Game Recap: DET 4, BUF 3 (OT), November 6, 2021

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Game Recap

DET4

Final/OTSat, Nov 6, 2021Every game that night

BUF3

DET beat BUF 4-3 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.44 expected goals to 2.51. T. Bertuzzi led the way with 4 points (2 G, 2 A). A. Nedeljkovic stopped 29 of 32.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
DET	1	0	2	1	4
BUF	0	2	1	0	3

1st 0:16DETP. Suter0.19 xG
2nd 11:32BUFT. Thompson0.16 xG
2nd 12:36BUFR. DahlinPP0.03 xG
3rd 6:08BUFA. Ruotsalainen0.14 xG
3rd 13:24DETT. Bertuzzi0.10 xG
3rd 14:54DETT. Bertuzzi0.15 xG
OT 2:45DETM. Seider0.13 xG

Team Stats

DETBUF

33Shots on goal32

3.44Expected goals2.51

51Shot attempts54

255v5 shots on goal28

0/1Power play1/2

13Hits7

12Blocked shots12

4Penalty minutes2

8Giveaways7

3Takeaways1

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DET 3.44 xGBUF 2.51 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

DET33 on goal, 4 scored

BUF32 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DET Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
T. Bertuzzi	LW	2	2	4	3	0	0	+3	0	20:57	1:03
L. Raymond	LW	0	3	3	6	0	0	+2	0	19:57	1:03
P. Suter	C	1	1	2	7	0	0	+2	0	19:22	0:57
R. Fabbri	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	17:24	0:57
J. Veleno	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	15:55	0:00
V. Namestnikov	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	-1	0	15:03	0:00
M. Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	14:54	0:57
S. Gagner	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	14:39	1:03
F. Zadina	RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	+1	0	13:45	1:03
M. Stephens	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	13:16	0:00
A. Erne	LW	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	10:35	0:00
G. Smith	RW	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	8:14	0:00
M. Seider	D	1	0	1	1	1	1	+3	0	21:50	1:11
D. DeKeyser	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	+2	0	18:17	0:00
F. Hronek	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	25:06	0:49
N. Leddy	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	24:38	0:57
M. Staal	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	15:57	0:00
J. Oesterle	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	15:54	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Nedeljkovic	32	29	3	.906	62:45	Win
T. Greiss	0	0	0	–	0:00

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
R. Asplund	C	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	16:24	1:09
J. Skinner	LW	0	1	1	2	0	1	+1	0	18:44	1:09
T. Thompson	C	1	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	16:01	1:09
A. Ruotsalainen	C	1	0	1	3	1	0	+1	0	12:12	0:00
J. Hayden	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	+1	0	11:28	0:00
K. Okposo	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	0	18:43	1:23
C. Eakin	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	17:07	0:00
Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	-1	0	17:07	1:23
V. Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	-2	0	15:10	0:00
D. Cozens	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	-2	2	14:46	1:23
D. Caggiula	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	13:09	0:00
A. Bjork	LW	0	0	0	1	1	1	+1	0	12:39	0:00
C. Miller	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	-1	0	22:03	1:23
R. Dahlin	D	1	0	1	4	1	1	-1	0	21:10	1:09
W. Butcher	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17:56	1:09
J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	-1	0	22:34	1:23
R. Hagg	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	20:09	0:00
M. Pysyk	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	18:53	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
D. Tokarski	33	29	4	.879	62:45	OT loss
A. Dell	0	0	0	–	0:00