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Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators

Dec 20, 2011 · Scotiabank Place

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 23
Ottawa Senators 4 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
11:48 OTT Zack Smith (1) Chris Neil (1), Matt Carkner (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
13:12 BUF Jordan Leopold (1) PP Christian Ehrhoff (1), Thomas Vanek (1) 1 - 1
3rd Period
07:59 OTT Erik Condra (1) Kyle Turris (1) 1 - 2
17:49 OTT Erik Karlsson (1) PP Daniel Alfredsson (1), Jason Spezza (1) 1 - 3
18:14 OTT Erik Condra (2) Erik Karlsson (1) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
13:27 OTT Erik Condra Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd Period
03:33 OTT Kaspars Daugavins Holding 2
07:51 OTT Kyle Turris Hooking 2
08:38 BUF Drew Stafford Slashing 2
12:18 OTT Colin Greening Hooking 2
15:52 BUF Thomas Vanek Tripping 2
3rd Period
16:55 BUF Paul Gaustad Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 53 31 23 1 1.4 46.8
Ottawa Senators 61 45 39 4 4.1 53.2

How the game went

864202468Start2nd3rdOttawa Senators 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 Ottawa Senators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.4 expected, 1 scored · Ottawa Senators: 4.1 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 13:12 of 2nd, a 3% chanceOTT goal, 11:48 of 1st, a 45% chanceOTT goal, 7:59 of 3rd, a 20% chanceOTT goal, 17:49 of 3rd, a 67% chanceOTT goal, 18:14 of 3rd, a 43% chanceOTT 4.1BUF 1.4

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
Ottawa Senators

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
Paul Gaustad · Zack Kassian · Marcus Foligno10:3555.615.10-1
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek9:2252.935.00-0
Cody McCormick · Matt Ellis · Derek Whitmore9:2176.995.10-0
Drew Stafford · Paul Szczechura · Luke Adam9:0833.326.20-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Mike Weber15:0348.427.00-2
Christian Ehrhoff · Brayden McNabb15:0135.525.10-0
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera13:5554.554.40-0

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
33 Jordan Leopold D 1 0 1 -2 0 2 1 22:20 0.06 16-18 0.38-1.01
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 16:30 12-17 0.19-0.73
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 20:13 0.17 12-23 0.31-1.03
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:26 0.02 15-21 0.34-0.94
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:49 0.03 17-10 0.34-0.26
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 17:28 16-16 0.36-0.98
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:58 0.05 15-14 0.21-0.52
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:53 12-12 0.49-0.17
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:19 0.07 11-10 0.21-0.93
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 15:09 0.03 7-15 0.18-0.50
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:24 0.01 5-16 0.15-0.57
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 16:42 0.17 13-16 0.33-1.20
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:49 0.34 13-12 0.19-0.55
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:52 0.13 11-6 0.33-0.12
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:03 12-12 0.30-0.35
44 Zack Kassian R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:07 0.12 12-15 0.15-1.15
58 Paul Szczechura C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 11:06 5-12 0.15-0.41
71 Derek Whitmore L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:08 0.17 16-5 0.47-0.01
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 38 35 3 59:50 2.86 -0.14

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Daniel Alfredsson · Jason Spezza · Colin Greening15:5658.164.80-0
Nick Foligno · Erik Condra · Kyle Turris11:2845.559.41-0
Chris Neil · Peter Regin · Zack Smith9:0552.666.70-0
Chris Neil · Zenon Konopka · Kaspars Daugavins1:280.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Filip Kuba · Erik Karlsson17:2340.559.11-0
Sergei Gonchar · Jared Cowen14:2058.371.50-0
Chris Phillips · Matt Carkner11:5358.870.10-0

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
27 Erik Condra R 2 0 2 2 2 5 0 16:58 0.34 16-13 0.67-0.29
65 Erik Karlsson D 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 23:43 0.04 17-24 1.12-0.74
15 Zack Smith C 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 14:58 0.51 12-14 1.04-0.25
7 Matt Carkner D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:40 0.01 14-9 0.60-0.15
8 Kyle Turris C 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 16:10 0.03 16-14 0.68-0.30
11 Daniel Alfredsson R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 22:19 0.02 21-15 0.55-0.28
19 Jason Spezza C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 23:26 0.19 22-15 0.57-0.29
25 Chris Neil R 0 1 1 1 0 6 10 15:34 0.51 14-15 1.08-0.43
2 Jared Cowen D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 21:28 0.03 23-11 0.91-0.12
4 Chris Phillips D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:09 0.05 13-8 0.39-0.15
12 Peter Regin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:53 0.18 10-11 0.43-0.22
16 Kaspars Daugavins L 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 08:25 0.18 6-6 0.84-0.21
17 Filip Kuba D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 23:00 0.02 18-23 1.23-0.70
17 Jesse Winchester C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 00:59
24 Zenon Konopka C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:03 2-3 0.03-0.19
38 Colin Greening C 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 19:00 0.31 20-13 0.53-0.27
55 Sergei Gonchar D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:00 0.09 15-13 0.32-0.17
71 Nick Foligno L 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 15:21 0.07 11-13 0.43-0.30
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Craig Anderson W 23 22 1 60:00 1.37 +0.37