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2021-11-21 · Madison Square Garden

4 – 5Final

NYR beat BUF 5–4. NYR also won the expected-goals battle 4.0 to 1.4: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Ryan Lindgren scored at 19:59 of the third, moving NYR’s win probability from 52% to 98%. Alexandar Georgiev allowed 2.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
22 – 36
Expected goals
1.4 – 4.0
xG share
NYR 74%
Home-ice start
NYR 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.

BUF goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

BUFNYR

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.

NYR
1 G, 0 A · 20:28 TOI
On-ice +0.44 · Finishing +0.93
+1.32
NYR
1 G, 0 A · 23:31 TOI
On-ice +0.36 · Finishing +0.80
+1.15
NYR
1 G, 0 A · 23:09 TOI
On-ice +0.45 · Finishing +0.51
+0.98

Rough nights

NYR
Alexandar Georgiev
39:10 TOI
GSAx −2.68
−2.68
BUF
Aaron Dell
58:59 TOI
GSAx −0.84
−0.84
BUF
Robert Hagg
0 G, 0 A · 20:05 TOI
On-ice −0.79
−0.81

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–NYRWin prob.
P1 15:53 BUFRasmus AsplundPP
from Zemgus Girgensons, Kyle Okposo
1–048% → 65%
P1 19:37 NYRChris KreiderPP
from Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox
1–135% → 53%
P2 2:26 BUFVinnie Hinostroza
unassisted
2–147% → 66%
P2 8:03 NYRJacob TroubaPP
from Artemi Panarin, Filip Chytil
2–233% → 53%
P2 12:07 NYRKaapo Kakko
from Ryan Strome, Artemi Panarin
2–353% → 74%
P2 12:57 BUFTage Thompson
from Rasmus Dahlin, Mark Pysyk
3–325% → 47%
P2 13:12 BUFRasmus Dahlin
from Victor Olofsson, Tage Thompson
4–347% → 70%
P2 13:29 NYRK'Andre Miller
from Barclay Goodrow, Ryan Reaves
4–430% → 53%
P3 19:59 NYRRyan Lindgren
from Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox
4–552% → 98%

Every player

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BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Vinnie Hinostroza C11:421+0.93−0.01+0.76−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D26:4111+0.76−0.05+0.82−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tage Thompson C17:0211+0.60−0.23+0.82−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.03
Rasmus Asplund C17:121+0.44−0.39+0.83−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C16:151+0.13−0.15−0.12−0.02+0.00+0.37+0.05
Drake Caggiula L10:57−0.10−0.03−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anders Bjork L14:21−0.25−0.25−0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jeff Skinner L16:20−0.25−0.23−0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Will Butcher D11:48−0.26−0.26+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Victor Olofsson R16:451−0.28−0.25−0.02−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mark Pysyk D21:431−0.31−0.32−0.02−0.01+0.04+0.00+0.00
Colin Miller D18:52−0.35−0.27−0.08−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Cody Eakin C14:06−0.36−0.34−0.03−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Kyle Okposo R17:361−0.39−0.35−0.06+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Dylan Cozens C16:59−0.45−0.27−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.05
Jacob Bryson D17:55−0.49−0.28+0.00−0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
John Hayden C14:16−0.58−0.32−0.27−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Robert Hagg D20:05−0.81−0.79−0.03+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Aaron Dell G58:59−0.84

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
K'Andre Miller D20:281+1.32+0.44+0.93−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Ryan Lindgren D23:311+1.15+0.36+0.80−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob Trouba D23:091+0.98+0.45+0.51+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Chris Kreider L15:301+0.89+0.32+0.56+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Fox D25:452+0.52+0.54−0.06+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kaapo Kakko R18:001+0.49+0.13+0.57−0.02+0.01−0.19−0.01
Alexis Lafrenière L13:39+0.27+0.50−0.22+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.02
Filip Chytil C15:131+0.14+0.61−0.46+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Mika Zibanejad C15:141+0.14+0.13−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Patrik Nemeth D14:56+0.08+0.07+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Artemi Panarin L18:033+0.04+0.36−0.36+0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Strome C16:411+0.04+0.25−0.02+0.04−0.00−0.19−0.04
Dryden Hunt L10:44−0.01+0.02−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Rooney C14:17−0.03+0.03−0.08−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Ryan Reaves R11:121−0.04+0.03−0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jarred Tinordi D11:45−0.05−0.03−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Barclay Goodrow C14:301−0.19+0.22−0.39−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Julien Gauthier R13:31−0.67+0.30−0.95−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G20:00+0.27
Alexandar Georgiev G39:10−2.68

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.