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Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes

Jan 8, 2015 · PNC Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 20
Carolina Hurricanes 5 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
04:52 CAR Jeff Skinner (9) Alexander Semin (6), Ryan Murphy (2) 0 - 1
05:51 BUF Phil Varone (1) Chris Stewart (7) 1 - 1
13:50 CAR Jiri Tlusty (11) PP Nathan Gerbe (11), Justin Faulk (16) 1 - 2
14:43 CAR Eric Staal (12) Ryan Murphy (3), John-Michael Liles (7) 1 - 3
15:09 CAR Victor Rask (5) Ron Hainsey (4) 1 - 4
3rd Period
08:17 BUF Phil Varone (2) Tyson Strachan (5), Mike Weber (5) 2 - 4
10:10 CAR Riley Nash (6) Justin Faulk (17), Jiri Tlusty (6) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:09 CAR Jiri Tlusty Tripping 2
2nd Period
06:04 CAR Eric Staal Tripping 2
11:52 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers Holding 2
12:40 BUF Tyson Strachan Cross checking 2
3rd Period
01:22 BUF Tyler Myers Cross checking 2
06:12 CAR John-Michael Liles Holding the stick 2
11:30 CAR Ryan Murphy Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 38 31 20 2 2.4 35.2
Carolina Hurricanes 67 42 31 5 3.5 64.8

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdCarolina Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 2 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 3.5 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 5:51 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 8:17 of 3rd, a 24% chanceCAR goal, 4:52 of 2nd, a 11% chanceCAR goal, 13:50 of 2nd, a 19% chanceCAR goal, 14:43 of 2nd, a 5% chanceCAR goal, 15:09 of 2nd, a 8% chanceCAR goal, 10:10 of 3rd, a 37% chanceCAR 3.5BUF 2.4

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
Carolina Hurricanes

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
Cody Hodgson · Nicolas Deslauriers · Mikhail Grigorenko11:3955.070.40-1
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons11:2115.833.50-0
Chris Stewart · Phil Varone · Brian Flynn10:2032.045.42-1
Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta · Tim Schaller6:5471.4100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Tyler Myers17:0828.631.81-0
Tyson Strachan · Mike Weber14:4250.077.41-1
Rasmus Ristolainen · Nikita Zadorov10:0026.126.20-2

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
44 Phil Varone C 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 15:19 0.33 9-20 0.83-0.98
6 Mike Weber D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 6 19:10 0.03 14-16 1.13-0.38
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 18:45 0.02 16-18 1.13-0.53
44 Chris Stewart R 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 14:58 9-19 0.73-1.35
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 23:15 0.08 8-22 0.34-0.87
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:48 0.02 5-9 0.06-0.29
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:10 0.07 11-9 0.80-0.34
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:21 13-9 0.82-0.34
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:54 5-16 0.26-0.48
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:22 4-21 0.25-0.61
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:01 0.50 10-22 0.84-1.47
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 10:56 5-8 0.06-0.21
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 13:13 0.64 11-11 0.80-0.45
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 17:39 0.21 7-20 0.49-1.39
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 24:38 0.06 8-22 0.34-0.87
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 09:20 0.01 5-4 0.06-0.49
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:05 0.38 6-20 0.38-0.62
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 17:08 0.03 9-19 0.50-1.36
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth 31 26 5 60:00 3.46 -1.54

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Eric Staal · Jordan Staal · Elias Lindholm8:1958.325.11-0
Jay McClement · Patrick Dwyer · Brad Malone7:1377.884.70-1
Alexander Semin · Riley Nash · Jeff Skinner5:5441.778.41-0
Nathan Gerbe · Jiri Tlusty · Riley Nash5:5283.355.91-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Sekera · Justin Faulk13:0175.051.40-0
Ron Hainsey · John-Michael Liles11:4265.081.41-1
Tim Gleason · Ryan Murphy10:0960.081.41-0

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
9 Jiri Tlusty L 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 13:54 0.47 17-4 0.74-0.46
32 Ryan Murphy D 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 18:38 18-14 0.55-0.80
72 Justin Faulk D 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 21:01 0.16 20-7 1.14-0.57
12 Eric Staal C 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 14:17 0.22 9-8 0.35-0.87
18 Riley Nash C 1 0 1 2 0 4 2 16:27 0.69 17-10 0.91-0.59
49 Victor Rask C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:26 0.26 16-5 0.55-0.22
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 13:50 0.32 12-10 0.54-0.13
13 Alexander Semin R 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 14:58 0.03 15-11 0.75-0.14
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:34 0.11 18-4 0.84-0.46
26 John-Michael Liles D 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 17:51 0.03 18-13 0.86-1.24
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 22:45 23-11 1.54-0.47
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:49 0.01 18-7 0.56-0.67
6 Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:20 0.05 18-11 0.55-0.42
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 15:51 0.28 9-10 0.36-0.76
18 Jay McClement C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:49 0.30 17-6 0.97-0.38
24 Brad Malone C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 09:36 0.03 16-8 0.79-0.26
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:29 0.13 7-9 0.23-0.90
39 Patrick Dwyer R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:26 0.39 17-7 0.79-0.46
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Cam Ward 20 18 2 60:00 2.34 +0.34