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Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Feb 24, 2015 · Nationwide Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 31
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 47

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:30 BUF Cody Hodgson (3) Andrej Meszaros (6), Zach Bogosian (11) 1 - 0
14:42 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (15) SH Unassisted 2 - 0
2nd Period
01:18 CBJ Matt Calvert (10) Brandon Dubinsky (14), Jack Johnson (22) 2 - 1
02:00 BUF Mark Pysyk (2) Brian Flynn (12), Marcus Foligno (7) 3 - 1
04:30 BUF Chris Stewart (10) PP Zemgus Girgensons (15) 4 - 1
07:24 CBJ Kevin Connauton (8) James Wisniewski (21), Ryan Johansen (32) 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:50 BUF Zach Bogosian Holding 2
2nd Period
02:29 CBJ Alexander Wennberg Holding 2
03:06 CBJ David Savard Hooking 2
10:04 CBJ Scott Hartnell Tripping 2
14:43 BUF Chris Stewart Roughing 2
14:43 BUF Chris Stewart Roughing 2
14:43 CBJ Scott Hartnell Roughing 2
17:09 BUF Mark Pysyk Hooking 2
3rd Period
03:08 BUF Torrey Mitchell Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 42 37 31 4 2.5 34.9
Columbus Blue Jackets 80 58 47 2 3.6 65.1

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdColumbus Blue Jackets aheadBuffalo Sabres 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 Columbus Blue Jackets had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 4 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 3.6 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 9:30 of 1st, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 14:42 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 2:00 of 2nd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 4:30 of 2nd, a 4% chanceCBJ goal, 1:18 of 2nd, a 11% chanceCBJ goal, 7:24 of 2nd, a 24% chanceCBJ 3.6BUF 2.5

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

Buffalo Sabres
Columbus Blue Jackets

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Matt Moulson · Torrey Mitchell13:0052.640.20-0
Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers · Brian Flynn5:5827.322.81-0
Chris Stewart · Marcus Foligno · Brian Flynn5:2510.013.30-0
Chris Stewart · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons4:2233.352.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andre Benoit · Zach Bogosian17:3941.955.90-0
Andrej Meszaros · Mark Pysyk13:4728.125.11-0
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen9:3038.534.70-0

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
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 07:55 0.13 5-12 0.31-0.36
11 Cody Hodgson C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 10:26 0.13 11-9 0.57-0.13
13 Mark Pysyk D 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 18:18 0.04 10-24 0.37-1.01
44 Chris Stewart R 1 0 1 -1 4 4 2 16:47 0.36 6-23 0.39-0.93
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 19:05 0.09 6-22 0.29-1.23
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 4 28:11 0.04 16-23 0.79-0.76
32 Brian Flynn C 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 18:33 0.66 6-19 0.29-1.01
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 19:59 0.11 10-25 0.35-1.09
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:23 0.04 11-15 0.17-0.43
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:07 0.28 9-10 0.52-0.26
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:15 0.09 6-10 0.17-0.36
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:39 0.07 10-11 0.16-0.30
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 06:40 7-3 0.39-0.03
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11:26 4-15 0.18-0.75
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:12 0.17 5-11 0.16-0.41
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 25:29 0.02 13-21 0.72-0.66
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:49 0.26 5-15 0.41-0.44
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 18:47 10-12 0.16-0.40
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth 47 45 2 59:59 3.55 +1.55

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Dubinsky · Matt Calvert · Cam Atkinson12:3371.465.11-1
Scott Hartnell · Ryan Johansen · Alexander Wennberg11:4276.281.90-0
Nick Foligno · Artem Anisimov · Marko Dano10:1162.562.00-0
Jared Boll · Mark Letestu · Corey Tropp5:0116.70.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jack Johnson · David Savard15:0284.876.41-0
Fedor Tyutin · Cody Goloubef14:0245.050.10-1
James Wisniewski · Kevin Connauton11:5968.273.00-1

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
8 Kevin Connauton D 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 14:31 0.30 15-9 0.71-0.62
11 Matt Calvert L 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 17:23 0.38 20-6 0.84-0.38
3 Jack Johnson D 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 22:48 0.39 29-5 1.01-0.30
12 Ryan Johansen C 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 21:49 0.20 20-6 0.92-0.25
17 Brandon Dubinsky C 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 20:44 0.04 17-7 0.74-0.38
21 James Wisniewski D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 21:42 0.09 19-11 0.84-0.30
13 Cam Atkinson R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:31 0.47 17-6 0.73-0.38
17 Scott Hartnell L 0 0 0 -1 4 4 2 18:06 0.42 18-10 0.84-0.61
21 Alexander Wennberg C 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 16:53 0.50 19-6 0.90-0.18
22 Mark Letestu C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:05 2-5 0.03-0.05
26 Cody Goloubef D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 15:29 0.03 9-15 0.29-0.36
40 Jared Boll R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 05:01 1-5 0.00-0.05
41 Corey Tropp R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:39 2-5 0.02-0.05
51 Fedor Tyutin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:49 0.02 11-13 0.36-0.64
51 Artem Anisimov C 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 17:15 0.24 16-9 0.40-0.25
56 Marko Dano C 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 13:17 0.05 18-12 0.47-0.61
58 David Savard D 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 20:59 0.07 28-7 0.98-0.35
71 Nick Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 19:13 0.38 19-13 0.49-0.68
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anton Forsberg 31 27 4 57:22 2.46 -1.54