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Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Feb 4, 2012 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 37
New York Islanders 3 38

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:39 NYI Frans Nielsen (1) Michael Grabner (1) 0 - 1
05:32 BUF Nathan Gerbe (1) Drew Stafford (1) 1 - 1
16:00 NYI Josh Bailey (1) Frans Nielsen (1) 1 - 2
17:17 NYI Frans Nielsen (2) Kyle Okposo (1), Mark Streit (1) 1 - 3
2nd Period
18:41 BUF Derek Roy (1) Ville Leino (1), Jason Pominville (1) 2 - 3
3rd Period
11:46 BUF Paul Gaustad (1) Tyler Myers (1), Brad Boyes (1) 3 - 3
Shootout
BUF Brad Boyes Shootout winner 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:04 BUF Brad Boyes High sticking 2
14:00 NYI Nino Niederreiter High sticking 2
2nd Period
00:09 NYI Matt Martin Fighting 5
00:09 BUF Patrick Kaleta Fighting 5
Overtime
02:28 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 79 55 37 3 2.6 63.7
New York Islanders 55 50 38 3 2.9 36.3

How the game went

3020100Start2nd3rdOTNew York Islanders 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 New York Islanders had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.6 expected, 3 scored · New York Islanders: 2.9 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 5:32 of 1st, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 18:41 of 2nd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 11:46 of 3rd, a 7% chanceNYI goal, 1:39 of 1st, a 15% chanceNYI goal, 16:00 of 1st, a 36% chanceNYI goal, 17:17 of 1st, a 12% chanceNYI 2.9BUF 2.6

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
New York Islanders

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
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Ville Leino17:4377.568.01-1
Drew Stafford · Nathan Gerbe · Tyler Ennis14:5041.422.21-1
Brad Boyes · Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta8:2261.558.10-0
Cody McCormick · Matt Ellis · Luke Adam5:5892.394.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Tyler Myers19:4063.962.11-0
Robyn Regehr · Jordan Leopold16:5362.231.30-1
Andrej Sekera · Mike Weber15:4566.759.80-1

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
8 Derek Roy C 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 22:49 0.38 33-10 1.02-0.48
24 Nathan Gerbe C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 17:19 0.04 15-17 0.34-0.86
28 Paul Gaustad C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:26 0.18 10-8 0.35-0.39
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 19:15 0.04 14-19 0.31-0.96
23 Ville Leino L 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 21:26 0.34 33-13 1.06-0.60
28 Brad Boyes R 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 13:53 0.14 11-10 0.36-0.87
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 21:30 0.38 31-11 0.99-0.94
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 22:29 0.01 23-15 0.89-1.02
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:35 0.03 22-11 0.67-0.50
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:30 0.21 23-10 0.80-0.44
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:03 0.02 15-5 0.44-0.10
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 09:09 15-2 0.45-0.18
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:59 0.05 26-16 0.43-0.89
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 09:38 0.04 10-5 0.29-0.19
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 06:40 0.28 12-2 0.34-0.04
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 20:25 0.08 23-14 0.37-0.81
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 23:28 0.02 27-16 1.08-1.04
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:26 0.33 17-21 0.41-1.44
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 38 35 3 65:00 2.91 -0.09

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Moulson · Kyle Okposo · John Tavares20:0429.554.80-1
PA Parenteau · Frans Nielsen · Michael Grabner13:0744.055.51-2
Rhett Rakhshani · Josh Bailey · Matt Martin8:339.19.20-0
Jay Pandolfo · Tim Wallace · Nino Niederreiter7:4928.613.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrew MacDonald · Travis Hamonic16:1016.220.20-0
Steve Staios · Mark Streit13:0537.536.20-0
Mark Eaton · Dylan Reese10:5457.985.71-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
81 Frans Nielsen C 2 1 3 1 0 4 0 18:32 0.55 16-17 1.22-0.51
12 Josh Bailey R 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:48 0.44 6-11 0.55-0.40
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:53 0.26 16-33 0.90-0.76
32 Mark Streit D 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 25:21 0.20 16-20 0.70-0.86
40 Michael Grabner L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 15:43 0.27 12-15 0.56-0.48
4 Mark Eaton D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:56 14-16 0.71-0.30
11 PA Parenteau R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:15 0.09 13-17 0.77-0.60
17 Matt Martin L 0 0 0 0 5 1 5 11:49 0.04 4-12 0.17-0.37
24 Steve Staios D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:59 0.01 9-19 0.42-0.95
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 25:03 0.55 16-32 1.03-0.62
29 Jay Pandolfo L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:31 5-11 0.11-0.48
29 Tim Wallace R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:46 0.02 7-11 0.15-0.52
46 Dylan Reese D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:05 0.02 19-15 1.10-0.26
47 Andrew MacDonald D 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 27:45 0.11 16-39 1.11-1.08
49 Rhett Rakhshani R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:45 3-12 0.05-0.35
52 Travis Hamonic D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:26 0.09 8-35 0.66-0.79
62 Nino Niederreiter R 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 10:18 0.07 7-12 0.13-0.54
91 John Tavares C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 26:05 0.21 16-33 0.94-0.73
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Al Montoya OTL 37 34 3 65:00 2.56 -0.44