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Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 15, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Ottawa Senators 4 33
Buffalo Sabres 5 33

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:24 OTT Bobby Ryan (7) Mike Hoffman (6), Mika Zibanejad (7) 1 - 0
2nd Period
04:11 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (2) PP Chris Stewart (2), Brian Gionta (7) 1 - 1
07:00 BUF Matt Moulson (7) Andrej Meszaros (4), Tyler Ennis (14) 1 - 2
07:32 BUF Marcus Foligno (5) Brian Flynn (3), Tyler Myers (7) 1 - 3
13:42 OTT Mark Stone (7) Kyle Turris (15), Cody Ceci (8) 2 - 3
3rd Period
02:02 OTT Curtis Lazar (1) Erik Condra (2), Alex Chiasson (8) 3 - 3
05:04 OTT Alex Chiasson (7) Mark Borowiecki (2) 4 - 3
16:31 BUF Brian Flynn (4) Marcus Foligno (4), Andre Benoit (2) 4 - 4
Shootout
BUF Matt Moulson Shootout winner 4 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:05 BUF Tyson Strachan Instigator 2
10:05 BUF Tyson Strachan Fighting 5
10:05 BUF Tyson Strachan Misconduct 10
10:05 OTT Mark Borowiecki Fighting 5
12:05 OTT Kyle Turris Hooking 2
14:31 OTT Eric Gryba Hooking 2
19:44 BUF Andrej Meszaros Interference 2
2nd Period
02:31 OTT Jared Cowen Holding 2
09:57 OTT Mika Zibanejad High sticking 2
09:57 BUF Zemgus Girgensons High sticking 2
14:41 BUF Nikita Zadorov Kneeing 2
3rd Period
06:57 BUF Marcus Foligno Roughing 2
06:57 BUF Marcus Foligno Roughing 2
06:57 OTT Alex Chiasson Roughing 2
12:30 BUF Tyler Myers Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Ottawa Senators 61 49 33 4 2.8 47.3
Buffalo Sabres 46 42 33 4 2.3 52.7

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadOttawa Senators 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 Ottawa Senators had.

Expected goals

Ottawa Senators: 2.8 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTOTT goal, 7:24 of 1st, a 8% chanceOTT goal, 13:42 of 2nd, a 5% chanceOTT goal, 2:02 of 3rd, a 24% chanceOTT goal, 5:04 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 4:11 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 7:00 of 2nd, a 24% chanceBUF goal, 7:32 of 2nd, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 16:31 of 3rd, a 22% chanceOTT 2.8BUF 2.3

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

Ottawa Senators
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.

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Clarke MacArthur · Kyle Turris · Mark Stone8:5558.863.81-0
Bobby Ryan · Mike Hoffman · Mika Zibanejad8:2529.418.41-2
David Legwand · Milan Michalek · Colin Greening8:1045.538.60-0
Erik Condra · Alex Chiasson · Curtis Lazar6:0250.048.22-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Mark Borowiecki12:2853.864.12-1
Jared Cowen · Cody Ceci9:0738.930.42-2
Eric Gryba · Patrick Wiercioch8:0244.436.20-0

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
48 Alex Chiasson R 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 16:05 0.14 10-11 0.45-0.49
20 Curtis Lazar C 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 11:11 0.24 10-9 0.46-0.48
54 Bobby Ryan R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 18:17 0.25 6-12 0.18-0.79
61 Mark Stone R 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17:05 0.05 11-7 0.29-0.16
5 Cody Ceci D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:41 0.11 11-15 0.48-1.14
8 Kyle Turris C 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 22:03 0.29 12-11 0.29-0.19
27 Erik Condra R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:23 0.06 10-11 0.45-0.49
68 Mike Hoffman C 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 16:23 0.53 6-12 0.18-0.79
90 Mark Borowiecki D 0 1 1 1 5 0 4 19:03 15-14 0.62-0.37
93 Mika Zibanejad C 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 18:28 0.26 8-15 0.29-0.82
2 Eric Gryba D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:23 8-12 0.22-0.57
2 Jared Cowen D 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 19:17 11-14 0.40-0.88
16 Clarke MacArthur L 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 17:41 0.25 12-7 0.30-0.16
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:31 5-6 0.22-0.35
18 Milan Michalek L 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 14:35 0.34 7-7 0.33-0.36
28 Patrick Wiercioch D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:00 6-8 0.14-0.26
38 Colin Greening C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:12 0.03 8-9 0.35-0.37
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 34:02 0.22 19-15 0.67-0.41
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner OTL 33 29 4 65:00 2.25 -1.75

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons10:4352.672.31-2
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Brian Flynn6:4546.786.02-0
Drew Stafford · Chris Stewart · Cody Hodgson4:370.00.00-2
Drew Stafford · Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers3:3260.084.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyler Myers · Nikita Zadorov16:2733.334.41-2
Andre Benoit · Rasmus Ristolainen9:2555.066.40-0
Tyson Strachan · Andrej Meszaros5:3555.618.10-2

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
17 Marcus Foligno L 1 1 2 2 4 3 5 16:59 0.20 15-14 0.80-0.34
32 Brian Flynn C 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 19:00 0.36 16-11 0.73-0.28
26 Matt Moulson L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 18:29 0.51 13-12 0.88-0.41
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 25:24 0.36 16-9 0.54-0.23
12 Brian Gionta R 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 19:23 0.05 15-12 0.73-0.30
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 3 14:52 9-10 0.44-0.49
44 Chris Stewart R 0 1 1 -2 0 0 3 10:08 5-7 0.10-0.46
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 31:09 0.07 15-20 0.87-0.65
61 Andre Benoit D 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 16:16 0.06 22-11 1.37-0.27
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:35 0.17 13-11 0.86-0.41
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 13:24 0.15 9-7 0.12-0.47
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 16:03 0.01 7-8 0.14-0.46
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -2 17 1 0 12:55 0.02 8-6 0.14-0.37
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 21:01 0.16 10-11 0.80-0.31
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:48 0.04 6-3 0.14-0.07
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:17 0.08 6-5 0.14-0.18
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:04 2-2 0.04-0.08
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 27:44 0.04 8-16 0.28-0.55
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth W 33 29 4 64:29 2.75 -1.25