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Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Nov 13, 2014 · Xcel Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 28
Minnesota Wild 6 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:03 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (1) Matt Moulson (4), Zemgus Girgensons (4) 1 - 0
06:07 MIN Ryan Carter (2) Kyle Brodziak (1), Justin Fontaine (5) 1 - 1
06:14 MIN Nino Niederreiter (5) Charlie Coyle (5) 1 - 2
06:24 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (4) Tyler Ennis (4), Nikita Zadorov (1) 2 - 2
09:21 MIN Kyle Brodziak (3) Justin Fontaine (6), Ryan Carter (6) 2 - 3
17:52 MIN Nino Niederreiter (6) PP Mikael Granlund (5), Mathew Dumba (2) 2 - 4
2nd Period
13:50 MIN Jared Spurgeon (3) PP Jason Pominville (5), Mikko Koivu (2) 2 - 5
3rd Period
12:56 BUF Torrey Mitchell (2) Drew Stafford (7), Nicolas Deslauriers (2) 3 - 5
17:32 MIN Nino Niederreiter (7) Charlie Coyle (6), Ryan Suter (8) 3 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:35 BUF Tyler Myers Hooking 2
17:34 BUF Drew Stafford Holding 2
2nd Period
01:51 BUF Patrick Kaleta High sticking 2
11:56 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Interference 2
14:37 MIN Justin Fontaine Holding 2
3rd Period
09:25 MIN Jordan Schroeder Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 38 32 28 3 1.5 32.1
Minnesota Wild 78 57 39 6 4.4 67.9

How the game went

010203040Start2nd3rdMinnesota 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: 1.5 expected, 3 scored · Minnesota Wild: 4.4 expected, 6 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 1:03 of 1st, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 6:24 of 1st, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 12:56 of 3rd, a 11% chanceMIN goal, 6:07 of 1st, a 41% chanceMIN goal, 6:14 of 1st, a 12% chanceMIN goal, 9:21 of 1st, a 13% chanceMIN goal, 17:52 of 1st, a 15% chanceMIN goal, 13:50 of 2nd, a 14% chanceMIN goal, 17:32 of 3rd, a 40% chanceMIN 4.4BUF 1.5

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 Girgensons14:0239.327.02-0
Brian Gionta · Torrey Mitchell · Brian Flynn10:4035.339.00-0
Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta · Nicolas Deslauriers4:260.00.00-2
Cody McCormick · Drew Stafford · Nicolas Deslauriers4:12100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Nikita Zadorov19:1341.929.22-0
Andre Benoit · Tyler Myers9:0930.012.30-1
Tyson Strachan · Tyler Myers7:4526.729.90-0

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 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 18:58 0.09 12-21 0.32-0.95
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 0 1 2 2 4 1 24:06 0.09 14-19 0.38-1.01
71 Torrey Mitchell C 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 16:35 0.23 8-16 0.33-0.57
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 12:24 0.01 5-5 0.17-0.40
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:13 0.22 12-21 0.35-0.98
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 14:41 0.01 3-12 0.17-0.88
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 19:57 0.47 13-24 0.35-0.96
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 1 1 3 0 1 4 25:17 0.01 14-22 0.50-1.05
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 10:41 3-10 0.06-0.52
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 15:01 0.03 2-13 0.06-0.94
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:53 5-8 0.10-0.40
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:01 0.08 6-16 0.19-0.60
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 21:59 0.02 7-22 0.29-0.72
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:51 0.05 7-16 0.19-0.56
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 08:06 3-12 0.08-0.87
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 08:31 0.11 5-7 0.13-0.37
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 24:07 0.07 10-27 0.26-1.38
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:48 0.04 6-14 0.14-0.98
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth 38 33 5 59:39 3.97 -1.03

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Charlie Coyle · Mikael Granlund · Nino Niederreiter13:2481.091.11-1
Mikko Koivu · Jason Pominville · Jason Zucker11:0862.570.10-1
Thomas Vanek · Jordan Schroeder · Erik Haula10:3958.868.10-0
Kyle Brodziak · Ryan Carter · Justin Fontaine7:1270.096.72-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon20:0267.675.00-1
Keith Ballard · Nate Prosser7:3061.582.62-1
Keith Ballard · Mathew Dumba5:4575.059.80-1

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
62 Nino Niederreiter R 3 0 3 1 0 5 3 18:32 0.56 17-5 0.70-0.09
18 Ryan Carter L 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 09:17 0.43 7-3 0.69-0.02
28 Kyle Brodziak C 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 12:32 0.24 10-5 0.84-0.09
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 14:55 0.11 18-4 0.70-0.07
14 Justin Fontaine R 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 10:00 0.16 12-3 0.88-0.02
46 Jared Spurgeon D 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 29:27 0.50 27-12 1.07-0.34
9 Mikko Koivu C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 17:06 0.28 17-10 0.79-0.34
22 Ryan Suter D 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 29:30 0.13 27-14 1.04-0.38
24 Mathew Dumba D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:37 0.07 18-6 0.85-0.25
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 16:34 0.32 16-12 0.77-0.46
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:30 0.17 20-4 0.78-0.07
2 Keith Ballard D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:09 17-7 1.05-0.27
14 Jordan Schroeder C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:06 0.32 12-8 0.51-0.25
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 16:59 0.57 19-10 0.86-0.33
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:28 0.06 13-9 0.54-0.37
32 Christian Folin D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 11:36 0.07 14-6 0.83-0.16
39 Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:41 11-9 0.81-0.22
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:21 0.02 10-8 0.41-0.31
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Niklas Backstrom 26 25 1 53:16 1.39 +0.39
35 Darcy Kuemper 2 0 2 06:24 0.12 -1.88