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2022-12-31 · TD Garden

4 – 3Final/OT

BUF beat BOS 4–3 in overtime. BUF lost the expected-goals battle 2.1 to 4.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Alex Tuch scored at 3:53 of overtime, moving BUF’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen saved 2.2 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
25 – 40
Expected goals
2.1 – 4.2
xG share
BOS 67%
Home-ice start
BOS 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 goalBOS goal

Expected goals

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

BUFBOS

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.

BUF
63:16 TOI
GSAx +1.96
+2.15
BUF
2 G, 2 A · 21:30 TOI
On-ice −0.19 · Finishing +1.57
+1.40
BOS
1 G, 1 A · 20:30 TOI
On-ice +0.32 · Finishing +0.38 · Playmaking +0.09
+0.78

Rough nights

BOS
63:51 TOI
GSAx −1.47
−1.47
BUF
0 G, 1 A · 27:52 TOI
On-ice −0.22 · Finishing −0.28 · Penalties −0.19
−0.70
BUF
0 G, 0 A · 13:10 TOI
On-ice −0.19 · Finishing −0.27
−0.44

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–BOSWin prob.
P1 13:09 BOSDavid Pastrnak
from David Krejci, Pavel Zacha
0–153% → 70%
P1 16:13 BUFTage Thompson
from Jeff Skinner, Alex Tuch
1–129% → 47%
P2 2:03 BUFAlex Tuch
from Ilya Lyubushkin
2–147% → 66%
P3 5:16 BOSPatrice BergeronPP
from Brad Marchand, Jake DeBrusk
2–225% → 52%
P3 12:25 BOSBrad Marchand
from David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy
2–351% → 85%
P3 18:23 BUFDylan CozensPP
from Alex Tuch, Rasmus Dahlin
3–36% → 50%
OT 3:53 BUFAlex Tuch
from Dylan Cozens
4–348% → 100%

Every player

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BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alex Tuch R21:3022+1.40−0.19+1.57+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Cozens C17:2611+0.55−0.11+0.53−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.05
Tage Thompson C22:391+0.32−0.27+0.56−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.05
JJ Peterka R13:28+0.04−0.15−0.00+0.01−0.02+0.19+0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C12:40−0.08−0.01−0.05−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob Bryson D15:24−0.08−0.07+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C13:54−0.16−0.13−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.03
Tyson Jost C10:59−0.18−0.06−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Peyton Krebs C14:22−0.18+0.01−0.19−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.02
Mattias Samuelsson D24:45−0.21−0.25+0.01+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Owen Power D28:44−0.24−0.23+0.01+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Kale Clague D9:41−0.24−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Victor Olofsson R12:03−0.28−0.07−0.21−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ilya Lyubushkin D11:371−0.33−0.14+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Jeff Skinner L19:031−0.38−0.33−0.03+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Kyle Okposo R14:32−0.40+0.00−0.16−0.00−0.00−0.19−0.04
Jack Quinn R13:10−0.44−0.19−0.27+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D27:521−0.70−0.22−0.28−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G63:16+2.15

BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
David Pastrnak R20:3011+0.78+0.32+0.38+0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brad Marchand L22:4911+0.56+0.21+0.13+0.03+0.00+0.19+0.00
Patrice Bergeron C20:181+0.32+0.18+0.07−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.08
Charlie McAvoy D26:481+0.25+0.33−0.12+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jake DeBrusk L18:201+0.19+0.22−0.21−0.01+0.01+0.19−0.01
Derek Forbort D19:12+0.08+0.09+0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandon Carlo D18:38+0.06+0.12−0.08+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Matt Grzelcyk D16:03+0.02+0.16−0.15−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
A.J. Greer L6:06−0.01−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor Clifton D14:16−0.04−0.05+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
David Krejci C20:251−0.05+0.10−0.21+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.02
Nick Foligno L11:13−0.14−0.02−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Hampus Lindholm D23:44−0.15+0.27−0.45+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pavel Zacha C19:381−0.16+0.26−0.41+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Charlie Coyle C14:55−0.18+0.08−0.28−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Taylor Hall L15:03−0.19−0.06−0.15+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Craig Smith C6:41−0.23−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Trent Frederic C11:02−0.26+0.08−0.29−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jeremy Swayman G63:51−1.47

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.