New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 21, 2012 · First Niagara Center

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Islanders	1	31
Buffalo Sabres	2	37

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
01:21	BUF	Tyler Myers (1)	Derek Roy (1), Jason Pominville (1)	0 - 1
2nd Period
03:41	BUF	Thomas Vanek (1)	Derek Roy (2), Jason Pominville (2)	0 - 2
3rd Period
14:52	NYI	Frans Nielsen (1)	PA Parenteau (1), Kevin Poulin (1)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:53	BUF	Jason Pominville	High sticking	2
20:00	BUF	Patrick Kaleta	High sticking	2
20:00	NYI	PA Parenteau	High sticking	2
2nd Period
17:14	NYI	Matt Martin	Fighting	5
17:14	BUF	Mike Weber	Fighting	5
17:51	NYI	Mark Eaton	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders	49	39	31	1	2.4	48.8
Buffalo Sabres	50	42	37	2	3.5	51.2

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 New York Islanders had.

Expected goals

New York Islanders: 2.4 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.5 expected, 2 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

New York Islanders

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.

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
PA Parenteau · Matt Moulson · John Tavares	10:14	37.5	68.2	0-0
Jay Pandolfo · Marty Reasoner · Nino Niederreiter	7:10	7.7	0.0	0-0
Frans Nielsen · Kyle Okposo · Michael Grabner	6:03	90.0	95.8	0-0
Brian Rolston · Josh Bailey · Matt Martin	5:37	72.7	72.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mark Streit · Milan Jurcina	16:01	74.1	82.4	1-0
Steve Staios · Mark Eaton	12:15	35.3	29.0	0-0
Andrew MacDonald · Aaron Ness	12:07	27.8	35.0	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
81	Frans Nielsen	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	16:43	0.17	16-7	0.69-0.25
11	PA Parenteau	R	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	19:55	0.05	7-10	0.25-0.23
4	Mark Eaton	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16:19		7-16	0.26-0.84
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:55		15-5	0.78-0.12
12	Brian Rolston	R	0	0	0	-1	0	8	0	14:26	0.44	16-9	1.03-0.67
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	09:36	0.47	10-8	0.87-1.24
16	Marty Reasoner	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:06		5-21	0.09-0.95
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	-1	5	3	4	12:08	0.12	13-10	0.96-1.18
24	Steve Staios	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	18:00	0.02	11-15	0.30-0.76
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	19:18	0.23	8-7	0.42-0.13
27	Milan Jurcina	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	21:37	0.07	22-7	1.46-0.31
29	Jay Pandolfo	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:00	0.04	3-12	0.14-0.46
32	Mark Streit	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	25:34	0.10	24-14	1.59-1.24
40	Michael Grabner	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:37	0.34	13-8	0.58-0.88
42	Aaron Ness	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	16:33		9-13	0.31-0.52
47	Andrew MacDonald	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	19:26	0.03	7-20	0.41-1.40
62	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	11:17	0.10	3-20	0.13-0.95
91	John Tavares	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22:25	0.19	11-8	0.56-0.18

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Kevin Poulin	L	37	35	2	59:05	3.05	+1.05

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek	13:03	50.0	29.2	1-1
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe	12:30	55.6	36.5	0-0
Drew Stafford · Ville Leino · Tyler Ennis	10:59	52.4	50.7	0-0
Brad Boyes · Matt Ellis · Zack Kassian	7:32	70.0	78.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Mike Weber	11:49	37.5	30.5	0-1
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers	9:31	25.0	53.3	0-0
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers	8:20	68.8	93.9	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
8	Derek Roy	C	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	19:03	0.48	15-16	1.25-1.31
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	2	2	1	2	3	0	18:01	0.40	16-13	1.25-1.20
26	Thomas Vanek	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	17:37	0.27	12-18	0.48-1.35
57	Tyler Myers	D	1	0	1	2	0	5	1	22:50	0.52	16-9	1.65-0.15
5	Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	22:52	0.04	10-9	0.22-0.39
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	-1	5	2	1	20:01	0.03	15-19	0.46-1.44
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	14:27	0.17	12-12	0.43-0.40
23	Ville Leino	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	15:26	0.33	15-13	1.20-0.44
24	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:49	0.06	6-6	0.11-0.24
28	Brad Boyes	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10:26	0.02	10-3	0.80-0.14
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:03	0.04	6-11	0.11-0.42
33	Jordan Leopold	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	22:46	0.08	19-17	1.45-1.03
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	18:51		7-11	0.28-0.41
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	08:09	0.44	9-3	0.67-0.14
44	Robyn Regehr	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	06:50	0.04	3-3	0.05-0.22
44	Zack Kassian	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	08:35	0.11	7-4	0.50-0.16
55	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	23:27	0.05	21-23	1.10-1.11
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:47		11-10	0.30-0.30

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Ryan Miller	W	31	30	1	60:00	2.34	+1.34