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Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche

Jan 4, 2011 · Pepsi Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 40
Colorado Avalanche 4 34

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
14:16 COL Daniel Winnik (1) TJ Galiardi (1), Peter Budaj (1) 0 - 1
14:49 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) PP Drew Stafford (1), Tim Connolly (1) 1 - 1
16:03 COL Ryan O'Reilly (1) SH Daniel Winnik (1) 1 - 2
3rd Period
04:28 BUF Jochen Hecht (1) Jason Pominville (1), Thomas Vanek (1) 2 - 2
05:31 BUF Steve Montador (1) Drew Stafford (2), Paul Gaustad (1) 3 - 2
06:02 COL Matt Duchene (1) Tomas Fleischmann (1), Milan Hejduk (1) 3 - 3
Overtime
04:17 COL David Jones (1) PP Tomas Fleischmann (2), Ryan Wilson (1) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:02 BUF Andrej Sekera Hooking 2
09:06 BUF Paul Gaustad Interference 2
14:37 COL Ryan O'Byrne High sticking double minor 4
19:20 BUF Shaone Morrisonn Interference 2
19:25 COL Tomas Fleischmann Tripping 2
2nd Period
02:06 COL Team Too many men on the ice 2
05:43 BUF Tim Connolly Tripping 2
14:47 COL Daniel Winnik Holding 2
15:41 BUF Drew Stafford Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
3rd Period
09:39 COL Ryan O'Byrne Cross checking 2
13:11 COL Adam Foote Interference 2
Overtime
00:47 COL Milan Hejduk Tripping 2
02:32 BUF Tyler Ennis High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 57 47 40 3 3.7 45.6
Colorado Avalanche 61 46 34 4 3.1 54.4

How the game went

2024681012Start2nd3rdOTColorado Avalanche 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 Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.7 expected, 3 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 3.1 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 14:49 of 1st, a 20% chanceBUF goal, 4:28 of 3rd, a 27% chanceBUF goal, 5:31 of 3rd, a 1% chanceCOL goal, 14:16 of 1st, a 4% chanceCOL goal, 16:03 of 1st, a 16% chanceCOL goal, 6:02 of 3rd, a 25% chanceCOL goal, 4:17 of overtime, a 13% chanceBUF 3.7COL 3.1

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
Colorado Avalanche

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
Tim Connolly · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek9:2943.846.80-1
Jochen Hecht · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis6:2157.186.40-0
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Paul Gaustad6:1435.346.10-1
Cody McCormick · Tyler Ennis · Luke Adam3:220.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador11:1663.269.11-0
Shaone Morrisonn · Mike Weber11:0939.143.60-1
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers9:0622.234.50-1

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
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 19:42 0.29 10-11 0.72-0.53
18 Drew Stafford R 0 2 2 0 2 3 2 16:25 0.19 7-7 0.19-0.12
5 Steve Montador D 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 18:45 0.34 13-7 0.51-0.23
55 Jochen Hecht C 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 19:26 0.89 8-6 0.53-0.08
12 Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 -2 2 4 1 20:54 0.39 9-14 0.42-0.62
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 15:21 0.22 13-13 0.66-0.51
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 22:06 0.34 10-15 0.74-0.65
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 24:22 0.01 8-13 0.48-0.43
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:38 0.08 13-14 0.89-0.71
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:38 0.01 4-3 0.13-0.06
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:34 0.09 11-15 0.55-0.53
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:23 0.29 9-12 0.53-0.61
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:12 3-5 0.12-0.24
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:50 9-14 0.55-0.71
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 23:40 0.14 15-11 0.62-0.36
52 Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:33 1-8 0.05-0.22
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 19:36 0.04 4-7 0.22-0.23
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 19:20 0.43 8-10 0.27-0.37
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller 34 30 4 64:15 3.12 -0.88

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Milan Hejduk · Tomas Fleischmann · Matt Duchene10:1157.956.11-0
David Jones · Daniel Winnik · TJ Galiardi3:1266.769.41-0
David Jones · Daniel Winnik · Ryan O'Reilly2:2925.00.00-0
Kevin Porter · Daniel Winnik · Ryan O'Reilly2:230.00.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Adam Foote · Ryan Wilson9:1937.550.50-1
John-Michael Liles · Ryan O'Byrne6:1362.541.40-0
Ryan O'Byrne · Ryan Wilson4:5428.610.50-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
26 Daniel Winnik L 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 22:25 0.17 9-12 0.35-0.49
12 Tomas Fleischmann L 0 2 2 1 2 4 1 17:35 0.26 16-12 0.79-0.56
12 David Jones R 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 17:36 0.36 14-13 0.58-1.02
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 19:29 0.16 8-9 0.16-0.37
95 Matt Duchene C 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 19:59 0.86 13-9 0.64-0.41
21 TJ Galiardi L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:22 0.07 14-13 0.51-0.82
23 Milan Hejduk R 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 17:45 0.37 11-10 0.51-0.45
44 Ryan Wilson D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 22:45 0.09 10-18 0.31-0.68
11 Philippe Dupuis C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 07:34 0.07 3-1 0.07-0.01
11 Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:09 0.06 8-8 0.28-0.17
12 Kevin Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 18:29 0.23 11-5 0.27-0.35
20 Greg Mauldin L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:40 0.07 5-0 0.20-0.00
23 Ryan O'Byrne D 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 20:00 12-9 0.58-0.48
26 John-Michael Liles D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21:46 0.16 12-7 0.46-0.73
32 Brandon Yip R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:26 0.13 10-6 0.24-0.59
36 Jonas Holos D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:43 0.04 1-2 0.00-0.05
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:52 0.02 16-8 0.66-0.51
52 Adam Foote D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19:21 12-13 0.61-0.47
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Peter Budaj 40 37 3 64:17 3.74 +0.74