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Buffalo Sabres at Vancouver Canucks

Mar 3, 2012 · Rogers Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 25
Vancouver Canucks 3 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:55 BUF Ville Leino (1) Patrick Kaleta (1), Nathan Gerbe (1) 1 - 0
03:44 BUF Ville Leino (2) Patrick Kaleta (2), Tyler Myers (1) 2 - 0
05:10 BUF Brad Boyes (1) Corey Tropp (1) 3 - 0
2nd Period
15:37 VAN David Booth (1) Alexandre Burrows (1), Kevin Bieksa (1) 3 - 1
3rd Period
02:36 BUF Christian Ehrhoff (1) Brad Boyes (1), Matt Ellis (1) 4 - 1
03:43 VAN David Booth (2) Zack Kassian (1) 4 - 2
17:14 VAN Zack Kassian (1) Ryan Kesler (1), Dan Hamhuis (1) 4 - 3
18:57 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) Drew Stafford (1), Andrej Sekera (1) 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
13:39 VAN Aaron Rome Illegal check to head 2
2nd Period
07:34 BUF Patrick Kaleta Interference goalkeeper 2
08:51 VAN Team Too many men on the ice 2
09:30 BUF Tyler Ennis High sticking 2
13:37 BUF Alexander Sulzer High sticking 2
18:00 VAN Ryan Kesler Holding 2
19:11 BUF Christian Ehrhoff Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 43 33 25 5 2.7 44.4
Vancouver Canucks 62 47 35 3 2.4 55.6

How the game went

505101520Start2nd3rdVancouver Canucks 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 Vancouver Canucks had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 5 scored · Vancouver Canucks: 2.4 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 0:55 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 3:44 of 1st, a 27% chanceBUF goal, 5:10 of 1st, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 2:36 of 3rd, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 18:57 of 3rd, a 54% chanceVAN goal, 15:37 of 2nd, a 4% chanceVAN goal, 3:43 of 3rd, a 11% chanceVAN goal, 17:14 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBUF 2.7VAN 2.4

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
Vancouver Canucks

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
Drew Stafford · Cody Hodgson · Tyler Ennis11:5844.459.10-0
Brad Boyes · Matt Ellis · Corey Tropp10:0730.029.92-0
Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe · Ville Leino9:1277.891.92-0
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek8:3342.118.80-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Sekera · Mike Weber14:5744.051.90-0
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers13:4942.364.21-1
Christian Ehrhoff · Alexander Sulzer11:4850.044.52-0

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
23 Ville Leino L 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 13:52 0.48 17-6 1.14-0.15
28 Brad Boyes R 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 12:32 0.08 6-15 0.10-0.25
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 12:40 0.08 14-6 0.98-0.32
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 21:10 0.01 17-21 0.52-0.73
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 17:12 0.06 9-14 0.38-0.47
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 22:34 0.44 13-15 0.47-0.41
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 16:30 0.11 9-12 0.39-0.25
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 12:35 0.39 16-5 1.12-0.15
37 Matt Ellis L 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 13:41 0.01 6-19 0.10-0.33
41 Corey Tropp R 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 11:59 6-18 0.10-0.28
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20:58 0.09 14-18 0.94-0.53
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20:13 0.03 12-16 0.45-0.45
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:44 9-13 0.16-0.64
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:52 0.21 8-16 0.35-0.51
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:09 0.04 9-11 0.14-0.55
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 16:25 0.12 11-14 0.28-0.70
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:57 0.03 11-17 0.77-0.57
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 12:57 13-13 0.34-0.42
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller 35 32 3 60:00 2.34 -0.66

Vancouver Canucks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Daniel Sedin · Henrik Sedin · Alexandre Burrows11:5450.039.70-1
Samuel Pahlsson · Chris Higgins · Jannik Hansen9:1363.269.10-1
Ryan Kesler · David Booth · Zack Kassian6:0158.342.22-0
Ryan Kesler · David Booth · Mason Raymond5:0050.040.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dan Hamhuis · Kevin Bieksa12:0469.648.32-1
Sami Salo · Alexander Edler6:4857.164.60-0
Aaron Rome · Marc-Andre Gragnani5:2630.024.80-2

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
17 David Booth L 2 0 2 2 0 4 1 16:23 0.33 16-13 0.52-0.67
44 Zack Kassian R 1 1 2 0 0 3 7 10:40 0.17 11-8 0.46-0.62
3 Kevin Bieksa D 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 23:26 0.17 23-11 1.00-0.78
5 Dan Hamhuis D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:18 0.06 22-15 0.71-0.83
14 Alexandre Burrows R 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 17:03 0.25 15-13 0.52-0.79
17 Ryan Kesler C 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 19:56 0.18 16-11 0.49-0.59
2 Alexander Edler D 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 25:02 0.20 18-12 0.36-0.38
6 Sami Salo D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 18:51 0.08 16-16 0.31-0.40
20 Manny Malhotra C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 09:16 0.13 5-7 0.22-0.23
20 Chris Higgins L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:01 0.10 17-8 0.30-0.13
22 Daniel Sedin L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:23 0.38 12-11 0.52-0.68
26 Samuel Pahlsson C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 11:27 0.14 12-8 0.21-0.13
27 Aaron Rome D 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 11:50 11-15 0.45-0.65
33 Henrik Sedin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:54 0.05 15-11 0.56-0.71
36 Jannik Hansen R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:23 0.02 16-8 0.35-0.13
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 18:38 10-13 0.27-0.50
39 Mason Raymond L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:07 9-11 0.27-0.21
40 Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 09:41 0.09 6-9 0.24-0.31
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Cory Schneider 17 16 1 54:31 1.47 +0.47
1 Roberto Luongo 7 4 3 05:10 0.69 -2.31