Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 2, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Tampa Bay Lightning	1	27
Buffalo Sabres	2	22

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
3rd Period
09:52	TBL	Ondrej Palat (7)	Tyler Johnson (19), Nikita Kucherov (13)	1 - 0
16:06	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons (8)	Tyler Myers (5), Josh Gorges (2)	1 - 1
Shootout
	BUF	Cody Hodgson	Shootout winner	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
00:35	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	Interference	2
05:43	TBL	Cedric Paquette	High sticking	2
2nd Period
17:51	BUF	Mike Weber	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd Period
04:35	BUF	Brian Gionta	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Tampa Bay Lightning	69	47	27	1	3.0	62.4
Buffalo Sabres	45	34	22	1	2.7	37.6

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 Tampa Bay Lightning had.

Expected goals

Tampa Bay Lightning: 3.0 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 1 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

Tampa Bay Lightning

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Callahan · Alex Killorn · Steven Stamkos	14:47	52.4	72.3	0-0
Tyler Johnson · Ondrej Palat · Nikita Kucherov	10:31	71.4	51.0	1-0
Brian Boyle · JT Brown · Cedric Paquette	7:26	60.0	40.9	0-0
Valtteri Filppula · Brett Connolly · Vladislav Namestnikov	6:31	81.3	87.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Carle · Jason Garrison	18:46	72.7	55.5	0-0
Anton Stralman · Victor Hedman	17:14	58.8	58.2	1-1
Mark Barberio · Radko Gudas	13:15	59.1	51.0	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

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
81	Ondrej Palat	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	17:41	0.18	20-9	0.86-0.77
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	14:57	0.40	19-8	0.84-0.72
90	Tyler Johnson	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	16:40	0.42	18-9	0.78-0.75
6	Radko Gudas	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:13	0.01	14-11	0.36-0.39
7	Vladislav Namestnikov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10:52	0.23	14-6	0.72-0.17
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	12:42	0.13	11-10	0.39-0.85
13	Jason Garrison	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	23:12	0.05	24-9	0.91-0.73
13	Cedric Paquette	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	12:35	0.03	12-10	0.40-0.82
17	Alex Killorn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:48	0.02	12-11	0.41-0.23
20	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:53	0.24	15-4	0.71-0.18
23	JT Brown	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11:17	0.22	12-7	0.39-0.63
24	Ryan Callahan	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	23:29	0.23	12-13	0.43-0.28
25	Matt Carle	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	22:36	0.08	25-12	0.91-0.86
44	Mark Barberio	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:47	0.01	13-9	0.36-0.34
51	Valtteri Filppula	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	15:33	0.19	15-8	0.72-0.44
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	26:07	0.11	20-14	1.11-0.80
86	Anton Stralman	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:47	0.20	20-15	1.11-0.87
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	22:51	0.23	14-10	0.49-0.15

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
20	Evgeni Nabokov	22	21	1	65:00	2.69	+1.69

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons	13:38	41.2	56.7	1-0
Chris Stewart · Cody Hodgson · Marcus Foligno	11:35	27.8	17.5	0-1
Brian Gionta · Torrey Mitchell · Brian Flynn	11:10	52.9	60.4	0-0
Patrick Kaleta · Nicolas Deslauriers · Tim Schaller	5:29	20.0	39.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Gorges · Tyler Myers	17:11	30.8	45.8	1-0
Tyson Strachan · Mike Weber	15:46	43.2	47.1	0-1
Rasmus Ristolainen · Nikita Zadorov	14:40	41.7	51.6	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	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	23:41	0.60	14-22	1.26-1.10
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	25:41	0.08	9-21	0.32-0.49
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	26:16	0.29	8-20	0.32-0.51
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	17:45	0.03	16-23	1.05-1.31
11	Cody Hodgson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:54	0.12	6-14	0.13-0.49
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	18:23	0.08	12-9	0.51-0.29
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	12:53		6-14	0.13-0.49
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	18:53	0.37	14-22	1.26-1.10
28	Tyson Strachan	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	17:26	0.02	16-21	1.05-1.18
32	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	14:23	0.28	10-9	0.38-0.26
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	05:56		2-9	0.11-0.18
44	Chris Stewart	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	17:13	0.05	7-18	0.11-0.82
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12:18	0.10	5-13	0.23-0.54
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20:50	0.18	11-17	0.62-0.68
59	Tim Schaller	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	06:50		3-11	0.11-0.39
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	19:32	0.41	14-22	1.26-1.09
71	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20:03	0.04	12-11	0.49-0.41
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22:02	0.07	10-14	0.62-0.58

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Jhonas Enroth	27	26	1	65:00	2.96	+1.96