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Game Recap
DET3
Final/OTMon, Jan 17, 2022Every game that night
BUF2

DET beat BUF 3-2 in overtime, with the chances close: 3.41 expected goals to 2.92. D. Larkin led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). A. Nedeljkovic stopped 26 of 28.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
DET00213
BUF10102
  1. 1st 9:56BUFH. Jokiharju0.02 xG
  2. 3rd 9:21BUFJ. Skinner0.15 xG
  3. 3rd 10:21DETV. NamestnikovSH0.20 xG
  4. 3rd 13:28DETD. Larkin0.20 xG
  5. OT 2:07DETD. Larkin0.13 xG

Team Stats

DETBUF
35Shots on goal28
3.41Expected goals2.92
57Shot attempts41
295v5 shots on goal21
0/1Power play0/2
9Hits10
6Blocked shots13
6Penalty minutes6
1Giveaways9
3Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

DET 3.41 xGBUF 2.92 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 9:56BUF goal, 9:21DET goal, 10:21DET goal, 13:28DET goal, 2:07

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

DET34 on goal, 3 scored
BUF28 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

DET Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. LarkinC202300+1021:261:07
T. BertuzziLW011100+1020:210:59
R. FabbriC011500+1018:370:59
V. NamestnikovC1013010017:040:00
P. SuterC000620-1021:021:01
L. RaymondLW000210-1019:480:59
M. RasmussenC0001100012:260:00
A. ErneLW0002200212:101:01
J. VelenoC0002000410:260:00
F. ZadinaRW0002100010:191:01
S. GagnerC000300009:080:00
G. SmithRW000000006:440:00
M. SeiderD011210-1022:010:59
N. LeddyD0111000020:490:46
F. HronekD000000+1020:430:43
D. DeKeyserD000002-1020:100:15
G. LindstromD0002110018:480:10
M. StaalD000002+2018:190:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Nedeljkovic28262.92962:07Win
C. Pickard000–0:00

BUF Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. SkinnerLW112600+1015:422:21
A. TuchRW011400+1020:002:21
T. ThompsonC0115400018:452:21
R. AsplundC0001000017:470:58
K. OkposoRW000120-1216:332:02
V. OlofssonLW000100-2015:251:39
D. CozensC000102-1215:210:41
P. KrebsC000000-1214:411:39
C. EakinC0001000013:470:00
A. BjorkLW0000000012:430:00
J. HaydenC0001000012:280:00
V. HinostrozaC0001000010:360:58
H. JokiharjuD1011220023:441:00
R. DahlinD0111010023:182:21
M. PysykD0000020019:120:00
M. SamuelssonD0001120018:290:00
W. ButcherD0002030017:281:39
R. HaggD0001110016:220:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
A. Dell35323.91462:07OT loss
M. Houser000–0:00