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Game Recap
BUF3
TBL5
TBL beat BUF 5-3, and the chances backed it up: 4.46 expected goals to 3.05. N. Kucherov led the way with 4 points (1 G, 3 A). B. Elliott stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| TBL | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
- 1st 7:07TBLN. Paul0.10 xG
- 1st 16:24BUFZ. Girgensons0.15 xG
- 2nd 5:05TBLB. PointPP0.18 xG
- 2nd 8:34BUFC. MittelstadtPP0.07 xG
- 3rd 4:25BUFJ. Skinner0.14 xG
- 3rd 7:40TBLB. Hagel0.22 xG
- 3rd 15:05TBLN. Perbix0.06 xG
- 3rd 19:02TBLN. KucherovEN0.89 xG
Team Stats
BUFTBL
24Shots on goal30
3.05Expected goals4.46
54Shot attempts49
195v5 shots on goal25
1/3Power play1/2
44Hits43
10Blocked shots17
4Penalty minutes6
9Giveaways8
8Takeaways13
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.
Expected Goals Over the Game
BUF 3.05 xGTBL 4.46 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
GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance
Box Score
BUF Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Tuch | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:11 | 2:47 |
| D. Cozens | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:04 | 2:27 |
| T. Thompson | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:55 | 2:51 |
| J. Skinner | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:34 | 2:18 |
| K. Okposo | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:22 | 1:58 |
| C. Mittelstadt | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:06 | 2:04 |
| Z. Girgensons | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:09 | 0:00 |
| J. Peterka | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:34 | 0:00 |
| V. Olofsson | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:47 | 1:59 |
| R. Asplund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:33 | 0:00 |
| J. Quinn | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 | 2:42 |
| P. Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:31 | 0:00 |
| O. Power | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 28:14 | 4:16 |
| J. Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 26:15 | 0:33 |
| I. Lyubushkin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 22:14 | 0:02 |
| K. Clague | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 21:14 | 0:08 |
| L. Pilut | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:04 | 0:00 |
| C. Fitzgerald | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6:09 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Comrie | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 59:37 | Loss |
| C. Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |
TBL Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Kucherov | RW | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 2 | 19:56 | 2:27 |
| B. Hagel | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 19:11 | 0:47 |
| B. Point | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:04 | 1:51 |
| S. Stamkos | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 17:18 | 1:47 |
| N. Paul | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:08 | 0:00 |
| A. Killorn | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:36 | 0:56 |
| R. Colton | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 | 0:00 |
| V. Namestnikov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:44 | 1:36 |
| P. Bellemare | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:41 | 0:00 |
| C. Perry | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:21 | 0:52 |
| P. Maroon | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:49 | 0:00 |
| C. Koepke | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 | 0:00 |
| V. Hedman | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22:23 | 2:05 |
| N. Perbix | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:49 | 0:00 |
| M. Sergachev | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 24:46 | 0:29 |
| E. Cernak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:51 | 0:00 |
| I. Cole | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:24 | 0:00 |
| H. Fleury | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 12:23 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Elliott | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 60:00 | Win |
| A. Vasilevskiy | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |
Storylines That Played Out
As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.