Game Recap: BUF 6, CHI 5, March 28, 2022

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Game Recap

BUF6

FinalMon, Mar 28, 2022Every game that night

CHI5

BUF beat CHI 6-5, and the chances backed it up: 2.91 expected goals to 1.60. BUF outshot CHI 37 to 21. V. Olofsson led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). D. Tokarski stopped 16 of 21.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	0	3	3	6
CHI	3	1	1	5

1st 7:53CHIC. de Haan0.02 xG
1st 13:44CHIS. Lafferty0.04 xG
1st 16:55CHIJ. ToewsPP0.11 xG
2nd 1:21CHIS. Jones0.15 xG
2nd 4:50BUFV. OlofssonPP0.01 xG
2nd 10:24BUFV. Olofsson0.14 xG
2nd 14:32BUFK. Okposo0.09 xG
3rd 2:39BUFV. Hinostroza0.01 xG
3rd 10:56CHIA. DeBrincatPP0.10 xG
3rd 17:46BUFA. Tuch0.19 xG
3rd 19:48BUFT. ThompsonPP0.05 xG

Team Stats

BUFCHI

37Shots on goal21

2.91Expected goals1.60

68Shot attempts38

355v5 shots on goal13

2/3Power play2/2

24Hits33

13Blocked shots21

4Penalty minutes6

7Giveaways12

10Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BUF 2.91 xGCHI 1.60 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

BUF37 on goal, 6 scored

CHI21 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
V. Olofsson	LW	2	1	3	5	0	0	+1	0	14:53	1:19
T. Thompson	C	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	17:58	3:04
A. Tuch	RW	1	1	2	2	2	3	0	0	16:05	3:04
D. Cozens	C	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	13:25	1:19
J. Skinner	LW	0	1	1	4	0	0	+1	0	18:16	3:04
C. Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	3	1	0	+1	0	17:08	3:04
K. Okposo	RW	1	0	1	3	1	0	+1	0	16:16	1:19
V. Hinostroza	C	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	14:35	0:00
P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	14:02	1:18
C. Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:45	0:00
R. Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	12:42	0:00
Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	12:28	0:00
R. Dahlin	D	0	2	2	5	2	0	+2	0	26:10	3:04
H. Jokiharju	D	0	1	1	1	2	2	+1	0	22:36	1:19
W. Butcher	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	+1	0	15:09	0:00
M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	1	3	2	-1	0	18:09	0:00
C. Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	2	16:50	0:00
J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	16:44	0:01

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
D. Tokarski	21	16	5	.762	60:00	Win
C. Anderson	0	0	0	–	0:00

CHI Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
D. Strome	C	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	17:48	2:30
A. DeBrincat	RW	1	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	17:48	2:30
D. Kubalik	LW	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	13:32	0:19
S. Lafferty	C	1	0	1	2	4	1	+1	0	18:31	0:00
P. Kane	RW	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	18:01	2:30
R. Johnson	C	0	1	1	2	5	1	0	0	17:33	0:00
T. Raddysh	RW	0	1	1	0	3	0	-1	0	17:10	2:30
J. Toews	C	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	15:12	0:19
P. Kurashev	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	-1	0	10:36	0:19
B. Katchouk	LW	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	2	15:56	0:00
T. Johnson	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	8:25	0:19
H. Borgstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	8:08	0:00
S. Jones	D	1	0	1	5	2	1	-1	0	25:11	2:30
J. McCabe	D	0	1	1	1	2	6	-1	0	23:46	0:00
C. de Haan	D	1	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	21:39	0:00
C. Jones	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	+1	2	17:25	0:00
R. Stillman	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	-1	0	15:12	0:00
E. Gustafsson	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	13:58	0:19

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
K. Lankinen	37	31	6	.838	59:46	Loss
C. Delia	0	0	0	–	0:00