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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Apr 7, 2012 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 28
Boston Bruins 4 40

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
03:15 BOS Tyler Seguin (1) Patrice Bergeron (1) 0 - 1
15:45 BUF Brad Boyes (1) Brayden McNabb (1), Thomas Vanek (1) 1 - 1
3rd Period
07:02 BUF Brad Boyes (2) Derek Roy (1), Thomas Vanek (2) 2 - 1
08:46 BUF Jason Pominville (1) Nathan Gerbe (1), Brayden McNabb (2) 3 - 1
09:56 BOS Tyler Seguin (2) PP Patrice Bergeron (2), Rich Peverley (1) 3 - 2
12:21 BOS Brad Marchand (1) Patrice Bergeron (3) 3 - 3
Shootout
BOS Patrice Bergeron Shootout winner 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:38 BOS Shawn Thornton Fighting 5
12:38 BUF Robyn Regehr Fighting 5
14:02 BUF Mike Weber High sticking 2
17:48 BUF Drew Stafford Tripping 2
2nd Period
10:27 BUF Mike Weber Interference 2
19:16 BOS Zdeno Chara Tripping 2
3rd Period
09:00 BUF Andrej Sekera Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 40 35 28 3 2.2 43.5
Boston Bruins 72 54 40 3 3.0 56.5

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: 2.2 expected, 3 scored · Boston Bruins: 3.0 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 15:45 of 2nd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 7:02 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 8:46 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBOS goal, 3:15 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBOS goal, 9:56 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBOS goal, 12:21 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBOS 3.0BUF 2.2

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
Drew Stafford · Nathan Gerbe · Tyler Ennis7:2775.094.30-0
Cody McCormick · Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta6:1166.787.10-0
Brad Boyes · Derek Roy · Thomas Vanek5:5838.570.12-0
Brad Boyes · Ville Leino · Cody Hodgson5:4627.330.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
TJ Brennan · Brayden McNabb12:5950.063.51-0
Jordan Leopold · Mike Weber11:3853.327.80-0
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera11:0528.653.20-0

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
28 Brad Boyes R 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 15:08 0.17 8-18 0.52-0.56
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 25:19 0.06 13-17 1.22-0.56
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 16:20 0.14 10-17 0.54-0.44
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 18:09 0.42 12-11 0.76-0.43
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:27 0.03 10-17 0.54-0.46
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:32 0.27 14-6 0.84-0.17
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20:16 12-19 0.59-0.50
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 21:32 0.01 11-14 0.24-0.52
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:12 0.01 8-12 0.48-0.46
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:48 0.26 12-13 0.74-0.52
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 15:28 0.08 11-11 0.37-0.49
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:36 0.03 5-12 0.23-0.49
29 TJ Brennan D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 19:18 0.12 12-9 0.94-0.50
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:54 0.01 15-18 0.65-0.53
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:56 6-8 0.45-0.11
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:28 0.32 6-7 0.45-0.11
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 18:15 10-19 0.55-0.53
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:26 0.23 10-12 0.37-0.51
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth OTL 40 37 3 65:00 2.95 -0.05

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Krejci · Rich Peverley · Milan Lucic10:5366.755.70-1
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Tyler Seguin10:1778.689.02-0
Chris Kelly · Benoit Pouliot · Jordan Caron9:3166.747.70-0
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille8:1950.033.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Dennis Seidenberg15:2672.454.91-0
Mike Mottau · Andrew Ference14:5540.927.01-2
Joe Corvo · Greg Zanon14:2461.147.60-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 19:18 0.07 12-5 0.52-0.05
91 Tyler Seguin C 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 16:34 0.56 11-6 0.42-0.37
63 Brad Marchand L 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 18:57 0.41 12-8 0.52-0.39
17 Rich Peverley C 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 17:02 0.38 16-11 0.59-0.86
4 Greg Zanon D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:50 0.05 14-11 0.64-0.63
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 24:10 0.09 21-8 0.59-0.49
9 Gregory Campbell C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:14 9-11 0.26-0.57
12 Daniel Paille L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:05 8-11 0.21-0.56
17 Milan Lucic L 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 18:02 0.31 16-7 0.52-0.39
21 Andrew Ference D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:17 0.07 11-15 0.26-0.77
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0 11:20 0.16 11-10 0.35-0.48
22 Mike Mottau D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 20:02 0.01 13-18 0.41-0.77
22 Chris Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:05 0.09 9-7 0.27-0.42
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 22:25 0.11 23-12 0.68-0.69
33 Jordan Caron R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:34 0.09 10-9 0.21-0.39
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 19:32 0.38 18-13 0.53-1.05
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:07 0.16 12-12 0.33-0.76
77 Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:26 0.02 14-11 0.58-0.83
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Tim Thomas W 28 25 3 65:00 2.14 -0.86