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2021-12-11 · KeyBank Center

3 – 2Final/SO

WSH beat BUF 3–2 in a shootout. WSH also won the expected-goals battle 3.5 to 2.2: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Martin Fehérváry scored at 5:41 of the third, moving WSH’s win probability from 20% to 48%.

Shots on goal
42 – 31
Expected goals
3.5 – 2.2
xG share
WSH 61%
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.

WSH goalBUF goal

Expected goals

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

WSHBUF

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.

WSH
T.J. Oshie
0 G, 1 A · 22:21 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing −0.45 · Shootout +1.05
+0.80
WSH
1 G, 0 A · 19:23 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.74 · Faceoffs −0.12
+0.73
WSH
1 G, 0 A · 19:45 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing +0.85
+0.71

Rough nights

BUF
0 G, 0 A · 18:28 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing −0.18 · Shootout −0.28
−0.59
BUF
0 G, 0 A · 18:16 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Finishing −0.10 · Shootout −0.30
−0.54
WSH
Carl Hagelin
0 G, 0 A · 12:50 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing −0.64
−0.45

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalWSH–BUFWin prob.
P1 3:40 WSHLars Eller
from Conor Sheary, T.J. Oshie
1–047% → 63%
P1 13:48 BUFVinnie Hinostroza
from Robert Hagg, Jacob Bryson
1–136% → 53%
P2 2:09 BUFWill Butcher
from Rasmus Asplund, Kyle Okposo
1–253% → 72%
P3 5:41 WSHMartin Fehérváry
from Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov
2–220% → 48%

Every player

Show both lineups

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
T.J. Oshie R22:211+0.80+0.16−0.45+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.01+1.05
Lars Eller C19:231+0.73+0.13+0.74−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.12−0.00
Martin Fehérváry D19:451+0.71−0.12+0.85−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Daniel Sprong R14:33+0.50+0.14−0.35+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.70
Matt Irwin D14:09+0.26+0.27−0.02+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Sgarbossa C12:05+0.15+0.13−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02−0.00
Justin Schultz D17:48+0.14+0.16−0.03+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Jensen D20:17+0.00−0.03+0.01+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor McMichael L8:05−0.09−0.06−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.03−0.00
Beck Malenstyn L9:02−0.09−0.05−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Dmitry Orlov D23:10−0.16+0.05−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Conor Sheary L19:181−0.16+0.06−0.20−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Brett Leason R7:50−0.18−0.01−0.16−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
John Carlson D26:04−0.19+0.11−0.35+0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Ovechkin L25:361−0.20+0.15−0.40+0.07−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Aliaksei Protas L18:31−0.20−0.18−0.00+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Evgeny Kuznetsov C24:261−0.23+0.15−0.51+0.07−0.01+0.19−0.02−0.09
Carl Hagelin L12:50−0.45+0.18−0.64+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Vitek Vanecek G64:47+0.18

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Vinnie Hinostroza C11:481+0.66+0.04+0.62−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.00
Victor Olofsson R16:59+0.65−0.18−0.07−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00+0.74
Will Butcher D15:261+0.56−0.21+0.77−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Robert Hagg D17:221+0.09+0.08+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cody Eakin C17:21+0.04+0.04−0.09−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.10−0.00
Henri Jokiharju D26:08−0.06−0.08−0.00+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Asplund C13:051−0.08−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Mark Pysyk D21:00−0.10−0.14−0.00−0.01+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D25:22−0.11+0.15−0.25−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anders Bjork L13:26−0.13+0.05−0.17−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C12:03−0.15+0.05−0.00−0.03+0.00−0.19+0.01−0.00
Jeff Skinner L16:28−0.16−0.06−0.08−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.02−0.00
Brett Murray L15:22−0.20−0.11−0.08−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
John Hayden C12:38−0.33−0.06−0.26−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Jacob Bryson D19:421−0.40−0.28−0.08−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kyle Okposo R18:301−0.43−0.24−0.19+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Tage Thompson C18:16−0.54−0.09−0.10−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.02−0.30
Dylan Cozens C18:28−0.59−0.14−0.18−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.03−0.28
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G65:00−0.11

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.