Game Recap: TOR 6, BUF 3, February 21, 2023

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Game Recap

TOR6

FinalTue, Feb 21, 2023Every game that night

BUF3

TOR beat BUF 6-3, and the chances backed it up: 4.67 expected goals to 2.54. M. Marner led the way with 5 points (0 G, 5 A). I. Samsonov stopped 29 of 32.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
TOR	4	1	1	6
BUF	0	0	3	3

1st 3:51TORR. O'Reilly0.14 xG
1st 4:28TORR. O'Reilly0.18 xG
1st 7:14TORJ. Tavares0.12 xG
1st 12:09TORM. Bunting0.11 xG
2nd 14:36TORW. NylanderPP0.13 xG
3rd 5:12BUFJ. Quinn0.07 xG
3rd 8:01BUFA. Tuch0.04 xG
3rd 16:29BUFJ. Skinner0.03 xG
3rd 18:50TORR. O'ReillyEN0.82 xG

Team Stats

TORBUF

29Shots on goal32

4.67Expected goals2.54

40Shot attempts56

245v5 shots on goal31

1/2Power play0/1

16Hits17

18Blocked shots7

4Penalty minutes6

1Giveaways8

15Takeaways6

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

TOR 4.67 xGBUF 2.54 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

TOR28 on goal, 6 scored

BUF32 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

TOR Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
M. Marner	RW	0	5	5	0	0	1	+4	0	16:48	1:36
R. O'Reilly	C	3	1	4	5	0	0	+3	0	16:38	0:54
J. Tavares	C	1	3	4	3	0	0	+4	0	15:14	1:32
W. Nylander	RW	1	1	2	7	0	1	0	0	15:53	1:34
M. Bunting	LW	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	13:51	0:25
A. Matthews	C	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	15:54	1:35
P. Engvall	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	15:53	0:26
D. Kampf	C	0	0	0	3	1	0	-1	0	15:36	0:00
C. Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	14:48	0:49
A. Kerfoot	C	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	14:20	0:00
N. Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	7	0	-1	0	13:19	0:00
Z. Aston-Reese	LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1	0	10:44	0:00
M. Rielly	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	+1	0	21:34	1:57
J. Holl	D	0	0	0	0	3	3	+1	0	21:10	0:00
T. Brodie	D	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	21:02	0:00
T. Liljegren	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	+1	0	20:32	0:50
M. Giordano	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	+1	0	19:53	0:00
C. Timmins	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:51	0:27

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
I. Samsonov	32	29	3	.906	60:00	Win
J. Woll	0	0	0	–	0:00

BUF Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Tuch	RW	1	1	2	2	3	1	-2	0	18:28	0:48
T. Thompson	C	0	1	1	3	1	0	-1	0	18:01	1:23
J. Skinner	LW	1	0	1	3	0	0	-2	0	16:27	0:49
C. Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	+1	0	16:03	0:37
J. Quinn	RW	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	13:29	0:00
K. Okposo	RW	0	0	0	1	3	0	-1	0	15:10	1:12
P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	0	15:08	1:11
T. Jost	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	2	14:40	0:00
D. Cozens	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	+2	0	14:32	0:49
Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	13:55	0:00
V. Olofsson	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13:45	1:11
J. Peterka	RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11:44	0:00
R. Dahlin	D	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	0	26:04	1:25
H. Jokiharju	D	0	1	1	3	1	0	-1	2	23:22	0:00
O. Power	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	-1	0	23:51	0:35
M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	1	1	0	-2	0	17:41	0:00
I. Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	14:32	0:00
J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	12:05	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
U. Luukkonen	10	6	4	.600	12:09	Loss
C. Anderson	18	17	1	.944	46:29