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Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes

Jan 6, 2012 · RBC Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 33
Carolina Hurricanes 4 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
02:39 CAR Justin Faulk (1) PP Jussi Jokinen (1), Eric Staal (1) 0 - 1
03:00 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Jason Pominville (1), Jochen Hecht (1) 1 - 1
3rd Period
01:11 CAR Eric Staal (1) Tuomo Ruutu (1), Tim Gleason (1) 1 - 2
06:12 BUF Jason Pominville (1) Unassisted 2 - 2
08:10 CAR Chad LaRose (1) Unassisted 2 - 3
18:29 CAR Brandon Sutter (1) PP Eric Staal (2) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
02:32 BUF Mike Weber High sticking 2
06:55 CAR Bryan Allen Interference 2
15:22 BUF Tyler Myers Interference 2
3rd Period
07:50 BUF Nathan Gerbe Holding 2
07:50 CAR Jussi Jokinen Roughing 2
11:37 BUF Brad Boyes Tripping 2
16:19 CAR Justin Faulk Cross checking 2
17:55 BUF Luke Adam High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 67 49 33 2 3.3 50.5
Carolina Hurricanes 67 55 35 4 3.8 49.5

How the game went

64202468Start2nd3rdCarolina Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.3 expected, 2 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 3.8 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 3:00 of 2nd, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 6:12 of 3rd, a 5% chanceCAR goal, 2:39 of 2nd, a 4% chanceCAR goal, 1:11 of 3rd, a 19% chanceCAR goal, 8:10 of 3rd, a 13% chanceCAR goal, 18:29 of 3rd, a 42% chanceCAR 3.8BUF 3.3

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

Buffalo Sabres
Carolina Hurricanes

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
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek11:2550.054.92-0
Brad Boyes · Drew Stafford · Nathan Gerbe10:4050.049.40-1
Paul Gaustad · Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta4:5880.074.50-0
Paul Gaustad · Thomas Vanek · Patrick Kaleta1:530.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyler Myers · Brayden McNabb16:5566.773.61-0
Marc-Andre Gragnani · Mike Weber12:1550.041.40-0
Robyn Regehr · Jordan Leopold11:4037.044.41-1

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 2 0 2 0 21:12 0.11 17-18 0.76-0.87
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 22:55 0.31 19-19 1.10-0.98
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 19:50 0.36 16-16 0.71-0.75
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:34 25-12 1.40-0.50
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 16:32 0.03 15-17 0.63-0.99
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:43 1-3 0.04-0.09
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 19:01 0.62 16-14 0.86-0.96
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 20:04 0.38 15-27 1.03-1.51
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10:23 0.25 14-11 0.44-0.48
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 18:43 0.23 18-14 1.41-0.86
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:05 0.33 14-14 0.82-0.61
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:30 0.05 16-24 0.84-1.19
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:08 0.13 9-13 0.39-0.59
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:25 0.14 17-4 0.50-0.15
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:52 0.07 19-21 0.78-1.21
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:32 11-21 0.69-1.01
44 Zack Kassian R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 06:53 0.20 9-9 0.55-0.30
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 23:08 0.13 24-13 1.40-0.53
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 34 31 3 58:49 3.39 +0.39

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tuomo Ruutu · Jussi Jokinen · Eric Staal13:0044.045.01-1
Alexei Ponikarovsky · Tim Brent · Jiri Tlusty7:1862.548.20-0
Chad LaRose · Brandon Sutter · Drayson Bowman6:0950.048.60-1
Chad LaRose · Andreas Nodl · Brandon Sutter4:0227.327.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jay Harrison · Justin Faulk13:5730.027.80-1
Tim Gleason · Jamie McBain13:3665.562.81-1
Bryan Allen · Jaroslav Spacek12:3350.051.70-0

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
12 Eric Staal C 1 2 3 0 0 6 0 23:37 0.58 16-16 0.86-0.84
20 Brandon Sutter C 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16:51 0.36 16-20 0.90-1.05
59 Chad LaRose R 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 16:25 0.93 16-20 0.97-1.07
72 Justin Faulk D 1 0 1 -1 2 3 0 20:22 0.20 10-23 0.61-1.30
6 Tim Gleason D 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 23:37 0.02 27-15 1.41-0.88
15 Tuomo Ruutu L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 20:40 0.13 15-19 0.89-0.97
36 Jussi Jokinen L 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 18:15 0.15 15-17 0.88-0.85
6 Bryan Allen D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 21:10 22-22 0.98-0.90
8 Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:43 0.07 17-18 0.74-0.74
9 Jiri Tlusty L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:38 14-10 0.47-0.69
12 Alexei Ponikarovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:15 0.20 12-11 0.45-0.64
13 Anthony Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:15 0.08 9-6 0.39-0.14
14 Andreas Nodl R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:32 0.02 10-14 0.39-0.63
21 Jamie McBain D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:00 0.11 21-12 1.13-0.67
23 Jay Harrison D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:37 0.06 11-21 0.55-1.29
27 Brett Sutter L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:19 0.01 7-7 0.38-0.25
37 Tim Brent C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:51 0.20 15-10 0.58-0.70
38 Drayson Bowman L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 11:47 0.28 17-14 0.99-0.76
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Cam Ward W 33 31 2 60:00 3.31 +1.31