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Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

Dec 3, 2011 · Bridgestone Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 14
Nashville Predators 2 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:00 BUF Luke Adam (1) Ville Leino (1), Christian Ehrhoff (1) 1 - 0
17:27 BUF Zack Kassian (1) Luke Adam (1), Ville Leino (2) 2 - 0
3rd Period
04:54 NSH Craig Smith (1) PP David Legwand (1), Colin Wilson (1) 2 - 1
15:45 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) Derek Roy (1) 3 - 1
18:25 NSH David Legwand (1) Roman Josi (1), Jonathon Blum (1) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:51 NSH Mike Fisher Tripping 2
2nd Period
02:13 BUF Luke Adam Tripping 2
05:34 NSH Jerred Smithson Hooking 2
15:54 NSH Jordin Tootoo Charging 5
15:54 NSH Jordin Tootoo Game misconduct 10
15:54 BUF Paul Gaustad Roughing 2
15:54 BUF Paul Gaustad Roughing 2
15:54 BUF Paul Gaustad Misconduct 10
3rd Period
01:09 BUF Drew Stafford Hooking 2
04:24 BUF Drew Stafford Holding 2
11:19 NSH Patric Hornqvist Slashing 2
11:19 BUF Christian Ehrhoff Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 36 22 14 3 1.3 38.1
Nashville Predators 59 47 34 2 3.4 61.9

How the game went

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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 Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.3 expected, 3 scored · Nashville Predators: 3.4 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 10:00 of 1st, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 17:27 of 1st, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 15:45 of 3rd, a 6% chanceNSH goal, 4:54 of 3rd, a 8% chanceNSH goal, 18:25 of 3rd, a 10% chanceNSH 3.4BUF 1.3

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
Nashville Predators

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
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek10:2260.078.20-0
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis9:2344.446.31-0
Ville Leino · Luke Adam · Zack Kassian6:1242.943.92-0
Paul Gaustad · Matt Ellis · Corey Tropp4:1020.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Marc-Andre Gragnani10:2238.944.62-0
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera8:1766.737.10-0
Robyn Regehr · Brayden McNabb4:5512.559.70-0

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
25 Luke Adam C 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 09:57 0.12 4-6 0.27-0.39
23 Ville Leino L 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 13:21 6-11 0.33-0.64
44 Zack Kassian R 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 11:00 0.15 4-11 0.28-0.68
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 15:38 0.20 10-13 0.31-0.37
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:57 0.30 9-11 0.29-0.37
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 26:53 0.11 10-21 0.46-1.10
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:19 0.03 7-18 0.32-0.63
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:52 10-8 0.13-0.12
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 18:47 0.12 12-14 0.38-0.61
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:55 6-10 0.14-0.34
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 07:02 1-6 0.00-0.08
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:54 0.21 7-7 0.16-0.12
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:56 0.06 4-11 0.06-0.52
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 19:45 10-15 0.36-0.55
41 Corey Tropp R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:42 1-7 0.00-0.04
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 22:07 0.01 7-13 0.23-0.40
52 Joe Finley D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:56 4-3 0.10-0.08
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:35 0.02 8-10 0.18-0.17
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 34 32 2 59:54 3.43 +1.43

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Fisher · Martin Erat · Craig Smith9:2680.043.70-0
David Legwand · Patric Hornqvist · Colin Wilson8:5952.960.60-0
Jordin Tootoo · Matt Halischuk · Nick Spaling7:0950.068.60-0
Jerred Smithson · Kyle Wilson · Chris Mueller4:5350.023.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kevin Klein · Jack Hillen12:4471.497.00-0
Ryan Suter · Shea Weber10:4990.096.80-0
Jonathon Blum · Roman Josi6:3228.63.70-2

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
17 David Legwand C 1 1 2 0 0 6 0 19:40 0.83 11-11 0.34-0.27
15 Craig Smith C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 16:51 0.21 13-4 0.19-0.28
7 Jonathon Blum D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 17:01 0.09 5-12 0.07-0.66
22 Colin Wilson C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17:54 0.12 12-12 0.40-0.27
59 Roman Josi D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 14:54 6-7 0.06-0.34
6 Shea Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 26:08 0.15 22-7 0.87-0.32
8 Kevin Klein D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:23 0.01 12-6 0.50-0.03
10 Martin Erat R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:41 0.01 14-5 0.18-0.37
12 Mike Fisher C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 18:50 14-4 0.18-0.37
14 Chris Mueller C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:33 8-3 0.79-0.13
15 Matt Halischuk R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:19 0.55 8-6 0.59-0.06
16 Nick Spaling C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:40 0.09 11-7 0.88-0.04
22 Jerred Smithson C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 06:31 0.00 2-2 0.04-0.13
22 Jordin Tootoo R 0 0 0 -1 15 1 1 09:39 0.01 8-7 0.18-0.18
22 Ryan Suter D 0 0 0 -1 0 7 0 28:11 1.02 22-9 0.91-0.18
28 Kyle Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:03 3-2 0.05-0.13
38 Jack Hillen D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:23 0.14 11-7 0.48-0.07
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 16:19 0.23 13-9 0.52-0.18
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Anders Lindback L 14 11 3 58:00 1.32 -1.68