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2023-02-23 · Amalie Arena

6 – 5Final/OT

BUF beat TBL 6–5 in overtime. BUF lost the expected-goals battle 2.3 to 4.7 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Ilya Lyubushkin scored short-handed at 1:41 of overtime, moving BUF’s win probability from 46% to 100%. Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed 4.0 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
23 – 41
Expected goals
2.3 – 4.7
xG share
TBL 67%
Home-ice start
TBL 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 goalTBL goal

Expected goals

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

BUFTBL

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
3 G, 0 A · 17:16 TOI
On-ice −0.28 · Finishing +2.26
+1.97
TBL
1 G, 3 A · 21:36 TOI
On-ice +0.47 · Finishing +0.62 · Playmaking +0.05 · Penalties +0.19
+1.32
TBL
1 G, 0 A · 18:54 TOI
Finishing +0.85
+0.84

Rough nights

TBL
61:41 TOI
GSAx −4.01
−4.01
BUF
Eric Comrie
61:41 TOI
GSAx −0.75
−0.75
BUF
0 G, 0 A · 25:04 TOI
On-ice −0.48 · Finishing −0.07 · Penalties −0.19
−0.70

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–TBLWin prob.
P1 2:19 TBLSteven Stamkos
from Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov
0–153% → 69%
P1 11:41 BUFZemgus Girgensons
from Rasmus Dahlin, Tyson Jost
1–130% → 47%
P2 9:36 BUFTage ThompsonPP
from Jeff Skinner, Rasmus Dahlin
2–148% → 68%
P2 12:20 BUFTage Thompson
from Jeff Skinner
3–169% → 85%
P2 12:36 TBLVictor Hedman
from Patrick Maroon, Nick Paul
3–215% → 31%
P2 13:25 BUFJack Quinn
from Peyton Krebs, Casey Mittelstadt
4–270% → 86%
P3 5:48 TBLBrayden Point
from Victor Hedman, Brandon Hagel
4–37% → 24%
P3 6:18 BUFTage Thompson
unassisted
5–377% → 93%
P3 8:33 TBLAnthony Cirelli
from Erik Cernak, Brayden Point
5–45% → 21%
P3 14:54 TBLRoss ColtonPP
from Steven Stamkos, Brayden Point
5–514% → 51%
OT 1:41 BUFIlya LyubushkinSH
unassisted
6–546% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tage Thompson C17:163+1.97−0.28+2.26−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.01
Ilya Lyubushkin D12:261+0.70−0.06+0.77−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Quinn R12:571+0.70−0.11+0.79+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C17:451+0.55−0.18+0.76−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Peyton Krebs C15:211−0.07−0.11−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.07
Owen Power D24:31−0.10−0.09+0.01+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Kyle Okposo R15:25−0.11−0.10−0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Victor Olofsson R13:04−0.11−0.02−0.08−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jacob Bryson D10:12−0.12−0.12+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
JJ Peterka R10:11−0.15−0.10−0.04+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D27:032−0.15−0.33−0.01−0.02+0.01+0.19+0.00
Tyson Jost C14:251−0.16+0.00−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jeff Skinner L16:462−0.19−0.30−0.05−0.00−0.04+0.19+0.01
Casey Mittelstadt C13:161−0.21−0.04−0.15+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Tuch R19:03−0.26−0.25−0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Henri Jokiharju D21:54−0.38−0.12−0.08+0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Dylan Cozens C15:07−0.39−0.19−0.16−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Mattias Samuelsson D25:04−0.70−0.48−0.07+0.02+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Eric Comrie G61:41−0.75

TBL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brayden Point C21:3613+1.32+0.47+0.62+0.05−0.00+0.19−0.01
Anthony Cirelli C18:541+0.84+0.00+0.85−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.03
Victor Hedman D26:0311+0.78+0.32+0.42+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ross Colton C13:151+0.74+0.27+0.49−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Steven Stamkos C19:2211+0.60+0.16+0.43+0.05−0.00+0.00−0.03
Ian Cole D16:51+0.19+0.17+0.01+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Haydn Fleury D13:13+0.15+0.19−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D25:48+0.14+0.22−0.09+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Erik Cernak D19:341+0.08+0.18−0.11+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Patrick Maroon L11:151+0.05+0.21−0.16+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Paul L14:021−0.04+0.24−0.08−0.03+0.00−0.19+0.01
Nick Perbix D15:15−0.06−0.06+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nikita Kucherov R20:271−0.09+0.41−0.60+0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00
Corey Perry R11:48−0.10+0.02−0.13+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Killorn L16:46−0.16−0.15−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Vladislav Namestnikov C10:31−0.18+0.01−0.19−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brandon Hagel L18:361−0.19+0.24−0.24+0.02−0.01−0.19+0.00
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L10:43−0.23+0.05−0.30−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Andrei Vasilevskiy G61:41−4.01

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.