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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 24, 2012 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 1 36
Buffalo Sabres 2 27

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
14:45 BUF Andrej Sekera (1) Tyler Ennis (1), Drew Stafford (1) 0 - 1
3rd Period
03:36 BOS Zdeno Chara (1) PP Unassisted 1 - 1
Shootout
BUF Derek Roy Shootout winner 1 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
11:54 BUF Corey Tropp Tripping 2
15:46 BUF Corey Tropp Tripping 2
3rd Period
02:46 BUF Christian Ehrhoff Delaying game 2
19:36 BUF Thomas Vanek High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 75 53 36 1 2.2 58.7
Buffalo Sabres 48 36 27 1 2.0 41.3

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadBoston Bruins 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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 2.2 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 1 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdOTBOS goal, 3:36 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 14:45 of 2nd, a 4% chanceBOS 2.2BUF 2.0

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

Boston Bruins
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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kelly · David Krejci · Milan Lucic15:2548.449.90-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Tyler Seguin15:0965.031.00-1
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille11:5865.560.90-0
Benoit Pouliot · Jordan Caron · Carter Camper6:3037.58.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Johnny Boychuk16:5853.140.20-0
Joe Corvo · Dennis Seidenberg15:5159.348.60-0
Andrew Ference · Adam McQuaid12:4770.849.60-0

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
33 Zdeno Chara D 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 25:49 0.16 21-17 0.48-0.79
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 24:26 0.06 19-14 0.60-0.78
9 Gregory Campbell C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:38 0.11 24-11 0.53-0.42
12 Daniel Paille L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:12 0.23 21-10 0.52-0.27
17 Milan Lucic L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:12 0.05 21-16 0.86-0.59
21 Andrew Ference D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:35 0.10 22-14 0.56-0.37
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:20 0.02 21-12 0.52-0.42
22 Chris Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 18:04 0.41 17-17 0.68-0.59
33 Jordan Caron R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:10 3-6 0.03-0.34
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:32 0.11 15-8 0.34-0.43
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22:42 0.34 22-17 0.88-0.63
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:40 0.02 21-8 0.28-0.27
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 21:47 0.20 21-18 0.74-0.73
58 Carter Camper C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:48 4-7 0.05-0.35
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:31 0.03 14-10 0.18-0.58
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:27 0.13 7-7 0.08-0.34
77 Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:43 0.04 18-15 0.58-0.63
91 Tyler Seguin C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 19:24 0.24 14-8 0.18-0.40
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask OTL 27 26 1 65:00 2.02 +1.02

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek14:5753.671.80-0
Drew Stafford · Ville Leino · Tyler Ennis11:2144.440.31-0
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe8:4630.071.70-0
Matt Ellis · Corey Tropp · Zack Kassian5:0445.582.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers17:1442.453.30-0
Christian Ehrhoff · Mike Weber17:0548.751.40-0
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera13:5430.066.00-0

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
5 Andrej Sekera D 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 18:00 0.20 7-16 0.41-0.31
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:40 0.05 16-18 0.44-0.59
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 16:02 0.28 15-20 0.44-0.76
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 22:44 0.03 19-24 0.58-0.59
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:25 0.04 15-20 0.71-0.49
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:42 15-24 0.38-0.85
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:21 0.07 4-13 0.18-0.16
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:47 0.19 16-16 0.73-0.40
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:18 4-15 0.18-0.28
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:41 0.51 16-21 0.73-0.60
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 25:07 0.04 14-23 0.71-0.65
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:02 0.01 4-11 0.16-0.26
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:46 0.01 9-6 0.45-0.09
41 Corey Tropp R 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 09:21 0.42 7-12 0.49-0.29
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:17 7-14 0.39-0.19
44 Zack Kassian R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:05 8-7 0.45-0.09
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 22:03 0.18 22-24 0.68-0.78
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:49 17-21 0.79-0.72
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 36 35 1 65:00 2.23 +1.23