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Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 17, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Philadelphia Flyers 4 32
Buffalo Sabres 3 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
18:51 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (12) Chris Stewart (8), Brian Flynn (8) 0 - 1
2nd Period
03:51 PHI R.J. Umberger (8) PP Matt Read (15), Michael Del Zotto (9) 1 - 1
07:49 PHI Mark Streit (6) PP Claude Giroux (35), Jakub Voracek (36) 2 - 1
19:05 BUF Tyler Ennis (10) Matt Moulson (11), Rasmus Ristolainen (5) 2 - 2
3rd Period
05:54 PHI Chris VandeVelde (4) Vincent Lecavalier (6), Carlo Colaiacovo (3) 3 - 2
08:39 PHI Michael Raffl (12) Michael Del Zotto (10), Luke Schenn (4) 4 - 2
18:51 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (13) PP Matt Moulson (12), Chris Stewart (9) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:18 PHI Michael Raffl Interference 2
2nd Period
02:04 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Holding 2
06:30 BUF Chris Stewart Interference 2
06:30 BUF Chris Stewart Roughing 2
06:30 PHI Sean Couturier Roughing 2
11:03 BUF Phil Varone Hooking 2
15:33 PHI Zac Rinaldo Interference 2
3rd Period
17:34 PHI Vincent Lecavalier Holding the stick 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Philadelphia Flyers 63 48 32 4 2.5 62.7
Buffalo Sabres 44 36 27 3 2.1 37.3

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadPhiladelphia Flyers 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 Philadelphia Flyers had.

Expected goals

Philadelphia Flyers: 2.5 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 3 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndPHI goal, 3:51 of 2nd, a 23% chancePHI goal, 7:49 of 2nd, a 5% chancePHI goal, 5:54 of 3rd, a 17% chancePHI goal, 8:39 of 3rd, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 18:51 of 1st, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 19:05 of 2nd, a 25% chanceBUF goal, 18:51 of 3rd, a 19% chancePHI 2.5BUF 2.1

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

Philadelphia Flyers
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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
R.J. Umberger · Matt Read · Sean Couturier11:4057.160.30-0
Claude Giroux · Jakub Voracek · Brayden Schenn10:5552.934.90-2
Wayne Simmonds · Zac Rinaldo · Michael Raffl10:1971.485.01-0
Vincent Lecavalier · Chris VandeVelde · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare7:2480.081.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Luke Schenn · Michael Del Zotto16:1565.553.41-0
Mark Streit · Nick Schultz13:4544.038.00-2
Carlo Colaiacovo · Andrew MacDonald13:2484.287.81-0

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
15 Michael Del Zotto D 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 23:31 0.02 22-11 0.64-0.55
18 Michael Raffl L 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 12:59 0.23 14-7 0.40-0.32
20 R.J. Umberger C 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 14:55 0.40 14-9 0.34-0.18
32 Mark Streit D 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 19:30 0.09 16-17 0.45-0.58
76 Chris VandeVelde C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 10:13 0.27 12-3 0.51-0.11
2 Luke Schenn D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 20:34 20-11 0.68-0.56
10 Matt Read R 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 18:15 0.21 16-12 0.59-0.33
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:13 0.22 19-4 0.74-0.09
28 Claude Giroux R 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 18:17 0.14 12-9 0.32-0.51
44 Vincent Lecavalier C 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 10:22 0.12 9-4 0.48-0.25
93 Jakub Voracek R 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 16:22 0.03 11-12 0.25-0.62
10 Brayden Schenn C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 15:55 0.33 10-9 0.25-0.46
14 Sean Couturier C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 19:43 0.13 17-11 0.58-0.28
24 Wayne Simmonds R 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 16:01 0.12 16-5 0.64-0.15
36 Zac Rinaldo C 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 13:41 0.06 15-8 0.37-0.34
41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:42 0.04 10-4 0.44-0.11
47 Andrew MacDonald D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:50 0.02 16-4 0.59-0.09
55 Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 18:40 0.09 11-15 0.34-0.57
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
72 Rob Zepp W 27 24 3 60:00 2.08 -0.92

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Moulson · Torrey Mitchell · Tyler Ennis14:2751.962.21-0
Chris Stewart · Brian Flynn · Zemgus Girgensons13:4630.820.51-1
Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta · Nicolas Deslauriers9:1125.022.80-1
Drew Stafford · Cody Hodgson · Phil Varone5:1718.249.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Tyler Myers18:3853.869.21-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Nikita Zadorov14:1130.031.51-2
Andre Benoit · Tyson Strachan9:4138.935.50-0

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
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 2 0 2 0 2 4 1 19:57 0.48 8-19 0.22-0.85
26 Matt Moulson L 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 19:43 0.19 16-14 0.80-0.44
44 Chris Stewart R 0 2 2 0 4 2 3 18:25 0.21 11-18 0.26-0.85
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 18:29 0.25 15-13 0.76-0.44
32 Brian Flynn C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 19:28 0.09 9-20 0.22-0.85
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 18:58 0.11 9-24 0.43-1.03
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 23:19 0.02 15-14 0.66-0.35
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:57 0.11 2-9 0.12-0.12
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:05 2-11 0.12-0.15
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:13 0.02 8-12 0.22-0.32
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:38 4-10 0.08-0.31
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:04 0.04 4-10 0.08-0.31
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:02 0.04 4-9 0.08-0.28
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:19 3-9 0.16-0.12
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 27:33 0.24 14-16 0.57-0.37
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:26 0.01 7-15 0.13-0.36
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:32 0.13 15-14 0.76-0.44
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 21:31 0.18 9-23 0.43-1.01
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth L 32 28 4 58:15 2.47 -1.53