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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Mar 8, 2012 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 20
Boston Bruins 3 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
16:39 BUF Jason Pominville (1) Thomas Vanek (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
18:09 BOS Gregory Campbell (1) Shawn Thornton (1) 1 - 1
3rd Period
12:56 BOS Johnny Boychuk (1) Jordan Caron (1) 1 - 2
15:54 BOS David Krejci (1) Milan Lucic (1), Tyler Seguin (1) 1 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:07 BUF Drew Stafford Hooking 2
18:16 BOS Jordan Caron Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 36 25 20 1 1.5 35.4
Boston Bruins 58 37 28 3 2.0 64.6

How the game went

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

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.5 expected, 1 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.0 expected, 3 scored

00.511.5Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 16:39 of 1st, a 1% chanceBOS goal, 18:09 of 2nd, a 10% chanceBOS goal, 12:56 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBOS goal, 15:54 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBOS 2.0BUF 1.5

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
Boston Bruins

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
Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe · Ville Leino10:3357.173.60-0
Drew Stafford · Cody Hodgson · Tyler Ennis9:4113.35.00-1
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek9:3833.335.61-0
Brad Boyes · Matt Ellis · Corey Tropp8:5931.654.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Alexander Sulzer18:4133.346.31-1
Robyn Regehr · Mike Weber15:5839.155.80-0
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers12:4722.215.20-0

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
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 19:00 0.01 7-15 0.17-0.45
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:43 6-11 0.17-0.34
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 20:26 0.03 11-19 0.42-0.67
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:26 0.15 7-15 0.17-0.45
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:38 0.27 5-15 0.36-0.54
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:40 0.04 6-15 0.37-0.54
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:38 0.08 11-8 0.58-0.13
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:43 0.09 10-7 0.28-0.11
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:40 0.34 8-16 0.53-0.49
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:54 0.01 7-17 0.14-0.52
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:25 0.09 8-8 0.27-0.14
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 12:12 0.14 8-14 0.53-0.45
41 Corey Tropp R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:16 0.20 8-15 0.51-0.47
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16:43 9-14 0.42-0.34
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:16 0.03 12-20 0.51-0.51
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:06 13-22 0.76-0.75
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:30 0.02 6-14 0.39-0.42
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 15:57 3-20 0.03-0.70
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth L 28 25 3 56:47 1.99 -1.01

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Krejci · Milan Lucic · Tyler Seguin14:0672.075.11-1
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Lane MacDermid10:2250.060.61-0
Brian Rolston · Chris Kelly · Benoit Pouliot6:2440.014.70-0
Brian Rolston · Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand6:1560.050.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Johnny Boychuk17:0173.570.52-1
Joe Corvo · Dennis Seidenberg16:2571.455.20-0
Mike Mottau · Adam McQuaid10:3243.810.70-0

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
9 Gregory Campbell C 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 15:14 0.10 7-7 0.21-0.18
46 David Krejci C 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 16:38 0.11 20-7 0.66-0.22
55 Johnny Boychuk D 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 21:53 0.11 27-10 0.88-0.33
17 Milan Lucic L 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 16:56 0.48 22-7 0.67-0.22
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 12:20 0.02 6-5 0.21-0.14
33 Jordan Caron R 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 13:19 0.02 14-6 0.38-0.17
91 Tyler Seguin C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:56 0.15 21-7 0.67-0.22
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 23:29 0.04 17-10 0.67-0.61
12 Brian Rolston R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:58 0.08 12-10 0.34-0.77
22 Mike Mottau D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:06 0.02 8-10 0.13-0.55
22 Chris Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:12 11-10 0.20-0.69
28 Lane MacDermid L 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:54 0.10 5-6 0.21-0.17
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 23:22 0.10 28-10 0.80-0.32
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 17:15 0.38 15-7 0.54-0.28
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16:50 9-12 0.16-0.40
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:10 0.14 17-6 0.54-0.25
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:31 0.14 9-9 0.19-0.68
77 Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:57 0.03 17-6 0.57-0.44
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Tim Thomas W 20 19 1 60:00 1.49 +0.49