar000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

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