Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 26, 2011 · HSBC Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Detroit Red Wings	3	37
Buffalo Sabres	2	32

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
12:55	BUF	Andrej Sekera (1)	Jochen Hecht (1), Drew Stafford (1)	0 - 1
14:59	BUF	Mike Grier (1)	Andrej Sekera (1), Rob Niedermayer (1)	0 - 2
2nd Period
10:43	DET	Pavel Datsyuk (1) PP	Nicklas Lidstrom (1), Henrik Zetterberg (1)	1 - 2
3rd Period
19:02	DET	Jiri Hudler (1)	Daniel Cleary (1), Johan Franzen (1)	2 - 2
Shootout
	DET	Pavel Datsyuk	Shootout winner	4 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
04:31	BUF	Patrick Kaleta	Kneeing	2
07:52	DET	Brad Stuart	Tripping	2
10:12	BUF	Jochen Hecht	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Detroit Red Wings	75	61	37	2	3.4	51.4
Buffalo Sabres	62	43	32	2	2.3	48.6

How the game went

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 Detroit Red Wings had.

Expected goals

Detroit Red Wings: 3.4 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 2 scored

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

Detroit Red Wings

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Modano · Tomas Holmstrom · Valtteri Filppula	9:34	43.8	33.7	0-0
Kris Draper · Justin Abdelkader · Darren Helm	9:10	58.3	68.6	0-0
Daniel Cleary · Pavel Datsyuk · Jiri Hudler	6:51	70.6	77.1	0-0
Todd Bertuzzi · Henrik Zetterberg · Johan Franzen	6:39	54.5	76.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Niklas Kronwall · Jonathan Ericsson	16:48	58.1	67.1	0-0
Nicklas Lidstrom · Brad Stuart	15:58	46.9	44.8	0-1
Ruslan Salei · Jakub Kindl	13:56	58.3	63.2	0-0

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
13	Pavel Datsyuk	C	1	0	1	-1	0	5	0	19:49	0.56	22-11	0.85-0.49
22	Jiri Hudler	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	13:23	0.28	19-12	0.77-0.40
5	Nicklas Lidstrom	D	0	1	1	-1	0	5	0	24:32	0.28	18-24	0.58-1.08
11	Daniel Cleary	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	18:03	0.14	18-22	0.80-0.81
40	Henrik Zetterberg	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	20:41	0.19	14-23	0.52-0.85
93	Johan Franzen	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	17:36	0.30	15-11	0.63-0.32
8	Justin Abdelkader	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:55	0.04	9-8	0.45-0.19
17	Brad Stuart	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	21:47	0.09	19-20	0.79-0.68
24	Ruslan Salei	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	17:29	0.04	14-13	0.45-0.33
33	Kris Draper	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:47	0.10	7-5	0.33-0.15
43	Darren Helm	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:24	0.09	9-8	0.38-0.19
44	Todd Bertuzzi	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	14:46	0.16	16-20	0.71-0.68
46	Jakub Kindl	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	15:51	0.13	16-10	0.60-0.26
51	Valtteri Filppula	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	16:37	0.15	11-15	0.39-0.48
52	Jonathan Ericsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	24:14	0.05	21-17	0.94-0.64
55	Niklas Kronwall	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	25:38	0.37	22-20	1.08-0.68
90	Mike Modano	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	13:46	0.39	12-10	0.42-0.41
96	Tomas Holmstrom	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:48		13-11	0.40-0.52

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
39	Joey MacDonald	32	30	2	64:54	2.27	+0.27

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe	12:06	33.3	19.8	0-0
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Cody McCormick	10:19	44.4	41.5	0-0
Jochen Hecht · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis	10:17	59.1	45.7	1-0
Tim Connolly · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek	9:44	57.1	53.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Butler · Tyler Myers	19:40	63.6	58.0	0-0
Shaone Morrisonn · Mike Weber	16:48	29.6	27.0	0-0
Steve Montador · Andrej Sekera	14:26	44.1	46.7	2-0

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
5	Andrej Sekera	D	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	19:03	0.06	18-20	0.82-0.95
25	Mike Grier	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	13:53	0.20	9-11	0.43-0.46
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	16:44	0.31	17-13	0.61-0.57
20	Rob Niedermayer	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	13:12		9-15	0.35-0.68
55	Jochen Hecht	C	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	17:08	0.11	18-13	0.72-0.51
5	Steve Montador	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	17:36		18-22	0.86-1.07
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	21:23	0.02	13-21	0.37-0.74
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:59	0.13	11-14	0.44-0.71
12	Tim Connolly	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:11	0.07	13-14	0.43-0.55
24	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	15:52	0.22	10-15	0.25-0.44
25	Chris Butler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	25:19	0.08	25-14	0.72-0.54
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:31	0.19	17-10	0.74-0.43
27	Shaone Morrisonn	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	20:29	0.06	9-20	0.29-0.70
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	15:31		10-14	0.24-0.44
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	17:50	0.36	16-13	0.67-0.57
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	6	15:17		10-18	0.13-0.61
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	25:04	0.05	21-13	0.60-0.44
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	16:27	0.40	16-15	0.48-0.66

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Ryan Miller	37	35	2	65:00	3.36	+1.36