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New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 8, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
New York Islanders 3 31
Buffalo Sabres 2 10

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
16:19 NYI Colin McDonald (1) Casey Cizikas (8) 1 - 0
2nd Period
10:20 NYI Anders Lee (16) PP Travis Hamonic (13), John Tavares (27) 2 - 0
11:22 NYI Mikhail Grabovski (9) Travis Hamonic (14), Frans Nielsen (20) 3 - 0
12:33 BUF Marcus Foligno (6) Nikita Zadorov (10), Brian Flynn (10) 3 - 1
14:57 BUF Drew Stafford (9) Marcus Foligno (5) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:03 NYI Matt Martin Boarding 2
07:03 BUF Tyler Myers Roughing 2
2nd Period
09:06 BUF Tyler Myers Slashing 2
18:50 NYI Travis Hamonic Holding 2
3rd Period
00:18 NYI Nikolay Kulemin Holding 2
01:11 BUF Tyler Myers Slashing 2
05:04 NYI Brian Strait Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders 68 47 31 3 3.2 70.7
Buffalo Sabres 28 19 10 2 1.1 29.3

How the game went

403020100Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 3.2 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.1 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndNYI goal, 16:19 of 1st, a 13% chanceNYI goal, 10:20 of 2nd, a 43% chanceNYI goal, 11:22 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 12:33 of 2nd, a 42% chanceBUF goal, 14:57 of 2nd, a 14% chanceNYI 3.2BUF 1.1

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

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
Josh Bailey · John Tavares · Anders Lee10:3261.950.60-1
Nikolay Kulemin · Brock Nelson · Harry Zolnierczyk10:0368.837.80-1
Frans Nielsen · Mikhail Grabovski · Ryan Strome9:3271.463.21-0
Colin McDonald · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas8:2873.396.91-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Johnny Boychuk · Nick Leddy15:5363.676.11-0
Brian Strait · Travis Hamonic15:3572.476.31-0
Lubomir Visnovsky · Thomas Hickey12:5770.030.50-2

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
52 Travis Hamonic D 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 23:26 0.11 26-8 1.11-0.30
36 Colin McDonald R 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 10:50 0.13 12-6 0.60-0.02
72 Anders Lee L 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 13:49 0.61 17-8 0.51-0.37
84 Mikhail Grabovski C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:32 0.14 10-5 0.36-0.24
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 12:22 0.15 13-6 0.59-0.02
81 Frans Nielsen C 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 16:46 0.19 16-5 0.70-0.24
91 John Tavares C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 19:30 0.30 19-8 0.64-0.37
4 Nick Leddy D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:25 0.01 18-9 0.65-0.18
11 Lubomir Visnovsky D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17:09 0.17 18-6 0.40-0.57
11 Brock Nelson C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:55 0.56 13-5 0.30-0.46
12 Josh Bailey R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:44 0.13 16-8 0.44-0.37
17 Matt Martin L 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 14:23 0.26 18-4 0.81-0.02
22 Ryan Strome C 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 17:20 0.10 17-4 0.66-0.21
26 Harry Zolnierczyk L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:57 0.11 12-7 0.39-0.46
42 Thomas Hickey D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:02 0.04 17-7 0.33-0.60
47 Brian Strait D 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 20:36 0.09 22-10 1.05-0.33
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20:59 0.04 15-8 0.64-0.18
86 Nikolay Kulemin L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 14:15 0.03 11-6 0.28-0.48
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Jaroslav Halak 10 8 2 60:00 1.12 -0.88

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Stewart · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons11:5613.62.00-2
Brian Gionta · Matt Moulson · Torrey Mitchell11:2835.034.80-0
Drew Stafford · Marcus Foligno · Brian Flynn11:0143.879.72-0
Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta · Nicolas Deslauriers6:4633.322.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Nikita Zadorov15:0636.452.31-0
Tyson Strachan · Mike Weber14:2835.710.30-2
Josh Gorges · Tyler Myers13:2930.031.11-0

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
17 Marcus Foligno L 1 1 2 2 0 2 5 15:21 0.44 7-12 0.59-0.25
18 Drew Stafford R 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 16:16 0.14 7-11 0.59-0.17
32 Brian Flynn C 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 16:47 0.03 10-12 0.64-0.25
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21:30 0.02 8-17 0.70-0.73
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:44 0.01 6-20 0.33-0.77
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:34 0.01 10-21 0.06-0.59
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:21 0.12 8-15 0.27-0.54
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:38 0.16 9-15 0.38-0.57
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:39 10-23 0.06-0.56
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 18:28 3-19 0.02-0.95
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 07:41 5-7 0.09-0.16
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:52 0.01 3-8 0.04-0.22
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:10 0.02 3-24 0.02-1.11
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:38 0.02 5-7 0.09-0.16
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21:14 8-19 0.70-0.73
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 19:26 0.02 6-19 0.33-0.89
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 18:49 4-23 0.13-1.12
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:27 0.11 8-18 0.38-0.68
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth 31 28 3 59:11 3.15 +0.15