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Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes

Apr 3, 2011 · RBC Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 31
Carolina Hurricanes 1 36

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:47 BUF Chris Butler (1) Drew Stafford (1), Tyler Ennis (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
05:50 CAR Eric Staal (1) Bryan Allen (1), Chad LaRose (1) 1 - 1
Overtime
02:56 BUF Marc-Andre Gragnani (1) Nathan Gerbe (1), Drew Stafford (2) 2 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
18:44 BUF Team Delaying game bench 2
2nd Period
01:06 CAR Eric Staal Hooking 2
11:22 BUF Andrej Sekera Tripping 2
13:44 BUF Paul Gaustad Interference goalkeeper 2
14:43 BUF Chris Butler Hooking 2
19:51 CAR Jussi Jokinen Boarding 2
3rd Period
03:35 BUF Tyler Ennis Hooking 2
08:38 CAR Brandon Sutter Roughing 2
08:38 BUF Steve Montador Cross checking 2
16:38 BUF Mike Weber Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 58 46 31 2 2.8 45.8
Carolina Hurricanes 75 57 36 1 3.8 54.2

How the game went

10505101520Start2nd3rdOTCarolina Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 2 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 3.8 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 10:47 of 1st, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 2:56 of overtime, a 2% chanceCAR goal, 5:50 of 2nd, a 20% chanceCAR 3.8BUF 2.8

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
Carolina Hurricanes

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 Ennis9:4650.074.71-0
Tim Connolly · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek8:2660.064.30-0
Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick · Nathan Gerbe8:2438.129.70-0
Rob Niedermayer · Matt Ellis · Mark Mancari6:4740.029.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Sekera · Mike Weber16:5240.738.10-1
Chris Butler · Tyler Myers14:0748.357.11-0
Steve Montador · Marc-Andre Gragnani7:0345.034.60-0

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
18 Drew Stafford R 0 2 2 2 0 4 1 20:38 0.58 8-9 0.49-0.20
25 Chris Butler D 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 25:16 0.12 16-18 0.60-0.47
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:13 0.07 10-11 0.38-0.60
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 14:17 0.15 10-18 0.34-0.99
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 13:59 0.29 9-8 0.49-0.17
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:03 12-14 0.40-0.68
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 23:41 0.01 11-19 0.55-0.97
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 7 24:53 12-16 0.56-0.89
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:52 0.06 10-15 0.35-0.87
12 Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:33 0.20 10-7 0.32-0.17
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 09:37 0.17 8-9 0.29-0.54
24 Mark Mancari R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:07 0.01 8-9 0.26-0.54
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:41 0.20 11-10 0.42-0.31
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:30 0.13 9-12 0.49-0.49
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:24 0.20 10-17 0.41-0.76
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:55 0.40 12-9 0.45-0.24
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:49 0.11 9-9 0.33-0.54
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 26:45 0.08 15-15 0.59-0.40
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth 36 35 1 62:27 3.82 +2.82

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cory Stillman · Erik Cole · Eric Staal11:2355.059.30-1
Tuomo Ruutu · Jussi Jokinen · Jeff Skinner9:5356.568.00-0
Chad LaRose · Brandon Sutter · Drayson Bowman8:3743.850.80-0
Patrick Dwyer · Jiri Tlusty · Jerome Samson3:5916.74.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joe Corvo · Tim Gleason12:2730.037.70-0
Joni Pitkanen · Jamie McBain10:0965.471.30-0
Bryan Allen · Derek Joslin7:0150.078.81-0

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
12 Eric Staal C 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 24:42 0.66 17-13 0.93-0.64
6 Bryan Allen D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:24 6-8 0.35-0.23
59 Chad LaRose R 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 12:52 0.18 11-10 0.57-0.36
6 Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 19:24 0.01 15-14 0.64-0.42
9 Jiri Tlusty L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 04:43 0.01 1-5 0.01-0.28
15 Tuomo Ruutu L 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 17:47 0.37 17-10 0.68-0.26
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 14:29 0.48 10-11 0.33-0.36
21 Jamie McBain D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:38 0.19 25-12 0.96-0.41
25 Joni Pitkanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 26:45 0.33 27-17 1.24-0.94
36 Jussi Jokinen L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:53 0.20 14-11 0.60-0.35
38 Derek Joslin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:11 0.06 10-8 0.48-0.38
38 Drayson Bowman L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:46 10-9 0.30-0.22
39 Patrick Dwyer R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:45 1-8 0.01-0.55
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 20:37 0.27 20-12 0.95-0.52
61 Cory Stillman L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:19 0.23 14-11 0.70-0.52
71 Jerome Samson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:24 1-5 0.01-0.28
72 Erik Cole L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 11 21:03 0.66 19-9 0.79-0.28
77 Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 26:02 0.17 7-17 0.26-0.70
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Cam Ward 31 29 2 62:56 2.79 +0.79