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2020-01-28 · KeyBank Center

5 – 2Final

OTT beat BUF 5–2. OTT also won the expected-goals battle 2.5 to 2.1: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Mike Reilly scored on the power play at 8:43 of the third, moving OTT’s win probability from 49% to 79%.

Shots on goal
39 – 30
Expected goals
2.5 – 2.1
xG share
OTT 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.

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.

OTT
Tyler Ennis
1 G, 1 A · 14:52 TOI
Finishing +0.64 · Penalties +0.18
+0.79
OTT
1 G, 0 A · 17:01 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +0.60
+0.77
OTT
1 G, 1 A · 15:59 TOI
Finishing +0.84 · Penalties −0.18
+0.66

Rough nights

OTT
0 G, 0 A · 15:12 TOI
Finishing −0.86
−0.84
OTT
Colin White
0 G, 0 A · 17:45 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing −0.59
−0.50
OTT
0 G, 1 A · 19:08 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing −0.66
−0.50

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalOTT–BUFWin prob.
P1 3:59 OTTJean-Gabriel PageauPP
from Thomas Chabot, Brady Tkachuk
1–047% → 63%
P1 13:42 BUFSam ReinhartPP
unassisted
1–136% → 53%
P2 4:52 OTTTyler EnnisPP
from Drake Batherson, Mike Reilly
2–148% → 67%
P2 8:48 BUFJack Eichel
from Zemgus Girgensons, Brandon Montour
2–232% → 53%
P3 8:43 OTTMike ReillyPP
from Tyler Ennis, Drake Batherson
3–249% → 79%
P3 17:54 OTTMark BorowieckiEN
unassisted
4–292% → 99%
P3 19:54 OTTNikita ZaitsevEN
from Ron Hainsey
5–2100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tyler Ennis R14:5211+0.79−0.03+0.64−0.00+0.01+0.18+0.00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C17:011+0.77+0.17+0.60−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.02
Mike Reilly D15:5911+0.66+0.01+0.84−0.02+0.00−0.18+0.00
Mark Borowiecki D17:511+0.32+0.14+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.18+0.00
Thomas Chabot D23:181+0.30+0.14−0.03+0.03−0.02+0.18+0.00
Dylan DeMelo D19:09+0.27+0.08−0.01+0.01+0.01+0.18+0.00
Connor Brown R20:20+0.05+0.28−0.02−0.02−0.01−0.18+0.00
Drake Batherson R15:052−0.02−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Filip Chlapik C10:00−0.03−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Vladislav Namestnikov C14:31−0.04+0.06−0.08−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Artem Anisimov C11:15−0.04+0.00−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Ron Hainsey D22:161−0.07−0.08+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Chris Tierney C15:36−0.08−0.05−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Nikita Zaitsev D17:011−0.14+0.04+0.01−0.03+0.01−0.18+0.00
Scott Sabourin R7:14−0.19+0.02−0.03−0.01−0.00−0.18+0.00
Brady Tkachuk L19:081−0.50+0.18−0.66+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
Colin White C17:45−0.50+0.09−0.59−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Anthony Duclair L15:12−0.84+0.01−0.86+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Craig Anderson G60:00+0.39

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Sam Reinhart C19:521+0.65−0.12+0.60−0.02+0.02+0.18+0.00
Jack Eichel C23:111+0.49−0.15+0.57+0.07+0.01+0.00−0.02
Conor Sheary L12:11+0.13−0.02−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.18+0.00
Lawrence Pilut D16:51+0.12−0.07+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.18+0.00
Curtis Lazar C14:29+0.12−0.01−0.04−0.02+0.01+0.18+0.00
Brandon Montour D22:151+0.03+0.03+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jimmy Vesey L15:06+0.02+0.03−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Colin Miller D12:22−0.03+0.05−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jake McCabe D13:48−0.05−0.07+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jeff Skinner L18:33−0.14+0.06−0.00+0.01−0.02−0.18−0.01
Rasmus Dahlin D21:10−0.16+0.02+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.18+0.00
Henri Jokiharju D12:25−0.18−0.18+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Johan Larsson L14:36−0.18−0.15−0.08−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.04
Marcus Johansson L18:58−0.27+0.11−0.39−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.03
Kyle Okposo R15:04−0.30+0.04−0.18−0.00−0.00−0.18+0.01
Rasmus Ristolainen D20:15−0.32−0.09−0.25−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C11:571−0.39−0.19−0.18−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Frolik R13:55−0.44+0.02−0.27−0.00−0.01−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carter Hutton G7:13+0.48
Linus Ullmark G50:28−0.19

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.