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2021-11-29 · KeyBank Center

7 – 4Final

SEA beat BUF 7–4. SEA lost the expected-goals battle 2.5 to 3.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Carson Soucy scored short-handed at 5:47 of the first, moving SEA’s win probability from 46% to 62%. Dustin Tokarski allowed 3.4 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
32 – 36
Expected goals
2.5 – 3.5
xG share
BUF 58%
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.

SEA goalBUF goal

Expected goals

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

SEABUF

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.

SEA
2 G, 0 A · 14:02 TOI
Finishing +1.50
+1.51
BUF
Jeff Skinner
2 G, 0 A · 20:00 TOI
Finishing +1.14
+1.08
SEA
1 G, 0 A · 18:59 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.85
+0.93

Rough nights

BUF
Dustin Tokarski
58:40 TOI
GSAx −3.43
−3.43
BUF
0 G, 1 A · 19:32 TOI
Finishing −0.43
−0.54
SEA
Chris Driedger
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.51
−0.51

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSEA–BUFWin prob.
P1 5:47 SEACarson SoucySH
from Yanni Gourde
1–046% → 62%
P1 14:40 SEABrandon TanevSH
unassisted
2–064% → 78%
P1 19:04 SEAJared McCann
from Jamie Oleksiak, Morgan Geekie
3–080% → 92%
P2 1:53 BUFBrett Murray
from Kyle Okposo
3–17% → 19%
P2 7:59 SEAJared McCann
from Morgan Geekie, Brandon Tanev
4–183% → 95%
P2 17:27 BUFJeff SkinnerPP
from Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin
4–23% → 12%
P2 18:09 SEAMason Appleton
from Will Borgen, Alexander Wennberg
5–288% → 97%
P3 0:37 BUFJeff Skinner
from Victor Olofsson
5–32% → 10%
P3 13:44 SEAJaden Schwartz
from Yanni Gourde, Joonas Donskoi
6–398% → 100%
P3 18:27 BUFDylan Cozens
from Kyle Okposo, Brett Murray
6–40% → 0%
P3 19:35 SEAMason AppletonEN
from Brandon Tanev, Adam Larsson
7–4100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

SEA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jared McCann L14:022+1.51+0.01+1.50−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Carson Soucy D18:591+0.93+0.06+0.85−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Mason Appleton C16:502+0.68−0.01+0.70−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Brandon Tanev L17:5312+0.52+0.01+0.50−0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Jaden Schwartz C11:031+0.39−0.04+0.61−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Will Borgen D17:061+0.03+0.05−0.02+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Morgan Geekie C12:312+0.00+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Yanni Gourde C17:432−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02
Joonas Donskoi R17:111−0.04−0.01−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Alexander Wennberg C17:151−0.05−0.06−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.03
Marcus Johansson L16:08−0.05−0.01−0.04+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Vince Dunn D20:59−0.13−0.11−0.04+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jamie Oleksiak D19:521−0.15+0.10−0.23−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jordan Eberle R7:21−0.17−0.01−0.17+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Larsson D25:091−0.26−0.02−0.04−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Ryan Donato C12:03−0.28+0.02−0.11+0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
Riley Sheahan C12:52−0.32+0.05−0.36−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Haydn Fleury D18:00−0.41−0.08−0.13−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Chris Driedger G60:00−0.51

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jeff Skinner L20:002+1.08−0.05+1.14+0.01−0.04+0.00+0.02
Brett Murray L15:4811+0.92+0.03+0.71−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Dylan Cozens C18:481+0.75−0.05+0.65−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.02
Colin Miller D19:21+0.25+0.08−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Will Butcher D21:14+0.06+0.06+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
John Hayden C11:02+0.04+0.04−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Robert Hagg D15:30+0.02+0.04−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C10:48−0.01+0.03−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.01
Mark Pysyk D18:19−0.02−0.05+0.01−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Henri Jokiharju D14:57−0.04−0.04−0.01+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Vinnie Hinostroza C13:46−0.06+0.04−0.29−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.01
Kyle Okposo R18:242−0.09+0.05−0.14+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Anders Bjork L9:41−0.13−0.04−0.08−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D25:561−0.13−0.01−0.11−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Victor Olofsson R19:181−0.21−0.04−0.15−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Cody Eakin C15:35−0.24+0.06−0.35−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.07
Rasmus Asplund C13:21−0.45−0.01−0.43−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tage Thompson C19:321−0.54−0.05−0.43−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Dustin Tokarski G58:40−3.43

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.