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2023-11-04 · Scotiabank Arena

6 – 4Final

BUF beat TOR 6–4. Expected goals were close to even (BUF 3.6, TOR 3.5), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Alex Tuch scored at 12:48 of the third, moving BUF’s win probability from 49% to 83%.

Shots on goal
41 – 28
Expected goals
3.6 – 3.5
xG share
BUF 50%
Home-ice start
TOR 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 goalTOR goal

Expected goals

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

BUFTOR

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.

TOR
3 G, 0 A · 18:53 TOI
Finishing +0.95 · Penalties +0.19 · Faceoffs +0.08
+1.19
TOR
1 G, 3 A · 18:11 TOI
Finishing +0.33 · Playmaking +0.38
+0.71
BUF
1 G, 1 A · 18:24 TOI
On-ice +0.29 · Finishing +0.25 · Playmaking +0.07
+0.60

Rough nights

TOR
59:23 TOI
GSAx −0.83
−0.83
BUF
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.82
−0.82
TOR
0 G, 0 A · 25:04 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Playmaking −0.10
−0.31

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–TORWin prob.
P1 12:05 TORMitch Marner
from Calle Jarnkrok, Morgan Rielly
0–153% → 70%
P1 16:13 BUFJJ PeterkaPP
from Owen Power, Victor Olofsson
1–130% → 47%
P2 6:28 BUFTage ThompsonSH
unassisted
2–146% → 67%
P2 11:22 TORAuston MatthewsPP
from William Nylander, Mitch Marner
2–232% → 53%
P2 11:56 BUFJeff Skinner
from Ryan Johnson
3–247% → 69%
P3 0:17 TORAuston Matthews
from Mitch Marner
3–327% → 52%
P3 3:11 BUFJordan Greenway
from Casey Mittelstadt, JJ Peterka
4–348% → 74%
P3 7:26 TORAuston Matthews
from Mark Giordano, Mitch Marner
4–422% → 52%
P3 12:48 BUFAlex Tuch
from Rasmus Dahlin, Connor Clifton
5–449% → 83%
P3 18:54 BUFAlex TuchEN
unassisted
6–494% → 100%

Every player

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BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
JJ Peterka R18:2411+0.60+0.29+0.25+0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D24:461+0.40+0.23−0.08+0.06+0.00+0.19+0.00
Owen Power D24:071+0.36+0.25+0.00+0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jeff Skinner L18:461+0.25+0.09+0.29−0.10−0.03+0.00−0.01
Jordan Greenway L17:551+0.23+0.24+0.31−0.13+0.01−0.19−0.01
Casey Mittelstadt C18:471+0.23+0.43−0.23+0.08−0.01+0.00−0.05
Ryan Johnson D8:201+0.19−0.06+0.00+0.24+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Tuch R21:382+0.12+0.06+0.20−0.14−0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor Clifton D19:061+0.07−0.01−0.01+0.08+0.02+0.00+0.00
Victor Olofsson R8:421+0.07+0.02−0.01+0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob Bryson D6:27+0.03+0.05+0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tage Thompson C21:571−0.07+0.08+0.35−0.07−0.01−0.37−0.05
Tyson Jost C12:50−0.08+0.07−0.11−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.01
Peyton Krebs C7:50−0.10−0.00−0.05+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.05
Henri Jokiharju D17:14−0.15+0.01−0.04−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kyle Okposo R17:14−0.19−0.16−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.05
Zemgus Girgensons C13:05−0.22−0.09−0.07−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Johnson D16:23−0.26−0.17−0.04−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Devon Levi G60:00−0.82

TOR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Auston Matthews C18:533+1.19+0.01+0.95−0.04−0.01+0.19+0.08
Mitch Marner R18:1113+0.71−0.00+0.33+0.38+0.01+0.00+0.00
Max Domi C13:58+0.12−0.03−0.01−0.04+0.00+0.19+0.01
Mark Giordano D22:491+0.06−0.07−0.06+0.17+0.01+0.00+0.00
Maxime Lajoie D4:54+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
William Nylander R19:231+0.00+0.06−0.13+0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
TJ Brodie D23:04−0.01−0.20−0.02+0.04−0.02+0.19+0.00
Calle Jarnkrok C16:131−0.01−0.21−0.08+0.24+0.02+0.00+0.02
Morgan Rielly D26:421−0.04+0.01−0.12+0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Gregor L11:17−0.08+0.07−0.07−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00
John Tavares C19:51−0.13+0.04−0.15−0.07−0.02+0.00+0.07
Tyler Bertuzzi L16:33−0.13−0.03−0.02−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Reaves R8:59−0.14+0.01−0.09−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matthew Knies L12:59−0.16−0.11−0.00−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00
William Lagesson D12:29−0.19−0.18+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pontus Holmberg R9:12−0.19−0.03−0.12−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
David Kampf C15:02−0.25−0.07−0.00−0.04−0.01−0.19+0.05
John Klingberg D25:04−0.31−0.13−0.04−0.10−0.03+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joseph Woll G59:23−0.83

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.