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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Mar 10, 2011 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 45
Boston Bruins 3 29

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:54 BOS Nathan Horton (1) Milan Lucic (1), David Krejci (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
11:26 BOS Mark Recchi (1) Michael Ryder (1), Zdeno Chara (1) 0 - 2
11:53 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) Steve Montador (1), Drew Stafford (1) 1 - 2
18:52 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) PP Tyler Ennis (1), Tyler Myers (1) 2 - 2
3rd Period
02:18 BOS Gregory Campbell (1) Zdeno Chara (2), Shawn Thornton (1) 2 - 3
05:05 BUF Tim Connolly (1) PP Thomas Vanek (1), Brad Boyes (1) 3 - 3
Overtime
03:44 BUF Brad Boyes (1) Nathan Gerbe (1) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:54 BUF Cody McCormick Fighting 5
02:54 BOS Gregory Campbell Fighting 5
06:31 BOS Shawn Thornton Interference 2
06:36 BUF Tyler Myers Tripping 2
2nd Period
05:43 BUF Mike Grier Roughing 2
05:43 BOS Adam McQuaid Roughing 2
06:54 BOS Zdeno Chara Boarding 2
07:13 BOS Dennis Seidenberg Cross checking 2
09:17 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
14:11 BOS Johnny Boychuk Hooking 2
17:08 BOS Tomas Kaberle Tripping 2
19:11 BUF Paul Gaustad Fighting 5
19:11 BOS Adam McQuaid Fighting 5
19:51 BUF Cody McCormick Fighting 5
19:51 BOS Milan Lucic Fighting 5
19:51 BUF Chris Butler Roughing 2
3rd Period
03:25 BOS Mark Recchi High sticking 2
03:42 BOS Brad Marchand Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 65 52 45 4 4.0 51.3
Boston Bruins 56 38 29 3 2.4 48.7

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdOTBoston 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: 4.0 expected, 4 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.4 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 11:53 of 2nd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 18:52 of 2nd, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 5:05 of 3rd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 3:44 of overtime, a 25% chanceBOS goal, 8:54 of 1st, a 11% chanceBOS goal, 11:26 of 2nd, a 14% chanceBOS goal, 2:18 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF 4.0BOS 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
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
Brad Boyes · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis8:0956.353.81-0
Paul Gaustad · Mark Mancari · Nathan Gerbe6:4269.239.00-0
Jason Pominville · Cody McCormick · Thomas Vanek4:3380.076.40-0
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Cody McCormick2:5933.30.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Steve Montador · Andrej Sekera14:2336.041.01-1
Chris Butler · Tyler Myers13:4964.369.20-0
Jordan Leopold · Shaone Morrisonn10:4262.567.40-0

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 1 1 2 -1 0 5 0 17:12 1.09 9-7 1.11-0.43
28 Brad Boyes R 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 20:23 0.63 11-14 0.47-0.68
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 20:04 0.24 10-12 0.46-0.50
12 Tim Connolly C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 14:03 0.24 7-10 0.82-0.59
5 Steve Montador D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20:42 11-16 0.52-0.70
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:50 0.07 10-8 0.45-0.37
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 12:43 0.19 16-7 0.33-0.64
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 22:36 0.07 18-13 1.05-0.57
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 23:28 0.05 9-21 0.49-1.06
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 10:42 0.24 7-4 0.35-0.06
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:32 4-11 0.16-0.20
24 Mark Mancari R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 13:41 0.05 11-9 0.23-0.56
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 -1 2 5 2 14:22 0.53 10-9 1.09-0.31
25 Chris Butler D 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 19:47 0.03 20-10 1.08-0.47
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 16:19 0.05 10-6 0.49-0.24
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0 14:40 0.17 15-10 0.43-0.47
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:13 0.17 7-10 0.29-0.48
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:39 0.18 10-8 0.49-0.49
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 29 26 3 63:44 2.43 -0.57

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nathan Horton · David Krejci · Milan Lucic11:4856.349.61-0
Patrice Bergeron · Rich Peverley · Brad Marchand10:3440.025.50-1
Mark Recchi · Michael Ryder · Chris Kelly8:5950.060.61-0
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille4:3528.60.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Johnny Boychuk9:0563.637.90-0
Tomas Kaberle · Adam McQuaid7:2040.072.90-0
Dennis Seidenberg · Matt Bartkowski6:5254.524.70-0

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
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 2 2 2 2 3 2 25:54 0.07 16-10 0.80-0.98
8 Nathan Horton R 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 17:31 0.29 11-8 0.45-0.37
9 Gregory Campbell C 1 0 1 1 5 1 2 09:30 0.11 6-7 0.16-0.37
28 Mark Recchi R 1 0 1 0 2 7 1 14:17 0.84 10-8 0.72-0.43
17 Michael Ryder R 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 11:27 10-8 0.77-0.43
17 Milan Lucic L 0 1 1 1 5 4 3 17:23 0.27 11-11 0.49-0.49
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 07:31 7-7 0.29-0.36
46 David Krejci C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:36 10-9 0.35-0.37
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 24:57 13-14 0.27-0.67
12 Daniel Paille L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:18 5-7 0.15-0.25
17 Rich Peverley C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:54 0.14 11-15 0.35-0.89
22 Tomas Kaberle D 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 24:29 0.05 12-17 0.85-0.76
22 Chris Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:37 9-10 0.70-0.46
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:10 0.32 12-14 0.54-0.88
44 Matt Bartkowski D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 08:50 0.01 7-7 0.17-0.24
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 18:02 0.07 16-16 1.09-0.98
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 24:51 0.14 10-14 0.34-0.49
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 14:41 0.12 9-13 0.30-0.89
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Tim Thomas OTL 45 41 4 63:44 3.99 -0.01