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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Dec 7, 2010 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 30
Boston Bruins 3 36

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:21 BOS Milan Lucic (1) David Krejci (1), Nathan Horton (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
12:57 BUF Luke Adam (1) Jason Pominville (1), Mark Mancari (1) 1 - 1
3rd Period
04:07 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Tyler Myers (1), Jordan Leopold (1) 2 - 1
13:39 BOS Nathan Horton (1) Unassisted 2 - 2
Overtime
02:11 BOS Mark Recchi (1) PP Dennis Seidenberg (1), David Krejci (2) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
14:04 BUF Steve Montador Roughing 2
14:04 BUF Steve Montador Fighting 5
14:04 BOS Johnny Boychuk Fighting 5
2nd Period
05:58 BOS Tyler Seguin High sticking 2
15:32 BUF Derek Roy Hooking 2
3rd Period
15:28 BUF Steve Montador High sticking 2
Overtime
01:46 BUF Luke Adam High sticking double minor 4

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 55 41 30 2 3.6 51.0
Boston Bruins 72 54 36 3 2.6 49.0

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdOTBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.6 expected, 2 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.6 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 12:57 of 2nd, a 37% chanceBUF goal, 4:07 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBOS goal, 13:21 of 1st, a 4% chanceBOS goal, 13:39 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBOS goal, 2:11 of overtime, a 13% chanceBUF 3.6BOS 2.6

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
Boston Bruins

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 · Nathan Gerbe13:4060.968.71-1
Jochen Hecht · Patrick Kaleta · Tyler Ennis10:5650.067.90-0
Mike Grier · Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick9:2640.035.10-1
Jason Pominville · Mark Mancari · Luke Adam9:1760.083.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador17:0048.666.20-0
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers13:3058.678.12-0
Chris Butler · Mike Weber13:1347.666.00-2

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

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
25 Luke Adam C 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 12:58 0.56 15-9 1.36-0.27
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 19:19 0.55 16-13 1.03-0.39
24 Mark Mancari R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:48 0.15 13-12 1.35-0.37
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:09 0.43 15-9 1.39-0.28
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 27:33 0.05 23-24 1.26-0.69
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 20:47 0.05 19-15 1.54-0.52
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 19:02 0.06 18-19 1.02-0.52
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22:30 0.02 19-14 1.67-0.48
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 19:07 0.14 11-13 0.56-0.34
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:51 0.16 15-17 0.61-0.54
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:57 0.30 8-10 0.55-0.27
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:35 0.24 15-9 0.65-0.28
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:18 0.08 7-15 0.19-0.36
25 Chris Butler D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:06 0.04 10-11 0.56-0.29
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:22 0.04 8-10 0.55-0.26
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:05 0.28 11-11 0.69-0.40
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:01 0.06 12-16 0.75-0.43
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 15:51 0.41 15-13 0.79-0.43
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller OTL 36 33 3 62:11 2.62 -0.38

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Recchi · Patrice Bergeron · Blake Wheeler12:1661.931.40-0
Nathan Horton · David Krejci · Milan Lucic11:2833.324.21-2
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Brad Marchand10:1653.844.90-0
Marc Savard · Michael Ryder · Tyler Seguin9:5729.414.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Andrew Ference16:4250.036.31-0
Dennis Seidenberg · Johnny Boychuk14:1040.942.41-1
Dennis Seidenberg · Adam McQuaid5:5958.312.00-1

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
8 Nathan Horton R 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 17:50 0.41 12-19 0.61-1.37
46 David Krejci C 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 17:45 10-19 0.52-1.37
17 Milan Lucic L 1 0 1 -1 0 5 3 17:53 0.50 15-20 0.60-1.78
28 Mark Recchi R 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 18:35 0.34 18-11 0.41-1.10
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 27:09 0.15 24-19 0.74-1.55
5 Mark Stuart D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 03:56 0.04 4-4 0.09-0.10
9 Gregory Campbell C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:40 0.04 14-8 0.34-0.18
17 Michael Ryder R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:55 0.32 7-13 0.20-0.68
17 Blake Wheeler R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:25 0.06 17-9 0.36-0.68
21 Andrew Ference D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 22:11 0.05 19-18 0.61-1.06
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:27 0.08 7-7 0.12-0.15
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 31:05 0.24 24-25 0.71-1.54
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:05 0.10 19-9 0.45-0.68
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:34 0.02 12-18 0.22-1.63
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 20:34 0.11 13-16 0.48-0.73
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:09 9-6 0.24-0.15
91 Marc Savard C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:26 0.14 9-14 0.20-1.06
91 Tyler Seguin C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:15 0.04 7-15 0.23-0.69
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Tim Thomas W 30 28 2 62:01 3.59 +1.59