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Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 31, 2011 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Ottawa Senators 3 46
Buffalo Sabres 2 28

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:06 BUF Brad Boyes (1) PP Jordan Leopold (1), Marc-Andre Gragnani (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
01:55 OTT Matt Carkner (1) Kyle Turris (1), Erik Condra (1) 1 - 1
03:27 BUF Paul Gaustad (1) Jordan Leopold (2), Brayden McNabb (1) 1 - 2
06:15 OTT Chris Neil (1) Erik Condra (2), Zack Smith (1) 2 - 2
Shootout
OTT Bobby Butler Shootout winner 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:02 OTT Jason Spezza Tripping 2
10:44 OTT Chris Neil Roughing 2
16:55 OTT Zenon Konopka Misconduct 10
18:34 BUF Brayden McNabb Tripping 2
2nd Period
03:56 OTT Jared Cowen Roughing 2
08:30 BUF Marc-Andre Gragnani High sticking 2
10:26 BUF Robyn Regehr High sticking 2
11:54 OTT Jason Spezza Roughing 2
13:59 BUF Brad Boyes Holding 2
3rd Period
01:43 OTT Zack Smith Roughing 2
01:43 OTT Chris Neil Roughing 2
01:43 BUF TJ Brennan Roughing 2
01:43 BUF Jason Pominville Roughing 2
11:04 OTT Brian Lee High sticking 2
16:13 BUF Nathan Gerbe Hooking 2
Overtime
05:00 OTT Chris Neil Roughing 2
05:00 BUF Robyn Regehr Roughing 2
05:00 OTT Zenon Konopka Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Ottawa Senators 77 63 46 2 3.7 61.0
Buffalo Sabres 49 41 28 2 2.3 39.0

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadOttawa Senators 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 Ottawa Senators had.

Expected goals

Ottawa Senators: 3.7 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTOTT goal, 1:55 of 2nd, a 6% chanceOTT goal, 6:15 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 4:06 of 1st, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 3:27 of 2nd, a 9% chanceOTT 3.7BUF 2.3

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
Daniel Alfredsson · Erik Condra · Kyle Turris10:3958.344.90-0
Jason Spezza · Milan Michalek · Colin Greening4:3557.13.60-1
Jason Spezza · Milan Michalek · Nick Foligno2:4950.019.40-0
Chris Neil · Jason Spezza · Milan Michalek2:4783.3100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Filip Kuba · Erik Karlsson18:2078.170.31-0
Chris Phillips · Brian Lee6:5738.949.30-0
Matt Carkner · Jared Cowen5:1855.637.11-1

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

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
27 Erik Condra R 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 17:15 0.19 11-5 0.40-0.25
7 Matt Carkner D 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 10:45 0.06 7-8 0.15-0.26
25 Chris Neil R 1 0 1 1 6 4 1 11:50 0.34 15-4 0.84-0.17
8 Kyle Turris C 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 19:33 0.42 14-11 0.45-0.57
15 Zack Smith C 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 13:59 0.16 10-10 0.32-0.25
2 Jared Cowen D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 19:51 10-8 0.23-0.32
4 Chris Phillips D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:58 0.03 13-15 0.51-0.53
11 Daniel Alfredsson R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:30 0.16 9-8 0.25-0.33
15 Brian Lee D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 14:33 10-14 0.52-0.58
16 Kaspars Daugavins L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:20 3-4 0.03-0.18
17 Filip Kuba D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 33:24 0.03 27-8 0.96-0.42
18 Milan Michalek L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:09 0.31 14-9 0.28-0.53
19 Jason Spezza C 0 0 0 -1 4 4 0 24:38 0.40 22-9 0.89-0.42
24 Zenon Konopka C 0 0 0 0 20 2 1 07:29 0.08 6-4 0.25-0.30
26 Bobby Butler R 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 09:07 0.17 15-8 0.49-0.10
38 Colin Greening C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 14:52 0.70 15-7 0.68-0.44
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 30:37 0.33 27-7 1.00-0.40
71 Nick Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 12:06 0.26 7-11 0.17-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Craig Anderson W 28 26 2 65:00 2.33 +0.33

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek10:2543.852.60-1
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Nathan Gerbe9:3050.058.20-0
Paul Gaustad · Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta7:5621.432.21-0
Brad Boyes · Cody McCormick · Luke Adam5:3575.046.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Brayden McNabb13:5447.670.61-0
Robyn Regehr · Mike Weber12:5129.235.40-0
Marc-Andre Gragnani · TJ Brennan6:3345.554.90-0

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
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 29:57 0.06 16-15 0.85-0.43
28 Brad Boyes R 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 09:59 0.20 8-7 0.16-0.24
28 Paul Gaustad C 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 17:31 0.24 4-20 0.31-0.82
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 21:55 10-17 0.47-0.74
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 17:22 0.04 9-11 0.49-0.44
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24:18 7-22 0.25-0.92
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:10 0.07 12-9 0.49-0.25
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:00 7-5 0.13-0.11
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 20:04 0.33 11-12 0.41-0.36
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 15:36 0.19 10-14 0.38-0.66
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 08:14 0.05 6-6 0.08-0.19
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:43 0.36 9-13 0.57-0.42
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 20:43 0.32 9-11 0.57-0.35
29 TJ Brennan D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:25 0.14 7-9 0.17-0.28
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 16:20 0.03 3-17 0.15-0.78
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 09:00 0.08 4-12 0.19-0.37
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -1 4 2 3 22:13 0.09 11-20 0.30-0.58
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 18:30 0.14 7-15 0.34-0.51
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth OTL 46 44 2 65:00 3.64 +1.64