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Game Recap
SEA4
BUF3
SEA beat BUF 4-3 despite fewer good chances: 3.20 expected goals to 3.97. BUF outshot SEA 35 to 22. A. Tuch led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). P. Grubauer stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| BUF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
- 1st 9:56BUFA. Tuch0.23 xG
- 1st 18:52SEAJ. EberlePP0.08 xG
- 2nd 5:12BUFR. DahlinPP0.06 xG
- 2nd 8:59SEAY. Gourde0.09 xG
- 3rd 1:06SEAM. Beniers0.29 xG
- 3rd 5:17SEAJ. Schultz0.14 xG
- 3rd 19:38BUFA. Tuch0.31 xG
Team Stats
SEABUF
22Shots on goal35
3.20Expected goals3.97
36Shot attempts63
205v5 shots on goal22
1/1Power play1/4
21Hits16
13Blocked shots4
10Penalty minutes4
1Giveaways3
8Takeaways4
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.
Expected Goals Over the Game
SEA 3.20 xGBUF 3.97 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
GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance
Box Score
SEA Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Beniers | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:57 | 0:07 |
| J. Eberle | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:59 | 0:07 |
| A. Burakovsky | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 12:52 | 0:07 |
| Y. Gourde | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:32 | 0:00 |
| O. Bjorkstrand | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:20 | 0:00 |
| A. Wennberg | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 18:21 | 0:00 |
| B. Tanev | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:51 | 0:00 |
| J. Schwartz | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 16:13 | 0:00 |
| J. McCann | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 | 0:00 |
| E. Tolvanen | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 12:25 | 0:00 |
| D. Sprong | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 8:22 | 0:07 |
| M. Geekie | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:07 | 0:00 |
| J. Schultz | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:00 | 0:07 |
| V. Dunn | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:26 | 0:00 |
| A. Larsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 28:29 | 0:00 |
| J. Oleksiak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:06 | 0:00 |
| C. Soucy | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:17 | 0:00 |
| W. Borgen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Grubauer | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 60:00 | Win |
| M. Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |
BUF Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Cozens | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:47 | 3:51 |
| J. Skinner | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:24 | 4:21 |
| A. Tuch | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:43 | 3:20 |
| T. Thompson | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:01 | 4:14 |
| V. Olofsson | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:29 | 2:10 |
| C. Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:58 | 1:53 |
| V. Hinostroza | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:46 | 0:00 |
| T. Jost | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:29 | 0:00 |
| R. Asplund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:54 | 0:00 |
| P. Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:27 | 2:45 |
| K. Okposo | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:22 | 1:42 |
| Z. Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 10:21 | 0:00 |
| R. Dahlin | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 25:25 | 4:11 |
| O. Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 25:35 | 1:58 |
| H. Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:08 | 0:00 |
| M. Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 | 0:00 |
| K. Clague | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13:12 | 0:00 |
| I. Lyubushkin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:40 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Comrie | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 57:45 | Loss |
| C. Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |