Game Recap: BUF 4, TOR 3, March 13, 2023

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Game Recap

BUF4

FinalMon, Mar 13, 2023Every game that night

TOR3

BUF beat TOR 4-3, and the chances backed it up: 3.41 expected goals to 2.28. A. Matthews led the way with 3 points (1 G, 2 A). C. Anderson stopped 25 of 28.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	0	1	3	4
TOR	0	2	1	3

2nd 1:11TORA. Matthews0.15 xG
2nd 4:13TORC. Jarnkrok0.17 xG
2nd 14:58BUFJ. Quinn0.04 xG
3rd 3:39BUFA. Tuch0.16 xG
3rd 9:39BUFD. Cozens0.19 xG
3rd 11:19BUFA. TuchPP0.21 xG
3rd 18:58TORW. Nylander0.09 xG

Team Stats

BUFTOR

29Shots on goal28

3.41Expected goals2.28

54Shot attempts49

235v5 shots on goal21

1/3Power play0/1

24Hits30

10Blocked shots15

2Penalty minutes6

8Giveaways13

18Takeaways10

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BUF 3.41 xGTOR 2.28 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

BUF29 on goal, 4 scored

TOR28 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Tuch	RW	2	0	2	5	3	0	+1	0	20:23	3:30
D. Cozens	C	1	1	2	4	0	2	0	0	15:55	3:30
J. Peterka	RW	0	2	2	0	0	0	+2	0	12:56	1:42
T. Thompson	C	0	1	1	7	0	0	+1	0	20:56	3:30
J. Skinner	LW	0	1	1	2	1	0	+1	0	20:22	3:30
J. Quinn	RW	1	0	1	1	1	0	+1	0	14:00	1:38
T. Jost	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	15:42	0:00
C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	14:45	1:42
J. Greenway	LW	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	0	13:50	0:00
Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	1	7	1	-2	0	12:50	0:00
K. Okposo	RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	-2	2	12:38	0:00
P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	-2	0	8:43	1:42
O. Power	D	0	2	2	0	1	2	+2	0	26:31	1:42
R. Stillman	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	+1	0	12:43	0:00
H. Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	2	4	0	+2	0	27:00	0:04
R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	-3	0	21:18	3:30
I. Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	15:36	0:00
J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	11:53	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. Anderson	28	25	3	.893	60:00	Win
U. Luukkonen	0	0	0	–	0:00

TOR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Matthews	C	1	2	3	5	1	2	+3	0	23:20	1:10
M. Marner	RW	0	2	2	1	0	1	+2	0	22:30	1:09
W. Nylander	RW	1	0	1	5	1	2	0	2	22:24	1:07
C. Jarnkrok	C	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	12:41	0:51
A. Kerfoot	C	0	1	1	2	1	0	-1	2	12:13	0:50
J. Tavares	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1	0	19:40	1:08
M. Bunting	LW	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	16:51	0:53
N. Acciari	C	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	15:19	0:00
D. Kampf	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15:16	0:00
S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	-2	0	12:59	0:52
Z. Aston-Reese	LW	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	11:08	0:00
M. Rielly	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	18:34	1:03
T. Brodie	D	0	0	0	0	3	2	+1	0	17:55	0:00
J. Holl	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	17:19	0:00
J. McCabe	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	0	15:59	0:00
T. Liljegren	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	-1	0	15:58	0:00
E. Gustafsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	14:33	0:57
M. Giordano	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	2	13:54	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
M. Murray	29	25	4	.862	56:15	Loss
I. Samsonov	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

HometownOwen Power BUF Plays near home (born in Mississauga)2 A, 0 SOG

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