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Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 15, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Minnesota Wild 7 37
Buffalo Sabres 0 18

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:13 MIN Zach Parise (15) Mikko Koivu (16), Jason Pominville (25) 1 - 0
19:01 MIN Thomas Vanek (8) PP Mikko Koivu (17), Jason Pominville (26) 2 - 0
2nd Period
06:00 MIN Kyle Brodziak (6) SH Erik Haula (3) 3 - 0
09:06 MIN Mathew Dumba (2) Jason Pominville (27), Zach Parise (17) 4 - 0
18:54 MIN Jared Spurgeon (6) Jonathon Blum (1), Ryan Carter (9) 5 - 0
3rd Period
04:26 MIN Matt Cooke (4) Kyle Brodziak (6) 6 - 0
18:27 MIN Erik Haula (4) PP Thomas Vanek (19), Christian Folin (4) 7 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:11 BUF Tyler Myers Tripping 2
07:42 MIN Thomas Vanek Slashing 2
16:56 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers Fighting 5
16:56 MIN Mathew Dumba Fighting 5
18:12 BUF Mike Weber Holding 2
2nd Period
04:59 MIN Jason Zucker Interference 2
11:09 MIN Jared Spurgeon Tripping 2
19:32 BUF Josh Gorges Holding 2
3rd Period
06:27 BUF Tyler Myers Delaying game puck over glass 2
10:28 BUF Patrick Kaleta Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
16:45 BUF Chris Stewart Elbowing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild 63 45 37 7 4.3 57.1
Buffalo Sabres 44 29 18 0 1.9 42.9

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 4.3 expected, 7 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.9 expected, 0 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndMIN goal, 5:13 of 1st, a 28% chanceMIN goal, 19:01 of 1st, a 10% chanceMIN goal, 6:00 of 2nd, a 30% chanceMIN goal, 9:06 of 2nd, a 2% chanceMIN goal, 18:54 of 2nd, a 2% chanceMIN goal, 4:26 of 3rd, a 6% chanceMIN goal, 18:27 of 3rd, a 9% chanceMIN 4.3BUF 1.9

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

Minnesota Wild
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.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikko Koivu · Jason Pominville · Zach Parise10:3876.595.12-0
Matt Cooke · Kyle Brodziak · Justin Fontaine10:3528.627.81-0
Ryan Carter · Charlie Coyle · Nino Niederreiter8:4346.260.91-0
Thomas Vanek · Erik Haula · Jason Zucker7:4466.772.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jonas Brodin · Christian Folin13:0361.145.71-0
Jared Spurgeon · Mathew Dumba6:5370.087.92-0
Jonathon Blum · Nate Prosser5:4114.339.90-0

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
29 Jason Pominville R 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 17:59 0.11 14-4 1.26-0.06
9 Zach Parise L 1 1 2 2 0 6 2 17:40 0.83 14-4 1.23-0.06
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 1 2 0 2 8 0 16:38 1.16 17-7 1.35-0.32
28 Kyle Brodziak C 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 14:21 0.33 6-15 0.18-0.46
56 Erik Haula L 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 13:57 0.19 13-6 0.81-0.30
9 Mikko Koivu C 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 18:33 0.34 14-4 1.23-0.06
24 Matt Cooke L 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:17 0.15 6-15 0.18-0.46
24 Mathew Dumba D 1 0 1 3 5 2 3 16:11 0.11 19-9 1.77-0.27
46 Jared Spurgeon D 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 22:59 0.03 26-10 2.59-0.33
7 Jonathon Blum D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:44 8-12 0.58-0.46
18 Ryan Carter L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:46 7-8 0.53-0.31
32 Christian Folin D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 21:09 0.02 12-12 0.29-0.61
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 13:00 0.37 10-8 1.05-0.31
14 Justin Fontaine R 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:02 6-15 0.18-0.46
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 13:00 0.54 14-6 0.93-0.30
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 27:53 0.04 15-11 0.69-0.37
39 Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:02 9-12 0.87-0.23
62 Nino Niederreiter R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:52 0.06 10-7 1.05-0.29
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Devan Dubnyk 18 18 0 59:57 1.86 +1.86

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons12:0850.023.80-0
Drew Stafford · Torrey Mitchell · Brian Flynn9:3938.533.70-1
Chris Stewart · Cody Hodgson · Phil Varone7:0244.417.30-1
Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta · Nicolas Deslauriers3:350.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Nikita Zadorov16:3360.633.40-0
Josh Gorges · Tyler Myers12:4025.027.70-1
Andrej Meszaros · Mike Weber11:4942.926.70-2

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -3 2 0 2 20:17 0.02 3-17 0.06-1.23
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 19:45 0.02 9-15 0.26-0.76
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:24 0.16 13-13 0.32-1.20
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:26 0.04 5-10 0.06-0.16
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:56 0.35 12-14 0.49-1.33
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:16 0.05 11-16 0.37-1.26
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:55 0.13 9-9 0.44-0.19
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 11:44 0.26 3-6 0.26-0.70
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:20 3-5 0.26-0.66
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 15:13 0.01 10-13 0.38-0.79
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 16:08 0.42 13-17 0.32-1.28
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 5 1 6 08:24 0.06 5-8 0.08-0.53
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:25 0.05 8-12 0.24-1.34
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 21:58 0.07 20-19 0.69-2.36
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 20:10 0.04 3-13 0.06-0.29
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:18 0.15 12-11 0.49-1.18
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:54 5-9 0.06-0.16
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 22:56 0.04 21-13 0.81-1.37
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth 37 30 7 60:00 4.25 -2.75