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Friday, February 28, 2020
10:00 PM ET
T-Mobile Arena (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
2 – 4
Final
Vegas Golden Knights
 VGK
44% xGF%
56% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 2.38 goals VGK was expected to score 3.01 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG BUF VGK Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres Vegas Golden Knights
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 3:40 0.25 0 0:00 0.00 0
Even Strength 56:20 2.13 2 56:20 3.01 3
Penalty Kill 0:00 0.00 0 3:40 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 14:35 0.46 0
Up 1 8:56 0.28 0 2:19 0.43 1
Tied 34:10 0.96 1 34:10 1.71 1
Down 1 2:19 0.24 0 8:56 0.41 1
Down 2+ 14:35 0.89 1 0:00 0.00 0
  • Dominik Kahun scores at 2:16 in the 1st period 0.10 xG (1-0)
  • Nicolas Roy scores at 11:12 in the 1st period 0.20 xG (1-1)
  • William Karlsson scores at 3:06 in the 3rd period 0.14 xG (1-2)
  • Reilly Smith scores at 5:25 in the 3rd period 0.35 xG (1-3)
  • Reilly Smith scores at 18:11 in the 3rd period (1-4)
  • Jeff Skinner scores at 19:48 in the 3rd period 0.06 xG (2-4)
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VGK VGK xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Jeff Skinner (L) 0.78 1 0 1 21 15:59 8 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Jonathan Marchessault (C) 0.62 0 1 1 21 17:13 4 +2 2 0 0 0 0
VGK William Karlsson (C) 0.51 1 0 1 21 19:08 5 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Ryan Reaves (R) 0.41 0 0 0 17 15:20 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Paul Stastny (C) 0.38 0 1 1 20 15:03 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Reilly Smith (R) 0.35 2 0 2 21 16:01 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Kyle Okposo (R) 0.26 0 0 0 21 16:26 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Nicolas Roy (C) 0.24 1 0 1 23 16:19 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Max Pacioretty (L) 0.20 0 1 1 21 17:56 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Eichel (C) 0.19 0 0 0 20 23:25 4 -3 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Curtis Lazar (C) 0.16 0 0 0 16 10:39 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Johan Larsson (L) 0.13 0 0 0 19 14:02 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Dominik Kahun (C) 0.10 1 0 1 17 10:37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jimmy Vesey (L) 0.10 0 1 1 18 13:12 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Sam Reinhart (C) 0.10 0 0 0 22 21:11 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Marcus Johansson (L) 0.07 0 1 1 20 12:54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Chandler Stephenson (C) 0.05 0 1 1 22 17:36 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Gage Quinney (C) 0.05 0 0 0 13 11:36 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zemgus Girgensons (C) 0.01 0 0 0 20 14:43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Wayne Simmonds (R) 0.00 0 0 0 17 11:54 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK William Carrier (L) 0.00 0 0 0 20 12:50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Victor Olofsson (L) 0.00 0 0 0 22 17:05 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Tomas Nosek (L) 0.00 0 0 0 6 04:43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Nick Cousins (C) 0.00 0 1 1 22 14:15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 0.19 0 0 0 24 23:36 5 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jake McCabe (D) 0.19 0 1 1 24 17:33 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Zach Whitecloud (D) 0.08 0 1 1 22 17:27 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Nick Holden (D) 0.06 0 1 1 23 18:20 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Shea Theodore (D) 0.05 0 0 0 24 20:47 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.03 0 0 0 24 19:25 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.03 0 0 0 23 19:47 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Colin Miller (D) 0.02 0 0 0 22 16:56 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Brandon Montour (D) 0.01 0 1 1 24 21:54 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Nate Schmidt (D) 0.00 0 0 0 25 20:20 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Alec Martinez (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 21:56 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Brayden McNabb (D) 0.00 0 0 0 25 20:48 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
VGK Robin Lehner (G) +1.13% 0.941 0.4 2 32 60:00 34 W 0
BUF Carter Hutton (G) +0.02% 0.889 0.0 3 24 58:42 27 L 0