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Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche

Mar 28, 2015 · Pepsi Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 38
Colorado Avalanche 5 22

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:47 COL Marc-Andre Cliche (2) Cody McLeod (5), Dennis Everberg (8) 0 - 1
11:19 COL John Mitchell (10) Matt Duchene (30), Jarome Iginla (27) 0 - 2
2nd Period
03:29 COL Tyson Barrie (12) Ryan O'Reilly (38), Gabriel Landeskog (33) 0 - 3
06:56 COL Matt Duchene (19) Jarome Iginla (28), Zach Redmond (13) 0 - 4
3rd Period
03:09 BUF Andrej Meszaros (4) Rasmus Ristolainen (9), Johan Larsson (8) 1 - 4
04:48 COL Brad Stuart (3) Jarome Iginla (29), Matt Duchene (31) 1 - 5
05:29 BUF Andrej Meszaros (5) Unassisted 2 - 5
08:43 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (7) Marcus Foligno (10), Zac Dalpe (1) 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:52 COL Zach Redmond Hooking 2
14:44 COL Nick Holden Interference 2
20:00 COL Cody McLeod Roughing 2
20:00 BUF Patrick Kaleta Roughing 2
2nd Period
13:36 COL Gabriel Landeskog Charging 2
3rd Period
14:05 BUF Zach Bogosian Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 65 48 38 3 3.3 54.2
Colorado Avalanche 45 37 22 5 3.0 45.8

How the game went

201510505Start2nd3rdColorado Avalanche 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 Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.3 expected, 3 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 3.0 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 3:09 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 5:29 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 8:43 of 3rd, a 12% chanceCOL goal, 10:47 of 1st, a 15% chanceCOL goal, 11:19 of 1st, a 18% chanceCOL goal, 3:29 of 2nd, a 12% chanceCOL goal, 6:56 of 2nd, a 3% chanceCOL goal, 4:48 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBUF 3.3COL 3.0

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
Colorado Avalanche

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 · Johan Larsson12:0860.950.81-3
Patrick Kaleta · Nicolas Deslauriers · Phil Varone10:3322.235.10-1
Zac Dalpe · Marcus Foligno · Mikhail Grigorenko9:2055.062.21-1
Matt Ellis · Cody Hodgson · Tim Schaller8:5785.792.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andre Benoit · Zach Bogosian14:5261.156.70-3
Tyson Strachan · Mike Weber8:5536.464.50-0
Andrej Meszaros · Rasmus Ristolainen8:5171.490.83-0

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
41 Andrej Meszaros D 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 17:33 0.23 15-10 0.84-0.43
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 24:02 0.13 14-10 0.83-0.22
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 17:14 0.55 12-11 0.79-0.43
22 Zac Dalpe C 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 09:59 0.41 12-9 0.79-0.43
22 Johan Larsson L 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 19:10 0.56 18-10 0.65-0.53
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21:07 7-14 0.32-0.29
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 14:38 0.49 14-2 0.58-0.04
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 19:41 0.12 15-10 0.53-0.57
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -3 2 3 6 23:04 0.07 22-17 0.86-0.75
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:13 0.13 11-10 0.72-0.43
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:26 0.21 15-11 0.54-0.59
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:32 9-12 0.37-0.44
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 13:19 0.01 4-16 0.17-0.32
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:47 0.14 14-2 0.56-0.04
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:38 4-14 0.17-0.32
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:14 0.16 4-15 0.17-0.32
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:31 12-3 0.52-0.11
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 20:01 0.10 23-14 0.90-0.66
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Matt Hackett L 10 7 3 37:47 0.68 -2.32
39 Anders Lindback 12 10 2 19:49 0.86 -1.14

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Tanguay · Ryan O'Reilly · Gabriel Landeskog13:4846.228.61-3
Jarome Iginla · John Mitchell · Matt Duchene13:1139.342.43-0
Jordan Caron · Joey Hishon · Freddie Hamilton5:3557.182.40-0
Cody McLeod · Marc-Andre Cliche · Dennis Everberg4:4150.056.31-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brad Stuart · Nick Holden13:5346.449.22-0
Jan Hejda · Zach Redmond13:1557.942.41-0
Nate Guenin · Tyson Barrie7:4516.77.10-2

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
95 Matt Duchene C 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 17:35 0.20 13-18 0.56-0.62
88 Jarome Iginla R 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 18:30 0.02 11-19 0.43-0.74
7 John Mitchell C 1 0 1 3 0 2 2 18:20 0.24 12-18 0.54-0.62
8 Tyson Barrie D 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:42 0.15 11-17 0.57-0.85
17 Brad Stuart D 1 0 1 3 0 1 5 22:14 0.02 16-16 0.85-0.68
24 Marc-Andre Cliche C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:33 0.18 8-7 0.32-0.34
38 Zach Redmond D 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 19:18 0.09 13-13 0.28-0.59
45 Dennis Everberg R 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 07:41 0.07 5-5 0.28-0.22
55 Cody McLeod L 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 13:17 0.04 8-7 0.32-0.34
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 19:29 0.09 13-15 0.31-0.84
92 Gabriel Landeskog L 0 1 1 -2 2 0 5 19:32 0.10 13-15 0.32-0.84
5 Nate Guenin D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 13:26 0.02 4-19 0.07-1.02
5 Nick Holden D 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 22:31 0.11 17-15 0.70-0.62
8 Jan Hejda D 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 23:22 0.02 16-10 0.41-0.36
13 Freddie Hamilton C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:25 5-3 0.21-0.04
33 Jordan Caron R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:57 5-5 0.21-0.26
38 Joey Hishon C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:25 0.20 7-6 0.24-0.38
40 Alex Tanguay L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 18:43 13-17 0.32-0.94
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Semyon Varlamov W 38 35 3 60:00 3.30 +0.30