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Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 7, 2012 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Carolina Hurricanes 2 24
Buffalo Sabres 3 42

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:47 CAR Jaroslav Spacek (1) Jamie McBain (1), Jussi Jokinen (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
00:22 BUF Tyler Myers (1) Patrick Kaleta (1), Jordan Leopold (1) 1 - 1
01:02 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) PP Christian Ehrhoff (1), Jason Pominville (1) 1 - 2
05:11 CAR Chad LaRose (1) Jeff Skinner (1) 2 - 2
Overtime
00:56 BUF Jason Pominville (1) PP Christian Ehrhoff (2), Thomas Vanek (1) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:18 BUF Tyler Myers Tripping 2
08:30 CAR Jay Harrison Tripping 2
15:23 CAR Bryan Allen Slashing 2
2nd Period
00:33 CAR Jussi Jokinen Slashing 2
02:53 CAR Chad LaRose Boarding 2
3rd Period
01:32 CAR Jussi Jokinen High sticking 2
05:08 BUF Drew Stafford Holding 2
06:29 BUF Derek Roy Hooking 2
13:30 CAR Jussi Jokinen Holding 2
19:05 CAR Bryan Allen Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Carolina Hurricanes 50 39 24 2 1.7 44.2
Buffalo Sabres 80 59 42 3 3.7 55.8

How the game went

5051015202530Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadCarolina Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes had.

Expected goals

Carolina Hurricanes: 1.7 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.7 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTCAR goal, 2:47 of 1st, a 2% chanceCAR goal, 5:11 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 0:22 of 2nd, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 1:02 of 2nd, a 32% chanceBUF goal, 0:56 of overtime, a 3% chanceBUF 3.7CAR 1.7

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

Carolina Hurricanes
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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jussi Jokinen · Chad LaRose · Jeff Skinner10:3656.560.12-0
Patrick Dwyer · Andreas Nodl · Brandon Sutter7:3436.856.20-0
Eric Staal · Anthony Stewart · Jiri Tlusty6:1358.316.90-1
Tim Brent · Eric Staal · Jiri Tlusty1:380.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jay Harrison · Justin Faulk13:0042.924.90-1
Bryan Allen · Tim Gleason11:2533.330.50-0
Jaroslav Spacek · Jamie McBain9:2452.963.91-0

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
8 Jaroslav Spacek D 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:36 0.08 13-9 0.52-0.24
59 Chad LaRose R 1 0 1 2 2 5 0 15:21 0.43 17-13 0.59-0.48
21 Jamie McBain D 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 17:06 0.04 17-13 0.73-0.28
36 Jussi Jokinen L 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 18:16 0.07 15-16 0.55-0.44
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 18:35 0.25 18-12 0.70-0.36
6 Bryan Allen D 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 20:54 10-22 0.35-0.58
6 Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:29 8-17 0.18-0.45
9 Jiri Tlusty L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:02 8-14 0.08-0.71
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:09 0.30 13-13 0.32-0.56
13 Anthony Stewart R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:59 8-7 0.10-0.40
14 Andreas Nodl R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:41 0.07 9-21 0.22-0.53
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:54 0.05 10-22 0.31-0.59
23 Jay Harrison D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 20:34 0.10 19-22 0.33-0.84
37 Tim Brent C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 10:47 0.07 5-10 0.11-0.42
38 Derek Joslin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:51 0.03 7-8 0.20-0.18
39 Patrick Dwyer R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:32 0.03 9-16 0.22-0.16
71 Jerome Samson R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 07:33 0.14 7-7 0.20-0.15
72 Justin Faulk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 24:05 0.01 17-23 0.29-0.93
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Cam Ward OTL 42 39 3 60:56 3.67 +0.67

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Stafford · Cody Hodgson · Tyler Ennis11:3157.956.80-0
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek11:0069.677.50-0
Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe · Ville Leino9:0666.781.91-1
Brad Boyes · Matt Ellis · Corey Tropp4:0533.38.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Alexander Sulzer11:4857.160.60-0
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers11:4473.176.01-1
Robyn Regehr · Mike Weber8:0043.839.50-1

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
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 1 2 0 0 9 0 19:47 1.07 18-8 0.56-0.23
29 Jason Pominville R 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 21:24 0.13 17-7 0.56-0.14
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 24:31 0.13 20-16 0.61-0.42
57 Tyler Myers D 1 0 1 0 2 5 3 21:40 0.35 22-12 0.75-0.34
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 24:49 0.04 22-15 0.67-0.36
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 4 13:36 16-12 0.74-0.32
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:14 0.02 8-11 0.30-0.45
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 21:47 0.34 20-10 0.56-0.19
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:36 0.13 12-10 0.33-0.43
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:59 0.33 12-11 0.30-0.37
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:36 0.19 18-11 0.75-0.24
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:37 0.23 15-10 0.73-0.32
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:48 0.49 6-13 0.09-0.38
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:24 0.10 4-11 0.02-0.23
41 Corey Tropp R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:30 0.01 7-12 0.06-0.37
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:48 0.02 14-14 0.43-0.54
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:06 0.09 19-16 0.49-0.30
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:32 0.01 15-11 0.35-0.39
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 24 22 2 60:56 1.65 -0.35