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2013-12-10 · First Niagara Center

1 – 2Final/SO

BUF beat OTT 2–1 in a shootout. BUF also won the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 2.5: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Zemgus Girgensons scored at 13:15 of the second, moving BUF’s win probability from 30% to 53%. Ryan Miller saved 2.0 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
36 – 36
Expected goals
2.5 – 3.1
xG share
BUF 56%
Home-ice start
BUF 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

OTT goalBUF goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

OTTBUF

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

BUF
Ryan Miller
64:55 TOI
GSAx +1.97
+1.97
BUF
1 G, 0 A · 17:31 TOI
On-ice +0.15 · Finishing +0.76 · Playmaking −0.07 · Shootout +1.03
+1.86
OTT
Milan Michalek
1 G, 0 A · 19:56 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing +0.73 · Shootout +1.03
+1.64

Rough nights

OTT
Jason Spezza
0 G, 0 A · 20:46 TOI
Finishing −0.24 · Penalties −0.16 · Shootout −0.47
−0.87
BUF
Drew Stafford
0 G, 0 A · 16:40 TOI
On-ice −0.33 · Shootout −0.47
−0.80
BUF
Matt D'Agostini
0 G, 0 A · 14:44 TOI
Finishing −0.33 · Shootout −0.47
−0.79

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalOTT–BUFWin prob.
P1 6:25 OTTMilan Michalek
from Cory Conacher
1–047% → 63%
P2 13:15 BUFZemgus Girgensons
from Christian Ehrhoff
1–130% → 53%

Every player

Show both lineups

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Milan Michalek L19:561+1.64−0.12+0.73+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+1.03
Mika Zibanejad C14:38+0.67+0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.16−0.04+0.80
Kyle Turris C21:56+0.41−0.09−0.71−0.01+0.01+0.16+0.02+1.03
Colin Greening C14:43−0.03−0.04−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.03−0.00
Jared Cowen D21:26−0.03+0.01−0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Kassian L3:08−0.05+0.02−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Chris Neil R11:45−0.12−0.04−0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00
Chris Phillips D25:23−0.15−0.02−0.09−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zack Smith C13:27−0.15+0.01−0.19−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.04−0.00
Cory Conacher C12:291−0.26+0.12−0.08+0.00+0.01+0.16+0.00−0.47
Joe Corvo D21:16−0.29−0.03−0.24+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marc Methot D20:01−0.29−0.14−0.17−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Condra R8:20−0.46+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.47
Patrick Wiercioch D18:07−0.51−0.02−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.47
Erik Karlsson D24:16−0.58−0.01−0.06+0.01−0.05−0.16+0.00−0.31
Clarke MacArthur L23:21−0.73−0.14−0.13+0.00+0.02+0.00−0.01−0.47
Bobby Ryan R19:18−0.75−0.17−0.11+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.47
Jason Spezza C20:46−0.87−0.00−0.24+0.02−0.01−0.16−0.01−0.47
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Robin Lehner G64:44+1.07

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Zemgus Girgensons C17:311+1.86+0.15+0.76−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00+1.03
Brian Flynn C8:11+1.00−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01+1.03
Steve Ott C18:45+0.47−0.19−0.32−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.02+1.03
Matt Moulson L21:20+0.28+0.30−0.54+0.00+0.01−0.16+0.00+0.68
Cody McCormick C7:31+0.16+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.16−0.02+0.00
Mark Pysyk D16:21+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Ennis R21:55+0.01+0.43−0.26+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.19
John Scott L5:16−0.02−0.02−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brayden McNabb D15:48−0.04−0.05+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Christian Ehrhoff D28:051−0.09+0.22−0.20+0.04+0.01−0.16+0.00+0.00
Henrik Tallinder D21:16−0.10−0.07+0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tyler Myers D22:23−0.19−0.14−0.05+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jamie McBain D26:16−0.33+0.23−0.60+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Luke Adam C14:34−0.56−0.07−0.16−0.02+0.00+0.16+0.00−0.47
Cody Hodgson C19:46−0.63+0.11−0.26−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.47
Marcus Foligno L17:43−0.70−0.07−0.19−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.01−0.47
Matt D'Agostini R14:44−0.79+0.01−0.33+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.47
Drew Stafford R16:40−0.80−0.33−0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.47
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ryan Miller G64:55+1.97

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.