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Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres

Oct 14, 2011 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Carolina Hurricanes 4 34
Buffalo Sabres 3 42

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:58 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Jordan Leopold (1) 0 - 1
08:20 CAR Alexei Ponikarovsky (1) Jay Harrison (1), Jamie McBain (1) 1 - 1
10:01 BUF Derek Roy (1) Drew Stafford (1), Christian Ehrhoff (1) 1 - 2
19:48 CAR Brandon Sutter (1) SH Unassisted 2 - 2
2nd Period
06:59 CAR Tim Brent (1) SH Jiri Tlusty (1) 3 - 2
3rd Period
17:39 BUF Drew Stafford (1) Tyler Myers (1), Andrej Sekera (1) 3 - 3
18:36 CAR Jeff Skinner (1) PP Jussi Jokinen (1), Joni Pitkanen (1) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:50 BUF Jason Pominville Hooking 2
05:07 CAR Jay Harrison Tripping 2
06:20 BUF Tyler Myers Tripping 2
18:59 CAR Bryan Allen Interference 2
2nd Period
03:10 BUF Cody McCormick Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
05:49 CAR Chad LaRose High sticking 2
07:59 BUF Nathan Gerbe Slashing 2
07:59 CAR Tuomo Ruutu Slashing 2
10:37 BUF Paul Gaustad Fighting 5
10:37 CAR Tim Gleason Fighting 5
13:47 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
17:58 CAR Alexei Ponikarovsky Slashing 2
3rd Period
07:31 CAR Jeff Skinner Tripping 2
10:20 CAR Team Too many men on the ice 2
18:00 BUF Thomas Vanek Tripping 2
19:28 BUF Christian Ehrhoff Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Carolina Hurricanes 51 43 34 4 2.5 41.0
Buffalo Sabres 73 57 42 3 4.8 59.0

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadCarolina Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes had.

Expected goals

Carolina Hurricanes: 2.5 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 4.8 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndCAR goal, 8:20 of 1st, a 10% chanceCAR goal, 19:48 of 1st, a 15% chanceCAR goal, 6:59 of 2nd, a 29% chanceCAR goal, 18:36 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 6:58 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 10:01 of 1st, a 29% chanceBUF goal, 17:39 of 3rd, a 25% chanceBUF 4.8CAR 2.5

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

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrick Dwyer · Jiri Tlusty · Brandon Sutter8:3521.420.80-0
Alexei Ponikarovsky · Tuomo Ruutu · Eric Staal8:1558.335.30-1
Jussi Jokinen · Chad LaRose · Jeff Skinner7:1080.084.40-0
Tim Brent · Anthony Stewart · Zac Dalpe2:5016.713.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bryan Allen · Tim Gleason12:4731.817.10-0
Joni Pitkanen · Jamie McBain11:1166.781.90-0
Tomas Kaberle · Jay Harrison8:0143.836.30-1

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
12 Alexei Ponikarovsky L 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 18:07 0.30 9-9 0.24-0.73
20 Brandon Sutter C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17:41 0.20 4-14 0.12-0.77
37 Tim Brent C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 08:12 0.32 1-7 0.01-0.10
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 0 1 -1 2 3 0 15:39 0.28 11-5 0.36-0.36
9 Jiri Tlusty L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:59 0.13 3-12 0.08-0.34
21 Jamie McBain D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 18:40 0.01 8-7 0.29-0.41
23 Jay Harrison D 0 1 1 -1 2 4 0 18:20 0.11 8-13 0.26-0.76
25 Joni Pitkanen D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 2 24:05 0.06 10-9 0.31-0.72
36 Jussi Jokinen L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 17:12 0.17 10-7 0.26-0.06
6 Bryan Allen D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 20:51 0.09 8-18 0.19-1.10
6 Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 2 5 0 3 22:08 9-16 0.18-0.82
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -3 0 5 0 18:49 0.46 10-9 0.34-1.05
13 Anthony Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:21 0.04 2-8 0.05-0.10
15 Tuomo Ruutu L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:54 0.01 9-10 0.30-0.86
22 Tomas Kaberle D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:11 0.03 7-11 0.22-0.44
22 Zac Dalpe C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 03:36 0.01 1-5 0.01-0.07
39 Patrick Dwyer R 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:35 0.06 4-15 0.12-0.77
59 Chad LaRose R 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 14:40 0.20 11-5 0.30-0.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Cam Ward W 42 39 3 60:00 4.73 +1.73

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek · Luke Adam9:0056.371.60-0
Brad Boyes · Ville Leino · Tyler Ennis8:4658.839.00-0
Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta5:3833.350.90-0
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Nathan Gerbe5:0680.084.12-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Christian Ehrhoff11:4363.084.11-0
Robyn Regehr · Tyler Myers9:3727.321.90-0
Andrej Sekera · Marc-Andre Gragnani9:1890.079.80-0

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
18 Drew Stafford R 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 14:05 0.36 10-2 0.79-0.14
8 Derek Roy C 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 16:11 0.35 10-3 0.79-0.14
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 -1 2 8 1 18:35 0.88 10-7 0.54-0.21
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:05 0.01 12-1 0.32-0.06
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 21:22 0.11 18-11 1.00-0.26
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 1 1 -2 2 6 0 26:18 0.38 21-15 1.30-0.32
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 21:10 0.15 5-12 0.38-0.34
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 08:00 2-7 0.05-0.14
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:40 0.07 11-10 0.14-0.31
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 11:19 0.33 12-4 1.18-0.16
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:51 1.25 10-7 0.54-0.21
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:49 0.08 11-7 0.14-0.21
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 12:09 0.20 5-5 0.50-0.07
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 19:48 0.48 9-9 0.52-0.23
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:08 0.07 6-4 0.52-0.05
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:31 0.02 13-2 0.85-0.14
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:44 3-9 0.07-0.33
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:15 0.01 12-10 0.20-0.31
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 34 30 4 58:52 2.46 -1.54