Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All games

Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars

Mar 23, 2015 · American Airlines Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 28
Dallas Stars 4 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:39 BUF Brian Gionta (8) Marcus Foligno (9), Mikhail Grigorenko (2) 1 - 0
19:31 DAL Jamie Benn (25) Patrick Eaves (10), Patrik Nemeth (2) 1 - 1
2nd Period
11:07 BUF Brian Gionta (9) PP Matt Moulson (25), Johan Larsson (6) 2 - 1
3rd Period
01:56 DAL Jamie Benn (26) PP Alex Goligoski (30) 2 - 2
10:52 BUF Matt Moulson (12) Tyler Ennis (22) 3 - 2
12:35 DAL Patrick Eaves (10) Tyler Seguin (32), Jamie Benn (44) 3 - 3
16:46 DAL Cody Eakin (17) John Klingberg (27), Ales Hemsky (21) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
14:53 BUF Cody Hodgson Tripping 2
16:55 BUF Mike Weber Tripping 2
2nd Period
03:14 DAL Colton Sceviour Tripping 2
10:11 DAL Team Too many men on the ice 2
3rd Period
00:54 BUF Tyson Strachan Delaying game 2
06:14 DAL Brett Ritchie Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 49 39 28 3 3.6 31.7
Dallas Stars 101 58 39 4 4.0 68.3

How the game went

01020304050Start2nd3rdDallas Stars 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 Dallas Stars had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.6 expected, 3 scored · Dallas Stars: 4.0 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 13:39 of 1st, a 32% chanceBUF goal, 11:07 of 2nd, a 20% chanceBUF goal, 10:52 of 3rd, a 37% chanceDAL goal, 19:31 of 1st, a 15% chanceDAL goal, 1:56 of 3rd, a 28% chanceDAL goal, 12:35 of 3rd, a 8% chanceDAL goal, 16:46 of 3rd, a 6% chanceDAL 4.0BUF 3.6

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
Dallas Stars

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 · Marcus Foligno · Mikhail Grigorenko12:0544.488.81-0
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Johan Larsson11:3937.947.11-1
Cody Hodgson · Nicolas Deslauriers · Phil Varone7:2721.720.20-0
Matt Ellis · Zac Dalpe · Tim Schaller4:1971.480.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Weber · Rasmus Ristolainen18:0636.058.91-1
Andre Benoit · Tyson Strachan12:5027.834.40-0
Andrej Meszaros · Nikita Zadorov11:1326.149.91-0

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
12 Brian Gionta R 2 0 2 0 0 7 2 23:23 1.02 12-26 0.72-0.41
26 Matt Moulson L 1 1 2 -1 0 1 0 20:09 0.49 11-27 0.72-1.08
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 20:29 0.17 14-25 0.93-0.47
22 Johan Larsson L 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 20:45 0.33 13-26 0.83-0.92
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:07 13-26 0.84-0.44
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 18:27 0.62 13-20 0.93-0.83
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 23:01 0.02 18-35 1.07-0.94
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:32 0.08 6-21 0.15-0.58
22 Zac Dalpe C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:51 0.15 8-14 0.73-0.43
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 20:10 14-35 0.74-1.00
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:08 5-14 0.22-0.36
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:49 7-23 0.70-1.15
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:03 0.08 9-24 0.66-0.81
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:12 0.03 5-18 0.14-0.54
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26:44 0.20 19-32 1.09-0.74
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 08:40 0.29 8-8 0.73-0.28
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:28 0.02 11-26 0.25-0.44
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 13:20 0.11 9-20 1.21-0.81
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Anders Lindback L 39 35 4 58:40 3.45 -0.55

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shawn Horcoff · Curtis McKenzie · Brett Ritchie8:3561.142.50-0
Jason Spezza · Ales Hemsky · Cody Eakin8:0386.480.11-0
Patrick Eaves · Jamie Benn · Tyler Seguin7:5176.567.52-0
Vernon Fiddler · Colton Sceviour · Antoine Roussel7:1385.778.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrik Nemeth · John Klingberg12:2075.075.80-0
Jason Demers · Jordie Benn11:3058.639.71-1
Alex Goligoski · Jyrki Jokipakka10:2462.562.60-0

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
14 Jamie Benn L 2 1 3 0 0 8 3 19:35 0.76 23-13 0.51-1.26
18 Patrick Eaves R 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 13:57 0.14 22-9 0.60-0.24
20 Cody Eakin C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 16:45 0.11 29-15 0.95-1.51
2 Patrik Nemeth D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 20:26 0.01 34-12 1.02-0.26
3 John Klingberg D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22:53 43-14 0.96-1.01
33 Alex Goligoski D 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 24:16 0.11 32-13 0.62-0.85
83 Ales Hemsky R 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:58 0.27 32-12 0.96-0.30
91 Tyler Seguin C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 19:17 0.18 28-13 0.66-1.26
11 Curtis McKenzie L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:20 14-10 0.41-0.66
18 Jordie Benn D 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 15:03 0.04 20-15 1.01-1.43
19 Jason Spezza C 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 17:37 0.60 30-9 0.82-0.28
22 Shawn Horcoff C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:43 0.16 13-10 0.45-0.66
23 Jyrki Jokipakka D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:04 18-12 0.38-0.23
24 Brett Ritchie R 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 13:21 0.44 12-9 0.41-0.65
26 Antoine Roussel L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:51 0.17 18-7 0.56-0.29
44 Jason Demers D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:05 0.02 21-12 0.90-1.28
70 Colton Sceviour C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:44 0.35 14-5 0.57-0.32
83 Vernon Fiddler C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:09 0.10 17-5 0.44-0.15
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Kari Lehtonen W 28 25 3 60:00 3.57 +0.57