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2019-11-16 · KeyBank Center

2 – 4Final

BUF beat OTT 4–2. BUF also won the expected-goals battle 2.4 to 1.9: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Jack Eichel scored at 12:13 of the third, moving BUF’s win probability from 51% to 85%.

Shots on goal
23 – 32
Expected goals
1.9 – 2.4
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
4 G, 0 A · 19:57 TOI
Finishing +2.56 · Penalties +0.18
+2.74
OTT
Tyler Ennis
1 G, 0 A · 13:05 TOI
Finishing +0.67
+0.63
OTT
1 G, 0 A · 18:29 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing +0.70
+0.62

Rough nights

OTT
Craig Anderson
58:33 TOI
GSAx −0.78
−0.78
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 19:32 TOI
On-ice −0.11 · Finishing −0.41
−0.55
OTT
0 G, 1 A · 25:01 TOI
On-ice −0.25 · Finishing −0.07
−0.33

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalOTT–BUFWin prob.
P2 1:28 BUFJack Eichel
from Sam Reinhart, Rasmus Dahlin
0–153% → 72%
P2 6:04 OTTAnthony DuclairPP
from Logan Brown, Thomas Chabot
1–132% → 47%
P2 9:39 BUFJack Eichel
from Victor Olofsson, Sam Reinhart
1–253% → 74%
P3 2:01 OTTTyler Ennis
from Ron Hainsey, Vladislav Namestnikov
2–222% → 48%
P3 12:13 BUFJack Eichel
from Jeff Skinner
2–351% → 85%
P3 19:46 BUFJack EichelEN
unassisted
2–497% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tyler Ennis R13:051+0.63−0.05+0.67−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Anthony Duclair L18:291+0.62−0.10+0.70+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C16:59+0.06−0.09−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.18+0.02
Ron Hainsey D15:071+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mark Borowiecki D19:24−0.00+0.01−0.02−0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Chris Tierney C11:27−0.03−0.06−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.04
Filip Chlapik C8:45−0.04−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Colin White C14:18−0.07−0.03−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.02
Vladislav Namestnikov C13:311−0.10−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Nikita Zaitsev D21:03−0.14−0.15+0.01−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Nick Paul L16:25−0.14+0.05−0.31−0.02+0.00+0.18−0.04
Dylan DeMelo D20:29−0.15+0.05−0.07+0.01+0.02−0.18+0.00
Bobby Ryan R12:10−0.16−0.07−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Brown C17:371−0.23−0.12−0.14−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.03
Connor Brown R17:21−0.27+0.02−0.28−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Erik Brannstrom D16:44−0.33−0.09−0.21−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Thomas Chabot D25:011−0.33−0.25−0.07+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Brady Tkachuk L19:32−0.55−0.11−0.41+0.00−0.02+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Craig Anderson G58:33−0.78

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jack Eichel C19:574+2.74−0.00+2.56+0.04+0.01+0.18−0.04
Zemgus Girgensons C15:48+0.17+0.16−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.05
Conor Sheary L18:33+0.08+0.10−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marco Scandella D20:45+0.06+0.15−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Evan Rodrigues C18:37+0.01+0.15−0.10−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Rasmus Asplund C12:13+0.01+0.11−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Casey Mittelstadt C10:18+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Rasmus Dahlin D11:561+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake McCabe D22:16−0.04+0.13+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.18+0.00
Curtis Lazar C11:09−0.08−0.09−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Jimmy Vesey L14:47−0.08+0.09−0.16−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Kyle Okposo R4:09−0.10−0.00−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Ristolainen D24:06−0.16+0.16−0.14−0.01+0.01−0.18+0.00
Sam Reinhart C17:442−0.17+0.04−0.19−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Jeff Skinner L17:411−0.17+0.07−0.39+0.01−0.03+0.18+0.00
Henri Jokiharju D18:01−0.26−0.07−0.01+0.01−0.00−0.18+0.00
Victor Olofsson R16:181−0.29+0.01−0.29−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Montour D20:47−0.31+0.02−0.33−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Linus Ullmark G60:00+0.23

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.