Game Recap: BUF 2, PIT 3 (OT), December 17, 2021

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Game Recap

BUF2

Final/OTFri, Dec 17, 2021Every game that night

PIT3

PIT beat BUF 3-2 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 4.16 expected goals to 1.26. PIT outshot BUF 48 to 21. K. Letang led the way with 2 points (0 G, 2 A). T. Jarry stopped 19 of 21.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
BUF	0	1	1	0	2
PIT	1	1	0	1	3

1st 5:53PITE. RodriguesPP0.12 xG
2nd 6:45PITB. McGinn0.01 xG
2nd 12:35BUFZ. Girgensons0.03 xG
3rd 14:42BUFR. Dahlin0.07 xG
OT 2:53PITJ. Carter0.10 xG

Team Stats

BUFPIT

21Shots on goal48

1.26Expected goals4.16

38Shot attempts77

185v5 shots on goal36

0/3Power play1/4

32Hits28

12Blocked shots8

18Penalty minutes16

4Giveaways9

4Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BUF 1.26 xGPIT 4.16 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

BUF21 on goal, 2 scored

PIT48 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
K. Okposo	RW	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	18:12	2:04
Z. Girgensons	C	1	0	1	1	3	0	+1	0	14:46	0:52
J. Hayden	C	0	1	1	4	7	1	+1	0	14:36	0:03
R. Asplund	C	0	1	1	1	1	0	+1	0	12:43	0:48
M. Jankowski	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1	0	17:58	0:19
D. Cozens	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	16:20	1:57
V. Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	15:58	1:04
T. Thompson	C	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	9	15:18	1:26
V. Olofsson	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	14:44	2:02
J. Skinner	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	14:39	2:19
B. Murray	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	14:39	1:04
C. Eakin	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	0	12:27	0:00
R. Dahlin	D	1	0	1	4	3	4	0	2	23:47	2:30
C. Fitzgerald	D	0	1	1	2	5	2	+1	5	16:42	0:11
H. Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	24:27	0:56
M. Pysyk	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	20:24	0:00
J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	19:41	0:49
C. Miller	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17:24	0:56

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
M. Subban	48	45	3	.938	62:53	OT loss
U. Luukkonen	0	0	0	–	0:00

PIT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
E. Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	9	2	2	0	0	22:36	4:10
S. Crosby	C	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	20:53	4:10
J. Carter	C	1	0	1	7	1	1	+1	2	18:52	3:55
T. Blueger	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	16:07	0:11
B. McGinn	LW	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	14:50	0:11
K. Kapanen	RW	0	0	0	5	0	0	+1	0	16:54	0:26
J. Zucker	LW	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	16:11	3:55
D. Heinen	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	14:30	0:37
Z. Aston-Reese	LW	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	13:55	0:11
D. Simon	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	2	11:13	0:26
D. O'Connor	LW	0	0	0	4	0	0	-1	0	9:57	0:26
S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	1	3	1	-1	5	8:55	0:00
K. Letang	D	0	2	2	4	2	0	+1	0	26:29	4:10
M. Matheson	D	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	16:30	0:11
B. Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	24:45	0:15
J. Marino	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	21:07	0:26
C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	+1	0	16:11	0:11
M. Pettersson	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	-2	2	15:22	0:04

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
T. Jarry	21	19	2	.905	62:53	Win
C. DeSmith	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamJason Zucker BUF Faces PIT, his team until Apr 20233 SOG

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