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Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nov 25, 2011 · Nationwide Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 29
Columbus Blue Jackets 5 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:50 CBJ Mark Letestu (1) Ryan Johansen (1), Fedor Tyutin (1) 0 - 1
16:19 CBJ Rick Nash (1) PP James Wisniewski (1), Jeff Carter (1) 0 - 2
2nd Period
04:17 CBJ Marc Methot (1) James Wisniewski (2), Derek Dorsett (1) 0 - 3
04:29 CBJ R.J. Umberger (1) Ryan Johansen (2) 0 - 4
08:01 BUF Jordan Leopold (1) Zack Kassian (1), Robyn Regehr (1) 1 - 4
14:07 CBJ Rick Nash (2) Jeff Carter (2), Nikita Nikitin (1) 1 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:43 BUF Luke Adam Tripping 2
03:17 CBJ Grant Clitsome Hooking 2
15:50 BUF Marc-Andre Gragnani Interference 2
18:56 BUF Thomas Vanek Hooking 2
2nd Period
05:32 BUF Matt Ellis Hooking 2
11:11 CBJ Derek MacKenzie Tripping 2
3rd Period
01:46 BUF TJ Brennan High sticking 2
14:46 CBJ Derek Dorsett Hooking 2
20:00 CBJ Jeff Carter Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 49 41 29 1 1.8 52.7
Columbus Blue Jackets 50 42 34 5 2.7 47.3

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdColumbus Blue Jackets 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 Columbus Blue Jackets had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.8 expected, 1 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 2.7 expected, 5 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 8:01 of 2nd, a 3% chanceCBJ goal, 10:50 of 1st, a 29% chanceCBJ goal, 16:19 of 1st, a 13% chanceCBJ goal, 4:17 of 2nd, a 1% chanceCBJ goal, 4:29 of 2nd, a 11% chanceCBJ goal, 14:07 of 2nd, a 6% chanceCBJ 2.7BUF 1.8

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
Columbus Blue Jackets

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
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Ville Leino9:2984.269.70-0
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek9:2530.045.70-0
Paul Gaustad · Nathan Gerbe · Corey Tropp5:4130.010.30-2
Matt Ellis · Luke Adam · Zack Kassian5:1325.031.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Andrej Sekera10:0943.833.00-1
Robyn Regehr · Jordan Leopold7:3838.542.50-1
Marc-Andre Gragnani · TJ Brennan6:5750.027.60-0

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
33 Jordan Leopold D 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 23:39 0.13 19-15 0.69-0.70
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 10:35 5-8 0.18-0.24
44 Zack Kassian R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:43 9-7 0.20-0.21
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 22:41 12-13 0.47-0.55
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 19:01 0.56 20-10 0.78-0.53
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:16 0.08 18-6 0.62-0.41
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:44 0.07 19-8 0.75-0.60
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 10:42 0.04 8-9 0.13-0.49
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 12:11 0.27 7-4 0.24-0.04
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 16:34 0.28 8-10 0.33-0.29
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 12:34 4-9 0.11-0.43
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:19 0.09 6-10 0.23-0.40
29 TJ Brennan D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 17:07 0.10 15-11 0.39-0.52
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 11:08 0.06 5-10 0.11-0.38
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19:01 8-11 0.24-0.67
41 Corey Tropp R 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 10:17 5-12 0.13-0.55
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:44 8-10 0.27-0.38
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 27:15 0.17 19-12 0.63-0.46
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Drew MacIntyre 16 15 1 35:31 1.04 +0.04
31 Jhonas Enroth L 18 14 4 24:29 1.65 -2.35

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Vinny Prospal · Rick Nash · Jeff Carter12:5521.427.11-0
Samuel Pahlsson · Antoine Vermette · Derek Dorsett9:5661.558.31-1
Derek MacKenzie · Jared Boll · Derick Brassard9:3660.082.30-0
R.J. Umberger · Mark Letestu · Ryan Johansen8:2360.071.91-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Fedor Tyutin · Nikita Nikitin14:5861.572.31-0
James Wisniewski · Marc Methot13:3325.036.62-1
Grant Clitsome · John Moore13:2333.311.60-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
61 Rick Nash L 2 0 2 1 0 5 2 18:47 0.32 6-22 0.32-0.86
12 Ryan Johansen C 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 11:48 0.15 12-6 0.63-0.13
21 James Wisniewski D 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 25:14 0.10 9-18 0.49-0.80
77 Jeff Carter C 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 20:08 0.33 7-22 0.33-0.86
20 R.J. Umberger C 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 13:35 0.61 9-6 0.32-0.13
22 Mark Letestu C 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 13:06 0.37 12-8 0.63-0.14
33 Marc Methot D 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 17:41 0.01 9-18 0.63-0.80
15 Derek Dorsett R 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 14:11 0.11 10-7 0.35-0.26
51 Fedor Tyutin D 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 21:12 0.15 17-10 0.80-0.28
86 Nikita Nikitin D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 23:33 0.02 21-11 1.01-0.29
17 Derek MacKenzie C 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 10:37 6-4 0.27-0.06
22 Vinny Prospal L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:44 6-22 0.32-0.86
24 Grant Clitsome D 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 17:44 0.08 6-11 0.03-0.22
26 Samuel Pahlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:53 0.20 9-5 0.34-0.25
27 John Moore D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:53 0.02 8-10 0.18-0.21
40 Jared Boll R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:30 0.17 7-4 0.27-0.06
50 Antoine Vermette C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:05 14-7 0.67-0.26
61 Derick Brassard C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:23 0.08 7-4 0.27-0.06
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Curtis Sanford W 29 28 1 59:56 1.83 +0.83