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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Dec 21, 2014 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 28
Boston Bruins 4 37

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:52 BOS Dougie Hamilton (6) PP Carl Soderberg (17), Loui Eriksson (12) 0 - 1
2nd Period
06:06 BUF Andrej Meszaros (1) Chris Stewart (4), Johan Larsson (1) 1 - 1
14:36 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (3) PP Tyler Ennis (15), Zemgus Girgensons (9) 2 - 1
15:36 BOS Chris Kelly (3) Zdeno Chara (4), Dougie Hamilton (13) 2 - 2
3rd Period
01:27 BUF Tim Schaller (1) Nicolas Deslauriers (7), Brian Flynn (4) 3 - 2
18:29 BOS Dougie Hamilton (7) Patrice Bergeron (17), Reilly Smith (9) 3 - 3
Overtime
02:14 BOS Loui Eriksson (7) Milan Lucic (10), Zdeno Chara (5) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:15 BUF Tyler Ennis Tripping 2
14:08 BOS Matt Bartkowski Fighting 5
14:08 BOS Matt Bartkowski Interference 5
14:08 BOS Matt Bartkowski Game misconduct 10
14:08 BUF Marcus Foligno Instigator 2
14:08 BUF Marcus Foligno Fighting 5
14:08 BUF Marcus Foligno Misconduct 10
2nd Period
13:07 BOS Dougie Hamilton Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 35 32 28 3 3.3 32.9
Boston Bruins 71 50 37 4 2.6 67.1

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdOTBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.3 expected, 3 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.6 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 6:06 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 14:36 of 2nd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 1:27 of 3rd, a 34% chanceBOS goal, 5:52 of 1st, a 7% chanceBOS goal, 15:36 of 2nd, a 10% chanceBOS goal, 18:29 of 3rd, a 4% chanceBOS goal, 2:14 of overtime, a 14% chanceBUF 3.3BOS 2.6

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
Boston Bruins

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
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons15:5026.747.20-0
Chris Stewart · Cody Hodgson · Mikhail Grigorenko11:5929.447.50-0
Nicolas Deslauriers · Brian Flynn · Tim Schaller7:1918.255.51-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Brian Flynn3:3660.060.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen20:2223.344.30-1
Mark Pysyk · Nikita Zadorov14:3938.763.51-0
Andre Benoit · Andrej Meszaros12:1731.664.71-0

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
41 Andrej Meszaros D 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15:36 0.13 6-14 0.37-0.21
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 26:46 0.15 9-24 0.57-0.67
59 Tim Schaller L 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 11:21 0.39 2-12 0.39-0.40
22 Johan Larsson L 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 10:04 0.69 4-8 0.32-0.26
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 20:34 0.09 12-24 0.74-0.56
32 Brian Flynn C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 19:08 0.02 7-16 0.58-0.55
44 Chris Stewart R 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 19:08 0.28 9-16 0.47-0.29
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 1 1 -2 0 0 2 16:20 3-16 0.42-0.53
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 22:36 0.29 13-24 0.96-0.60
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 24:33 0.02 7-23 0.50-0.63
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 16:04 0.73 8-14 0.38-0.26
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 04:06 0.02 3-2 0.10-0.06
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:58 13-19 1.00-0.58
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 04:46 0.06 3-2 0.10-0.06
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 21:58 0.37 11-24 0.75-0.58
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 18:00 0.05 10-13 0.69-0.20
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:47 0.02 8-14 0.38-0.24
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:34 12-20 1.00-0.58
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth OTL 37 33 4 62:14 2.57 -1.43

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Reilly Smith11:5480.062.50-0
Chris Kelly · Loui Eriksson · Carl Soderberg7:1186.784.51-0
David Krejci · Milan Lucic · Craig Cunningham7:1164.718.20-1
Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille · Matt Fraser7:0733.345.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Dougie Hamilton13:4885.064.21-0
Kevan Miller · Torey Krug9:5066.761.40-0
Dennis Seidenberg · Dougie Hamilton6:3554.512.30-1

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
7 Dougie Hamilton D 2 1 3 1 2 6 3 25:58 0.19 23-8 0.55-0.71
21 Loui Eriksson L 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 19:09 0.37 19-9 0.52-0.77
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 2 2 2 0 4 2 27:24 0.12 31-13 0.96-0.89
22 Chris Kelly C 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 15:29 0.20 20-3 0.60-0.09
17 Milan Lucic L 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:59 0.01 17-12 0.24-1.24
19 Reilly Smith R 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 15:38 0.05 16-4 0.47-0.28
34 Carl Soderberg C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:39 0.50 19-4 0.59-0.09
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 18:11 0.45 18-5 0.49-0.35
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 21:19 0.12 18-12 0.28-1.05
9 Gregory Campbell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:21 4-7 0.13-0.20
12 Daniel Paille L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:05 0.10 3-8 0.12-0.21
22 Craig Cunningham L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:13 0.02 18-7 0.35-0.68
28 Matt Fraser R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:07 3-7 0.12-0.14
44 Matt Bartkowski D 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 04:57 0.01 3-1 0.13-0.04
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:34 0.09 17-13 0.24-1.37
47 Torey Krug D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:53 0.07 21-9 0.55-0.44
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:24 0.25 17-5 0.49-0.41
86 Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:23 0.02 18-13 0.43-0.76
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask W 28 25 3 61:50 3.27 +0.27