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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Jan 20, 2011 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 33
Boston Bruins 2 40

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
11:01 BOS Dennis Seidenberg (1) Mark Stuart (1), Marc Savard (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
01:04 BUF Cody McCormick (1) Tim Connolly (1), Tyler Ennis (1) 1 - 1
04:51 BOS Gregory Campbell (1) Shawn Thornton (1), Blake Wheeler (1) 1 - 2
10:36 BUF Nathan Gerbe (1) PP Tyler Myers (1), Tyler Ennis (2) 2 - 2
3rd Period
05:13 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Unassisted 3 - 2
16:40 BUF Jason Pominville (1) Thomas Vanek (1), Jochen Hecht (1) 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:09 BOS Steven Kampfer Hooking 2
04:37 BUF Marc-Andre Gragnani Tripping 2
08:21 BUF Thomas Vanek Slashing 2
16:46 BOS Milan Lucic Tripping 2
2nd Period
01:50 BUF Nathan Gerbe Tripping 2
09:11 BOS Blake Wheeler Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd Period
19:02 BUF Paul Gaustad Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 58 48 33 4 2.9 46.9
Boston Bruins 64 49 40 2 2.3 53.1

How the game went

86420246Start2nd3rdBoston 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: 2.9 expected, 4 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.3 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 1:04 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 10:36 of 2nd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 5:13 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 16:40 of 3rd, a 15% chanceBOS goal, 11:01 of 1st, a 4% chanceBOS goal, 4:51 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF 2.9BOS 2.3

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
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek11:4346.454.91-0
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe5:3357.164.20-0
Tim Connolly · Cody McCormick · Tyler Ennis5:3257.181.81-1
Mike Grier · Paul Gaustad · Nathan Gerbe4:4475.086.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador13:5140.653.90-0
Andrej Sekera · Marc-Andre Gragnani9:4356.343.01-0
Shaone Morrisonn · Tyler Myers6:5850.062.10-1

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 2 4 0 18:06 0.48 18-20 1.19-0.93
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 2 2 -1 0 1 1 16:05 0.05 13-9 0.46-0.28
8 Cody McCormick C 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 12:47 0.33 9-11 0.39-0.21
24 Nathan Gerbe C 1 0 1 1 2 6 0 17:02 0.50 16-16 0.59-0.41
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:56 0.22 14-19 0.97-0.82
12 Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 11:38 0.15 6-9 0.42-0.35
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 21:57 0.41 14-19 0.99-0.87
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11:56 0.03 10-7 0.64-0.23
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:13 0.02 14-23 0.72-0.67
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 19:22 0.04 18-11 0.67-0.49
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:55 0.02 14-12 0.58-0.23
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:13 10-13 0.14-0.23
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:26 0.10 10-12 0.29-0.29
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:55 11-15 0.47-0.43
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:06 0.09 17-17 0.60-0.28
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:40 0.06 14-25 0.78-0.72
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:28 0.03 8-7 0.23-0.14
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:17 0.38 9-10 0.32-0.54
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller 40 38 2 60:00 2.33 +0.33

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marc Savard · Michael Ryder · Nathan Horton11:5360.946.91-2
Mark Recchi · Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand11:1259.150.10-0
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Blake Wheeler9:0550.051.31-0
David Krejci · Milan Lucic · Tyler Seguin8:3642.137.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Steven Kampfer18:1353.743.70-1
Andrew Ference · Dennis Seidenberg11:2568.856.41-1
Johnny Boychuk · Mark Stuart6:1714.36.80-0

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
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 20:30 0.08 19-9 0.46-0.46
9 Gregory Campbell C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 13:05 0.13 11-8 0.34-0.24
5 Mark Stuart D 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 13:01 6-16 0.13-0.49
17 Blake Wheeler R 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 12:20 0.15 9-10 0.27-0.38
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 10:35 0.06 9-10 0.28-0.38
91 Marc Savard C 0 1 1 -1 0 6 0 19:13 0.26 15-12 0.46-0.62
8 Nathan Horton R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:05 0.25 15-12 0.48-0.62
17 Michael Ryder R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:42 0.04 15-9 0.46-0.52
17 Milan Lucic L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 16:06 0.27 11-16 0.19-0.61
21 Andrew Ference D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:22 0.03 16-9 0.40-0.31
28 Mark Recchi R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:25 0.37 18-9 0.73-0.61
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 27:36 0.08 25-19 0.99-1.16
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:44 0.23 16-11 0.68-0.79
44 Steven Kampfer D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 21:50 0.12 23-20 0.94-1.18
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:02 0.06 11-14 0.19-0.45
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:37 0.08 12-17 0.32-0.59
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:38 0.12 15-12 0.66-0.72
91 Tyler Seguin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:40 0.02 9-12 0.14-0.33
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask 33 29 4 58:04 2.89 -1.11