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New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 27, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
New York Islanders 3 36
Buffalo Sabres 4 26

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:33 NYI Nick Leddy (6) Kyle Okposo (22), Josh Bailey (6) 1 - 0
2nd Period
11:56 NYI John Tavares (14) Unassisted 2 - 0
15:05 NYI John Tavares (15) Josh Bailey (7), Kyle Okposo (23) 3 - 0
3rd Period
06:39 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers (4) Drew Stafford (13), Josh Gorges (5) 3 - 1
10:01 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (10) SH Nicolas Deslauriers (8), Josh Gorges (6) 3 - 2
11:51 BUF Chris Stewart (5) Drew Stafford (14), Patrick Kaleta (2) 3 - 3
Shootout
BUF Tyler Ennis Shootout winner 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:10 BUF Patrick Kaleta Roughing 2
10:10 NYI Cal Clutterbuck Roughing 2
20:00 BUF Chris Stewart Roughing 2
2nd Period
03:46 NYI Kyle Okposo Slashing 2
09:16 NYI Thomas Hickey Tripping 2
15:28 NYI Calvin de Haan Roughing 2
3rd Period
09:39 BUF Drew Stafford Interference goalkeeper 2
14:53 NYI Matt Martin Holding 2
14:53 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Embellishment 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders 66 46 36 3 2.5 57.1
Buffalo Sabres 47 33 26 3 2.2 42.9

How the game went

201510505Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadNew York Islanders 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 New York Islanders had.

Expected goals

New York Islanders: 2.5 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.2 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTNYI goal, 4:33 of 1st, a 2% chanceNYI goal, 11:56 of 2nd, a 9% chanceNYI goal, 15:05 of 2nd, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 6:39 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 10:01 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 11:51 of 3rd, a 13% chanceNYI 2.5BUF 2.2

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

New York Islanders
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.

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Frans Nielsen · Mikhail Grabovski · Nikolay Kulemin11:2770.054.80-0
Kyle Okposo · Josh Bailey · John Tavares11:0957.161.13-1
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas10:2140.046.00-0
Anders Lee · Brock Nelson · Ryan Strome7:0846.241.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Travis Hamonic · Calvin de Haan15:3057.155.71-1
Lubomir Visnovsky · Thomas Hickey14:5956.045.71-1
Johnny Boychuk · Nick Leddy13:5256.755.81-0

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
91 John Tavares C 2 0 2 1 0 6 0 21:15 0.44 13-10 0.60-0.48
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 18:08 0.33 13-10 0.60-0.48
12 Josh Bailey R 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 13:14 0.21 12-9 0.60-0.38
4 Nick Leddy D 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 21:16 0.03 17-13 0.67-0.53
11 Lubomir Visnovsky D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:52 0.02 14-11 0.46-0.55
11 Brock Nelson C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 16:23 0.25 7-7 0.09-0.10
15 Cal Clutterbuck R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 13:57 0.15 6-10 0.30-0.49
17 Matt Martin L 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 12:51 7-10 0.40-0.46
22 Ryan Strome C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:12 0.04 10-8 0.27-0.23
42 Thomas Hickey D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 21:11 0.21 15-11 0.53-0.55
44 Calvin de Haan D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 21:51 0.01 12-9 0.40-0.32
52 Travis Hamonic D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22:49 13-9 0.47-0.32
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:12 0.23 7-9 0.40-0.36
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 22:20 0.05 17-13 0.67-0.53
72 Anders Lee L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:31 0.02 10-8 0.19-0.23
81 Frans Nielsen C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:47 0.21 15-6 0.42-0.33
84 Mikhail Grabovski C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:52 0.18 17-6 0.48-0.33
86 Nikolay Kulemin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:19 0.16 15-6 0.42-0.33
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Kevin Poulin 26 23 3 65:00 2.14 -0.86

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Stafford · Nicolas Deslauriers · Brian Flynn12:1933.339.31-1
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons10:5537.548.40-2
Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta · Johan Larsson8:3766.759.30-0
Chris Stewart · Cody Hodgson · Mikhail Grigorenko8:1846.740.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Meszaros · Mike Weber10:0736.428.10-0
Andrej Meszaros · Nikita Zadorov7:2125.046.30-0
Josh Gorges · Andre Benoit6:4958.360.91-1

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
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 1 1 2 1 0 5 5 17:51 0.28 6-15 0.22-0.67
4 Josh Gorges D 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 26:21 14-12 0.54-0.58
18 Drew Stafford R 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 20:04 0.22 8-16 0.57-0.62
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 -1 2 4 1 18:58 0.41 8-10 0.52-0.32
44 Chris Stewart R 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 14:51 0.18 9-13 0.27-0.45
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 11:07 0.15 11-8 0.41-0.37
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21:43 0.04 10-15 0.44-0.60
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:54 0.21 10-9 0.28-0.39
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:41 0.10 7-11 0.14-0.33
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:23 0.11 10-6 0.28-0.19
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:36 0.09 8-10 0.25-0.30
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 16:34 0.21 9-10 0.63-0.32
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:22 0.01 6-13 0.22-0.50
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 24:07 0.04 10-23 0.33-0.69
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:14 0.03 6-2 0.48-0.13
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:14 0.06 13-13 0.32-0.38
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:34 0.05 7-11 0.41-0.32
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 26:26 13-23 0.68-0.81
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth 36 33 3 65:00 2.52 -0.48