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Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

Mar 21, 2015 · Bridgestone Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 0 24
Nashville Predators 3 43

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
14:52 NSH Taylor Beck (7) PP Shea Weber (30), Matt Cullen (16) 0 - 1
3rd Period
05:49 NSH Craig Smith (23) Ryan Ellis (16), Matt Cullen (17) 0 - 2
15:01 NSH Mike Fisher (17) Viktor Stalberg (6), Ryan Ellis (17) 0 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:31 NSH Roman Josi Interference 2
17:50 NSH Craig Smith High sticking double minor 4
2nd Period
14:48 BUF Johan Larsson Holding the stick 2
3rd Period
19:57 NSH Mattias Ekholm Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 43 33 24 0 2.0 33.3
Nashville Predators 76 64 43 3 4.1 66.7

How the game went

010203040Start2nd3rdNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 0 scored · Nashville Predators: 4.1 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 14:52 of 2nd, a 15% chanceNSH goal, 5:49 of 3rd, a 23% chanceNSH goal, 15:01 of 3rd, a 10% chanceNSH 4.1BUF 2.0

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
Nashville Predators

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
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Johan Larsson15:0736.750.10-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Phil Varone10:0714.31.00-1
Matt Ellis · Zac Dalpe · Nicolas Deslauriers8:5842.924.90-1
Cody Hodgson · Jerry D'Amigo · Mikhail Grigorenko7:1155.658.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Weber · Rasmus Ristolainen19:0830.338.90-1
Andre Benoit · Tyson Strachan13:4625.06.70-0
Andrej Meszaros · Nikita Zadorov11:5321.74.30-1

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
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 20:03 11-23 0.77-1.04
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:19 0.22 11-9 0.64-0.51
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:27 0.11 7-21 0.42-1.51
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 17:40 0.08 8-22 0.25-1.68
22 Zac Dalpe C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:05 0.01 9-15 0.23-0.69
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 21:00 11-27 0.75-0.99
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:47 0.17 11-10 0.64-0.53
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:30 0.35 11-20 0.75-0.83
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:42 0.02 11-25 0.34-1.63
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 10:29 0.12 9-15 0.23-0.78
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:50 0.18 12-24 0.69-1.07
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:59 0.07 9-19 0.23-0.93
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:53 4-20 0.01-1.42
49 Jerry D'Amigo R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:46 0.13 5-10 0.30-0.26
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 24:23 0.06 13-23 0.75-1.04
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:25 0.02 17-30 0.74-1.66
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 24:08 0.43 13-28 0.90-1.05
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:37 8-19 0.27-1.03
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Matt Hackett 43 40 3 59:53 4.04 +1.04

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Ribeiro · Gabriel Bourque · Viktor Arvidsson10:3170.087.50-0
Viktor Stalberg · Calle Jarnkrok · Filip Forsberg8:2986.769.20-0
Matt Cullen · Mike Fisher · Craig Smith8:1081.092.31-0
Paul Gaustad · Mike Santorelli · Taylor Beck8:0961.569.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi20:2665.958.50-0
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm16:4282.988.72-0
Cody Franson · Seth Jones14:2153.857.40-0

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
7 Matt Cullen C 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 11:09 0.36 21-6 1.14-0.12
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 18:26 0.09 29-7 1.80-0.24
12 Mike Fisher C 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 17:14 0.40 27-7 1.29-0.33
15 Craig Smith C 1 0 1 1 4 4 0 17:29 0.39 27-14 1.41-0.57
28 Taylor Beck L 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 12:14 0.47 11-12 0.74-0.83
6 Shea Weber D 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 25:11 0.13 29-17 1.19-0.99
24 Viktor Stalberg L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13:45 0.10 20-4 0.69-0.39
3 Seth Jones D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:31 0.02 14-13 0.74-0.59
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:23 0.25 23-7 0.90-0.37
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:47 0.20 14-13 0.74-0.65
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 19:23 0.01 29-7 1.80-0.24
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:15 0.20 15-9 0.48-0.73
25 Mike Santorelli C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 13:04 0.47 12-14 0.89-0.92
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:31 9-6 0.72-0.36
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:52 0.23 16-8 0.87-0.19
57 Gabriel Bourque L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:10 0.43 15-7 0.87-0.16
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 23:48 0.10 29-16 1.19-0.86
63 Mike Ribeiro C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:45 0.22 20-13 1.18-0.36
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne 24 24 0 60:00 1.95 +1.95