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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 23, 2011 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 4 39
Buffalo Sabres 3 34

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
11:56 BUF Christian Ehrhoff (1) PP Drew Stafford (1), Marc-Andre Gragnani (1) 0 - 1
15:22 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) PP Jason Pominville (1) 0 - 2
2nd Period
03:37 BOS Tyler Seguin (1) PP Patrice Bergeron (1), Rich Peverley (1) 1 - 2
11:02 BUF TJ Brennan (1) Derek Roy (1), Marc-Andre Gragnani (2) 1 - 3
16:00 BOS Brad Marchand (1) Patrice Bergeron (2), Tyler Seguin (1) 2 - 3
3rd Period
03:35 BOS Zdeno Chara (1) PP Milan Lucic (1), David Krejci (1) 3 - 3
Shootout
BOS Benoit Pouliot Shootout winner 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:23 BUF Paul Gaustad Fighting 5
01:23 BOS Milan Lucic Fighting 5
02:31 BOS Benoit Pouliot Elbowing 2
02:31 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
09:01 BOS Milan Lucic Roughing 2
11:33 BUF Robyn Regehr Fighting 5
11:33 BOS Zdeno Chara Fighting 5
11:33 BUF Corey Tropp Roughing 2
11:33 BOS Adam McQuaid Roughing 2
11:33 BOS Adam McQuaid Roughing 2
14:37 BOS Dennis Seidenberg Hooking 2
16:13 BUF Luke Adam Slashing 2
2nd Period
03:08 BUF Corey Tropp Hooking 2
08:21 BUF Matt Ellis Interference 2
12:14 BUF Christian Ehrhoff Interference 2
18:36 BUF Drew Stafford Roughing 2
18:36 BUF Drew Stafford Interference goalkeeper 2
18:36 BOS Andrew Ference Cross checking 2
18:36 BOS Andrew Ference Roughing 2
3rd Period
02:11 BUF Derek Roy Hooking 2
18:57 BOS David Krejci Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 65 55 39 3 2.9 51.8
Buffalo Sabres 64 50 34 3 2.7 48.2

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 2.9 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTBOS goal, 3:37 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBOS goal, 16:00 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBOS goal, 3:35 of 3rd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 11:56 of 1st, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 15:22 of 1st, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 11:02 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBOS 2.9BUF 2.7

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

Boston Bruins
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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nathan Horton · David Krejci · Milan Lucic10:2257.175.20-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Tyler Seguin9:2070.660.71-0
Chris Kelly · Rich Peverley · Benoit Pouliot8:4150.060.60-1
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille6:1613.310.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Johnny Boychuk9:3962.584.90-0
Joe Corvo · Dennis Seidenberg9:1866.749.10-0
Zdeno Chara · Adam McQuaid5:4522.239.01-0

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
91 Tyler Seguin C 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 16:20 0.18 15-6 0.54-0.32
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 19:10 0.15 12-7 0.32-0.39
33 Zdeno Chara D 1 0 1 0 5 7 2 27:00 0.28 19-20 1.17-0.53
63 Brad Marchand L 1 0 1 1 0 4 6 16:05 0.19 15-5 0.54-0.21
17 Rich Peverley C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 18:49 0.26 11-12 0.51-0.44
17 Milan Lucic L 0 1 1 0 7 0 2 17:05 14-10 0.74-0.24
46 David Krejci C 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 20:24 0.52 13-11 0.70-0.33
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 25:01 0.04 14-8 0.35-0.49
8 Nathan Horton R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:33 0.42 13-9 0.74-0.23
9 Gregory Campbell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:07 4-13 0.06-0.37
12 Daniel Paille L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:28 0.09 3-13 0.14-0.37
21 Andrew Ference D 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 17:35 0.10 11-15 0.37-0.48
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:44 0.04 3-13 0.14-0.37
22 Chris Kelly C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:23 0.21 11-10 0.44-0.34
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 15:35 0.01 11-17 0.39-0.58
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:18 0.04 20-14 1.14-0.27
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 12:38 0.28 15-11 0.70-0.48
77 Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:06 0.09 11-6 0.28-0.37
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Tim Thomas W 34 31 3 64:50 2.64 -0.36

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek9:4970.838.80-0
Paul Gaustad · Nathan Gerbe · Corey Tropp7:4635.043.10-0
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Ville Leino6:2355.666.60-0
Paul Gaustad · Matt Ellis · Corey Tropp2:180.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Andrej Sekera13:4145.041.10-0
Robyn Regehr · Jordan Leopold12:1750.038.70-0
Marc-Andre Gragnani · TJ Brennan9:1344.425.71-0

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
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 18:00 0.09 11-11 0.40-0.51
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 20:02 0.47 20-9 0.57-0.87
29 TJ Brennan D 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 13:07 0.08 11-12 0.32-0.45
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 1 0 1 -1 2 4 1 25:42 0.13 11-13 0.34-0.38
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 19:24 0.14 12-10 0.48-0.38
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 0 4 7 2 21:49 0.56 11-8 0.50-0.31
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 22:42 0.14 17-8 0.47-0.83
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:08 0.01 10-14 0.21-0.30
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:31 0.21 8-7 0.41-0.22
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 17:10 0.19 8-16 0.18-0.33
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 03:21 0.12 2-3 0.13-0.14
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 04:17 0.21 4-3 0.26-0.16
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 17:05 0.12 7-19 0.16-0.41
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27:43 0.03 20-20 0.85-1.08
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:43 4-11 0.18-0.35
41 Corey Tropp R 0 0 0 -1 4 1 4 14:31 0.01 8-24 0.17-0.67
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -1 5 0 6 20:37 17-17 0.62-1.02
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 18:15 0.14 19-10 0.57-0.86
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth OTL 39 36 3 65:00 2.91 -0.09