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Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 7, 2011 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Philadelphia Flyers 5 34
Buffalo Sabres 4 24

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:16 BUF Ville Leino (1) PP Zack Kassian (1), Luke Adam (1) 0 - 1
18:55 BUF Zack Kassian (1) Andrej Sekera (1) 0 - 2
19:37 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) PP Jason Pominville (1), Derek Roy (1) 0 - 3
19:59 PHI Max Talbot (1) Jakub Voracek (1) 1 - 3
2nd Period
05:17 PHI Matt Read (1) Kimmo Timonen (1), Claude Giroux (1) 2 - 3
14:45 PHI Scott Hartnell (1) Claude Giroux (2) 3 - 3
17:48 PHI Jaromir Jagr (1) Claude Giroux (3) 4 - 3
3rd Period
18:25 BUF Drew Stafford (1) Jason Pominville (2), Marc-Andre Gragnani (1) 4 - 4
Overtime
02:37 PHI Claude Giroux (1) Unassisted 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:37 PHI Kimmo Timonen Hooking 2
09:58 PHI Zac Rinaldo Holding the stick 2
13:27 BUF Joe Finley Roughing 2
19:29 PHI Andrej Meszaros Tripping 2
20:00 PHI Zac Rinaldo Fighting 5
20:00 BUF Corey Tropp Fighting 5
2nd Period
03:10 PHI Marc-Andre Bourdon Fighting 5
03:10 PHI Marc-Andre Bourdon Boarding 2
03:10 BUF Matt Ellis Instigator misconduct 10
03:10 BUF Matt Ellis Fighting 5
03:10 BUF Matt Ellis Instigator 2
11:54 PHI James van Riemsdyk Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Philadelphia Flyers 59 49 34 5 2.6 56.8
Buffalo Sabres 44 33 24 4 1.7 43.2

How the game went

151050510Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadPhiladelphia Flyers 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 Philadelphia Flyers had.

Expected goals

Philadelphia Flyers: 2.6 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTPHI goal, 19:59 of 1st, a 10% chancePHI goal, 5:17 of 2nd, a 2% chancePHI goal, 14:45 of 2nd, a 2% chancePHI goal, 17:48 of 2nd, a 3% chancePHI goal, 2:37 of overtime, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 10:16 of 1st, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 18:55 of 1st, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 19:37 of 1st, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 18:25 of 3rd, a 13% chancePHI 2.6BUF 1.7

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

Philadelphia Flyers
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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jaromir Jagr · Scott Hartnell · Claude Giroux13:2370.880.61-0
Max Talbot · James van Riemsdyk · Jakub Voracek13:1254.260.91-0
Daniel Brière · Wayne Simmonds · Matt Read6:370.00.00-0
Wayne Simmonds · Matt Read · Sean Couturier4:5250.040.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kimmo Timonen · Braydon Coburn16:1350.062.81-0
Matt Carle · Marc-Andre Bourdon14:1071.487.61-1
Andrej Meszaros · Kevin Marshall9:2742.935.40-0

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
28 Claude Giroux R 1 3 4 3 0 3 2 23:05 0.25 22-14 0.87-0.40
10 Matt Read R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:44 0.13 7-9 0.15-0.33
17 Scott Hartnell L 1 0 1 3 0 4 2 19:49 0.47 23-13 0.82-0.36
25 Max Talbot C 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 20:38 0.31 14-11 0.61-0.38
68 Jaromir Jagr R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:50 0.24 20-10 0.55-0.19
44 Kimmo Timonen D 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 22:49 0.09 16-17 0.65-0.55
93 Jakub Voracek R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17:14 0.35 16-11 0.69-0.38
14 Sean Couturier C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:52 0.02 7-4 0.24-0.14
21 James van Riemsdyk L 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 15:40 0.22 13-12 0.59-0.38
24 Wayne Simmonds R 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 16:12 0.17 6-12 0.41-0.46
25 Matt Carle D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 27:44 0.17 24-12 0.97-0.30
26 Harry Zolnierczyk L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:28 0.09 4-1 0.13-0.01
36 Zac Rinaldo C 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 06:06 4-3 0.13-0.03
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21:12 0.01 15-9 0.40-0.35
43 Marc-Andre Bourdon D 0 0 0 1 7 0 2 16:12 16-7 0.72-0.11
45 Braydon Coburn D 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 25:48 0.08 17-19 0.64-0.60
46 Kevin Marshall D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:17 5-6 0.14-0.21
48 Daniel Brière C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:22 1-5 0.03-0.12
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
80 Ilya Bryzgalov W 24 20 4 62:37 1.73 -2.27

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek15:0251.933.80-0
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis12:0646.753.70-0
Ville Leino · Luke Adam · Zack Kassian10:4942.142.11-2
Matt Ellis · Nathan Gerbe · Corey Tropp3:1120.06.40-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Marc-Andre Gragnani14:1256.553.01-0
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera13:1616.714.50-0
Joe Finley · Brayden McNabb4:5428.619.90-0

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
44 Zack Kassian R 1 1 2 -1 0 3 2 15:36 0.16 9-12 0.30-0.46
29 Jason Pominville R 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 22:28 0.18 15-16 0.39-0.62
18 Drew Stafford R 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 18:40 0.53 10-10 0.44-0.28
23 Ville Leino L 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 17:16 0.18 9-14 0.30-0.59
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 20:57 0.16 16-14 0.35-0.64
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 24:34 8-21 0.19-0.63
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 20:48 0.17 11-12 0.45-0.38
25 Luke Adam C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 14:27 0.11 8-12 0.30-0.51
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 22:03 16-12 0.44-0.49
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 17:44 11-14 0.26-0.65
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 04:42 1-5 0.01-0.26
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -1 17 1 2 05:41 0.01 1-4 0.01-0.18
41 Corey Tropp R 0 0 0 -2 5 1 1 07:34 0.01 2-8 0.03-0.30
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 19:45 5-20 0.21-0.66
52 Joe Finley D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:01 8-7 0.27-0.23
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20:13 0.10 14-16 0.30-0.61
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 29:18 0.12 22-18 0.75-0.83
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:57 0.01 9-15 0.31-0.42
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller OTL 34 29 5 62:21 2.58 -2.42