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Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators

Jan 25, 2011 · Scotiabank Place

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 26
Ottawa Senators 2 29

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:28 OTT Chris Kelly (1) Nick Foligno (1) 0 - 1
10:05 BUF Paul Byron (1) Tyler Ennis (1), Drew Stafford (1) 1 - 1
15:49 BUF Jochen Hecht (1) Tyler Myers (1), Thomas Vanek (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
13:56 OTT Sergei Gonchar (1) PP Erik Karlsson (1), Mike Fisher (1) 2 - 2
Overtime
01:59 BUF Shaone Morrisonn (1) Jason Pominville (1), Thomas Vanek (2) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:02 OTT Erik Karlsson Tripping 2
06:57 BUF Nathan Gerbe Roughing 2
2nd Period
14:52 BUF Drew Stafford Hooking 2
3rd Period
01:22 BUF Tyler Myers Cross checking 2
12:35 BUF Ryan Miller Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 51 37 26 3 2.4 49.4
Ottawa Senators 55 39 29 2 2.9 50.6

How the game went

1050510Start2nd3rdOTOttawa Senators 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 Ottawa Senators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 3 scored · Ottawa Senators: 2.9 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 10:05 of 1st, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 15:49 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 1:59 of overtime, a 39% chanceOTT goal, 4:28 of 1st, a 10% chanceOTT goal, 13:56 of 3rd, a 3% chanceOTT 2.9BUF 2.4

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
Ottawa Senators

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 Vanek11:2752.942.51-1
Drew Stafford · Paul Byron · Tyler Ennis10:2958.869.51-0
Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick · Nathan Gerbe10:0466.766.70-0
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Matt Ellis8:4523.16.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador17:4148.455.50-0
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers14:1947.468.42-0
Shaone Morrisonn · Mike Weber13:1666.761.50-0

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

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 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 14:36 0.36 9-9 0.31-0.43
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 17:39 0.58 15-8 0.30-0.32
41 Paul Byron L 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 12:44 0.35 12-7 0.53-0.20
55 Jochen Hecht C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 17:00 0.07 9-12 0.31-0.92
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 15:48 0.14 14-9 0.55-0.20
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:11 0.15 10-11 0.31-0.78
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 20:14 0.02 10-13 0.43-0.65
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13:58 0.02 12-9 0.47-0.20
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 23:37 0.32 17-20 0.76-0.98
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 20:26 0.03 11-14 0.44-0.56
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 18:08 0.01 14-10 0.29-0.39
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:39 14-9 0.59-0.45
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:49 6-12 0.11-0.39
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 15:21 0.31 14-10 0.59-0.31
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:34 3-13 0.03-0.40
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:14 0.01 16-13 0.61-0.46
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:57 0.06 15-21 0.74-1.10
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:40 0.01 4-10 0.03-0.38
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 29 27 2 61:59 2.88 +0.88

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Daniel Alfredsson · Chris Kelly · Nick Foligno7:3878.685.71-1
Mike Fisher · Milan Michalek · Bobby Butler5:2940.011.30-0
Chris Neil · Zack Smith · Jesse Winchester5:0444.487.80-0
Alex Kovalev · Chris Kelly · Milan Michalek4:5225.016.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Phillips · Erik Karlsson15:5157.148.91-1
Sergei Gonchar · Brian Lee14:0434.860.00-0
Matt Carkner · Chris Campoli12:3164.749.50-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
22 Chris Kelly C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 17:54 0.10 14-8 0.68-0.39
55 Sergei Gonchar D 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 25:31 0.06 13-18 0.88-0.36
12 Mike Fisher C 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 21:15 0.65 9-12 0.32-0.31
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 -1 2 5 0 25:24 0.15 18-15 0.66-0.84
71 Nick Foligno L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 19:48 0.01 13-10 0.51-0.15
4 Chris Phillips D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:59 0.05 18-15 0.72-0.73
7 Matt Carkner D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:57 0.04 13-7 0.30-0.25
11 Daniel Alfredsson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 19:36 0.35 14-7 0.66-0.12
12 Peter Regin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:23 0.12 7-8 0.21-0.51
15 Brian Lee D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:07 0.03 8-17 0.50-0.35
15 Zack Smith C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 10:17 0.19 8-8 0.41-0.18
17 Chris Campoli D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 19:07 14-10 0.59-0.42
17 Jesse Winchester C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:12 0.34 10-12 0.60-0.25
18 Milan Michalek L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:35 0.26 12-11 0.59-0.46
22 Ryan Shannon R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:57 0.05 11-14 0.36-0.71
25 Chris Neil R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:05 0.17 8-12 0.26-0.24
26 Bobby Butler R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:40 0.03 9-9 0.18-0.42
27 Alex Kovalev R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 14:09 0.28 11-12 0.70-0.68
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Brian Elliott OTL 26 23 3 61:59 2.45 -0.55