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2023-10-14 · UBS Arena

2 – 3Final

NYI beat BUF 3–2. Expected goals were close to even (BUF 1.9, NYI 2.2), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Casey Cizikas scored at 13:40 of the third, moving NYI’s win probability from 51% to 88%.

Shots on goal
28 – 29
Expected goals
1.9 – 2.2
xG share
NYI 53%
Home-ice start
NYI 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 goalNYI goal

Expected goals

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

BUFNYI

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.

NYI
1 G, 0 A · 12:45 TOI
Finishing +0.40 · Faceoffs +0.07
+0.43
BUF
1 G, 1 A · 19:24 TOI
Finishing +0.36 · Playmaking +0.14 · Faceoffs −0.09
+0.41
BUF
1 G, 0 A · 15:53 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.27
+0.40

Rough nights

BUF
59:32 TOI
GSAx −0.56
−0.56
NYI
0 G, 0 A · 20:58 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing −0.35 · Playmaking −0.09 · Penalties −0.19
−0.45
BUF
0 G, 0 A · 15:13 TOI
Finishing −0.08 · Playmaking −0.05 · Penalties −0.19
−0.35

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–NYIWin prob.
P1 5:57 NYIBrock Nelson
from Pierre Engvall
0–153% → 69%
P1 18:18 NYIKyle Palmieri
from Brock Nelson, Ryan Pulock
0–271% → 85%
P2 4:15 BUFJordan Greenway
from Casey Mittelstadt, Zach Benson
1–213% → 28%
P3 2:34 BUFCasey Mittelstadt
from Zach Benson, Rasmus Dahlin
2–222% → 48%
P3 13:40 NYICasey Cizikas
from Adam Pelech, Cal Clutterbuck
2–351% → 88%

Every player

Show both lineups

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Casey Mittelstadt C19:2411+0.41+0.01+0.36+0.14−0.01+0.00−0.09
Jordan Greenway L15:531+0.40+0.13+0.27−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Zach Benson L15:162+0.26+0.11−0.10+0.25−0.00+0.00+0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C10:07+0.05−0.13−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.19+0.01
Henri Jokiharju D18:04+0.05+0.13−0.01−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mattias Samuelsson D23:12+0.00−0.03−0.01+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Owen Power D26:24−0.03+0.10−0.02−0.08−0.03+0.00+0.00
Alex Tuch R16:14−0.03−0.07−0.09−0.05−0.00+0.19+0.00
Victor Olofsson R13:36−0.08−0.00−0.00−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Johnson D11:31−0.08−0.04−0.03−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Cozens C14:33−0.15−0.06−0.08−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.04
Kyle Okposo R10:09−0.15−0.12−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Rasmus Dahlin D23:591−0.22−0.11−0.21+0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00
Connor Clifton D16:00−0.23−0.19−0.05−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jeff Skinner L16:46−0.24−0.10−0.02−0.06−0.04+0.00−0.02
Peyton Krebs C12:07−0.25−0.02−0.00−0.06−0.00−0.19+0.01
Tage Thompson C16:00−0.28+0.01−0.15−0.02−0.02+0.00−0.11
JJ Peterka R15:13−0.35−0.01−0.08−0.05−0.01−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Devon Levi G59:32−0.56

NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Casey Cizikas C12:451+0.43−0.01+0.40−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.07
Brock Nelson C16:3711+0.37−0.00+0.22+0.15+0.01+0.00−0.01
Kyle Palmieri C16:321+0.26−0.04+0.28−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Scott Mayfield D16:47+0.23+0.10−0.00−0.06+0.00+0.19+0.00
Sebastian Aho D14:17+0.20+0.11+0.00−0.09−0.00+0.19+0.00
Pierre Engvall L14:261+0.14−0.10−0.00+0.21+0.01+0.00+0.02
Adam Pelech D21:531+0.12+0.03+0.00+0.25+0.02−0.19+0.00
Cal Clutterbuck R13:121+0.09+0.00−0.01+0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00
Noah Dobson D19:13+0.05+0.03−0.00+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Pulock D22:521+0.02−0.07+0.00+0.07+0.02+0.00+0.00
Matt Martin L10:08+0.02−0.00−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C15:30+0.00−0.05−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.08
Simon Holmstrom R15:07+0.00+0.15−0.00−0.15+0.01+0.00+0.00
Hudson Fasching R11:00−0.05−0.04−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mathew Barzal C20:07−0.10+0.15−0.15−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Romanov D22:04−0.11−0.06−0.02−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Anders Lee C14:17−0.16−0.04−0.09−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Bo Horvat C20:58−0.45+0.14−0.35−0.09−0.01−0.19+0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ilya Sorokin G59:51+0.14

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.