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Saturday, January 14, 2023
8:00 PM ET
Bridgestone Arena (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
5 – 3
Final
Nashville Predators
 NSH
52% xGF%
48% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 3.78 goals NSH was expected to score 3.47 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 4 2 Cumulative xG BUF NSH Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres Nashville Predators
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 6:39 0.62 1 7:09 1.09 1
Even Strength 46:12 2.82 3 46:12 2.39 2
Penalty Kill 7:09 0.34 1 6:39 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 9:23 0.32 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 21:25 1.37 2 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 29:12 2.09 3 29:12 1.44 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 21:25 0.90 2
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 9:23 1.13 1
  • Jeff Skinner scores at 11:37 in the 1st period 0.26 xG (1-0)
  • Roman Josi scores at 15:23 in the 1st period 0.05 xG (1-1)
  • Dylan Cozens scores at 2:05 in the 2nd period 0.11 xG (2-1)
  • Victor Olofsson scores at 8:58 in the 2nd period 0.08 xG (3-1)
  • Jeremy Lauzon scores at 15:10 in the 2nd period 0.04 xG (3-2)
  • Ryan Johansen scores at 15:50 in the 2nd period 0.13 xG (3-3)
  • Kyle Okposo scores at 6:43 in the 3rd period 0.18 xG (4-3)
  • Jack Quinn scores at 16:49 in the 3rd period 0.12 xG (5-3)
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BUF BUF 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 Tage Thompson (C) 0.72 0 1 1 23 19:29 7 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Ryan Johansen (C) 0.68 1 1 2 18 15:55 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Nino Niederreiter (R) 0.65 0 0 0 18 19:19 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF JJ Peterka (R) 0.62 0 1 1 16 11:27 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jeff Skinner (L) 0.49 1 0 1 22 17:46 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.41 1 1 2 17 12:22 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Dylan Cozens (C) 0.32 1 0 1 18 14:38 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Filip Forsberg (L) 0.29 0 0 0 17 15:46 2 -2 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Jost (C) 0.27 0 0 0 24 21:00 3 -1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Victor Olofsson (L) 0.27 1 0 1 21 17:20 2 -1 0 1 0 0 0
NSH Juuso Parssinen (C) 0.24 0 1 1 19 17:02 2 -3 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Tanner Jeannot (L) 0.22 0 0 0 21 15:57 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Kyle Okposo (R) 0.18 1 0 1 16 12:00 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Tommy Novak (C) 0.17 0 0 0 13 11:26 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Cody Glass (C) 0.14 0 1 1 14 11:19 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Matt Duchene (C) 0.13 0 0 0 20 19:16 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.10 0 0 0 23 20:31 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Casey Mittelstadt (C) 0.08 0 1 1 22 17:51 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Cole Smith (L) 0.08 0 0 0 16 09:51 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0
NSH Yakov Trenin (C) 0.06 0 0 0 17 13:20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Vinnie Hinostroza (C) 0.06 0 0 0 12 08:41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Mikael Granlund (C) 0.04 0 0 0 19 17:37 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Asplund (C) 0.00 0 0 0 11 08:57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Colton Sissons (C) 0.00 0 1 1 20 14:54 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
NSH Roman Josi (D) 0.49 1 0 1 25 26:31 8 -3 2 1 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.18 0 1 1 28 25:31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Mattias Ekholm (D) 0.09 0 1 1 24 22:05 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Ryan McDonagh (D) 0.08 0 0 0 25 22:31 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Dante Fabbro (D) 0.06 0 1 1 22 16:28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.05 0 0 0 26 21:48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Jeremy Lauzon (D) 0.04 1 0 1 22 16:20 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Roland McKeown (D) 0.03 0 0 0 15 10:12 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.03 0 1 1 28 21:33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ilya Lyubushkin (D) 0.02 0 1 1 16 09:36 0 +2 4 0 0 0 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 16 09:28 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.00 0 1 1 28 25:21 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) +1.15% 0.927 0.5 3 38 60:00 41 W 0
NSH Juuse Saros (G) -3.70% 0.849 -1.2 5 28 57:32 33 L 0