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Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 11, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 4 24
Buffalo Sabres 1 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:09 BUF Drew Stafford (1) PP Cody Hodgson (1), Tyler Ennis (1) 0 - 1
17:10 NSH Nick Spaling (1) PP Shea Weber (1), Roman Josi (1) 1 - 1
2nd Period
03:33 NSH Shea Weber (1) Colin Wilson (1), Craig Smith (1) 2 - 1
07:51 NSH Craig Smith (1) Colin Wilson (2), Gabriel Bourque (1) 3 - 1
3rd Period
18:29 NSH Paul Gaustad (1) Nick Spaling (1), Mike Fisher (1) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:34 NSH Matt Cullen Holding 2
04:38 NSH Mike Fisher Holding 2
15:40 BUF Cory Conacher Interference 2
2nd Period
09:20 NSH Paul Gaustad Instigator 2
09:20 NSH Paul Gaustad Fighting 5
09:20 BUF Zenon Konopka Fighting 5
09:20 NSH Paul Gaustad Misconduct 10
12:24 NSH Rich Clune High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 48 34 24 4 1.8 55.7
Buffalo Sabres 50 37 25 1 1.9 44.3

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadNashville Predators 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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 1.8 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.9 expected, 1 scored

00.511.5Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 17:10 of 1st, a 4% chanceNSH goal, 3:33 of 2nd, a 2% chanceNSH goal, 7:51 of 2nd, a 13% chanceNSH goal, 18:29 of 3rd, a 51% chanceBUF goal, 2:09 of 1st, a 39% chanceBUF 1.9NSH 1.8

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

Nashville Predators
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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Eric Nystrom · Colin Wilson · Craig Smith8:1057.156.21-0
Patric Hornqvist · Gabriel Bourque · Colton Sissons7:0957.177.20-0
Matt Cullen · Mike Fisher · Nick Spaling6:1340.09.90-0
Rich Clune · Colin Wilson · Craig Smith3:5150.038.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi19:2055.258.11-0
Michael Del Zotto · Ryan Ellis14:5152.463.11-0
Mattias Ekholm · Seth Jones14:4757.144.60-0

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

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
6 Shea Weber D 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 26:15 0.06 17-14 0.24-0.16
15 Craig Smith C 1 1 2 2 0 7 0 19:09 0.41 22-15 0.78-0.42
16 Nick Spaling C 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 16:11 0.04 8-8 0.06-0.10
22 Colin Wilson C 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 16:31 0.12 18-13 0.64-0.40
28 Paul Gaustad C 1 0 1 1 17 1 3 10:39 5-5 0.19-0.17
12 Mike Fisher C 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 20:38 0.02 12-12 0.17-0.11
57 Gabriel Bourque L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:16 0.29 8-7 0.47-0.07
59 Roman Josi D 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 25:52 0.07 20-13 0.38-0.16
3 Seth Jones D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:46 0.01 14-11 0.33-0.30
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:57 10-7 0.19-0.17
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:27 12-9 0.24-0.29
15 Michael Del Zotto D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:55 0.01 12-12 0.55-0.32
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:25 0.02 10-6 0.23-0.15
24 Eric Nystrom L 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:39 0.04 13-12 0.26-0.26
24 Viktor Stalberg L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:57 0.02 6-3 0.09-0.09
25 Rich Clune L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:54 0.09 13-11 0.25-0.33
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:09 0.03 7-6 0.19-0.06
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:45 0.03 13-11 0.60-0.31
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton W 25 24 1 60:00 1.90 +0.90

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Cory Conacher15:0843.527.80-1
Matt D'Agostini · Cody Hodgson · Marcus Foligno12:3723.529.50-0
Ville Leino · Nicolas Deslauriers · Brian Flynn10:2446.734.50-0
Zenon Konopka · Matt Ellis · John Scott3:2320.037.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Weber · Tyler Myers16:2338.533.60-1
Henrik Tallinder · Jamie McBain15:3034.630.30-1
Christian Ehrhoff · Chad Ruhwedel15:1541.222.10-0

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
18 Drew Stafford R 1 0 1 -2 0 5 2 23:00 0.79 11-13 0.24-0.64
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 19:29 0.19 8-16 0.14-0.26
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 24:17 0.24 14-14 0.29-0.64
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:15 0.03 9-10 0.19-0.25
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:18 0.01 12-16 0.27-0.29
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 16:21 0.03 8-16 0.21-0.26
20 Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:01 9-17 0.26-0.60
21 Jamie McBain D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:13 0.03 12-18 0.34-0.63
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 03:23 1-4 0.06-0.10
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:08 0.09 10-10 0.18-0.18
24 Zenon Konopka C 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 06:58 3-5 0.06-0.11
27 Matt D'Agostini R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:10 0.15 8-14 0.15-0.12
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:07 0.10 11-12 0.28-0.30
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 05:33 0.06 5-4 0.07-0.10
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 15:59 0.04 12-10 0.26-0.18
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:41 0.09 14-11 0.25-0.28
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:23 0.05 14-16 0.24-0.29
89 Cory Conacher C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 19:47 14-14 0.37-0.64
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth L 23 20 3 59:27 1.27 -1.73