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2025-01-02 · Ball Arena

5 – 6Final/OT

COL beat BUF 6–5 in overtime. COL also won the expected-goals battle 3.6 to 1.9: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Devon Toews scored at 0:48 of overtime, moving COL’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen allowed 3.0 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
21 – 29
Expected goals
1.9 – 3.6
xG share
COL 65%
Home-ice start
COL 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 goalCOL goal

Expected goals

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

BUFCOL

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
Jason Zucker
3 G, 1 A · 18:14 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing +1.98 · Penalties +0.20
+2.36
COL
2 G, 0 A · 28:17 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing +1.45 · Penalties +0.20
+1.87
COL
Jonathan Drouin
1 G, 1 A · 22:46 TOI
On-ice +0.41 · Finishing +0.74
+1.16

Rough nights

BUF
60:48 TOI
GSAx −3.04
−3.04
COL
41:27 TOI
GSAx −2.15
−2.15
BUF
0 G, 0 A · 15:17 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.54
−0.67

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–COLWin prob.
P1 13:17 BUFJason ZuckerPP
from Jack Quinn, Tage Thompson
1–048% → 64%
P1 17:10 BUFBowen Byram
from Jason Zucker, Dylan Cozens
2–065% → 79%
P2 11:08 BUFJason ZuckerPP
from Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin
3–085% → 95%
P2 14:58 COLCale Makar
from Jonathan Drouin, Devon Toews
3–14% → 13%
P3 1:05 COLRoss Colton
from Samuel Girard
3–210% → 27%
P3 1:27 BUFZach Benson
from Peyton Krebs, JJ Peterka
4–273% → 91%
P3 4:17 COLMikko RantanenPP
from Nathan MacKinnon, Casey Mittelstadt
4–311% → 26%
P3 16:09 BUFJason Zucker
from Tage Thompson
5–389% → 99%
P3 17:34 COLCale MakarPP
from Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews
5–41% → 8%
P3 19:52 COLJonathan DrouinPP
from Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen
5–54% → 51%
OT 0:48 COLDevon Toews
unassisted
5–652% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jason Zucker L18:1431+2.36+0.18+1.98+0.00+0.00+0.20+0.00
Bowen Byram D21:151+0.73−0.04+0.79−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zach Benson L9:341+0.66−0.01+0.87−0.00+0.00−0.20+0.00
Jacob Bryson D13:20+0.06+0.07−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack Quinn R15:221+0.05+0.04−0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Peyton Krebs C8:421+0.04+0.04−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Connor Clifton D12:59+0.03+0.01+0.01−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Sam Lafferty C10:11−0.00−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
JJ Peterka R11:531−0.00+0.10−0.11+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Mattias Samuelsson D24:27−0.06−0.10+0.01+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Beck Malenstyn L15:59−0.09−0.09−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Jiri Kulich C16:36−0.10−0.06−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Alex Tuch R19:24−0.11−0.11−0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Owen Power D22:06−0.11−0.09−0.00+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D23:171−0.13−0.12−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Cozens C18:521−0.49−0.34−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.20+0.08
Tage Thompson C19:433−0.57−0.13−0.42−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan McLeod C15:17−0.67−0.08−0.54−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G60:48−3.04

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cale Makar D28:172+1.87+0.18+1.45+0.02+0.02+0.20+0.00
Jonathan Drouin L22:4611+1.16+0.41+0.74+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mikko Rantanen R25:3411+0.73+0.04+0.63+0.04−0.00+0.00+0.02
Ross Colton C14:241+0.55+0.09+0.69−0.02−0.00−0.20+0.00
Devon Toews D27:1412+0.53+0.11+0.38+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D20:321+0.07+0.10−0.03+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nathan MacKinnon C26:163+0.06+0.33−0.36+0.08−0.00+0.00+0.01
Juuso Parssinen C7:01+0.02+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Artturi Lehkonen L22:01+0.02+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01
Logan O'Connor R10:47−0.02−0.06−0.15−0.02+0.01+0.20−0.01
Jere Innala L7:06−0.03−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Sam Malinski D13:42−0.04−0.02−0.04+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Keaton Middleton D9:41−0.11−0.10−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Oskar Olausson R7:57−0.13+0.01−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Parker Kelly C12:13−0.14−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Joel Kiviranta L10:39−0.15−0.15−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C17:291−0.18+0.09−0.22+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.06
Josh Manson D17:59−0.22+0.01−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.20+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mackenzie Blackwood G16:12−0.62
Scott Wedgewood G41:27−2.15

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.