Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 11, 2012 · First Niagara Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	28
Buffalo Sabres	1	27

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
07:31	TBL	Steve Downie (1)	Victor Hedman (1), Steven Stamkos (1)	1 - 0
13:16	TBL	Steven Stamkos (1)	Teddy Purcell (1)	2 - 0
3rd Period
07:07	BUF	Jason Pominville (1)	Thomas Vanek (1), Mike Weber (1)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
18:17	BUF	Christian Ehrhoff	Tripping	2
2nd Period
00:42	BUF	Jordan Leopold	Tripping	2
3rd Period
12:05	BUF	Zack Kassian	Slashing	2
15:27	TBL	JT Wyman	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Tampa Bay Lightning	55	38	28	2	1.7	48.9
Buffalo Sabres	59	43	27	1	1.9	51.1

How the game went

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 Tampa Bay Lightning had.

Expected goals

Tampa Bay Lightning: 1.7 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.9 expected, 1 scored

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

Tampa Bay Lightning

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Steve Downie · Teddy Purcell · Steven Stamkos	11:07	73.9	72.6	2-0
Dominic Moore · Nate Thompson · Tom Pyatt	6:04	40.0	9.6	0-0
Martin St. Louis · Vincent Lecavalier · Ryan Shannon	4:31	33.3	12.4	0-0
Martin St. Louis · Vincent Lecavalier · Brett Connolly	3:02	66.7	85.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brett Clark · Victor Hedman	12:33	59.3	41.3	0-0
Pavel Kubina · Eric Brewer	11:00	47.1	42.4	0-0
Bruno Gervais · Brendan Mikkelson	8:09	36.4	51.3	0-1

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
91	Steven Stamkos	C	1	1	2	2	0	7	0	24:44	0.45	26-14	0.92-0.60
17	Steve Downie	R	1	0	1	2	0	4	0	16:09	0.29	17-9	0.67-0.45
9	Teddy Purcell	L	0	1	1	2	0	3	0	18:41	0.26	23-12	0.89-0.41
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	25:18	0.09	21-26	0.73-1.13
2	Eric Brewer	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19:34	0.01	16-17	0.35-0.61
5	Brett Clark	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:22	0.02	19-13	0.40-0.50
10	Tom Pyatt	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	13:15		6-11	0.03-0.32
13	Pavel Kubina	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:58		10-14	0.22-0.41
20	Dominic Moore	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18:52		6-15	0.06-0.40
20	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	07:26		8-5	0.23-0.14
22	Ryan Shannon	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:57	0.08	7-13	0.10-0.52
26	Martin St. Louis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	21:45	0.22	15-21	0.42-0.74
27	Bruno Gervais	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:08		9-10	0.32-0.19
29	Brendan Mikkelson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:20	0.05	5-8	0.18-0.13
34	JT Wyman	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	08:47		7-6	0.12-0.17
44	Vincent Lecavalier	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	19:55	0.20	14-17	0.41-0.59
44	Nate Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:58		7-18	0.04-0.43
97	Matt Gilroy	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	07:51		9-6	0.37-0.21

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Mathieu Garon	W	27	26	1	60:00	1.86	+0.86

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Ville Leino	8:37	31.8	27.1	0-0
Thomas Vanek · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis	8:37	38.9	41.1	0-0
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe	7:53	73.3	91.6	0-0
Brad Boyes · Matt Ellis · Zack Kassian	6:04	66.7	68.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Tyler Myers	16:26	35.5	30.5	0-2
Robyn Regehr · Jordan Leopold	13:25	60.0	82.1	0-0
Andrej Sekera · Mike Weber	13:22	43.8	60.7	1-0

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
29	Jason Pominville	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	19:00	0.21	15-19	0.36-0.66
6	Mike Weber	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	16:49	0.02	7-11	0.23-0.16
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	16:41	0.03	17-15	0.51-0.53
5	Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	18:07	0.02	15-10	0.49-0.20
8	Derek Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:38	0.15	15-19	0.43-0.60
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	15:37	0.03	7-16	0.13-0.37
23	Ville Leino	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:03	0.01	13-20	0.33-0.61
24	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:40	0.02	12-8	0.53-0.09
28	Brad Boyes	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	08:51	0.11	7-3	0.25-0.10
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	19:05	0.34	18-8	0.74-0.19
33	Jordan Leopold	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	20:04	0.16	22-13	0.71-0.19
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	17:20	0.26	17-7	0.73-0.17
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06:33		4-2	0.14-0.06
44	Robyn Regehr	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	17:27	0.09	15-11	0.46-0.11
44	Zack Kassian	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	09:44	0.14	8-3	0.37-0.08
55	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	22:17	0.05	14-23	0.60-0.94
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	23:02	0.04	21-21	0.69-0.94
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:22	0.20	8-16	0.25-0.43

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Ryan Miller	L	28	26	2	58:40	1.65	-0.35