Friday, May 1, 2026
- Expected goals, BUF–BOS
- 3.0–1.8
- all situations, empty nets out
- BOS share of xG
- 37.2%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 26–26
- BUF–BOS
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Sabres beat the Bruins 4-1, and the chances agreed: 3.1 expected goals to 1.8. Tage Thompson generated 2.1 expected goals on five shots and did not score. Mattias Samuelsson scored the winner.
- Tage ThompsonSnakebit
Tage Thompson generated 2.1 expected goals on five shots and did not score. He has 88 points in 87 games this season. It finished 4-1 for the Sabres.
Shot data shows up once the overnight job loads this game.
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram D | 24:05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 0 | 3 | 42 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 23:48 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.33 | 1 | 2 | 68 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 22:36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.02 | 2 | 2 | 61 |
| Tage Thompson C | 21:54 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.14 | 2 | 2 | 69 |
| Owen Power D | 21:24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Alex Tuch R | 20:36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.48 | 2 | 2 | 74 |
| Conor Timmins D | 18:39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.85 | 1 | 1 | 64 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 16:58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.11 | 1 | 3 | 71 |
| Zach Benson L | 16:47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.26 | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| Josh Norris C | 16:45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.14 | 5 | 0 | 59 |
| Josh Doan R | 15:51 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.70 | 3 | 0 | 42 |
| Jason Zucker L | 15:25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.24 | 1 | 2 | 37 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 14:38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Jack Quinn R | 13:52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Tyson Kozak C | 11:01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| Jordan Greenway L | 10:58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 10:36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 48 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 4:25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Boston Bruins
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie McAvoy D | 25:09 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.01 | 6 | 0 | 40 |
| Hampus Lindholm D | 23:13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
| Nikita Zadorov D | 21:52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| Andrew Peeke D | 20:04 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 56 |
| Morgan Geekie C | 18:57 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.20 | 6 | 1 | 88 |
| David Pastrnak R | 18:35 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.37 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Pavel Zacha C | 18:21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Casey Mittelstadt C | 17:24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.22 | 3 | 1 | 69 |
| Elias Lindholm C | 17:22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.27 | 4 | 1 | 92 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov C | 15:15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 5 | 0 | 43 |
| Jonathan Aspirot D | 15:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Fraser Minten C | 14:59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| Henri Jokiharju D | 14:12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Alex Steeves C | 12:46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.03 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Michael Eyssimont C | 11:04 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.19 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
| Tanner Jeannot L | 10:48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Sean Kuraly C | 9:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Mark Kastelic C | 9:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
Pro: expected goals, minute by minute
The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro
The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.