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Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 16, 2011 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 33
Buffalo Sabres 5 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
01:49 TOR Joffrey Lupul (1) Phil Kessel (1) 1 - 0
04:11 BUF Drew Stafford (1) PP Thomas Vanek (1), Jason Pominville (1) 1 - 1
09:03 TOR Dion Phaneuf (1) PP Tyler Bozak (1), John-Michael Liles (1) 2 - 1
09:22 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Zack Kassian (1) 2 - 2
14:08 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) PP Jason Pominville (2), Thomas Vanek (2) 2 - 3
18:01 BUF Andrej Sekera (1) PP Christian Ehrhoff (1), Tyler Ennis (1) 2 - 4
3rd Period
09:57 TOR Nikolay Kulemin (1) Unassisted 3 - 4
15:44 BUF Thomas Vanek (2) Derek Roy (1) 3 - 5
16:15 TOR Mikhail Grabovski (1) Carl Gunnarsson (1), Joey Crabb (1) 4 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
15:35 BUF Matt Ellis Hooking 2
2nd Period
03:47 TOR Carl Gunnarsson Holding 2
07:22 BUF Derek Roy Tripping 2
12:57 TOR Clarke MacArthur Tripping 2
13:09 TOR Philippe Dupuis High sticking 2
15:15 TOR Tyler Bozak Holding the stick 2
17:01 TOR Dion Phaneuf Boarding 5
17:01 TOR Dion Phaneuf Game misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Toronto Maple Leafs 60 45 33 4 2.6 58.0
Buffalo Sabres 52 39 29 5 2.5 42.0

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadToronto Maple Leafs 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 Toronto Maple Leafs had.

Expected goals

Toronto Maple Leafs: 2.6 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 5 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndTOR goal, 1:49 of 2nd, a 12% chanceTOR goal, 9:03 of 2nd, a 2% chanceTOR goal, 9:57 of 3rd, a 16% chanceTOR goal, 16:15 of 3rd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 4:11 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 9:22 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 14:08 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 18:01 of 2nd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 15:44 of 3rd, a 17% chanceTOR 2.6BUF 2.5

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

Toronto Maple Leafs
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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joffrey Lupul · Phil Kessel · Tyler Bozak12:1465.459.51-0
Mikhail Grabovski · Nikolay Kulemin · Matt Frattin7:5962.590.10-0
Tim Connolly · Colby Armstrong · Clarke MacArthur7:2757.116.30-1
David Steckel · Joey Crabb · Philippe Dupuis3:5242.933.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John-Michael Liles · Cody Franson12:0962.589.40-0
Luke Schenn · Jake Gardiner10:0654.243.10-1
Dion Phaneuf · Carl Gunnarsson8:3553.819.60-0

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
3 Dion Phaneuf D 1 0 1 0 15 1 0 15:01 0.02 8-6 0.04-0.14
19 Joffrey Lupul L 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 18:38 0.51 17-11 0.59-0.61
84 Mikhail Grabovski C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:16 0.16 12-13 0.66-0.49
86 Nikolay Kulemin L 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 15:23 0.39 13-9 0.67-0.16
4 Carl Gunnarsson D 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 22:43 0.16 13-14 0.30-0.54
8 Phil Kessel R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:54 0.15 22-12 0.69-0.65
10 Joey Crabb R 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 10:03 0.01 7-7 0.23-0.21
21 Tyler Bozak C 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 21:49 0.16 20-11 0.63-0.45
26 John-Michael Liles D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 25:15 0.19 19-9 0.62-0.22
2 Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 17:12 0.15 25-12 0.78-0.58
11 Philippe Dupuis C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:40 5-6 0.03-0.18
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:41 0.01 12-10 0.51-0.14
12 Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:33 0.33 12-6 0.15-0.25
16 Clarke MacArthur L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 13:19 0.16 10-8 0.14-0.25
20 Colby Armstrong R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:56 4-6 0.03-0.22
20 David Steckel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:35 0.01 3-5 0.03-0.08
39 Matt Frattin R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:41 0.20 16-8 0.57-0.22
51 Jake Gardiner D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:02 17-17 0.70-0.90
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
47 James Reimer L 29 24 5 58:44 1.96 -3.04

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis11:0553.361.70-0
Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek · Paul Szczechura9:2832.035.30-2
Paul Gaustad · Luke Adam · Zack Kassian8:5146.230.30-0
Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick · Matt Ellis4:000.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Christian Ehrhoff13:5428.619.50-1
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera12:0339.144.30-0
Marc-Andre Gragnani · Mike Weber7:0746.254.11-1

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
26 Thomas Vanek L 2 2 4 0 0 5 1 19:16 0.51 13-20 0.65-0.67
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 18:51 0.15 8-12 0.26-0.24
29 Jason Pominville R 0 2 2 -2 0 5 0 18:03 0.28 9-18 0.36-0.66
5 Andrej Sekera D 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:52 0.12 10-14 0.39-0.47
18 Drew Stafford R 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 20:13 0.27 10-12 0.43-0.25
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 20:17 0.21 12-13 0.54-0.30
44 Zack Kassian R 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:22 10-9 0.38-0.33
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 24:36 0.04 10-20 0.28-0.67
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:48 0.01 5-1 0.17-0.00
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 19:21 0.04 14-13 0.60-0.34
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:23 0.01 5-7 0.08-0.23
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:34 0.08 7-9 0.20-0.34
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:32 10-12 0.22-0.37
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:20 8-23 0.16-0.72
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 09:24 0.13 6-7 0.14-0.30
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:16 0.03 9-7 0.45-0.28
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:45 0.02 12-16 0.48-0.48
58 Paul Szczechura C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:26 0.09 12-22 0.49-0.73
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 33 29 4 60:00 2.61 -1.39