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2017-12-15 · KeyBank Center

5 – 4Final/OT

CAR beat BUF 5–4 in overtime. CAR lost the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 3.4 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Jaccob Slavin scored at 2:15 of overtime, moving CAR’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Chad Johnson allowed 2.4 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
34 – 41
Expected goals
2.9 – 3.4
xG share
BUF 54%
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.

CAR goalBUF goal

Expected goals

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

CARBUF

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
3 G, 1 A · 19:57 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing +2.30
+2.36
CAR
1 G, 1 A · 21:05 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +0.68 · Penalties +0.18 · Faceoffs −0.06
+0.93
BUF
1 G, 2 A · 18:28 TOI
On-ice +0.15 · Finishing +0.77
+0.93

Rough nights

BUF
Chad Johnson
62:15 TOI
GSAx −2.57
−2.39
BUF
0 G, 0 A · 17:02 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.65
−0.82
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 21:20 TOI
On-ice −0.33 · Finishing −0.06 · Penalties −0.18
−0.58

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCAR–BUFWin prob.
P2 10:16 CARJustin Williams
from Brock McGinn, Jordan Staal
1–047% → 68%
P2 10:46 BUFJack Eichel
from Evander Kane, Jake McCabe
1–131% → 53%
P3 1:20 BUFJake McCabe
from Evander Kane, Jack Eichel
1–252% → 78%
P3 3:00 CARJordan Staal
from Jaccob Slavin, Justin Williams
2–222% → 48%
P3 4:03 CARDerek Ryan
from Brett Pesce
3–248% → 75%
P3 6:57 CARElias Lindholm
from Derek Ryan, Sebastian Aho
4–277% → 94%
P3 9:24 BUFJack Eichel
from Jake McCabe, Kyle Okposo
4–35% → 21%
P3 9:34 BUFJack Eichel
from Evander Kane
4–420% → 52%
OT 2:15 CARJaccob Slavin
from Elias Lindholm, Sebastian Aho
5–448% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jordan Staal C21:0511+0.93+0.17+0.68−0.02−0.02+0.18−0.06
Jaccob Slavin D24:1911+0.90+0.16+0.69+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Elias Lindholm C15:2911+0.78−0.05+0.83−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Justin Williams R18:4711+0.65+0.20+0.44+0.03−0.01+0.00−0.01
Derek Ryan C16:3911+0.48−0.18+0.64−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.02
Brett Pesce D23:401+0.19+0.16+0.01+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D12:48+0.07+0.08−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Hanifin D20:19+0.02+0.05−0.04+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jeff Skinner L16:13−0.09+0.01−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Marcus Kruger C11:49−0.12−0.11−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Phillip Di Giuseppe L10:12−0.13−0.11−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Teuvo Teravainen C16:12−0.22−0.10−0.10+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.03
Joakim Nordstrom C13:36−0.23−0.12−0.10−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Victor Rask C12:34−0.24−0.14−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.09
Brock McGinn L14:121−0.30+0.14−0.22−0.03−0.01−0.18+0.00
Sebastian Aho C15:232−0.31−0.03−0.43+0.01−0.05+0.18+0.00
Haydn Fleury D16:10−0.35−0.34+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Faulk D21:20−0.58−0.33−0.06+0.00−0.01−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Cam Ward G62:13−0.35

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jack Eichel C19:5731+2.36+0.05+2.30+0.03+0.01+0.00−0.03
Jake McCabe D18:2812+0.93+0.15+0.77+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan O'Reilly C23:22+0.10−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.12
Zach Bogosian D18:35+0.08+0.09+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Benoit Pouliot L14:17+0.08−0.02−0.08−0.00−0.00+0.18+0.00
Evan Rodrigues C13:18+0.07+0.17−0.11−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Marco Scandella D23:46−0.00+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Ristolainen D26:25−0.10−0.09−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jason Pominville R15:37−0.10+0.02−0.16+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Sam Reinhart C13:54−0.12+0.19−0.31−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nathan Beaulieu D14:39−0.12+0.04+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.18+0.00
Hudson Fasching R7:25−0.12−0.12−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Scott Wilson C9:03−0.15−0.09−0.07−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.03
Johan Larsson L11:55−0.21−0.11−0.12−0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Evander Kane L20:433−0.28+0.28−0.57+0.04−0.03+0.00+0.00
Kyle Okposo R17:201−0.44+0.01−0.27+0.01−0.00−0.18+0.00
Victor Antipin D14:59−0.45+0.05−0.49−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C17:02−0.82−0.13−0.65−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Chad Johnson G62:15−2.39

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.