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Buffalo Sabres at St. Louis Blues

Jan 21, 2012 · Scottrade Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 21
St. Louis Blues 4 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
16:13 BUF Mike Weber (1) Tyler Myers (1), Ville Leino (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
07:45 STL B.J. Crombeen (1) David Backes (1), Alex Pietrangelo (1) 1 - 1
13:13 STL David Perron (1) T.J. Oshie (1), David Backes (2) 1 - 2
3rd Period
11:35 STL David Backes (1) PP T.J. Oshie (2), Alex Pietrangelo (2) 1 - 3
19:00 BUF Tyler Myers (1) PP Marc-Andre Gragnani (1), Jason Pominville (1) 2 - 3
19:25 STL David Backes (2) Barret Jackman (1) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:46 BUF Marc-Andre Gragnani Tripping 2
06:10 STL Kevin Shattenkirk Hooking 2
14:20 BUF Cody McCormick Roughing 2
14:20 STL Barret Jackman Tripping 2
2nd Period
05:20 BUF Joe Finley Fighting 5
05:20 STL Ryan Reaves Fighting 5
16:42 STL Chris Stewart Roughing 2
16:42 BUF Jochen Hecht Roughing 2
3rd Period
11:29 BUF Thomas Vanek Hooking 2
16:08 STL T.J. Oshie Cross checking 2
16:08 STL T.J. Oshie Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
20:00 BUF Patrick Kaleta Roughing 2
20:00 STL Jamie Langenbrunner Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 52 40 21 2 2.1 47.4
St. Louis Blues 62 47 27 4 4.0 52.6

How the game went

0510Start2nd3rdSt. Louis Blues 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 St. Louis Blues had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 2 scored · St. Louis Blues: 4.0 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 16:13 of 1st, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 19:00 of 3rd, a 3% chanceSTL goal, 7:45 of 2nd, a 12% chanceSTL goal, 13:13 of 2nd, a 7% chanceSTL goal, 11:35 of 3rd, a 41% chanceSTL goal, 19:25 of 3rd, a 51% chanceSTL 4.0BUF 2.1

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
St. Louis Blues

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
Brad Boyes · Drew Stafford · Ville Leino13:5454.858.40-0
Jochen Hecht · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe12:0347.146.60-0
Derek Roy · Cody McCormick · Matt Ellis6:3069.285.20-0
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek4:2133.30.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers10:4564.761.00-0
Jordan Leopold · Mike Weber9:5042.954.40-1
Marc-Andre Gragnani · Mike Weber5:3130.027.70-0

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

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
57 Tyler Myers D 1 1 2 -1 0 3 3 26:03 0.08 19-12 0.73-0.63
6 Mike Weber D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 22:21 0.05 19-29 0.79-1.35
23 Ville Leino L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:36 0.42 20-18 1.07-0.63
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 15:56 6-12 0.03-0.75
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 19:14 0.06 13-14 0.53-0.59
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:02 0.05 12-15 0.49-0.88
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:07 0.13 12-9 0.28-0.11
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 08:15 0.15 11-7 0.56-0.24
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:22 0.36 19-15 0.89-0.50
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:14 0.18 10-11 0.40-0.40
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 09:49 0.08 6-15 0.40-1.14
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 -3 2 1 1 15:41 0.07 5-14 0.08-0.91
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:00 0.14 17-15 0.70-0.52
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 25:05 0.10 21-25 0.93-1.02
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:08 0.10 9-14 0.34-0.67
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:34 0.01 9-7 0.26-0.23
52 Joe Finley D 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 06:48 0.01 6-5 0.19-0.07
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:40 0.09 11-13 0.46-0.71
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller 26 23 3 58:59 3.44 +0.44

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Backes · T.J. Oshie · David Perron10:2270.678.91-0
Vladimir Sobotka · Chris Stewart · Patrik Berglund6:4433.335.10-0
Jason Arnott · Jamie Langenbrunner · Matt D'Agostini5:0462.570.80-0
Scott Nichol · B.J. Crombeen · Ryan Reaves4:4950.060.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Barret Jackman · Kevin Shattenkirk17:1648.638.40-0
Roman Polak · Kris Russell14:2646.259.10-0
Carlo Colaiacovo · Alex Pietrangelo13:4062.170.42-0

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
21 David Backes R 2 2 4 3 0 6 4 17:46 1.00 18-10 1.16-0.66
7 Alex Pietrangelo D 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 20:54 0.06 19-11 1.04-0.43
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 2 2 2 4 3 0 18:24 0.33 18-10 0.95-0.37
44 B.J. Crombeen R 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 08:29 0.13 7-7 0.23-0.13
57 David Perron L 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 17:42 0.59 15-8 0.90-0.35
5 Barret Jackman D 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 22:22 0.19 18-19 0.59-0.94
6 Kris Russell D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:53 0.02 12-14 0.62-0.43
10 Patrik Berglund C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:18 0.29 14-21 0.53-0.80
12 Scott Nichol C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:54 0.02 5-8 0.12-0.22
12 Kevin Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 22:49 0.02 20-20 0.63-0.97
15 Jamie Langenbrunner R 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:00 0.22 14-9 0.66-0.46
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 18:43 0.05 16-17 0.67-0.61
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 17:18 0.05 18-12 1.03-0.46
27 Matt D'Agostini R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:44 0.20 13-15 0.49-0.79
44 Jason Arnott C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:38 0.20 13-7 0.47-0.15
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:51 0.02 13-19 0.54-0.88
45 Roman Polak D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:20 0.01 13-14 0.64-0.43
75 Ryan Reaves R 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 06:26 0.07 4-4 0.10-0.06
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Jaroslav Halak 21 19 2 59:37 2.08 +0.08