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2023-11-01 · Wells Fargo Center

5 – 2Final

BUF beat PHI 5–2. BUF lost the expected-goals battle 1.3 to 3.4 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Owen Power scored at 3:03 of the third, moving BUF’s win probability from 48% to 74%. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen saved 1.3 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
15 – 40
Expected goals
1.3 – 3.4
xG share
PHI 72%
Home-ice start
PHI 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 goalPHI goal

Expected goals

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

BUFPHI

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.34
+1.34
PHI
1 G, 0 A · 14:02 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing +0.69
+0.83
BUF
Brandon Biro
2 G, 0 A · 10:39 TOI
Finishing +0.73
+0.69

Rough nights

PHI
10:00 TOI
GSAx −1.48
−1.48
PHI
49:16 TOI
GSAx −1.26
−1.26
BUF
Jeff Skinner
0 G, 1 A · 15:38 TOI
On-ice −0.34 · Finishing −0.14
−0.53

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–PHIWin prob.
P1 0:55 PHIJoel Farabee
from Travis Sanheim
0–153% → 69%
P1 3:38 BUFCasey Mittelstadt
from JJ Peterka, Jeff Skinner
1–131% → 47%
P1 10:00 BUFBrandon Biro
from Tage Thompson, Jordan Greenway
2–147% → 64%
P1 16:17 PHICam Atkinson
from Travis Sanheim
2–235% → 53%
P3 3:03 BUFOwen Power
from Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch
3–248% → 74%
P3 13:28 BUFTage Thompson
from Alex Tuch
4–284% → 98%
P3 16:52 BUFBrandon BiroEN
from Casey Mittelstadt, Peyton Krebs
5–299% → 100%

Every player

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BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brandon Biro L10:392+0.69−0.01+0.73−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
Owen Power D23:451+0.64−0.16+0.83+0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00
Tage Thompson C17:5912+0.60−0.15+0.80−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.04
Casey Mittelstadt C15:1211+0.39−0.32+0.74+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01
Erik Johnson D16:20+0.16−0.02+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Henri Jokiharju D19:28+0.11+0.03−0.11+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C14:01+0.02+0.04−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Greenway L15:361+0.01+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Jacob Bryson D8:23−0.00−0.00+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kyle Okposo R15:23−0.04−0.02−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.02
Tyson Jost C11:16−0.05−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Tuch R17:502−0.10−0.09−0.02+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Cozens C14:33−0.20−0.08−0.11−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mattias Samuelsson D26:07−0.25−0.10+0.01+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Peyton Krebs C13:061−0.36−0.01−0.00−0.02−0.01−0.37+0.05
Rasmus Dahlin D23:49−0.40−0.36−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
JJ Peterka R15:021−0.43−0.27−0.14+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jeff Skinner L15:381−0.53−0.34−0.14−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G60:00+1.34

PHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Joel Farabee L14:021+0.83+0.16+0.69−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Cam Atkinson R18:071+0.61+0.17+0.44−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Morgan Frost C16:41+0.34+0.14−0.00+0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Cam York D25:04+0.27+0.19−0.10+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Sean Couturier C18:34+0.26+0.16−0.00+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.06
Egor Zamula D14:51+0.12+0.15−0.01−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Scott Laughton C11:33+0.08+0.13−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.05
Nick Seeler D17:27+0.00+0.03−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sean Walker D20:33−0.00+0.15−0.11−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Bobby Brink R15:30−0.01+0.01−0.21+0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Travis Konecny R19:13−0.06+0.25−0.29−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Louie Belpedio D12:42−0.09+0.07−0.15−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Travis Sanheim D24:352−0.11+0.24−0.16+0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Nicolas Deslauriers L10:19−0.19+0.10−0.08−0.03+0.00−0.19+0.00
Garnet Hathaway R10:15−0.20+0.11−0.31−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Noah Cates L15:29−0.27−0.06−0.26−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.06
Tyson Foerster R16:18−0.27−0.06−0.22−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Owen Tippett R15:31−0.48−0.03−0.46+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Ersson G49:16−1.26
Carter Hart G10:00−1.48

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.