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2023-01-01 · Canadian Tire Centre

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OTT beat BUF 3–1. OTT lost the expected-goals battle 2.7 to 3.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Jake Lucchini scored on the power play at 11:45 of the second, moving OTT’s win probability from 54% to 74%. Anton Forsberg saved 1.8 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
34 – 33
Expected goals
3.2 – 2.7
xG share
BUF 54%
Home-ice start
OTT 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 goalOTT goal

Expected goals

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

BUFOTT

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.

OTT
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.75
+1.75
OTT
Jake Lucchini
1 G, 0 A · 13:39 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.78
+0.88
BUF
Craig Anderson
58:57 TOI
GSAx +0.78
+0.78

Rough nights

BUF
0 G, 0 A · 16:42 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.29 · Penalties −0.19
−0.59
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 17:27 TOI
On-ice −0.21 · Finishing −0.35
−0.58
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 18:09 TOI
Finishing −0.43
−0.46

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–OTTWin prob.
P1 0:47 OTTTim Stützle
from Claude Giroux
0–153% → 69%
P2 6:51 BUFZemgus Girgensons
from Mattias Samuelsson, Ilya Lyubushkin
1–127% → 47%
P2 11:45 OTTJake LucchiniPP
from Derick Brassard, Claude Giroux
1–254% → 74%
P3 18:49 OTTTim StützleEN
from Thomas Chabot
1–395% → 100%

Every player

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BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Zemgus Girgensons C15:051+0.77+0.06+0.75−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D29:29+0.21+0.15−0.11−0.03+0.01+0.19+0.00
Mattias Samuelsson D23:411+0.15+0.13−0.03+0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tage Thompson C18:34+0.09+0.10−0.21−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.03
Kale Clague D17:22+0.06+0.10−0.02+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Kyle Okposo R15:24+0.03+0.05−0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Casey Mittelstadt C13:36+0.03+0.05−0.03+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
Ilya Lyubushkin D7:451−0.02−0.02+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob Bryson D12:10−0.05−0.04+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Owen Power D25:15−0.09−0.07+0.00+0.02−0.04+0.00+0.00
JJ Peterka R12:20−0.11−0.07−0.21+0.01−0.02+0.19+0.00
Alex Tuch R19:47−0.14+0.08−0.26+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Quinn R11:33−0.15−0.04−0.12+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Peyton Krebs C14:26−0.18+0.05−0.20−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Tyson Jost C11:36−0.21+0.05−0.26−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Victor Olofsson R14:53−0.24+0.01−0.24−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jeff Skinner L19:39−0.25+0.10−0.33+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Dylan Cozens C16:42−0.59−0.08−0.29−0.01−0.01−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Craig Anderson G58:57+0.78

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jake Lucchini C13:391+0.88+0.10+0.78−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tim Stützle C21:212+0.56−0.15+0.76+0.01−0.05+0.00−0.01
Artem Zub D23:20+0.09+0.08+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Shane Pinto C14:01−0.02+0.08−0.27−0.02+0.01+0.19−0.01
Jake Sanderson D21:39−0.03−0.02−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Parker Kelly C15:30−0.06+0.06−0.10−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex DeBrincat R18:49−0.08−0.00−0.12+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.01
Jacob Bernard-Docker D12:49−0.13−0.12−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Derick Brassard C7:211−0.13+0.01−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02
Mark Kastelic C8:12−0.14−0.04−0.15−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.04
Austin Watson L9:44−0.16−0.13−0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Gambrell C14:14−0.23+0.04−0.22−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.02
Thomas Chabot D23:351−0.27+0.04−0.13+0.03−0.02−0.19+0.00
Nick Holden D15:15−0.29−0.10+0.01−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Claude Giroux R16:572−0.41−0.11−0.31+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Travis Hamonic D21:58−0.41−0.15−0.05−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Drake Batherson R18:09−0.46−0.04−0.43−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brady Tkachuk L17:27−0.58−0.21−0.35+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Anton Forsberg G60:00+1.75

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.