Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators

Nov 5, 2011 · Scotiabank Place

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	3	33
Ottawa Senators	2	27

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
15:41	OTT	Milan Michalek (1)	Chris Phillips (1), Craig Anderson (1)	0 - 1
2nd Period
10:39	BUF	Derek Roy (1)	Drew Stafford (1), Ville Leino (1)	1 - 1
12:55	BUF	Jordan Leopold (1)	Nathan Gerbe (1), Paul Gaustad (1)	2 - 1
14:13	OTT	Erik Condra (1)	Zack Smith (1)	2 - 2
Shootout
	BUF	Derek Roy	Shootout winner	4 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
14:02	OTT	Filip Kuba	Closing hand on puck	2
14:40	BUF	Derek Roy	Tripping	2
2nd Period
05:33	OTT	Sergei Gonchar	Holding	2
3rd Period
04:18	BUF	Thomas Vanek	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	59	40	33	2	2.8	47.1
Ottawa Senators	64	45	27	2	2.9	52.9

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 Ottawa Senators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 2 scored · Ottawa Senators: 2.9 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

Buffalo Sabres

Ottawa Senators

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Ville Leino	14:25	46.9	52.7	1-1
Brad Boyes · Paul Gaustad · Nathan Gerbe	11:32	40.0	45.9	1-0
Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek · Luke Adam	9:33	66.7	67.8	0-0
Cody McCormick · Matt Ellis · Corey Tropp	8:22	50.0	55.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers	16:29	44.4	36.9	1-1
Robyn Regehr · Jordan Leopold	16:12	44.4	68.2	1-0
Christian Ehrhoff · Marc-Andre Gragnani	12:44	53.6	29.4	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
8	Derek Roy	C	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	21:37	0.36	16-22	0.66-0.92
33	Jordan Leopold	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	20:50	0.29	15-18	1.26-0.54
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	19:19	0.10	16-18	0.63-0.67
23	Ville Leino	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	19:49	0.11	18-18	0.67-0.67
24	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	1	1	1	0	4	2	15:58	0.34	10-18	0.77-1.10
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	15:20		9-16	0.69-0.85
5	Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	23:11	0.03	20-21	0.92-1.06
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	09:12	0.14	9-9	0.24-0.19
25	Luke Adam	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	13:43	0.37	14-7	0.57-0.35
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	16:16	0.50	12-10	0.53-0.46
28	Brad Boyes	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	16:41	0.14	10-16	0.77-1.16
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	19:34	0.10	14-10	0.57-0.56
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:59	0.10	10-11	0.30-0.30
38	Marc-Andre Gragnani	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	17:48		16-16	0.25-0.70
41	Corey Tropp	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	09:53		9-12	0.24-0.23
44	Robyn Regehr	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	21:49		13-17	1.04-0.49
55	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	19:51	0.12	17-14	0.36-0.61
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	24:10	0.07	17-22	0.60-1.23

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Jhonas Enroth	27	25	2	65:00	2.85	+0.85

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Spezza · Milan Michalek · Colin Greening	10:34	62.5	60.9	0-0
Nick Foligno · Bobby Butler · Stephane Da Costa	9:28	47.4	28.6	0-1
Chris Neil · Kaspars Daugavins · Zack Smith	7:57	43.8	55.6	0-1
Erik Condra · Jesse Winchester · Nikita Filatov	5:35	63.6	67.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Filip Kuba · Erik Karlsson	19:20	52.5	51.9	1-0
Sergei Gonchar · Chris Phillips	16:24	65.6	77.1	0-1
Brian Lee · Jared Cowen	13:43	29.2	9.2	0-1

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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
18	Milan Michalek	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	18:45	0.54	17-11	0.62-0.37
27	Erik Condra	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	17:46	0.13	17-15	0.97-0.74
4	Chris Phillips	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	5	21:34	0.10	24-12	1.34-0.34
15	Zack Smith	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	18:05	0.14	16-14	0.60-0.36
2	Jared Cowen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	17:13		8-18	0.16-1.11
15	Brian Lee	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:36	0.02	9-17	0.31-1.02
16	Kaspars Daugavins	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	16:54	0.29	12-12	0.50-0.36
17	Filip Kuba	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	25:05	0.07	22-20	0.90-0.79
17	Jesse Winchester	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:03	0.60	8-10	0.52-0.78
19	Jason Spezza	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	20:10	0.38	22-12	1.05-0.41
21	Nikita Filatov	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	08:51	0.04	9-6	0.52-0.31
24	Stephane Da Costa	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	14:05	0.10	9-13	0.26-0.66
25	Chris Neil	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	13:57	0.14	15-12	0.68-0.30
26	Bobby Butler	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:46	0.09	11-13	0.37-0.79
38	Colin Greening	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:54	0.08	18-9	0.79-0.33
55	Sergei Gonchar	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	22:55	0.03	23-11	1.19-0.33
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	27:55	0.10	24-20	0.94-0.86
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	17:26	0.02	11-20	0.41-1.23

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Craig Anderson	33	31	2	65:00	2.77	+0.77