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Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Jan 2, 2014 · Xcel Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 20
Minnesota Wild 4 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
04:33 MIN Marco Scandella (1) Matt Cooke (1), Justin Fontaine (1) 0 - 1
06:19 MIN Jason Pominville (1) Mikko Koivu (1), Ryan Suter (1) 0 - 2
16:09 MIN Jason Zucker (1) Nino Niederreiter (1), Mikael Granlund (1) 0 - 3
3rd Period
18:48 BUF Tyler Myers (1) Matt Ellis (1), Mike Weber (1) 1 - 3
19:34 MIN Kyle Brodziak (1) Ryan Suter (2), Mikko Koivu (2) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:20 MIN Ryan Suter Cross checking 2
09:47 MIN Marco Scandella Tripping 2
16:30 BUF Mark Pysyk Hooking 2
20:00 BUF Matt Moulson Roughing 2
20:00 MIN Nate Prosser Roughing 2
2nd Period
06:31 BUF Marcus Foligno Roughing 2
12:07 MIN Team Too many men on the ice 2
18:43 BUF Jamie McBain Interference 2
3rd Period
02:09 MIN Clayton Stoner Interference 2
04:45 BUF John Scott Roughing 2
04:45 MIN Clayton Stoner Roughing 2
04:45 BUF John Scott Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 44 33 20 1 1.7 41.3
Minnesota Wild 55 46 32 4 3.5 58.7

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 1 scored · Minnesota Wild: 3.5 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 18:48 of 3rd, a 30% chanceMIN goal, 4:33 of 2nd, a 13% chanceMIN goal, 6:19 of 2nd, a 4% chanceMIN goal, 16:09 of 2nd, a 3% chanceMIN goal, 19:34 of 3rd, a 42% chanceMIN 3.5BUF 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

Buffalo Sabres
Minnesota Wild

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
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons8:1237.529.00-2
Linus Omark · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson5:4437.524.10-0
Matt Ellis · Matt D'Agostini · John Scott4:5914.30.00-0
Matt Moulson · Matt D'Agostini · Tyler Ennis2:5750.066.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Sulzer · Jamie McBain12:0033.323.90-1
Mike Weber · Tyler Myers11:4052.648.10-1
Christian Ehrhoff · Mark Pysyk11:1843.813.50-1

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

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
57 Tyler Myers D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 23:47 0.43 11-11 0.28-0.32
6 Mike Weber D 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 18:41 0.02 11-12 0.28-0.33
37 Matt Ellis L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13:16 2-11 0.04-0.32
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 19:01 0.01 7-9 0.12-0.76
17 Linus Omark L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:34 0.04 6-9 0.13-0.38
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 15:56 0.16 9-6 0.21-0.25
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 03:21 0.10 3-3 0.08-0.39
21 Jamie McBain D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 18:09 0.14 7-15 0.16-0.50
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 10:59 4-6 0.06-0.16
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:45 5-7 0.08-0.26
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -3 2 2 2 18:07 0.35 8-12 0.17-0.43
27 Matt D'Agostini R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:37 4-10 0.08-0.23
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 17:20 0.02 7-12 0.13-0.55
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:51 11-12 0.28-0.78
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:40 0.05 8-18 0.17-0.56
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 22:54 0.10 8-9 0.14-0.76
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 19:21 0.10 8-11 0.17-0.33
92 Steve Ott C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 19:30 0.12 11-12 0.28-0.78
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 31 28 3 59:11 3.10 +0.10

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dany Heatley · Mikko Koivu · Jason Pominville9:5692.391.31-0
Jason Zucker · Mikael Granlund · Nino Niederreiter8:3557.181.01-0
Matt Cooke · Charlie Coyle · Justin Fontaine7:4460.079.61-0
Stephane Veilleux · Kyle Brodziak · Torrey Mitchell6:2150.068.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon14:0656.074.62-0
Marco Scandella · Jonas Brodin11:5580.091.31-0
Clayton Stoner · Nate Prosser10:3741.248.20-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
9 Mikko Koivu C 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 22:18 0.20 12-1 0.55-0.05
22 Ryan Suter D 0 2 2 3 2 4 2 27:08 0.40 18-13 0.85-0.22
6 Marco Scandella D 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 17:47 0.14 11-3 0.71-0.08
17 Jason Zucker L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 11:36 0.14 8-8 0.27-0.10
28 Kyle Brodziak C 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 14:41 0.01 10-10 0.36-0.25
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 18:39 0.96 12-3 0.55-0.09
14 Justin Fontaine R 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10:37 7-7 0.44-0.17
24 Matt Cooke L 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 14:43 0.10 10-4 0.50-0.10
62 Nino Niederreiter R 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 12:37 0.07 9-9 0.31-0.17
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13:03 0.06 8-8 0.27-0.09
3 Clayton Stoner D 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 14:26 0.01 7-11 0.25-0.28
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 11:52 0.24 7-8 0.44-0.18
19 Stephane Veilleux L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:35 0.22 6-8 0.26-0.23
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:07 12-2 0.48-0.04
39 Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:20 0.04 11-11 0.35-0.29
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 27:06 0.04 15-12 0.59-0.23
51 Dany Heatley L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:46 0.46 12-4 0.55-0.13
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:41 0.01 10-8 0.36-0.14
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Niklas Backstrom W 20 19 1 60:00 1.65 +0.65