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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 1, 2011 · HSBC Arena

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 6 40
Buffalo Sabres 7 35

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:29 BOS Andrew Ference (1) Adam McQuaid (1), Marc Savard (1) 1 - 0
02:06 BUF Jason Pominville (1) Thomas Vanek (1), Mike Weber (1) 1 - 1
02:49 BOS Dennis Seidenberg (1) Unassisted 2 - 1
05:36 BOS Brad Marchand (1) Johnny Boychuk (1), Mark Recchi (1) 3 - 1
13:45 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Tim Connolly (1), Jason Pominville (1) 3 - 2
14:15 BOS Zdeno Chara (1) SH Patrice Bergeron (1), Mark Recchi (2) 4 - 2
19:19 BUF Drew Stafford (1) Unassisted 4 - 3
2nd Period
06:17 BUF Drew Stafford (2) Paul Gaustad (1) 4 - 4
17:43 BUF Jason Pominville (2) PP Andrej Sekera (1), Jochen Hecht (1) 4 - 5
3rd Period
03:08 BOS Tyler Seguin (1) Daniel Paille (1) 5 - 5
07:06 BOS Steven Kampfer (1) Tyler Seguin (1), Zdeno Chara (1) 6 - 5
19:32 BUF Drew Stafford (3) Tim Connolly (2), Jason Pominville (2) 6 - 6
Shootout
BUF Tyler Ennis Shootout winner 6 - 8

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:30 BOS Blake Wheeler Delaying game puck over glass 2
10:56 BUF Cody McCormick Fighting 5
10:56 BOS Adam McQuaid Fighting 5
14:01 BOS Marc Savard Slashing 2
2nd Period
00:22 BOS Mark Recchi Hooking 2
04:06 BUF Drew Stafford Hooking 2
17:12 BOS Johnny Boychuk Tripping 2
3rd Period
03:42 BUF Drew Stafford Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 66 52 40 6 2.5 56.7
Buffalo Sabres 57 44 35 6 2.7 43.3

How the game went

505Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadBoston Bruins 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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 2.5 expected, 6 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 6 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTBOS goal, 1:29 of 1st, a 3% chanceBOS goal, 2:49 of 1st, a 1% chanceBOS goal, 5:36 of 1st, a 6% chanceBOS goal, 14:15 of 1st, a 16% chanceBOS goal, 3:08 of 3rd, a 3% chanceBOS goal, 7:06 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 2:06 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 13:45 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 19:19 of 1st, a 31% chanceBUF goal, 6:17 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 17:43 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 19:32 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF 2.7BOS 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

Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres

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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Recchi · Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand11:2857.947.82-1
Shawn Thornton · Daniel Paille · Tyler Seguin9:2059.170.21-0
Marc Savard · Nathan Horton · Milan Lucic7:4233.315.91-2
Michael Ryder · Blake Wheeler · David Krejci6:5647.133.50-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Johnny Boychuk11:1945.532.91-1
Dennis Seidenberg · Steven Kampfer9:4673.774.82-0
Andrew Ference · Adam McQuaid9:0652.929.11-1

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
33 Zdeno Chara D 1 1 2 -1 0 5 0 28:45 0.31 14-18 0.40-0.85
91 Tyler Seguin C 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 11:16 0.27 16-9 0.95-0.20
28 Mark Recchi R 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 18:19 0.04 12-10 0.33-0.41
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 27:33 0.03 24-15 0.91-0.54
21 Andrew Ference D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 27:18 0.12 22-13 0.76-0.57
44 Steven Kampfer D 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 13:06 0.14 16-6 0.37-0.13
63 Brad Marchand L 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 15:44 0.34 13-8 0.42-0.34
12 Daniel Paille L 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 13:00 0.12 15-9 0.48-0.20
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:21 0.05 13-8 0.33-0.34
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 10:36 11-11 0.34-0.61
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 21:16 0.07 15-15 0.78-0.68
91 Marc Savard C 0 1 1 -2 2 1 0 16:08 0.02 8-10 0.14-0.70
8 Nathan Horton R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 15:21 0.25 13-9 0.67-0.64
17 Michael Ryder R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:37 11-13 0.19-0.50
17 Blake Wheeler R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:50 0.10 14-11 0.36-0.38
17 Milan Lucic L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 14:55 0.39 8-9 0.50-0.70
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 10:26 0.10 15-9 0.58-0.20
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:58 0.12 15-12 0.38-0.45
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Tim Thomas OTL 19 16 3 45:00 1.71 -1.29
40 Tuukka Rask 16 13 3 20:00 1.00 -2.00

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tim Connolly · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek11:3552.451.02-0
Mike Grier · Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick9:3139.143.50-1
Rob Niedermayer · Jochen Hecht · Drew Stafford8:4929.453.61-2
Jochen Hecht · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis3:06100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador14:1338.528.00-2
Shaone Morrisonn · Mike Weber13:2458.863.72-0
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers10:5147.848.11-2

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
29 Jason Pominville R 2 2 4 2 0 4 0 21:42 0.32 14-11 0.81-0.68
18 Drew Stafford R 3 0 3 0 4 5 3 20:59 0.48 11-18 0.55-0.41
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 20:01 0.32 13-13 0.62-0.79
12 Tim Connolly C 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 21:13 0.31 14-11 0.62-0.59
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 24:18 0.09 14-22 0.89-1.12
6 Mike Weber D 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 16:38 0.01 12-10 0.61-0.42
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 16:55 0.17 15-21 0.41-0.57
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 22:41 0.29 10-15 0.66-0.59
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18:55 0.03 10-17 0.16-0.41
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 5 0 5 14:11 9-17 0.29-0.46
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:48 0.02 11-19 0.60-0.61
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:27 0.18 17-20 0.42-0.48
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:18 0.40 1-5 0.05-0.07
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 16:41 0.02 13-9 0.52-0.24
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:04 0.03 12-19 0.28-0.41
52 Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:47 6-11 0.24-0.22
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 20:20 0.02 11-14 0.68-0.74
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:01 0.03 2-3 0.03-0.05
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 40 34 6 64:01 2.45 -3.55