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Game Recap
BUF2
FinalSat, Mar 25, 2023Every game that night
NYI0

BUF beat NYI 2-0, and the chances backed it up: 3.61 expected goals to 1.81. BUF outshot NYI 35 to 26. E. Comrie stopped 26 of 26.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
BUF0022
NYI0000
  1. 3rd 13:31BUFK. Okposo0.11 xG
  2. 3rd 19:28BUFJ. SkinnerEN0.84 xG

Team Stats

BUFNYI
35Shots on goal26
3.61Expected goals1.81
62Shot attempts46
285v5 shots on goal21
0/3Power play0/2
10Hits26
14Blocked shots17
4Penalty minutes6
9Giveaways13
9Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BUF 3.61 xGNYI 1.81 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdBUF goal, 13:31BUF goal, 19:28

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

BUF35 on goal, 2 scored
NYI24 on goal, 0 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BUF Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. CozensC011610+1016:572:52
C. MittelstadtC011320+1016:172:26
J. SkinnerLW101200+1015:463:02
K. OkposoRW101310+1015:000:00
A. TuchRW0003010018:433:13
T. ThompsonC0002000017:033:36
J. QuinnRW0001140215:552:48
J. PeterkaRW0002010015:482:55
P. KrebsC000110+1013:550:00
Z. GirgensonsC000011+1013:120:00
V. OlofssonLW0002000012:143:06
T. JostC0000020011:350:00
I. LyubushkinD011100+2019:240:00
R. DahlinD0001320227:033:56
O. PowerD000501+2025:562:05
H. JokiharjuD0002010020:540:01
R. StillmanD0000000010:470:00
J. BrysonD0001010010:210:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
E. Comrie262601.00059:10Win
U. Luukkonen000–0:00

NYI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
K. PalmieriC000411-1020:153:17
B. HorvatC000520-2019:353:16
B. NelsonC000011-1018:442:54
P. EngvallLW0003000216:360:56
A. LeeLW000122-2016:253:04
Z. PariseLW0004100215:230:58
J. PageauC0001200015:000:45
C. CizikasC0000010014:180:00
J. BaileyRW000001-1011:400:00
H. FaschingRW0001000011:140:06
C. ClutterbuckRW0000500010:360:00
M. MartinLW000010008:560:00
A. PelechD0001240022:190:10
S. MayfieldD000022-1022:120:00
N. DobsonD000210-1221:583:26
R. PulockD000333-1021:060:34
A. RomanovD000022-1017:370:00
S. BolducD0001100011:460:34
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Varlamov34331.97158:20Loss
I. Sorokin000–0:00