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Atlanta Thrashers at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 23, 2011 · HSBC Arena

Team Goals Shots
Atlanta Thrashers 1 41
Buffalo Sabres 4 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:13 BUF Tyler Myers (1) Unassisted 0 - 1
2nd Period
05:31 ATL Andrew Ladd (1) PP Bryan Little (1), Nik Antropov (1) 1 - 1
18:52 BUF Paul Gaustad (1) Nathan Gerbe (1), Mike Weber (1) 1 - 2
19:22 BUF Jason Pominville (1) Thomas Vanek (1), Tyler Myers (1) 1 - 3
3rd Period
01:54 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) Jochen Hecht (1), Chris Butler (1) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:06 ATL Dustin Byfuglien Delaying game puck over glass 2
14:35 BUF Jason Pominville Hooking 2
2nd Period
01:57 ATL Toby Enstrom Delaying game puck over glass 2
05:18 BUF Shaone Morrisonn Interference 2
09:22 BUF Paul Gaustad Fighting 5
09:22 ATL Mark Stuart Fighting 5
10:39 ATL Chris Thorburn Interference goalkeeper 2
13:08 BUF Cody McCormick Fighting 5
13:08 ATL Eric Boulton Fighting 5
14:10 BUF Chris Butler Slashing 2
3rd Period
11:04 BUF Nathan Gerbe Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Atlanta Thrashers 67 52 41 1 3.5 48.1
Buffalo Sabres 61 51 39 4 4.5 51.9

How the game went

8642024Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadAtlanta Thrashers 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 Atlanta Thrashers had.

Expected goals

Atlanta Thrashers: 3.5 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 4.5 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndATL goal, 5:31 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 7:13 of 1st, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 18:52 of 2nd, a 26% chanceBUF goal, 19:22 of 2nd, a 27% chanceBUF goal, 1:54 of 3rd, a 25% chanceBUF 4.5ATL 3.5

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

Atlanta Thrashers
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.

Atlanta Thrashers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nik Antropov · Anthony Stewart · Evander Kane11:0843.539.50-3
Andrew Ladd · Blake Wheeler · Bryan Little11:0756.026.40-0
Chris Thorburn · Patrick Rissmiller · Niclas Bergfors8:3946.725.50-1
Eric Boulton · Tim Stapleton · Spencer Machacek6:2346.723.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Toby Enstrom · Dustin Byfuglien14:1247.427.70-3
Ron Hainsey · Zach Bogosian14:1161.552.50-0
Johnny Oduya · Mark Stuart11:2847.625.00-0

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
16 Andrew Ladd L 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 18:35 0.64 14-16 0.39-1.26
18 Bryan Little C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 17:40 0.37 14-15 0.39-1.33
80 Nik Antropov C 0 1 1 -3 0 1 0 17:34 0.11 14-18 0.83-1.32
5 Mark Stuart D 0 0 0 -1 5 0 5 14:45 0.01 11-17 0.22-1.12
13 Anthony Stewart R 0 0 0 -3 0 5 1 16:49 0.57 16-15 1.19-1.15
14 Tim Stapleton C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:10 0.04 11-9 0.35-0.39
17 Blake Wheeler R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:02 0.21 15-11 0.49-1.09
18 Niclas Bergfors R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:57 0.03 9-8 0.44-0.58
22 Chris Thorburn R 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 15:43 0.16 12-15 0.67-0.85
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23:04 0.08 20-13 1.21-0.58
29 Johnny Oduya D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:59 0.08 13-15 0.62-0.74
33 Dustin Byfuglien D 0 0 0 -3 2 5 0 22:08 0.31 21-24 1.17-1.98
34 Patrick Rissmiller L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:07 0.37 12-11 0.67-0.68
36 Eric Boulton L 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 08:32 9-11 0.22-0.39
39 Toby Enstrom D 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 21:51 0.02 18-26 0.71-2.31
46 Spencer Machacek R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:07 0.25 12-13 0.36-0.63
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:41 0.19 17-18 0.56-0.83
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 18:16 0.09 12-15 0.72-1.16
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Ondrej Pavelec 39 35 4 60:00 4.46 +0.46

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe9:5666.788.71-0
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Cody McCormick7:1325.035.90-0
Tim Connolly · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek4:5554.582.21-0
Jochen Hecht · Thomas Vanek · Tyler Ennis4:5127.318.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shaone Morrisonn · Mike Weber13:5848.360.10-0
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador7:5941.231.90-0
Chris Butler · Tyler Myers7:4150.044.41-0

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
57 Tyler Myers D 1 1 2 3 0 3 2 21:43 0.08 18-15 1.03-0.76
28 Paul Gaustad C 1 0 1 1 5 3 0 17:45 0.52 17-15 1.14-0.71
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 2 2 4 1 15:52 0.51 13-14 1.07-0.84
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 15:41 0.56 20-16 1.32-0.64
6 Mike Weber D 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 18:07 0.01 15-17 1.20-0.85
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 16:50 0.02 14-9 0.98-0.24
25 Chris Butler D 0 1 1 2 2 4 1 19:22 0.20 24-17 1.48-0.69
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:22 0.48 14-19 1.16-1.43
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 16:09 0.89 18-10 1.36-0.57
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 17:49 21-18 1.45-0.64
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 08:16 0.09 4-14 0.20-0.59
12 Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 16:47 0.39 14-11 0.95-0.37
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 14:38 0.09 18-9 1.18-0.30
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:44 0.04 10-12 0.40-0.22
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:40 5-13 0.21-0.29
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 18:20 0.05 16-17 1.12-0.75
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:57 14-18 1.08-1.17
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 13:45 0.53 15-6 1.08-0.19
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller 41 40 1 60:00 3.53 +2.53