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Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators

Mar 10, 2012 · Scotiabank Place

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 41
Ottawa Senators 3 36

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:27 OTT Erik Condra (1) SH Unassisted 0 - 1
2nd Period
09:28 BUF Nathan Gerbe (1) Christian Ehrhoff (1), Derek Roy (1) 1 - 1
11:42 OTT Erik Karlsson (1) Chris Neil (1), Nick Foligno (1) 1 - 2
19:41 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) Jordan Leopold (1), Ville Leino (1) 2 - 2
3rd Period
07:14 OTT Erik Karlsson (2) Unassisted 2 - 3
14:06 BUF Marcus Foligno (1) Unassisted 3 - 3
Shootout
BUF Tyler Ennis Shootout winner 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:46 OTT Milan Michalek Interference 2
16:19 BUF Jason Pominville Slashing 2
3rd Period
08:37 OTT Milan Michalek High sticking 2
Overtime
03:53 OTT Erik Karlsson Tripping 2
03:53 OTT Erik Karlsson Unsportsmanlike conduct 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 66 53 41 3 2.7 51.0
Ottawa Senators 59 46 36 3 3.1 49.0

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdOTOttawa Senators 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 Ottawa Senators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 3 scored · Ottawa Senators: 3.1 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 9:28 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 19:41 of 2nd, a 22% chanceBUF goal, 14:06 of 3rd, a 5% chanceOTT goal, 8:27 of 1st, a 13% chanceOTT goal, 11:42 of 2nd, a 2% chanceOTT goal, 7:14 of 3rd, a 6% chanceOTT 3.1BUF 2.7

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

Buffalo Sabres
Ottawa Senators

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
Jason Pominville · Ville Leino · Cody Hodgson16:0548.514.20-1
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Marcus Foligno13:0461.954.31-0
Brad Boyes · Derek Roy · Nathan Gerbe12:2948.042.21-1
Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta · Corey Tropp3:5280.077.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Alexander Sulzer18:0359.542.82-0
Robyn Regehr · Mike Weber16:5241.455.50-2
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers15:4153.830.11-0

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
17 Marcus Foligno L 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 16:00 0.15 13-10 0.30-0.28
24 Nathan Gerbe C 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 15:23 0.20 12-14 0.48-0.67
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 18:33 0.37 18-9 0.61-0.27
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 21:02 0.53 12-16 0.48-0.77
23 Ville Leino L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:17 0.14 23-22 0.62-1.56
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 21:07 0.12 15-17 0.67-1.72
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 1 1 2 0 6 1 26:22 0.25 25-16 0.57-0.65
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 6 18:29 0.12 13-19 0.58-0.44
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 21:48 16-20 0.22-1.52
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19:07 0.17 15-9 0.38-0.27
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:35 0.09 12-15 0.48-0.76
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 22:08 0.06 19-21 0.44-1.63
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 05:10 0.27 4-2 0.38-0.12
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 05:48 0.10 6-5 0.47-0.25
41 Corey Tropp R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:19 6-7 0.47-0.33
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 18:16 12-17 0.54-0.44
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22:08 0.01 22-19 0.48-0.90
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 20:28 0.16 17-12 0.71-1.47
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 36 33 3 65:00 3.05 +0.05

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Daniel Alfredsson · Rob Klinkhammer · Kyle Turris14:0151.777.70-1
Jason Spezza · Milan Michalek · Colin Greening12:0366.775.70-0
Chris Neil · Nick Foligno · Jim O'Brien10:1247.412.71-1
Kaspars Daugavins · Erik Condra · Zack Smith5:4122.257.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Filip Kuba · Erik Karlsson19:0657.966.52-1
Chris Phillips · Matt Gilroy15:3444.863.40-0
Sergei Gonchar · Jared Cowen12:1635.051.10-1

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
65 Erik Karlsson D 2 0 2 1 4 6 0 25:13 0.25 26-18 1.42-0.64
27 Erik Condra R 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 09:06 0.24 3-9 0.23-0.15
25 Chris Neil R 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 13:48 10-12 0.11-0.75
71 Nick Foligno L 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 15:04 0.14 14-12 0.23-0.68
2 Jared Cowen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:27 0.01 8-13 0.80-0.65
4 Chris Phillips D 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 24:17 0.02 16-20 0.59-0.43
8 Kyle Turris C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:23 0.19 17-17 0.94-0.31
11 Daniel Alfredsson R 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 21:23 0.58 21-21 1.73-0.63
12 Rob Klinkhammer L 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 18:33 0.39 19-19 1.66-0.39
15 Zack Smith C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:43 0.40 9-13 1.04-0.46
16 Kaspars Daugavins L 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 09:46 0.17 3-11 0.28-0.45
17 Filip Kuba D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25:33 0.01 24-17 1.31-0.65
18 Milan Michalek L 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 17:55 0.14 15-9 0.74-0.31
19 Jason Spezza C 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 19:17 0.43 16-11 0.75-0.29
38 Colin Greening C 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14:36 13-10 0.64-0.26
40 Jim O'Brien C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:19 0.01 10-12 0.10-0.66
55 Sergei Gonchar D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:46 0.01 12-17 0.92-0.75
97 Matt Gilroy D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:44 0.08 14-19 0.59-0.43
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ben Bishop OTL 41 38 3 65:00 2.72 -0.28