Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 15, 2011 · HSBC Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Carolina Hurricanes	1	33
Buffalo Sabres	0	40

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
19:17	CAR	Brandon Sutter (1)	Derek Joslin (1), Chad LaRose (1)	1 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
00:17	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
00:17	BUF	Mark Mancari	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
05:22	BUF	Paul Gaustad	Hooking	2
10:56	BUF	Rob Niedermayer	Interference goalkeeper	2
20:00	CAR	Eric Staal	Cross checking	2
2nd Period
09:16	BUF	Andrej Sekera	High sticking	2
13:11	CAR	Joni Pitkanen	Interference	2
13:11	BUF	Nathan Gerbe	Diving	2
3rd Period
02:44	CAR	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
05:50	CAR	Erik Cole	Interference	2
08:10	BUF	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
16:19	BUF	Steve Montador	Boarding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Carolina Hurricanes	69	48	33	1	3.4	49.0
Buffalo Sabres	66	56	40	0	3.1	51.0

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 Carolina Hurricanes had.

Expected goals

Carolina Hurricanes: 3.4 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.1 expected, 0 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

Carolina Hurricanes

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chad LaRose · Jiri Tlusty · Brandon Sutter	9:45	38.5	44.2	1-0
Tuomo Ruutu · Eric Staal · Jeff Skinner	5:38	73.3	86.5	0-0
Cory Stillman · Tuomo Ruutu · Eric Staal	5:36	23.5	17.3	0-0
Patrick Dwyer · Drayson Bowman · Jerome Samson	4:17	50.0	39.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Joe Corvo · Joni Pitkanen	13:16	71.4	76.3	0-0
Tim Gleason · Jay Harrison	10:19	48.3	41.9	0-0
Bryan Allen · Derek Joslin	9:14	25.0	41.1	1-0

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
20	Brandon Sutter	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	16:34	0.36	13-17	0.90-0.78
38	Derek Joslin	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	16:25	0.07	10-24	0.56-0.85
59	Chad LaRose	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	14:41	0.02	12-18	0.65-0.79
6	Bryan Allen	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15:55		8-21	0.50-0.68
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	21:41		17-17	0.70-0.94
9	Jiri Tlusty	L	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	10:16	0.20	10-16	0.59-0.74
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	22:08	0.15	21-19	0.61-0.75
15	Tuomo Ruutu	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	17:53	0.32	18-17	0.48-0.61
23	Jay Harrison	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	19:38	0.05	14-15	0.62-0.86
25	Joni Pitkanen	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	22:39	0.09	22-11	0.81-0.40
36	Jussi Jokinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:20		8-8	0.32-0.20
38	Drayson Bowman	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	04:46	0.06	6-5	0.23-0.29
39	Patrick Dwyer	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	08:51	0.21	6-5	0.24-0.29
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	17:37	0.41	23-13	0.75-0.36
61	Cory Stillman	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:16	0.06	6-15	0.32-0.62
71	Jerome Samson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	05:48	0.02	7-5	0.19-0.29
72	Erik Cole	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	16:53	0.58	10-9	0.72-0.32
77	Joe Corvo	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	23:44	0.05	24-10	0.89-0.31

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Cam Ward	40	40	0	59:55	3.08	+3.08

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brad Boyes · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis	8:01	55.0	50.8	0-0
Tim Connolly · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek	6:18	60.9	78.4	0-0
Paul Gaustad · Mark Mancari · Nathan Gerbe	6:04	66.7	58.5	0-0
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Cody McCormick	2:23	33.3	33.6	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador	12:18	42.4	59.6	0-1
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers	11:29	56.7	45.9	0-0
Shaone Morrisonn · Mike Weber	10:21	60.0	57.6	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

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
5	Steve Montador	D	-1	2	1	2	16:28	0.06	16-23	1.00-0.85
5	Andrej Sekera	D	0	2	0	1	17:51	0.01	18-17	0.68-0.92
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	1	17:13		15-9	0.30-0.31
8	Cody McCormick	C	-1	0	2	1	06:59	0.23	4-8	0.20-0.55
12	Tim Connolly	C	0	0	5	1	17:33	0.48	17-16	0.74-0.54
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	5	0	19:48	0.30	13-11	0.58-0.63
20	Rob Niedermayer	C	-1	2	1	0	04:32	0.18	5-7	0.26-0.39
24	Mark Mancari	R	0	2	4	0	09:27	0.20	11-7	0.39-0.29
24	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	2	2	2	10:31	0.04	10-8	0.26-0.40
25	Mike Grier	R	-1	0	1	0	08:20	0.01	5-7	0.26-0.39
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	0	2	0	18:15	0.35	20-15	0.90-0.54
27	Shaone Morrisonn	D	0	0	1	0	16:14	0.01	12-10	0.30-0.35
28	Brad Boyes	R	0	0	2	0	17:04	0.06	15-19	0.58-0.69
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	2	3	1	16:36	0.25	13-7	0.51-0.32
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	5	0	21:40	0.24	20-18	0.75-0.62
33	Jordan Leopold	D	-1	0	1	0	27:24	0.09	18-21	1.04-0.79
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	2	24:00		20-15	0.75-0.86
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	5	0	17:17	0.58	13-17	0.59-0.67

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Ryan Miller	33	32	1	58:48	2.77	+1.77