Game Recap: EDM 2, BUF 3 (SO), March 9, 2024

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Game Recap

EDM2

Final/SOSat, Mar 9, 2024Every game that night

BUF3

BUF beat EDM 3-2 in a shootout, with the chances close: 3.28 expected goals to 2.91. W. Foegele led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). U. Luukkonen stopped 30 of 32.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	SO	T
EDM	2	0	0	0	2
BUF	1	0	1	1	3

1st 0:29EDMR. McLeod0.04 xG
1st 14:19EDMW. FoegeleSH0.21 xG
1st 15:35BUFT. ThompsonPP0.29 xG
3rd 11:39BUFJ. Bryson0.02 xG

Team Stats

EDMBUF

32Shots on goal27

2.91Expected goals3.28

52Shot attempts56

255v5 shots on goal20

0/3Power play1/1

14Hits41

11Blocked shots7

2Penalty minutes6

4Giveaways2

5Takeaways11

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

EDM 2.91 xGBUF 3.28 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

EDM31 on goal, 2 scored

BUF27 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

EDM Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
R. McLeod	C	1	1	2	2	1	0	+2	0	17:11	1:40
W. Foegele	LW	1	1	2	4	0	0	+2	0	15:43	0:53
L. Draisaitl	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	0	22:04	3:34
C. McDavid	C	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	0	23:05	3:26
Z. Hyman	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	19:41	3:28
R. Nugent-Hopkins	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	0	19:33	3:30
E. Kane	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	16:11	2:33
C. Perry	RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	14:01	2:27
A. Henrique	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	13:52	0:00
C. Brown	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	11:20	0:00
M. Janmark	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9:49	0:00
S. Carrick	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	9:24	0:00
E. Bouchard	D	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	23:55	3:41
D. Nurse	D	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	22:51	2:31
M. Ekholm	D	0	0	0	2	1	0	+1	0	22:37	2:17
C. Ceci	D	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	17:35	0:00
V. Desharnais	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	+1	0	17:28	0:00
B. Kulak	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	16:58	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Skinner	27	25	2	.926	65:00	OT loss
C. Pickard	0	0	0	–	0:00

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
T. Thompson	C	1	1	4	2	1	0	2	17:10	1:16
A. Tuch	RW	0	0	2	4	1	-1	0	26:53	1:16
D. Cozens	C	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	21:57	1:16
E. Robinson	LW	0	0	1	5	0	+1	0	15:33	0:00
Z. Benson	LW	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	15:06	0:00
Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	2	4	0	-1	0	15:03	0:00
V. Olofsson	LW	0	0	2	2	0	-1	0	14:40	0:26
T. Jost	C	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	14:02	0:00
L. Rousek	RW	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12:58	0:00
P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	2	0	-1	0	12:03	0:26
J. Skinner	LW	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	9:15	0:26
J. Peterka	RW	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	6:04	0:26
J. Bryson	D	1	1	2	0	0	+1	0	13:42	0:00
R. Dahlin	D	0	0	1	7	2	-1	0	28:55	1:16
B. Byram	D	0	0	4	4	0	-1	0	25:46	1:16
O. Power	D	0	0	1	0	1	-1	4	23:27	0:26
H. Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	5	2	+1	0	21:34	0:00
C. Clifton	D	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14:52	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
U. Luukkonen	32	30	2	.938	65:00	Win
E. Comrie	0	0	0	–	0:00

Storylines That Played Out

Old teamRyan McLeod BUF Faces EDM, his team until Jun 20241 G, 1 A, 2 SOG
Old teamSam Carrick BUF Faces EDM, his team until Jun 20241 SOG
BirthdayUkko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF Turns 25 that day30 saves on 32, the win

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