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2022-12-01 · KeyBank Center

6 – 4Final

COL beat BUF 6–4. COL also won the expected-goals battle 3.9 to 3.1: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Artturi Lehkonen scored on the power play at 9:49 of the second, moving COL’s win probability from 48% to 68%. Alexandar Georgiev allowed 1.3 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
34 – 28
Expected goals
3.9 – 3.1
xG share
COL 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.

COL goalBUF goal

Expected goals

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

COLBUF

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.

COL
2 G, 2 A · 22:09 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +1.38 · Faceoffs +0.10
+1.59
COL
2 G, 3 A · 25:09 TOI
On-ice +0.37 · Finishing +0.64 · Playmaking +0.13
+1.11
BUF
1 G, 0 A · 15:32 TOI
On-ice +0.15 · Finishing +0.68
+0.83

Rough nights

COL
Alexandar Georgiev
60:00 TOI
GSAx −1.35
−1.35
BUF
59:34 TOI
GSAx −0.73
−0.73
BUF
Kyle Okposo
0 G, 0 A · 12:42 TOI
On-ice −0.32 · Penalties −0.19
−0.53

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–BUFWin prob.
P1 8:48 COLJ.T. CompherPP
from Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews
1–047% → 63%
P1 10:19 BUFJJ Peterka
from Jack Quinn, Dylan Cozens
1–136% → 53%
P1 19:49 BUFTage ThompsonPP
from Jeff Skinner, Dylan Cozens
1–254% → 72%
P2 9:00 COLNathan MacKinnonPP
from Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen
2–232% → 48%
P2 9:49 COLArtturi LehkonenPP
from J.T. Compher, Nathan MacKinnon
3–248% → 68%
P2 11:53 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Cale Makar, Devon Toews
4–269% → 85%
P2 14:05 BUFDylan CozensPP
from Tage Thompson, Jeff Skinner
4–317% → 31%
P2 17:16 COLJ.T. Compher
from Logan O'Connor, Andrew Cogliano
5–371% → 88%
P3 0:07 BUFAlex Tuch
from Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson
5–411% → 27%
P3 19:25 COLMikko RantanenEN
from J.T. Compher, Nathan MacKinnon
6–495% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
J.T. Compher L22:0922+1.59+0.13+1.38−0.04+0.03+0.00+0.10
Nathan MacKinnon C25:0923+1.11+0.37+0.64+0.13−0.00+0.00−0.02
Artturi Lehkonen L25:211+0.58+0.48+0.14−0.06+0.03+0.00+0.00
Mikko Rantanen R25:0411+0.36+0.39−0.15+0.11−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jean-Luc Foudy C7:24+0.15−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Jacob MacDonald D10:36−0.03+0.05−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D16:13−0.03+0.04−0.07+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dryden Hunt L7:11−0.03−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Newhook C11:49−0.04−0.00−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.03
Erik Johnson D19:02−0.06+0.03−0.07−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Galchenyuk C6:31−0.07−0.06−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Devon Toews D26:032−0.08−0.09−0.02+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Josh Manson D10:17−0.12+0.06+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Anton Blidh L6:37−0.21−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Cale Makar D30:382−0.28+0.20−0.56+0.05+0.04+0.00+0.00
Logan O'Connor R16:171−0.29+0.25−0.53−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jayson Megna C5:05−0.29−0.12−0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.02
Andrew Cogliano C16:231−0.36−0.30−0.05−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Alexandar Georgiev G60:00−1.35

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
JJ Peterka R15:321+0.83+0.15+0.68+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Tuch R21:381+0.77+0.33+0.43+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tage Thompson C21:2912+0.54+0.00+0.53−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.01
Dylan Cozens C17:1112+0.53−0.45+0.83−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.03
Victor Olofsson R12:37+0.30+0.24−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Jack Quinn R13:371+0.12−0.12−0.15+0.01−0.00+0.38+0.00
Casey Fitzgerald D10:12+0.09−0.10+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Tyson Jost C12:55+0.01−0.11−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.05
Mattias Samuelsson D22:31−0.06−0.07−0.02+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Lawrence Pilut D6:50−0.06−0.06+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C11:44−0.13−0.09−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jeff Skinner L19:352−0.16+0.33−0.46+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.03
Peyton Krebs C7:35−0.24−0.01−0.04−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.01
Casey Mittelstadt C13:36−0.25−0.08−0.20+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.03
Rasmus Dahlin D28:111−0.36+0.00−0.35−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Owen Power D21:35−0.44−0.06+0.01+0.02−0.02−0.38+0.00
Henri Jokiharju D20:21−0.50−0.31−0.01+0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Kyle Okposo R12:42−0.53−0.32−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.19−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G59:34−0.73

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.