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2025-11-15 · Little Caesars Arena

5 – 4Final/OT

BUF beat DET 5–4 in overtime. BUF lost the expected-goals battle 2.8 to 3.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Mattias Samuelsson scored at 1:05 of overtime, moving BUF’s win probability from 48% to 100%. John Gibson allowed 1.9 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
27 – 28
Expected goals
2.8 – 3.2
xG share
DET 53%
Home-ice start
DET 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 goalDET goal

Expected goals

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

BUFDET

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.

DET
2 G, 0 A · 18:04 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +1.10
+1.22
BUF
1 G, 0 A · 19:20 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing +0.82 · Penalties +0.19
+1.11
DET
1 G, 0 A · 21:53 TOI
On-ice +0.23 · Finishing +0.46 · Faceoffs +0.10
+0.79

Rough nights

DET
60:30 TOI
GSAx −1.86
−1.86
BUF
Colten Ellis
61:02 TOI
GSAx −0.84
−0.84
BUF
Conor Timmins
0 G, 0 A · 18:51 TOI
On-ice −0.54
−0.54

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–DETWin prob.
P1 10:23 DETPatrick Kane
from Ben Chiarot
0–153% → 70%
P1 10:52 BUFAlex Tuch
unassisted
1–130% → 47%
P2 3:52 DETAlex DeBrincat
from Lucas Raymond
1–253% → 72%
P2 5:56 DETDylan Larkin
from Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider
1–373% → 87%
P2 8:50 DETAlex DeBrincatPP
from Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider
1–488% → 96%
P2 17:58 BUFJosh Doan
from Rasmus Dahlin, Bowen Byram
2–42% → 9%
P3 4:25 BUFTage Thompson
from Josh Doan, Colten Ellis
3–46% → 21%
P3 9:28 BUFRyan McLeodSH
unassisted
4–417% → 47%
OT 1:05 BUFMattias Samuelsson
from Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin
5–448% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ryan McLeod C19:201+1.11+0.14+0.82+0.00−0.00+0.19−0.04
Josh Doan R16:1011+0.78+0.14+0.44−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Alex Tuch R18:201+0.72+0.02+0.50+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Mattias Samuelsson D22:311+0.71+0.04+0.66+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tage Thompson C18:0711+0.31+0.11+0.06−0.00−0.01+0.19−0.03
Rasmus Dahlin D27:052+0.23+0.24+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Kesselring D10:59+0.16+0.16+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Owen Power D17:35+0.09+0.09+0.00+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Tyson Kozak C12:58−0.10−0.07+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.03
Bowen Byram D20:281−0.11+0.07−0.16−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Isak Rosen R14:32−0.17−0.08−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack Quinn R16:42−0.18+0.10−0.32+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Dunne C8:14−0.22−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19−0.01
Beck Malenstyn L11:28−0.23−0.23+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Noah Ostlund C15:14−0.32−0.02−0.07−0.00+0.00−0.19−0.03
Jordan Greenway L13:01−0.40−0.22−0.01−0.00+0.01−0.19+0.02
Peyton Krebs C13:22−0.44−0.15+0.00−0.01−0.01−0.19−0.08
Conor Timmins D18:51−0.54−0.54−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Colten Ellis G61:02−0.84

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alex DeBrincat R18:042+1.22+0.10+1.10+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Larkin C21:531+0.79+0.23+0.46+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.10
Patrick Kane R17:061+0.70+0.25+0.59+0.07−0.02−0.19+0.00
Lucas Raymond L16:473+0.07+0.19−0.15+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Rasmussen C11:25+0.06+0.04+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02
Moritz Seider D24:392+0.05+0.30−0.28+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D22:59+0.04−0.25−0.04−0.02−0.03+0.39+0.00
Emmitt Finnie C14:26−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Albert Johansson D13:36−0.02+0.10−0.09−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nate Danielson C12:12−0.05−0.08−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.19−0.02
Jacob Bernard-Docker D13:56−0.05−0.04+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrew Copp C12:20−0.06−0.12+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.05
Marco Kasper C15:47−0.16−0.15−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
J.T. Compher L15:44−0.17+0.05−0.45−0.02+0.03+0.19+0.03
Ben Chiarot D24:321−0.17−0.18+0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jonatan Berggren R9:25−0.19+0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.00
Mason Appleton C15:27−0.21−0.16−0.05−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Simon Edvinsson D16:05−0.40−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.01−0.39+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
John Gibson G60:30−1.86

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.