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Buffalo Sabres at Atlanta Thrashers

Oct 20, 2010 · Philips Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 42
Atlanta Thrashers 1 18

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:03 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) Steve Montador (1), Chris Butler (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
01:30 BUF Tyler Myers (1) PP Chris Butler (2), Derek Roy (1) 2 - 0
02:34 BUF Cody McCormick (1) Paul Gaustad (1), Craig Rivet (1) 3 - 0
3rd Period
01:47 ATL Toby Enstrom (1) PP Dustin Byfuglien (1), Andrew Ladd (1) 3 - 1
10:25 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Drew Stafford (1), Steve Montador (2) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:17 BUF Tyler Myers Slashing 2
16:55 ATL Chris Mason High sticking 2
2nd Period
01:24 ATL Team Too many men on the ice 2
03:58 BUF Jochen Hecht Tripping 2
06:43 BUF Drew Stafford Slashing 2
08:11 ATL Andrew Ladd Tripping 2
13:25 ATL Ben Eager High sticking 2
3rd Period
01:08 BUF Jochen Hecht Hooking 2
04:17 ATL Dustin Byfuglien Interference 2
16:14 ATL Ben Eager High sticking double minor 4

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 73 54 42 4 4.5 69.9
Atlanta Thrashers 34 25 18 1 1.7 30.1

How the game went

403020100Start2nd3rdAtlanta Thrashers 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 Atlanta Thrashers had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 4.5 expected, 4 scored · Atlanta Thrashers: 1.7 expected, 1 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 5:03 of 1st, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 1:30 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 2:34 of 2nd, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 10:25 of 3rd, a 5% chanceATL goal, 1:47 of 3rd, a 4% chanceBUF 4.5ATL 1.7

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
Atlanta Thrashers

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
Jochen Hecht · Tim Connolly · Cody McCormick9:4985.786.50-0
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe9:3758.332.00-0
Derek Roy · Thomas Vanek · Drew Stafford8:3061.577.31-0
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Tyler Ennis7:0970.088.31-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers12:5681.891.10-0
Craig Rivet · Andrej Sekera12:0647.836.51-0
Steve Montador · Chris Butler11:5280.082.52-0

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
5 Steve Montador D 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 14:35 0.14 16-5 0.92-0.23
25 Chris Butler D 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 21:07 21-5 1.11-0.21
8 Cody McCormick C 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 11:29 0.32 15-5 0.66-0.11
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:35 0.54 11-5 0.65-0.17
57 Tyler Myers D 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 23:09 0.16 20-4 1.01-0.09
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 10:17 0.80 13-4 0.88-0.07
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:42 13-6 0.68-0.32
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 15:14 0.29 8-6 0.57-0.32
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:12 0.19 10-6 0.41-0.35
52 Craig Rivet D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:46 0.07 12-12 0.49-0.82
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 22:31 0.24 15-13 0.62-0.84
12 Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:03 0.17 15-3 0.51-0.09
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 10:56 0.18 13-7 0.96-0.40
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:29 0.13 10-6 0.26-0.38
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:28 0.10 13-5 0.75-0.38
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:00 0.03 18-5 0.96-0.12
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 13:30 0.08 16-7 0.79-0.35
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 15:21 0.07 16-6 0.56-0.53
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 18 17 1 59:57 1.68 +0.68

Atlanta Thrashers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Anthony Stewart · Andrew Ladd · Bryan Little4:3014.35.10-0
Chris Thorburn · Ben Eager · Alexander Burmistrov4:0944.466.40-0
Jim Slater · Nigel Dawes · Evander Kane2:3312.50.00-1
Nik Antropov · Rich Peverley · Evander Kane2:1633.30.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brent Sopel · Ron Hainsey9:3615.83.50-1
Johnny Oduya · Freddy Meyer8:0128.67.20-0
Ron Hainsey · Freddy Meyer1:520.00.00-1

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
39 Toby Enstrom D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 26:21 0.07 10-17 0.65-0.67
16 Andrew Ladd L 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 16:38 0.05 3-17 0.10-0.62
33 Dustin Byfuglien D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 3 23:03 0.01 9-15 0.50-0.63
13 Anthony Stewart R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:15 0.06 2-16 0.03-0.63
17 Rich Peverley C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:52 0.28 6-12 0.38-0.67
18 Bryan Little C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:37 2-15 0.03-0.63
19 Freddy Modin L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 11:59 0.31 7-10 0.33-0.71
19 Jim Slater C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 10:57 0.07 6-13 0.09-0.99
22 Chris Thorburn R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:20 0.10 4-10 0.35-0.32
24 Freddy Meyer D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:41 6-17 0.16-0.83
29 Johnny Oduya D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:15 0.08 8-13 0.50-0.54
34 Nigel Dawes L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 09:05 8-13 0.25-1.01
42 Alexander Burmistrov C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:45 0.04 7-10 0.56-0.26
55 Brent Sopel D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:55 8-19 0.47-1.10
55 Ben Eager L 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 11:55 0.26 7-9 0.75-0.27
80 Nik Antropov C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:05 0.25 7-11 0.47-0.57
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:04 3-21 0.04-1.35
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:21 0.08 7-17 0.13-1.00
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Chris Mason L 42 38 4 60:00 3.73 -0.27