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Game Recap
COL5
BUF3
COL beat BUF 5-3, and the chances backed it up: 4.97 expected goals to 2.93. T. Thompson scored three for BUF. D. Kuemper stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| BUF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
- 1st 2:50BUFT. Thompson0.12 xG
- 1st 3:35COLN. MacKinnon0.03 xG
- 1st 11:18COLJ. Compher0.18 xG
- 1st 12:42BUFT. Thompson0.13 xG
- 1st 13:02COLN. Kadri0.10 xG
- 2nd 12:54BUFT. Thompson0.12 xG
- 3rd 8:37COLA. Newhook0.19 xG
- 3rd 19:08COLM. RantanenEN0.95 xG
Team Stats
COLBUF
36Shots on goal32
4.97Expected goals2.93
51Shot attempts52
305v5 shots on goal25
0/2Power play0/1
8Hits9
12Blocked shots9
2Penalty minutes4
3Giveaways8
3Takeaways5
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.
Expected Goals Over the Game
COL 4.97 xGBUF 2.93 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
COL Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Rantanen | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:27 | 3:11 |
| N. MacKinnon | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:16 | 3:06 |
| N. Kadri | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:14 | 2:58 |
| V. Nichushkin | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:41 | 0:54 |
| J. Compher | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:15 | 0:00 |
| A. Newhook | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13:21 | 0:49 |
| N. Aube-Kubel | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:22 | 0:00 |
| G. Landeskog | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:04 | 3:06 |
| A. Burakovsky | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 | 0:53 |
| T. Jost | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:34 | 0:00 |
| D. Helm | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 7:16 | 0:00 |
| L. O'Connor | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:11 | 0:00 |
| C. Makar | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:42 | 2:56 |
| D. Toews | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23:37 | 1:13 |
| S. Girard | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:18 | 0:54 |
| E. Johnson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 17:47 | 0:00 |
| J. Johnson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:36 | 0:00 |
| R. Murray | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 15:20 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Kuemper | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 60:00 | Win |
| P. Francouz | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |
BUF Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Thompson | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:09 | 1:31 |
| J. Skinner | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:52 | 1:32 |
| A. Tuch | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:57 | 1:32 |
| D. Cozens | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 16:29 | 0:29 |
| K. Okposo | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:18 | 0:27 |
| V. Olofsson | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 16:10 | 0:28 |
| P. Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:37 | 1:33 |
| C. Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:10 | 0:28 |
| C. Eakin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:45 | 0:00 |
| R. Asplund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:40 | 0:00 |
| A. Bjork | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:30 | 0:00 |
| J. Hayden | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:17 | 0:00 |
| R. Dahlin | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 23:23 | 1:44 |
| M. Samuelsson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:55 | 0:00 |
| H. Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:27 | 0:16 |
| C. Fitzgerald | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:20 | 0:00 |
| M. Pysyk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 18:14 | 0:00 |
| J. Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 17:04 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Tokarski | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 58:43 | Loss |
| C. Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |