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December 8, 1973

Boston Garden | Boston

BUF 25 BOS

FINAL

Head-to-Head vs BOS all-time
1ST2ND3RDT
BUF2002
BOS2125
Shots on goal BUF 32, BOS 31W G. GilbertL D. Dryden
Summary

Shots on goal were even in all situations; Buffalo lost 2-5.

IN NET
Buffalo D. Dryden .839
BOS G. Gilbert .938
TURNING POINT
B. Orr goal (P2 8:11), Sabres win chance drops from 40% to 20%
WIN DNA
1 of 4 winning traits
Game Leaders
R. Martin
2 (1G-1A)
POINTS
D. Luce
6
SHOTS
D. Dryden
.839 (26/31)
SAVE %

Win Probability

Buffalo's chance of winning, from the score, the time left and the strength state.

Opened at 37%.

P3 20:00
100%75%50%25%0%Buffalo win chanceBUFBOS
BIGGEST SWINGS
  1. P2 08:11B. Orr (14) 40% to 20%-20
  2. P1 14:02A. Savard (9) 58% to 39%-19
  3. P1 11:13D. Luce (11) 40% to 57%+17
  4. P1 07:40R. Martin (17) 22% to 38%+16

Dots are goals, diamonds penalties, squares a goalie pull; navy for Buffalo.

How this is measured

Each team is expected to score at the league rate for the season, tilted for home ice and scaled for the strength state. The chance Buffalo ends regulation ahead follows from the score and the time left, with a tie going to 3-on-3 overtime and a shootout. The opening value comes from both teams' goals for and against to that date, regressed toward the league average early in a season, plus home ice. This feed carries no on-ice strength codes, so power plays are read from the penalty calls alone.

Win DNA

1 of 4 winning traits showed up tonight. Win rates are over the full 1973–74 regular season (78 games).

Wins (32)Losses (34)This game
3+ scorersD combined 3+ ptsScored firstDepth goal50%100%
No
3+ different scorers
Sabres win 71% when yes, 25% when no
No
Defensemen combined for 3+ points
Sabres win 80% when yes, 39% when no
No
Scored first
Sabres win 60% when yes, 31% when no
Yes
Depth forward scored
too few games to split

Box Score

Player
G
A
P
+/-
PIM
SOG
Game Score
GS
#7 R. Martin (LW)
1
1
2
-2
0
4
1.6
#14 R. Robert (RW)
0
2
2
-2
0
2
1.5
#20 D. Luce (C)
1
0
1
-1
0
6
1.2
#5 J. Noris (C)
0
0
0
-1
0
0
0.0
#8 J. Lorentz (C)
0
0
0
-1
0
1
0.1
#10 C. Ramsay (LW)
0
0
0
-1
0
3
0.2
#15 G. Meehan (C)
0
0
0
-1
0
1
0.1
#17 R. Dudley (LW)
0
0
0
-1
0
3
0.2
#19 S. Atkinson (RW)
0
0
0
-1
0
4
0.3
#21 J. Gould (RW)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
#22 D. Rombough (C)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.1
#24 P. McNab (C)
0
0
0
-2
0
1
0.1
#2 T. Horton (D)
0
0
0
-1
0
3
0.2
#3 M. Robitaille (D)
0
0
0
-2
0
1
0.1
#4 T. Pratt (D)
0
0
0
-1
7
0
-0.3
#18 P. Terbenche (D)
0
0
0
-1
0
1
0.1
#23 L. Carriere (D)
0
0
0
-2
0
1
0.1
Total
2
3
5
7
32
5.6
GoalieSAGAxGASV%GSAxGSTOIDec
#30 D. Dryden315.839-1.160:00L

Team Stats

BUFBOS
32Shots on Goal31
1PPG0
7Penalty Minutes27

Full Game Log

1ST
03:58GOAL (BOS): Phil Esposito (26), assists: Wayne Cashman, Ken Hodge
07:40GOAL (BUF): Rick Martin (17), assists: Rene Robert
11:13GOAL (BUF): Don Luce (11), assists: Rene Robert, Rick Martin
14:02GOAL (BOS): Andre Savard (9), assists: Don Marcotte, Chris Oddleifson
2ND
08:11GOAL (BOS): Bobby Orr (14), assists: Don Marcotte
3RD
10:48GOAL (BOS): Johnny Bucyk (8), unassisted
14:56GOAL (BOS): Ken Hodge (19), assists: Phil Esposito, Carol Vadnais
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