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Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs

Dec 22, 2011 · Air Canada Centre

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 42
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
11:49 BUF Jason Pominville (1) PP Thomas Vanek (1) 1 - 0
15:52 TOR David Steckel (1) Luke Schenn (1), Joey Crabb (1) 1 - 1
16:54 TOR Phil Kessel (1) Joffrey Lupul (1), Dion Phaneuf (1) 1 - 2
3rd Period
01:29 BUF Derek Roy (1) Jason Pominville (1) 2 - 2
05:52 TOR Nazem Kadri (1) Clarke MacArthur (1) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:18 BUF Patrick Kaleta Hooking 2
07:47 TOR Darryl Boyce Interference 2
07:51 BUF Thomas Vanek Hooking 2
11:56 BUF Brayden McNabb Roughing 2
11:56 TOR Dion Phaneuf Slashing 2
13:24 BUF Drew Stafford Interference 2
2nd Period
01:45 TOR Phil Kessel Interference 2
05:07 TOR Matt Frattin Holding 2
09:44 TOR Nikolay Kulemin Interference 2
10:37 TOR Tyler Bozak Delaying game puck over glass 2
12:16 BUF Patrick Kaleta Roughing 2
13:21 BUF Paul Gaustad Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd Period
11:24 BUF Mike Weber Interference 2
15:59 TOR Nazem Kadri Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 71 55 42 2 2.8 54.2
Toronto Maple Leafs 58 40 31 3 4.1 45.8

How the game went

1050510Start2nd3rdToronto Maple Leafs 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 Toronto Maple Leafs had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 2 scored · Toronto Maple Leafs: 4.1 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 11:49 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 1:29 of 3rd, a 5% chanceTOR goal, 15:52 of 2nd, a 31% chanceTOR goal, 16:54 of 2nd, a 13% chanceTOR goal, 5:52 of 3rd, a 2% chanceTOR 4.1BUF 2.8

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
Toronto Maple Leafs

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 · Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta6:2138.514.70-1
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek5:2233.39.70-0
Derek Whitmore · Luke Adam · Zack Kassian4:1880.065.70-0
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Drew Stafford4:1687.593.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Brayden McNabb11:1938.134.70-1
Jordan Leopold · Mike Weber10:3365.027.11-0
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera9:5860.026.40-1

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

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
29 Jason Pominville R 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 22:15 0.44 12-8 0.34-0.29
8 Derek Roy C 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 23:26 0.36 15-11 0.43-0.39
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 10:50 0.10 3-9 0.03-0.42
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 19:27 0.15 9-15 0.40-0.87
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 20:41 0.19 13-7 0.35-0.84
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 17:22 14-11 0.29-1.15
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:43 6-3 0.29-0.64
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 18:44 0.26 11-6 0.51-0.28
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:08 0.31 12-6 0.15-0.82
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 15:49 0.04 7-13 0.20-1.39
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:31 0.08 19-9 0.44-0.83
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -2 4 2 2 14:04 0.04 8-11 0.22-0.88
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 12:50 0.23 13-11 0.46-1.31
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 19:07 0.06 11-10 0.31-1.14
44 Zack Kassian R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:50 0.26 15-9 0.37-1.29
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 20:59 0.13 12-14 0.51-0.75
58 Paul Szczechura C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:30 0.18 5-5 0.28-0.31
71 Derek Whitmore L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:54 10-7 0.16-0.33
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 31 28 3 58:50 3.59 +0.59

Toronto Maple Leafs

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joffrey Lupul · Phil Kessel · Tyler Bozak10:1747.486.80-0
Tim Connolly · Clarke MacArthur · Nazem Kadri8:1328.626.70-0
Mikhail Grabovski · Nikolay Kulemin · Matt Frattin6:2650.063.10-1
David Steckel · Joey Crabb · Darryl Boyce5:1740.089.21-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dion Phaneuf · Keith Aulie11:5746.276.90-1
Carl Gunnarsson · Luke Schenn10:3145.061.52-0
John-Michael Liles · Cody Franson8:5025.058.40-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
8 Phil Kessel R 1 0 1 1 2 10 1 18:50 1.54 15-11 1.77-0.17
20 David Steckel C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 07:57 0.31 3-4 0.33-0.05
91 Nazem Kadri C 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 13:43 0.19 9-13 0.83-0.48
2 Luke Schenn D 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 19:12 0.12 15-12 0.88-0.39
3 Dion Phaneuf D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 26:04 0.03 13-16 1.49-0.45
10 Joey Crabb R 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 10:00 0.02 2-4 0.33-0.13
16 Clarke MacArthur L 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:39 0.07 7-13 0.22-0.50
19 Joffrey Lupul L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 19:46 0.04 11-13 1.19-0.34
4 Carl Gunnarsson D 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 22:50 0.11 12-15 0.70-0.44
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 15:55 0.07 9-11 0.51-0.31
12 Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:43 0.17 4-12 0.15-0.44
21 Tyler Bozak C 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 23:27 0.32 12-15 1.60-0.42
22 Keith Aulie D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:46 0.08 13-14 1.57-0.43
26 John-Michael Liles D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:38 0.04 4-10 0.42-0.27
39 Matt Frattin R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 09:10 0.22 9-10 0.47-0.34
43 Darryl Boyce C 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 08:24 2-4 0.33-0.05
84 Mikhail Grabovski C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:00 0.19 15-9 0.72-0.26
86 Nikolay Kulemin L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 11:44 0.09 10-9 0.44-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
47 James Reimer W 42 40 2 60:00 2.82 +0.82