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Buffalo Sabres at Arizona Coyotes

Mar 30, 2015 · Gila River Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 36
Arizona Coyotes 1 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:17 ARI Connor Murphy (4) Sam Gagner (25), Klas Dahlbeck (3) 0 - 1
2nd Period
04:27 BUF Andrej Meszaros (6) PP Andre Benoit (7), Mikhail Grigorenko (3) 1 - 1
13:36 BUF Andrej Meszaros (7) Nicolas Deslauriers (10), Zac Dalpe (2) 2 - 1
3rd Period
18:11 BUF Brian Gionta (11) SH Marcus Foligno (11), Mike Weber (6) 3 - 1
19:17 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (8) Brian Gionta (17), Matt Moulson (27) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
02:57 ARI Jordan Szwarz High sticking 2
20:00 BUF Mike Weber Roughing 2
20:00 ARI Tye McGinn Roughing 2
3rd Period
10:10 BUF Zach Bogosian Holding 2
16:22 BUF Nikita Zadorov Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 63 46 36 4 4.0 56.9
Arizona Coyotes 57 38 29 1 2.1 43.1

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdArizona Coyotes 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 Arizona Coyotes had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 4.0 expected, 4 scored · Arizona Coyotes: 2.1 expected, 1 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 4:27 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 13:36 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 18:11 of 3rd, a 46% chanceBUF goal, 19:17 of 3rd, a 48% chanceARI goal, 1:17 of 1st, a 1% chanceBUF 4.0ARI 2.1

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
Arizona Coyotes

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 Larsson13:1475.984.20-0
Matt Ellis · Cody Hodgson · Tim Schaller8:3957.149.60-0
Zac Dalpe · Marcus Foligno · Mikhail Grigorenko7:2933.320.70-1
Zac Dalpe · Nicolas Deslauriers · Phil Varone5:5866.776.31-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Meszaros · Rasmus Ristolainen15:3957.553.11-0
Mike Weber · Zach Bogosian15:0960.782.70-0
Andre Benoit · Nikita Zadorov9:2152.942.40-0

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

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 3 3 20:53 0.10 26-19 0.90-0.81
12 Brian Gionta R 1 1 2 2 0 6 2 18:56 0.65 22-7 0.97-0.18
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 22:29 0.14 25-18 0.85-0.72
6 Mike Weber D 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 22:26 0.04 20-16 1.30-0.33
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 17:34 0.24 10-15 0.49-0.45
22 Zac Dalpe C 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 14:20 0.17 15-15 0.62-0.37
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 15:32 0.29 11-17 0.54-0.53
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:58 0.20 25-9 1.15-0.31
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 11:55 0.25 15-13 0.78-0.42
61 Andre Benoit D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 17:26 12-12 0.63-0.63
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:07 0.34 10-9 0.57-0.56
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 18:55 0.12 24-9 1.12-0.31
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 24:00 0.17 22-14 1.56-0.35
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:31 0.03 10-12 0.65-0.56
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:50 8-7 0.42-0.51
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11:25 0.08 15-11 0.75-0.34
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10:13 0.14 8-6 0.42-0.43
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13:30 0.08 11-11 0.43-0.60
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Anders Lindback 29 28 1 60:00 2.10 +1.10

Arizona Coyotes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shane Doan · Mark Arcobello · Tobias Rieder9:2936.733.70-0
Martin Erat · David Moss · Sam Gagner8:1781.882.21-0
B.J. Crombeen · Joe Vitale · Tye McGinn6:2637.522.90-0
Kyle Chipchura · Jordan Szwarz · Craig Cunningham6:0320.047.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Klas Dahlbeck · Connor Murphy15:3636.429.61-1
Michael Stone · Oliver Ekman-Larsson15:1332.320.30-0
Andrew Campbell · John Moore13:0352.461.60-0

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
5 Connor Murphy D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 18:11 0.05 13-23 0.51-0.99
6 Klas Dahlbeck D 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 18:24 0.09 16-22 0.43-1.00
89 Sam Gagner C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:22 0.49 14-5 0.56-0.25
10 Martin Erat R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:12 0.07 14-14 0.63-0.77
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 19:00 0.32 16-20 0.52-0.92
14 Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:34 0.06 6-17 0.23-1.28
18 David Moss R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:39 0.03 13-5 0.63-0.31
19 Shane Doan R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 21:18 0.17 19-24 0.67-1.06
22 Craig Cunningham L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:34 0.12 3-9 0.19-0.27
24 Kyle Chipchura C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:42 0.01 8-11 0.31-0.23
26 Michael Stone D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:29 0.16 12-23 0.34-1.30
27 John Moore D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:04 0.06 19-12 0.81-0.54
27 Jordan Szwarz C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:43 6-10 0.15-0.19
33 Mark Arcobello R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:17 0.19 16-25 0.58-1.07
44 B.J. Crombeen R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:51 0.08 6-18 0.23-1.25
44 Tye McGinn L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 11:30 0.08 11-15 0.35-0.87
48 Andrew Campbell D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:15 14-13 0.86-0.53
95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 24:37 0.15 14-23 0.42-1.31
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Mike Smith 34 32 2 58:48 3.03 +1.03