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2015-04-03 · First Niagara Center

4 – 3Final

CHI beat BUF 4–3. CHI lost the expected-goals battle 2.2 to 3.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Jonathan Toews scored at 19:04 of the third, moving CHI’s win probability from 50% to 95%. Anders Lindback allowed 1.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
36 – 38
Expected goals
2.2 – 3.1
xG share
BUF 59%
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.

CHI goalBUF goal

Expected goals

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

CHIBUF

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.

CHI
Jonathan Toews
2 G, 0 A · 19:00 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing +1.04 · Faceoffs +0.07
+1.21
CHI
Scott Darling
59:51 TOI
GSAx +1.05
+1.05
BUF
2 G, 0 A · 18:50 TOI
On-ice +0.42 · Finishing +0.49 · Playmaking −0.13
+0.80

Rough nights

BUF
Anders Lindback
59:12 TOI
GSAx −1.35
−1.35
CHI
Brad Richards
0 G, 1 A · 15:55 TOI
On-ice −0.31 · Finishing −0.10 · Playmaking +0.08
−0.34
CHI
Marcus Kruger
0 G, 0 A · 10:43 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.05 · Penalties −0.18
−0.32

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCHI–BUFWin prob.
P1 2:16 CHIDuncan Keith
from Brandon Saad, Andrew Shaw
1–047% → 62%
P1 8:36 CHIPatrick Sharp
from David Rundblad, Brad Richards
2–063% → 76%
P2 13:10 BUFMarcus Foligno
from Rasmus Ristolainen
2–114% → 31%
P3 5:29 BUFJohan LarssonPP
from Rasmus Ristolainen, Tyler Ennis
2–225% → 52%
P3 12:42 BUFMarcus Foligno
from Brian Gionta, Rasmus Ristolainen
2–351% → 86%
P3 18:17 CHIJonathan ToewsPP
from Andrew Shaw
3–36% → 50%
P3 19:04 CHIJonathan Toews
from Brandon Saad, Marian Hossa
4–350% → 95%

Every player

Show both lineups

CHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jonathan Toews C19:002+1.21+0.14+1.04−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.07
Brandon Saad L17:502+0.27−0.01−0.09+0.38−0.01+0.00+0.00
Duncan Keith D24:511+0.17−0.22+0.42−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Johnny Oduya D19:42+0.08−0.14+0.00+0.05−0.01+0.18+0.00
David Rundblad D15:351+0.06−0.17−0.02+0.26−0.01+0.00+0.00
Teuvo Teravainen C11:25+0.05+0.09−0.01−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marian Hossa R19:251−0.02−0.06−0.03+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Patrick Sharp L15:091−0.03−0.31+0.36−0.06−0.03+0.00+0.00
Antoine Vermette C15:19−0.06−0.09−0.06−0.06−0.01+0.18+0.00
Bryan Bickell L10:14−0.08−0.09−0.02+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Niklas Hjalmarsson D21:48−0.17−0.13−0.01−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kris Versteeg R14:55−0.18−0.04−0.10−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brent Seabrook D19:42−0.19−0.07−0.09−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Andrew Shaw R16:242−0.20+0.04−0.11+0.04−0.00−0.18+0.01
Kimmo Timonen D12:33−0.27−0.03+0.00−0.08+0.01−0.18+0.00
Andrew Desjardins L12:31−0.27−0.06−0.15−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.02
Marcus Kruger C10:43−0.32−0.08−0.05−0.01+0.00−0.18+0.00
Brad Richards C15:551−0.34−0.31−0.10+0.08−0.01+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Scott Darling G59:51+1.05

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Marcus Foligno L18:502+0.80+0.42+0.49−0.13+0.02+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Ristolainen D21:233+0.63+0.29−0.01+0.34+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brian Gionta R24:431+0.16−0.08−0.08+0.17+0.03+0.18−0.05
Mikhail Grigorenko C13:56+0.14+0.32−0.14−0.08+0.01+0.00+0.03
Andrej Meszaros D17:13+0.13+0.24−0.02−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Johan Larsson L22:221+0.06−0.20+0.27−0.07+0.03+0.00+0.03
Tyson Strachan D23:31+0.03+0.05+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Patrick Kaleta R9:27−0.00+0.04−0.00−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zach Bogosian D28:44−0.02+0.10−0.07−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Deslauriers L13:46−0.04+0.14−0.17−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Ellis L10:37−0.04+0.07−0.10−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Andre Benoit D12:01−0.05−0.01−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cody Hodgson C9:57−0.06+0.22−0.16−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.01
Tim Schaller L9:03−0.10+0.08−0.06−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.09
Zac Dalpe C7:40−0.17+0.08−0.22−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.01
Nikita Zadorov D13:27−0.20+0.06+0.00−0.09+0.01−0.18+0.00
Phil Varone C11:55−0.23+0.06−0.20−0.08+0.00+0.00−0.01
Tyler Ennis R24:131−0.25−0.19−0.08+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Anders Lindback G59:12−1.35

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.