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Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 13, 2011 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Ottawa Senators 3 44
Buffalo Sabres 2 29

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:09 OTT Milan Michalek (1) Jason Spezza (1), Colin Greening (1) 1 - 0
14:16 BUF Paul Szczechura (1) Jason Pominville (1) 1 - 1
15:44 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) Drew Stafford (1), Derek Roy (1) 1 - 2
3rd Period
07:27 OTT Peter Regin (1) Brian Lee (1) 2 - 2
Overtime
00:45 OTT Jared Cowen (1) Erik Karlsson (1), Jason Spezza (2) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:41 BUF Cody McCormick Fighting 5
01:41 OTT Zenon Konopka Fighting 5
04:50 OTT Craig Anderson Tripping 2
2nd Period
07:22 OTT Colin Greening High sticking 2
12:14 BUF Thomas Vanek Hooking 2
16:06 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
19:54 BUF Drew Stafford High sticking 2
3rd Period
13:11 OTT Jared Cowen Hooking 2
14:08 BUF Derek Roy Boarding 2
20:00 BUF Christian Ehrhoff Fighting 5
20:00 OTT Colin Greening Fighting 5

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Ottawa Senators 72 53 44 3 2.9 57.6
Buffalo Sabres 44 36 29 2 2.0 42.4

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

Expected goals

Ottawa Senators: 2.9 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTOTT goal, 1:09 of 1st, a 15% chanceOTT goal, 7:27 of 3rd, a 2% chanceOTT goal, 0:45 of overtime, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 14:16 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 15:44 of 1st, a 18% chanceOTT 2.9BUF 2.0

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

Ottawa Senators
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.

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Spezza · Milan Michalek · Colin Greening7:1768.859.41-0
Daniel Alfredsson · Peter Regin · Nick Foligno5:1054.544.40-0
Daniel Alfredsson · Jason Spezza · Colin Greening4:3375.081.90-0
Chris Neil · Erik Condra · Zack Smith4:2536.444.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Jared Cowen16:1963.353.21-0
Chris Phillips · Brian Lee9:3853.351.61-0
Matt Carkner · David Rundblad5:0244.448.70-0

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
19 Jason Spezza C 0 2 2 1 0 6 0 20:38 0.28 19-10 0.59-0.75
2 Jared Cowen D 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 26:04 0.18 21-12 0.70-0.69
12 Peter Regin C 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 18:56 0.11 13-9 0.28-0.55
18 Milan Michalek L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:05 0.16 14-8 0.40-0.33
15 Brian Lee D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:07 14-9 0.35-0.20
38 Colin Greening C 0 1 1 0 7 9 0 18:42 0.75 20-13 0.59-0.63
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 27:01 0.11 26-15 0.79-0.97
4 Chris Phillips D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:28 0.04 16-16 0.29-0.68
5 David Rundblad D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:17 0.03 10-8 0.29-0.52
7 Matt Carkner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:41 11-12 0.34-0.40
11 Daniel Alfredsson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:46 0.06 11-7 0.39-0.43
15 Zack Smith C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 14:58 0.26 14-14 0.51-0.43
16 Kaspars Daugavins L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:08 0.08 7-5 0.22-0.08
17 Jesse Winchester C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:39 0.16 3-7 0.00-0.28
24 Zenon Konopka C 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 06:38 3-4 0.01-0.19
25 Chris Neil R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:25 0.25 10-11 0.14-0.46
27 Erik Condra R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:03 0.01 13-9 0.50-0.32
71 Nick Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 18:30 0.38 20-11 0.52-0.74
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Craig Anderson W 29 27 2 60:39 1.98 -0.02

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis11:0745.055.21-0
Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek · Paul Szczechura8:2333.354.71-1
Ville Leino · Luke Adam · Zack Kassian7:4356.369.70-1
Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick · Ville Leino1:28100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Christian Ehrhoff13:2944.075.90-1
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera12:4126.947.02-1
Mike Weber · Brayden McNabb10:1866.760.70-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
58 Paul Szczechura C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 12:16 0.24 4-11 0.37-0.34
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:35 0.24 11-14 0.43-0.42
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 22:23 0.19 14-18 0.65-0.37
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 19:21 0.14 14-16 0.57-0.35
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 19:26 0.14 5-14 0.45-0.41
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:59 0.01 10-11 0.28-0.36
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:27 0.02 7-22 0.44-0.65
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:31 0.05 13-8 0.29-0.31
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 08:11 4-3 0.20-0.15
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:49 0.06 16-11 0.62-0.26
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:13 0.08 12-11 0.47-0.21
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 18:42 0.19 7-19 0.49-0.65
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:50 0.06 6-15 0.31-0.57
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:46 0.02 16-16 0.91-0.31
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:46 0.10 3-3 0.13-0.15
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:36 0.02 9-22 0.53-0.72
44 Zack Kassian R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 12:52 0.43 13-15 0.52-0.44
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0 21:17 0.02 16-16 1.00-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller OTL 44 41 3 60:45 2.86 -0.14