Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 22, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	2	38
Buffalo Sabres	1	17

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
19:46	BUF	Tyler Ennis (15)	Zemgus Girgensons (14), Matt Moulson (17)	0 - 1
3rd Period
15:43	NSH	Mike Ribeiro (12) PP	Cody Franson (27), Seth Jones (16)	1 - 1
Shootout
	NSH	Filip Forsberg	Shootout winner	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
09:45	NSH	Mike Santorelli	Tripping	2
15:20	BUF	Chris Stewart	Tripping	2
20:00	BUF	Brian Flynn	High sticking	2
2nd Period
02:23	NSH	Mike Santorelli	Interference goalkeeper	2
06:15	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons	Interference goalkeeper	2
12:32	BUF	Andrej Meszaros	Hooking	2
15:52	BUF	Chris Stewart	Roughing	2
19:59	NSH	Matt Cullen	High sticking	2
3rd Period
14:08	NSH	Craig Smith	Roughing	2
14:08	BUF	Zach Bogosian	Roughing	2
14:08	NSH	Colin Wilson	Roughing	2
14:08	BUF	Zach Bogosian	Roughing	2
14:08	BUF	Torrey Mitchell	Roughing	2
17:02	BUF	Andre Benoit	Delaying game puck over glass	2
Overtime
04:00	BUF	Zach Bogosian	High sticking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	79	56	38	1	2.8	74.4
Buffalo Sabres	30	20	17	1	1.2	25.6

How the game went

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 Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 2.8 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.2 expected, 1 scored

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

Nashville Predators

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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Ribeiro · James Neal · Filip Forsberg	10:29	91.3	92.1	0-0
Matt Cullen · Mike Fisher · Craig Smith	7:20	73.3	44.3	0-0
Paul Gaustad · Eric Nystrom · Gabriel Bourque	6:51	40.0	30.7	0-0
Mike Santorelli · Colin Wilson · Taylor Beck	6:14	66.7	40.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi	15:12	80.8	94.1	0-0
Cody Franson · Mattias Ekholm	8:43	52.9	19.3	0-1
Anthony Bitetto · Seth Jones	8:03	84.2	72.2	0-0

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
63	Mike Ribeiro	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	23:48	0.30	26-4	0.89-0.05
3	Seth Jones	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	21:29	0.08	24-7	0.62-0.32
11	Cody Franson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	19:22	0.05	11-8	0.21-0.51
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	30:18	0.15	25-5	0.87-0.05
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	11:50	0.20	17-6	0.50-0.30
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	20:57	0.50	23-3	0.70-0.07
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	18:40		12-6	0.24-0.46
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	18:16		14-12	0.35-0.67
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	17:22	0.26	14-4	0.36-0.28
22	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	16:36	0.34	14-5	0.27-0.30
22	Anthony Bitetto	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	09:20	0.02	18-3	0.48-0.16
24	Eric Nystrom	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	11:24		5-6	0.26-0.20
25	Mike Santorelli	C	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	11:54	0.31	18-7	0.53-0.32
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10:19	0.02	2-4	0.02-0.04
28	Taylor Beck	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:00	0.06	18-7	0.48-0.32
57	Gabriel Bourque	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	09:52	0.24	4-5	0.26-0.20
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	31:15	0.20	24-5	0.83-0.05
81	James Neal	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	20:32	0.08	21-3	0.54-0.07

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Carter Hutton	17	16	1	64:46	1.17	+0.17

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Stewart · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons	8:21	29.4	47.2	0-0
Brian Gionta · Matt Moulson · Torrey Mitchell	7:44	13.3	45.9	0-0
Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers · Brian Flynn	7:22	28.6	31.6	0-0
Matt Ellis · Cody Hodgson · Johan Larsson	3:59	20.0	4.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Andre Benoit · Zach Bogosian	13:29	10.0	19.6	0-0
Andrej Meszaros · Mark Pysyk	12:20	25.0	30.7	0-0
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen	8:11	61.5	67.9	0-0

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
63	Tyler Ennis	R	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	19:24	0.39	9-18	0.54-0.70
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	14:30	0.21	5-13	0.34-0.22
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	7	18:52	0.16	7-18	0.49-0.63
11	Cody Hodgson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	04:48		2-12	0.01-0.29
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20:46	0.11	3-16	0.19-0.33
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:51	0.06	6-21	0.21-0.71
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	14:32	0.08	4-12	0.11-0.31
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:16		4-13	0.06-0.58
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10:00		8-8	0.30-0.39
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	1	6	0	2	28:07		5-31	0.36-0.83
32	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	18:56		5-11	0.13-0.25
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	04:39		3-8	0.01-0.21
41	Andrej Meszaros	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	25:14	0.01	8-21	0.38-0.46
44	Chris Stewart	R	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	19:11	0.02	9-23	0.39-0.71
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:03	0.04	6-13	0.13-0.38
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	23:01	0.05	9-8	0.31-0.21
61	Andre Benoit	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	27:25		5-29	0.21-1.00
71	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	17:51	0.04	2-15	0.19-0.22

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Michal Neuvirth	38	37	1	64:59	2.79	+1.79