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Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 26, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Vancouver Canucks 3 31
Buffalo Sabres 6 24

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:07 BUF Torrey Mitchell (4) Matt Moulson (18), Brian Gionta (11) 0 - 1
14:09 VAN Shawn Matthias (15) Nick Bonino (15), Dan Hamhuis (13) 1 - 1
2nd Period
05:42 VAN Jannik Hansen (12) Dan Hamhuis (14) 2 - 1
08:59 BUF Chris Stewart (11) Unassisted 2 - 2
3rd Period
04:46 BUF Andrej Meszaros (2) Unassisted 2 - 3
07:27 VAN Daniel Sedin (14) Henrik Sedin (44) 3 - 3
12:43 BUF Torrey Mitchell (5) Brian Gionta (12), Matt Moulson (19) 3 - 4
18:28 BUF Brian Flynn (5) Chris Stewart (14), Mark Pysyk (1) 3 - 5
19:58 BUF Brian Gionta (7) Unassisted 3 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:27 VAN Yannick Weber Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vancouver Canucks 57 40 31 3 1.7 65.8
Buffalo Sabres 32 29 24 6 2.2 34.2

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadVancouver Canucks 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 Vancouver Canucks had.

Expected goals

Vancouver Canucks: 1.7 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.2 expected, 6 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndVAN goal, 14:09 of 1st, a 5% chanceVAN goal, 5:42 of 2nd, a 3% chanceVAN goal, 7:27 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 13:07 of 1st, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 8:59 of 2nd, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 4:46 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 12:43 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 18:28 of 3rd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 19:58 of 3rd, a 45% chanceBUF 2.2VAN 1.7

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

Vancouver Canucks
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.

Vancouver Canucks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Daniel Sedin · Henrik Sedin · Zack Kassian13:2775.057.81-1
Chris Higgins · Derek Dorsett · Linden Vey12:3683.381.50-0
Radim Vrbata · Shawn Matthias · Nick Bonino12:0671.460.51-1
Jannik Hansen · Bo Horvat · Ronalds Kenins10:5857.948.21-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dan Hamhuis · Yannick Weber17:5172.270.51-1
Ryan Stanton · Adam Clendening14:5072.761.10-0
Alex Biega · Luca Sbisa14:0562.556.31-1

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

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
5 Dan Hamhuis D 0 2 2 -1 0 6 1 23:57 0.13 18-8 0.67-0.31
16 Shawn Matthias L 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:49 0.16 11-5 0.53-0.25
22 Daniel Sedin L 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 16:55 0.19 19-7 0.39-0.40
36 Jannik Hansen R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 14:37 0.07 13-11 0.57-0.59
12 Nick Bonino C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:22 0.01 12-7 0.54-0.32
33 Henrik Sedin C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 16:51 0.07 19-7 0.45-0.50
3 Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 19:17 0.43 16-5 0.63-0.24
6 Adam Clendening D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:23 0.07 17-11 0.42-0.71
14 Bo Horvat C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:15 0.04 11-10 0.25-0.42
15 Derek Dorsett R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:20 0.08 10-4 0.31-0.10
16 Linden Vey R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:23 0.04 10-4 0.31-0.26
20 Chris Higgins L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:43 0.21 11-3 0.38-0.09
20 Ryan Stanton D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:52 0.03 19-6 0.42-0.23
33 Alex Biega D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 15:46 0.03 15-11 0.46-0.51
41 Ronalds Kenins L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:08 11-12 0.25-0.62
44 Zack Kassian R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:45 0.11 19-6 0.45-0.36
55 Luca Sbisa D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:49 0.01 16-13 0.46-0.72
71 Radim Vrbata R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:03 0.05 13-5 0.25-0.17
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Eddie Lack 23 18 5 58:45 1.78 -3.22

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Stewart · Marcus Foligno · Brian Flynn17:5729.050.02-1
Brian Gionta · Matt Moulson · Torrey Mitchell14:4744.470.73-0
Zac Dalpe · Phil Varone · Johan Larsson11:4023.127.40-0
Matt Ellis · Cody Hodgson · Nicolas Deslauriers6:4841.723.10-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Weber · Rasmus Ristolainen18:4425.027.30-2
Andrej Meszaros · Mark Pysyk16:1230.029.81-0
Andre Benoit · Zach Bogosian15:4538.160.72-1

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
12 Brian Gionta R 1 2 3 4 0 4 2 19:29 0.06 8-11 0.40-0.20
71 Torrey Mitchell C 2 0 2 4 0 2 2 16:55 0.29 8-11 0.40-0.20
44 Chris Stewart R 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 20:44 0.43 11-23 0.70-0.58
26 Matt Moulson L 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 16:41 8-10 0.40-0.17
32 Brian Flynn C 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 20:57 0.16 10-23 0.59-0.60
41 Andrej Meszaros D 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 20:21 0.02 7-17 0.41-0.55
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:19 0.04 7-15 0.24-0.54
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 22:09 0.04 12-22 0.40-0.64
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 09:00 0.17 7-7 0.21-0.27
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 20:46 0.35 9-23 0.57-0.60
22 Zac Dalpe C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:06 0.03 3-10 0.17-0.46
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:13 3-11 0.17-0.47
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 21:00 0.05 12-16 0.69-0.37
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 07:25 0.01 6-7 0.19-0.27
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 08:41 0.03 5-9 0.08-0.34
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:03 0.10 3-11 0.17-0.47
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 22:11 7-21 0.24-0.64
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16:00 0.01 9-13 0.73-0.35
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth 31 28 3 60:00 1.73 -1.27