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Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 31, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 25
Buffalo Sabres 1 11

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:48 TBL Matt Carle (4) Ondrej Palat (16) 1 - 0
12:33 BUF Tyler Ennis (9) PP Nikita Zadorov (4), Matt Moulson (10) 1 - 1
2nd Period
19:02 TBL Ondrej Palat (9) PP Tyler Johnson (25), Nikita Kucherov (20) 2 - 1
3rd Period
05:20 TBL Brett Connolly (7) Anton Stralman (13), Ondrej Palat (17) 3 - 1
08:40 TBL Nikita Kucherov (16) Tyler Johnson (26), Anton Stralman (14) 4 - 1
18:05 TBL Nikita Kucherov (17) Ondrej Palat (18), Tyler Johnson (27) 5 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:59 TBL Alex Killorn Hooking 2
13:22 BUF Patrick Kaleta Interference 2
2nd Period
05:03 TBL Alex Killorn Tripping 2
18:09 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers Tripping 2
3rd Period
03:11 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Tampa Bay Lightning 48 33 25 5 2.2 61.8
Buffalo Sabres 31 20 11 1 0.7 38.2

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadTampa Bay Lightning 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 Tampa Bay Lightning had.

Expected goals

Tampa Bay Lightning: 2.2 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 0.7 expected, 1 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndTBL goal, 7:48 of 1st, a 4% chanceTBL goal, 19:02 of 2nd, a 6% chanceTBL goal, 5:20 of 3rd, a 24% chanceTBL goal, 8:40 of 3rd, a 30% chanceTBL goal, 18:05 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 12:33 of 1st, a 3% chanceTBL 2.2BUF 0.7

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Valtteri Filppula · Ryan Callahan · Alex Killorn13:4047.653.30-0
Steven Stamkos · Cedric Paquette · Jonathan Drouin11:3836.430.50-0
Tyler Johnson · Ondrej Palat · Nikita Kucherov10:1083.397.13-0
Brenden Morrow · Brian Boyle · Brett Connolly6:1975.083.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Carle · Andrej Sustr8:5040.057.90-0
Victor Hedman · Andrej Sustr8:0533.333.30-0
Matt Carle · Mark Barberio6:2670.077.20-0

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 3 4 4 0 3 1 16:13 0.18 21-3 1.31-0.03
86 Nikita Kucherov R 2 1 3 4 0 5 0 14:51 0.74 21-3 1.31-0.03
90 Tyler Johnson C 0 3 3 4 0 1 0 16:11 0.02 20-3 1.28-0.03
86 Anton Stralman D 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 21:01 0.05 19-7 1.03-0.12
20 Brett Connolly R 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 11:05 0.44 8-1 0.51-0.04
25 Matt Carle D 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 22:28 0.05 17-15 0.64-0.28
10 Brenden Morrow L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:46 4-3 0.21-0.04
11 Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:57 0.19 4-2 0.21-0.04
13 Cedric Paquette C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:00 0.09 4-8 0.12-0.26
17 Alex Killorn L 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 16:43 0.07 11-13 0.25-0.28
24 Ryan Callahan R 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 18:02 0.14 12-11 0.31-0.22
44 Mark Barberio D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:30 0.02 16-5 0.89-0.12
51 Valtteri Filppula C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:21 11-11 0.25-0.22
77 Victor Hedman D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:42 0.04 9-7 0.40-0.24
89 Nikita Nesterov D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:02 11-6 0.38-0.12
91 Steven Stamkos C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:21 0.20 8-11 0.22-0.32
92 Andrej Sustr D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:05 8-12 0.24-0.35
92 Jonathan Drouin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:08 0.01 6-9 0.17-0.32
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy 11 10 1 60:00 0.72 -0.28

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Stewart · Cody Hodgson · Mikhail Grigorenko13:1550.039.10-0
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons12:3141.228.80-2
Drew Stafford · Nicolas Deslauriers · Brian Flynn9:1018.27.00-0
Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta · Johan Larsson5:1237.520.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Mark Pysyk15:5937.531.60-1
Andrej Meszaros · Mike Weber15:1142.941.00-0
Tyson Strachan · Nikita Zadorov15:0235.310.70-1

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
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 18:20 0.17 8-12 0.21-0.58
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 17:57 0.02 11-12 0.26-0.64
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 20:42 0.05 8-16 0.20-1.08
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 23:02 0.01 8-14 0.25-0.61
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:19 0.01 11-14 0.27-0.46
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:06 0.02 7-9 0.18-0.41
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:52 0.07 6-7 0.10-0.23
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:34 0.02 7-15 0.13-0.58
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:30 7-13 0.22-0.62
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:55 5-5 0.12-0.22
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:42 6-7 0.10-0.23
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:41 8-13 0.15-0.86
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 18:27 0.07 10-15 0.21-0.84
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:42 0.06 4-15 0.12-0.80
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 10:32 0.14 5-10 0.16-0.47
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:07 0.09 9-12 0.21-0.31
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16:38 8-6 0.12-0.16
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 4 0 5 11:01 2-15 0.03-0.65
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth 25 20 5 60:00 2.22 -2.78