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Buffalo Sabres at Chicago Blackhawks

Oct 16, 2010 · United Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 41
Chicago Blackhawks 4 21

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:25 CHI Patrick Sharp (1) Patrick Kane (1) 0 - 1
06:52 BUF Drew Stafford (1) Steve Montador (1), Thomas Vanek (1) 1 - 1
07:07 BUF Paul Gaustad (1) Patrick Kaleta (1) 2 - 1
2nd Period
01:04 CHI Marian Hossa (1) Brent Seabrook (1) 2 - 2
17:15 BUF Cody McCormick (1) Jochen Hecht (1), Tim Connolly (1) 3 - 2
3rd Period
09:36 CHI Dave Bolland (1) Brent Seabrook (2), Duncan Keith (1) 3 - 3
12:52 CHI Patrick Sharp (2) PP Tomas Kopecky (1), Patrick Kane (2) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:51 CHI Tomas Kopecky Interference 2
15:07 BUF Drew Stafford High sticking 2
18:03 CHI Jake Dowell Hooking 2
2nd Period
06:28 CHI Viktor Stalberg Roughing 2
06:28 BUF Chris Butler Roughing 2
06:28 BUF Rob Niedermayer Elbowing 2
08:32 CHI Marian Hossa Tripping 2
3rd Period
08:07 BUF Chris Butler Tripping 2
08:07 CHI Jonathan Toews Cross checking 2
10:53 BUF Jordan Leopold High sticking 2
16:09 CHI Tomas Kopecky Boarding 2
16:51 CHI Nick Boynton Hooking 2
17:13 BUF Jordan Leopold Tripping 2
19:27 CHI Duncan Keith Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 70 52 41 3 3.7 50.6
Chicago Blackhawks 49 34 21 4 2.5 49.4

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdChicago Blackhawks aheadBuffalo Sabres ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Chicago Blackhawks had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.7 expected, 3 scored · Chicago Blackhawks: 2.5 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 6:52 of 1st, a 33% chanceBUF goal, 7:07 of 1st, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 17:15 of 2nd, a 39% chanceCHI goal, 6:25 of 1st, a 13% chanceCHI goal, 1:04 of 2nd, a 14% chanceCHI goal, 9:36 of 3rd, a 19% chanceCHI goal, 12:52 of 3rd, a 18% chanceBUF 3.7CHI 2.5

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres
Chicago Blackhawks

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Roy · Thomas Vanek · Drew Stafford10:1140.960.01-1
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Tyler Ennis9:4760.062.70-1
Jochen Hecht · Tim Connolly · Cody McCormick9:1750.083.11-0
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe6:2163.673.51-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Craig Rivet · Andrej Sekera12:5058.370.60-0
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers12:3937.553.11-2
Steve Montador · Chris Butler11:3650.081.02-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
8 Cody McCormick C 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 12:05 0.48 13-12 0.91-0.16
18 Drew Stafford R 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 16:57 0.66 9-14 0.59-0.45
28 Paul Gaustad C 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 13:57 0.14 7-6 0.32-0.17
5 Steve Montador D 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 14:14 0.07 13-12 0.85-0.18
12 Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 19:03 0.24 11-10 0.76-0.14
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:48 0.27 9-13 0.59-0.40
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 08:01 8-5 0.36-0.19
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 13:35 0.06 11-11 0.72-0.14
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:08 0.16 15-11 0.97-0.37
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19:30 0.45 9-14 0.59-0.40
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 13:00 12-8 0.73-0.42
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 12:10 0.27 9-5 0.43-0.17
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:20 0.31 9-7 0.54-0.32
25 Chris Butler D 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 19:25 14-12 0.76-0.17
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 21:23 0.06 10-15 0.67-0.58
52 Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 16:48 0.08 14-10 0.85-0.36
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 24:04 0.10 12-16 0.70-0.58
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:49 0.38 10-9 0.65-0.42
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Patrick Lalime L 21 17 4 58:40 2.06 -1.94

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Fernando Pisani · Dave Bolland · Bryan Bickell6:4964.381.40-0
Marian Hossa · Tomas Kopecky · Jonathan Toews6:3136.416.41-2
Patrick Sharp · Troy Brouwer · Patrick Kane5:4369.234.91-1
Troy Brouwer · Jonathan Toews · Patrick Kane4:5242.936.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Duncan Keith · Brent Seabrook15:1462.539.30-1
Nick Boynton · Niklas Hjalmarsson9:2650.040.30-0
Jassen Cullimore · Nick Leddy7:1746.223.41-2

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
10 Patrick Sharp L 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 17:38 0.51 13-4 0.42-0.65
7 Brent Seabrook D 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 27:20 0.03 22-13 0.55-0.65
88 Patrick Kane R 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 17:41 0.19 13-9 0.44-0.77
63 Dave Bolland C 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 18:39 0.41 10-10 0.33-0.18
81 Marian Hossa R 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 17:44 0.14 12-15 0.30-1.17
2 Duncan Keith D 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 28:20 0.09 22-12 0.43-0.61
82 Tomas Kopecky R 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 15:29 11-14 0.28-1.16
4 Niklas Hjalmarsson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:41 0.02 9-13 0.20-0.42
4 Nick Leddy D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:46 0.04 6-8 0.34-1.14
5 Jassen Cullimore D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 13:17 7-13 0.36-1.33
15 Fernando Pisani R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:07 0.02 10-10 0.32-0.29
18 Jake Dowell C 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 08:46 0.03 5-7 0.11-0.29
19 Jonathan Toews C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 20:14 0.24 12-18 0.32-1.27
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:07 2-6 0.03-0.18
24 Nick Boynton D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 19:40 10-19 0.35-0.65
24 Viktor Stalberg L 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 08:13 0.04 3-10 0.07-0.35
29 Bryan Bickell L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:03 0.04 11-6 0.34-0.11
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 14:49 0.17 12-8 0.42-0.76
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Marty Turco W 41 38 3 59:53 3.74 +0.74