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Game Recap
LAK3
FinalSun, Mar 6, 2022Every game that night
BUF0

LAK beat BUF 3-0, and the chances backed it up: 3.47 expected goals to 1.76. LAK outshot BUF 32 to 19. A. Athanasiou led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). C. Petersen stopped 19 of 19.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
LAK0123
BUF0000
  1. 2nd 16:55LAKA. Athanasiou0.06 xG
  2. 3rd 19:01LAKA. AthanasiouEN0.94 xG
  3. 3rd 19:53LAKD. BrownEN0.42 xG

Team Stats

LAKBUF
32Shots on goal19
3.47Expected goals1.76
51Shot attempts38
305v5 shots on goal17
0/1Power play0/1
8Hits17
6Blocked shots8
2Penalty minutes2
7Giveaways8
10Takeaways2

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 3.47 xGBUF 1.76 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdLAK goal, 16:55LAK goal, 19:01LAK goal, 19:53

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

LAK32 on goal, 3 scored
BUF18 on goal, 0 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. AthanasiouC202200+2013:120:54
P. DanaultC011200+1016:300:56
D. BrownRW101210+1215:550:50
A. IafalloLW011300+1015:010:50
B. LizotteC011100+2012:330:00
A. KaliyevRW011300+1012:040:54
A. KopitarC0002000019:061:04
A. KempeRW0002000017:391:04
T. MooreLW000400+1017:020:56
J. Anderson-DolanC0001300016:570:16
Q. ByfieldRW0000000011:570:00
V. ArvidssonLW0002000011:510:00
M. AndersonD011110+2023:590:00
D. DoughtyD000223+2025:421:30
O. MaattaD000300+1020:540:00
M. RoyD000011+1019:070:00
S. DurziD0001010014:560:46
T. BjornfotD0001010013:350:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
C. Petersen191901.00060:00Win
J. Quick000–0:00

BUF Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
K. OkposoRW000200-2018:231:03
D. CozensC000000-2018:161:11
T. ThompsonC000311-1018:140:45
C. MittelstadtC000010-2018:051:03
J. SkinnerLW000200-1016:500:49
A. TuchRW0004010015:020:57
V. HinostrozaC000100-1013:470:00
C. EakinC0000000013:460:00
V. OlofssonLW000100-1013:011:13
J. HaydenC0000400211:530:00
R. AsplundC0000000011:280:00
P. KrebsC000000-1011:200:57
J. BrysonD000012-1023:431:04
R. DahlinD000141-1023:230:53
C. FitzgeraldD000111-2021:010:03
M. SamuelssonD000011-1018:530:02
M. PysykD000210-1015:510:00
R. HaggD0002310015:430:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Tokarski30291.96759:21Loss
C. Anderson000–0:00