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Saturday, March 2, 2024
7:00 PM ET
KeyBank Center (ESPN+)
VGK
Vegas Golden Knights
2 – 7
Final
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
46% xGF%
54% xGF%
VGK was expected to score 2.51 goals BUF was expected to score 2.98 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG VGK BUF Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Vegas Golden Knights Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 3:11 0.28 1 0:24 0.05 1
Even Strength 56:25 2.23 1 56:25 2.73 4
Penalty Kill 0:24 0.00 0 3:11 0.21 2
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 18:32 0.75 3
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 29:15 1.44 2
Tied 12:13 0.39 0 12:13 0.79 2
Down 1 29:15 0.96 1 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 18:32 1.16 1 0:00 0.00 0
  • ► Jeff Skinner scores at 1:55 in the 1st period 0.06 xG (0-1)
  • ► Dylan Cozens scores at 0:54 in the 2nd period 0.18 xG (0-2)
  • ► Brendan Brisson scores at 1:46 in the 2nd period 0.16 xG (1-2)
  • ► William Karlsson scores at 4:28 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (2-2)
  • ► Zemgus Girgensons scores at 14:46 in the 2nd period 0.11 xG (2-3)
  • ► Kyle Okposo scores at 2:20 in the 3rd period 0.08 xG (2-4)
  • ► Owen Power scores at 6:26 in the 3rd period 0.02 xG (2-5)
  • ► Casey Mittelstadt scores at 12:18 in the 3rd period 0.05 xG (2-6)
  • ► Dylan Cozens scores at 17:12 in the 3rd period 0.03 xG (2-7)
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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 Alex Tuch (R) 0.72 0 0 0 22 16:09 7 0 2 0 0 0 0
VGK Nicolas Roy (C) 0.68 0 1 1 22 16:07 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.33 0 0 0 20 16:26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Dylan Cozens (C) 0.33 2 0 2 20 12:29 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF JJ Peterka (R) 0.30 0 0 0 20 15:22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Brendan Brisson (C) 0.27 1 0 1 14 11:33 1 -2 0 1 0 0 0
VGK Michael Amadio (R) 0.26 0 0 0 19 16:36 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Kyle Okposo (R) 0.25 1 0 1 18 14:08 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jeff Skinner (L) 0.25 1 2 3 17 13:45 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Mason Morelli (L) 0.24 0 0 0 16 13:17 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK William Karlsson (C) 0.21 1 0 1 21 17:23 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.20 0 0 0 21 18:14 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.19 0 0 0 21 14:06 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Jonathan Marchessault (C) 0.16 0 1 1 21 19:00 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zemgus Girgensons (C) 0.12 1 0 1 17 13:49 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Ivan Barbashev (L) 0.11 0 0 0 21 17:17 1 0 5 0 0 0 0
VGK Paul Cotter (L) 0.11 0 2 2 21 17:23 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Byron Froese (C) 0.11 0 0 0 14 12:17 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.09 0 0 0 16 12:54 0 +2 7 0 0 0 0
BUF Casey Mittelstadt (C) 0.05 1 1 2 17 14:51 1 +2 0 1 0 0 0
VGK Grigori Denisenko (L) 0.02 0 0 0 18 12:53 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Chandler Stephenson (C) 0.02 0 0 0 21 15:23 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Eric Robinson (L) 0.00 0 2 2 18 15:01 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Keegan Kolesar (R) 0.00 0 0 0 18 13:03 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
VGK Alex Pietrangelo (D) 0.14 0 0 0 29 22:22 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Shea Theodore (D) 0.11 0 0 0 29 20:06 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.04 0 1 1 30 23:28 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.04 0 0 0 30 24:16 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Connor Clifton (D) 0.04 0 0 0 23 16:37 1 +3 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Alec Martinez (D) 0.04 0 0 0 26 21:36 3 -1 2 0 0 0 0
VGK Nicolas Hague (D) 0.04 0 0 0 22 18:27 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan Johnson (D) 0.03 0 0 0 22 17:13 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.02 1 2 3 27 21:03 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.00 0 1 1 23 17:00 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Zach Whitecloud (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 17:15 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Brayden McNabb (D) 0.00 0 0 0 25 17:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) +2.12% 0.917 0.5 2 22 60:00 24 W 0
VGK Logan Thompson (G) -11.47% 0.800 -4.0 7 28 59:58 35 L 0