Game Recap: FLA 5, BUF 3, April 3, 2022

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Game Recap

FLA5

FinalSun, Apr 3, 2022Every game that night

BUF3

FLA beat BUF 5-3, and the chances backed it up: 3.74 expected goals to 2.45. FLA outshot BUF 40 to 29. A. Duclair led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). S. Knight stopped 26 of 29.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
FLA	0	3	2	5
BUF	1	0	2	3

1st 17:13BUFK. Okposo0.05 xG
2nd 6:18FLAJ. Huberdeau0.17 xG
2nd 15:55FLAA. Lundell0.04 xG
2nd 17:01FLAA. Duclair0.07 xG
3rd 0:57FLAA. Duclair0.15 xG
3rd 8:25BUFJ. SkinnerPP0.44 xG
3rd 10:19BUFT. ThompsonPP0.17 xG
3rd 18:25FLAM. WeegarPP0.16 xG

Team Stats

FLABUF

40Shots on goal29

3.74Expected goals2.45

57Shot attempts48

375v5 shots on goal25

1/3Power play2/2

28Hits12

8Blocked shots6

4Penalty minutes6

9Giveaways9

3Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

FLA 3.74 xGBUF 2.45 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

FLA40 on goal, 5 scored

BUF29 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

FLA Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Barkov	C	0	2	2	2	1	0	+1	0	20:55	3:41
C. Giroux	RW	0	2	2	1	2	0	+1	0	17:03	3:03
A. Duclair	LW	2	0	2	2	1	0	+2	2	13:10	0:49
J. Huberdeau	LW	1	0	1	2	0	1	+1	0	17:16	3:37
M. Marchment	LW	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	17:12	1:18
A. Lundell	C	1	0	1	2	1	0	+1	0	15:17	0:58
C. Verhaeghe	C	0	1	1	4	2	0	+2	0	12:16	0:00
S. Reinhart	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	20:31	3:40
R. Lomberg	LW	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	13:02	0:00
S. Bennett	C	0	0	0	3	1	0	+1	0	12:52	1:19
E. Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11:05	0:00
J. Thornton	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	11:01	0:15
M. Weegar	D	1	1	2	2	2	2	+2	0	24:24	3:49
G. Forsling	D	0	1	1	5	0	2	+2	0	22:22	1:08
B. Chiarot	D	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	16:48	0:04
B. Montour	D	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	19:07	0:42
R. Hagg	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	+1	2	17:09	0:00
R. Gudas	D	0	0	0	1	8	1	+1	0	16:31	0:27

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Knight	29	26	3	.897	60:00	Win
S. Bobrovsky	0	0	0	–	0:00

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
C. Mittelstadt	C	0	2	2	2	0	0	-1	0	16:14	1:59
J. Skinner	LW	1	1	2	2	1	0	-3	0	15:29	1:59
K. Okposo	RW	1	0	1	3	0	0	+1	0	17:42	0:00
A. Tuch	RW	0	1	1	3	0	0	-2	2	17:40	1:59
T. Thompson	C	1	0	1	3	0	0	-3	2	16:07	1:59
C. Eakin	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	+1	0	14:55	0:00
D. Cozens	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	14:50	0:00
Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	+1	0	13:47	0:00
R. Asplund	C	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	13:21	0:00
V. Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	2	1	1	-1	0	12:41	0:00
P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	12:27	0:00
V. Olofsson	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	11:53	0:00
M. Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	21:39	0:00
R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	-2	0	24:19	1:59
H. Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	-2	0	22:40	0:00
C. Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	+1	0	20:45	0:00
M. Pysyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	14:52	0:00
J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	14:01	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
D. Tokarski	40	35	5	.875	59:19	Loss
C. Anderson	0	0	0	–	0:00