Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 31, 2013 · First Niagara Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Boston Bruins	2	31
Buffalo Sabres	0	26

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
3rd Period
12:54	BOS	David Krejci (1)	Nathan Horton (1), Matt Bartkowski (1)	1 - 0
15:44	BOS	Nathan Horton (1)	David Krejci (1), Milan Lucic (1)	2 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
05:08	BOS	Matt Bartkowski	Cross checking	2
12:01	BOS	Zdeno Chara	Cross checking	2
12:01	BUF	Steve Ott	Diving	2
16:59	BUF	Christian Ehrhoff	Holding	2
16:59	BOS	Tyler Seguin	Diving	2
2nd Period
05:00	BOS	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
07:27	BOS	Nathan Horton	Hooking	2
14:05	BOS	Nathan Horton	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins	62	49	31	2	3.1	55.3
Buffalo Sabres	58	43	26	0	2.1	44.7

How the game went

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 Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.1 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 0 scored

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

Boston Bruins

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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nathan Horton · David Krejci · Milan Lucic	13:02	44.4	72.1	2-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Tyler Seguin	12:54	65.5	64.0	0-0
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille	8:13	52.9	50.2	0-0
Jay Pandolfo · Rich Peverley · Jordan Caron	6:29	40.0	12.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zdeno Chara · Dougie Hamilton	12:27	57.7	43.6	1-0
Andrew Ference · Dennis Seidenberg	11:41	27.8	18.8	0-0
Johnny Boychuk · Matt Bartkowski	5:37	76.5	92.0	1-0

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	Nathan Horton	R	1	1	2	2	4	6	2	16:11	0.55	14-15	0.97-0.37
46	David Krejci	C	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	17:16	0.40	15-15	0.97-0.37
17	Milan Lucic	L	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	16:14	0.09	15-15	1.08-0.37
44	Matt Bartkowski	D	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	11:05	0.03	24-7	0.96-0.19
4	Dennis Seidenberg	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	28:00	0.05	20-16	0.46-0.48
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	14:14	0.06	15-12	0.37-0.55
9	Gregory Campbell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:36	0.01	11-8	0.21-0.18
12	Daniel Paille	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:42	0.16	11-8	0.19-0.18
17	Rich Peverley	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:11		7-9	0.15-0.44
21	Andrew Ference	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	24:09	0.11	8-23	0.25-0.55
22	Shawn Thornton	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:41	0.08	11-8	0.21-0.18
29	Jay Pandolfo	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	09:31	0.06	6-9	0.06-0.44
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	23:36	0.07	17-12	0.39-0.48
33	Jordan Caron	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	07:31		6-9	0.06-0.44
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:30	0.26	20-10	0.41-0.22
55	Johnny Boychuk	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	19:06	0.04	21-14	1.02-0.18
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:38	0.09	19-10	0.40-0.22
91	Tyler Seguin	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	14:49	0.01	20-10	0.48-0.22

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Anton Khudobin	26	26	0	60:00	2.17	+2.17

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jochen Hecht · Steve Ott · Jason Pominville	11:17	41.7	38.7	0-0
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Marcus Foligno	11:11	57.7	41.8	0-1
Kevin Porter · Nathan Gerbe · Brian Flynn	9:01	31.8	31.5	0-0
Patrick Kaleta · John Scott · Cody Hodgson	4:16	57.1	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Tyler Myers	16:08	52.8	69.2	0-0
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera	11:43	33.3	12.2	0-1
Mike Weber · Mark Pysyk	9:04	35.3	53.7	0-0

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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
5	Andrej Sekera	D	-2	0	0	0	20:44	0.01	9-20	0.15-1.13
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	1	1	14:36	0.01	15-15	0.32-0.29
11	Kevin Porter	C	0	0	1	4	13:21	0.01	9-19	0.19-0.38
11	Cody Hodgson	C	-1	0	3	2	15:30	0.32	7-7	0.22-0.25
13	Mark Pysyk	D	-1	0	0	0	12:54	0.03	7-15	0.23-0.39
17	Marcus Foligno	L	-1	0	1	2	17:34	0.16	15-12	0.60-0.85
18	Drew Stafford	R	-1	0	4	1	21:46	0.33	15-13	0.60-0.93
22	John Scott	L	0	0	0	1	04:56		5-3	0.18-0.00
24	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	1	0	13:44	0.25	7-15	0.16-0.35
29	Jason Pominville	R	-1	0	4	1	22:19	0.15	12-17	0.18-0.42
32	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	2	1	12:20	0.12	9-19	0.19-0.38
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	1	5	07:20	0.10	6-7	0.25-0.03
44	Robyn Regehr	D	-1	0	0	4	16:20	0.03	11-17	0.16-0.91
55	Jochen Hecht	C	0	0	1	1	15:09	0.12	15-15	0.31-0.26
55	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	2	3	0	25:46	0.16	22-18	0.81-0.35
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	2	2	23:59	0.06	20-18	0.77-0.39
63	Tyler Ennis	R	-1	0	1	0	18:12	0.16	15-12	0.60-0.84
92	Steve Ott	C	-1	2	1	4	21:37	0.11	11-18	0.18-0.51

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Ryan Miller	31	29	2	57:53	2.10	+0.10