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Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers

Dec 28, 2010 · Rexall Place

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 21
Edmonton Oilers 2 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:27 EDM Dustin Penner (1) Ales Hemsky (1) 0 - 1
17:48 BUF Luke Adam (1) Patrick Kaleta (1), Steve Montador (1) 1 - 1
2nd Period
03:33 BUF Mike Weber (1) Jochen Hecht (1), Jason Pominville (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
02:45 BUF Jochen Hecht (1) Nathan Gerbe (1), Mike Weber (1) 3 - 1
06:18 EDM Ryan Jones (1) Tom Gilbert (1), Jeff Petry (1) 3 - 2
19:08 BUF Mike Weber (2) Unassisted 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
04:16 BUF Drew Stafford Hooking 2
10:02 BUF Cody McCormick Slashing 2
13:21 EDM Ales Hemsky Hooking 2
17:07 BUF Craig Rivet Cross checking 2
3rd Period
11:06 BUF Cody McCormick Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 46 35 21 4 2.9 51.9
Edmonton Oilers 56 38 31 2 3.0 48.1

How the game went

1050510Start2nd3rdEdmonton Oilers 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 Edmonton Oilers had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.9 expected, 4 scored · Edmonton Oilers: 3.0 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 17:48 of 1st, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 3:33 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 2:45 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 19:08 of 3rd, a 52% chanceEDM goal, 1:27 of 1st, a 10% chanceEDM goal, 6:18 of 3rd, a 10% chanceEDM 3.0BUF 2.9

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
Edmonton Oilers

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 · Jason Pominville · Drew Stafford10:2862.544.61-1
Rob Niedermayer · Patrick Kaleta · Luke Adam9:1450.055.71-0
Cody McCormick · Thomas Vanek · Nathan Gerbe8:5636.437.70-0
Mike Grier · Paul Gaustad · Tyler Ennis8:2347.141.80-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Andrej Sekera18:0235.023.00-0
Steve Montador · Mike Weber15:0962.183.13-0
Craig Rivet · Shaone Morrisonn11:3958.350.70-1

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

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
6 Mike Weber D 2 1 3 4 0 2 3 21:00 0.04 20-14 0.94-0.31
55 Jochen Hecht C 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 18:06 0.20 15-11 0.49-0.44
25 Luke Adam C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:40 0.27 11-9 0.57-0.37
5 Steve Montador D 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 21:18 0.01 20-12 0.99-0.26
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:29 0.24 7-8 0.41-0.33
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:35 0.23 15-9 0.45-0.43
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 12:54 0.12 8-10 0.44-0.35
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25:23 8-15 0.21-0.72
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 12:38 0.06 8-11 0.29-0.46
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:45 10-7 0.22-0.28
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:49 0.03 10-10 0.45-0.40
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:20 0.39 12-11 0.57-0.55
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:33 0.06 6-9 0.25-0.35
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:25 0.03 14-11 0.56-0.55
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:18 0.05 11-12 0.48-0.57
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 25:37 0.01 7-14 0.21-0.81
52 Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 14:26 0.17 16-12 0.76-0.69
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:44 12-10 0.50-0.51
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller 31 29 2 60:00 2.99 +0.99

Edmonton Oilers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sam Gagner · Jordan Eberle · Taylor Hall13:3368.266.40-1
Ales Hemsky · Dustin Penner · Andrew Cogliano13:0340.044.81-0
Jean-Francois Jacques · Colin Fraser · Ryan Jones5:5737.531.80-0
Ryan O'Marra · Linus Omark · Magnus Paajarvi5:1825.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tom Gilbert · Theo Peckham13:3850.055.40-0
Kurtis Foster · Ladislav Smid8:0461.550.21-0
Ladislav Smid · Jeff Petry6:4033.310.20-1

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
17 Dustin Penner L 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 20:26 0.86 10-19 0.51-0.71
28 Ryan Jones L 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 12:02 0.11 7-9 0.23-0.43
2 Jeff Petry D 0 1 1 -3 0 2 1 22:51 0.05 14-22 0.31-0.78
14 Tom Gilbert D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 30:20 0.22 18-22 0.77-0.90
83 Ales Hemsky R 0 1 1 -1 2 2 2 21:00 0.14 12-18 0.65-0.76
3 Kurtis Foster D 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 22:18 0.16 13-8 0.52-0.53
6 Ryan Whitney D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:48 0.08 2-3 0.08-0.03
7 Jordan Eberle R 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 19:38 0.45 18-7 0.79-0.31
11 Andrew Cogliano C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:50 0.21 14-17 0.80-0.70
15 Ladislav Smid D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:14 0.03 17-18 0.83-0.92
17 Linus Omark L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:06 0.21 2-8 0.01-0.26
19 Jean-Francois Jacques L 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 07:18 0.10 7-5 0.35-0.21
24 Theo Peckham D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:29 0.05 14-11 0.86-0.37
29 Colin Fraser C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:33 0.01 9-6 0.27-0.21
56 Magnus Paajarvi L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:02 0.02 4-5 0.04-0.17
58 Ryan O'Marra C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:38 1-6 0.00-0.18
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 21:17 0.30 18-13 0.79-0.67
89 Sam Gagner C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 21:07 15-13 0.61-0.67
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Nikolai Khabibulin 20 17 3 59:03 1.90 -1.10