Game Recap: BUF 4, NYR 5 (OT), March 27, 2022

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Game Recap

BUF4

Final/OTSun, Mar 27, 2022Every game that night

NYR5

NYR beat BUF 5-4 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 4.15 expected goals to 1.25. NYR outshot BUF 31 to 17. F. Vatrano led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). A. Georgiev stopped 13 of 17.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
BUF	1	2	1	0	4
NYR	2	1	1	1	5

1st 3:59NYRF. Vatrano0.01 xG
1st 4:17NYRF. Vatrano0.23 xG
1st 18:12BUFR. Asplund0.11 xG
2nd 2:06BUFW. Butcher0.02 xG
2nd 6:48BUFK. Okposo0.13 xG
2nd 11:46NYRA. Lafrenière0.13 xG
3rd 3:52NYRA. Panarin0.05 xG
3rd 13:07BUFJ. SkinnerPP0.12 xG
OT 2:02NYRK. Miller0.13 xG

Team Stats

BUFNYR

17Shots on goal31

1.25Expected goals4.15

35Shot attempts60

165v5 shots on goal23

1/1Power play0/1

20Hits18

9Blocked shots14

0Penalty minutes2

12Giveaways13

3Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BUF 1.25 xGNYR 4.15 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

BUF16 on goal, 4 scored

NYR31 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	TOI	PP TOI
C. Mittelstadt	C	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	15:19	0:59
K. Okposo	RW	1	0	1	3	2	0	-1	16:51	0:00
J. Skinner	LW	1	0	1	1	0	1	-2	15:25	0:59
Z. Girgensons	C	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	14:39	0:00
R. Asplund	C	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	14:33	0:00
P. Krebs	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	+1	14:24	0:00
V. Hinostroza	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	14:21	0:00
T. Thompson	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-3	17:25	0:59
A. Tuch	RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	-2	16:27	0:59
C. Eakin	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15:51	0:00
D. Cozens	C	0	0	0	4	0	0	+1	14:17	0:00
V. Olofsson	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1	13:31	0:00
R. Dahlin	D	0	2	2	0	4	1	-3	26:45	0:59
M. Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	1	2	2	+3	22:09	0:00
W. Butcher	D	1	0	1	2	1	0	-1	12:48	0:00
H. Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	24:57	0:00
J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	+2	17:21	0:00
C. Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	-2	17:03	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Anderson	31	26	5	.839	62:02	OT loss
D. Tokarski	0	0	0	–	0:00

NYR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Copp	C	0	2	2	1	0	1	+2	0	19:03	1:20
F. Vatrano	RW	2	0	2	3	2	0	+1	0	18:19	0:40
A. Lafrenière	LW	1	1	2	3	3	0	+1	0	14:59	0:40
A. Panarin	LW	1	0	1	3	0	0	+1	0	21:10	1:20
C. Kreider	LW	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	18:46	1:20
F. Chytil	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	16:21	0:40
J. Brodzinski	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	+1	0	10:37	0:00
M. Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	3	1	0	+1	0	18:34	1:20
B. Goodrow	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	17:43	0:40
T. Motte	C	0	0	0	2	3	0	-1	0	14:08	0:00
D. Hunt	LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	10:02	0:00
R. Strome	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	5:34	0:00
J. Trouba	D	0	1	1	5	3	2	+2	0	22:42	0:40
K. Miller	D	1	0	1	2	2	2	+2	0	22:07	0:00
A. Fox	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	24:25	1:20
R. Lindgren	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	20:59	0:00
B. Schneider	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	15:11	0:00
P. Nemeth	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	14:27	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Georgiev	17	13	4	.765	62:02	Win
I. Shesterkin	0	0	0	–	0:00