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Chicago Blackhawks at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 3, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Chicago Blackhawks 4 36
Buffalo Sabres 3 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:16 CHI Duncan Keith (10) Brandon Saad (28), Andrew Shaw (10) 1 - 0
08:36 CHI Patrick Sharp (15) David Rundblad (11), Brad Richards (25) 2 - 0
2nd Period
13:10 BUF Marcus Foligno (7) Rasmus Ristolainen (10) 2 - 1
3rd Period
05:29 BUF Johan Larsson (5) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (11), Tyler Ennis (24) 2 - 2
12:42 BUF Marcus Foligno (8) Brian Gionta (20), Rasmus Ristolainen (12) 2 - 3
18:17 CHI Jonathan Toews (27) Andrew Shaw (11) 3 - 3
19:04 CHI Jonathan Toews (28) Brandon Saad (29), Marian Hossa (37) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
13:26 CHI Marcus Kruger Tripping 2
19:59 BUF Johan Larsson Boarding 2
2nd Period
06:51 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers Delaying game puck over glass 2
12:16 BUF Tyson Strachan Fighting 5
12:16 CHI Andrew Desjardins Fighting 5
14:13 CHI Andrew Shaw Tripping 2
17:30 BUF Nikita Zadorov Slashing 2
3rd Period
04:21 CHI Kimmo Timonen Tripping 2
11:14 BUF Zach Bogosian Cross checking 2
11:14 CHI Kris Versteeg Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Chicago Blackhawks 61 45 36 4 2.3 57.0
Buffalo Sabres 50 40 38 3 3.0 43.0

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadChicago Blackhawks 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 Chicago Blackhawks had.

Expected goals

Chicago Blackhawks: 2.3 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.0 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndCHI goal, 2:16 of 1st, a 2% chanceCHI goal, 8:36 of 1st, a 7% chanceCHI goal, 18:17 of 3rd, a 42% chanceCHI goal, 19:04 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 13:10 of 2nd, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 5:29 of 3rd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 12:42 of 3rd, a 31% chanceBUF 3.0CHI 2.3

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

Chicago Blackhawks
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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marian Hossa · Kris Versteeg · Jonathan Toews9:5764.746.20-0
Brad Richards · Antoine Vermette · Patrick Sharp9:1263.241.61-1
Bryan Bickell · Andrew Shaw · Brandon Saad8:3042.916.81-0
Andrew Desjardins · Marcus Kruger · Teuvo Teravainen8:2138.536.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Johnny Oduya · Niklas Hjalmarsson14:5071.464.00-0
Duncan Keith · David Rundblad14:2140.717.11-0
Kimmo Timonen · Brent Seabrook11:2559.142.70-1

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
19 Jonathan Toews C 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 19:00 0.72 17-6 0.44-0.28
20 Brandon Saad L 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 17:50 0.17 9-8 0.33-0.42
65 Andrew Shaw R 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 16:24 0.06 10-11 0.25-0.74
2 Duncan Keith D 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 24:51 0.08 12-19 0.17-1.05
10 Patrick Sharp L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 15:09 0.15 13-8 0.34-0.60
5 David Rundblad D 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 15:35 0.03 13-16 0.22-0.73
17 Brad Richards C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 15:55 0.17 13-10 0.34-0.92
81 Marian Hossa R 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:25 0.14 15-7 0.39-0.32
4 Niklas Hjalmarsson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:48 0.01 18-7 0.35-0.18
7 Brent Seabrook D 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 19:42 0.24 15-11 0.56-0.93
10 Kris Versteeg R 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:55 0.16 13-7 0.24-0.40
11 Andrew Desjardins L 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 12:31 0.11 9-9 0.20-0.22
16 Marcus Kruger C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10:43 0.08 6-9 0.10-0.22
29 Johnny Oduya D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:42 18-6 0.49-0.18
29 Bryan Bickell L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:14 0.02 7-9 0.10-0.42
44 Kimmo Timonen D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 12:33 14-9 0.47-0.61
50 Antoine Vermette C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:19 0.09 15-9 0.48-0.79
86 Teuvo Teravainen C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:25 0.02 8-9 0.17-0.17
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
33 Scott Darling 38 35 3 59:51 2.97 -0.03

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Tyler Ennis · Johan Larsson15:4434.822.60-1
Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers · Mikhail Grigorenko9:5555.072.91-0
Cody Hodgson · Zac Dalpe · Phil Varone6:0442.961.10-2
Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta · Tim Schaller5:5950.056.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyson Strachan · Zach Bogosian17:1836.433.90-0
Andrej Meszaros · Rasmus Ristolainen13:4442.973.71-1
Andre Benoit · Nikita Zadorov8:1938.947.80-2

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
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 21:23 0.02 12-16 0.96-0.34
17 Marcus Foligno L 2 0 2 2 0 5 1 18:50 0.82 13-13 0.95-0.33
22 Johan Larsson L 1 0 1 -2 2 4 2 22:22 0.21 9-15 0.12-0.31
12 Brian Gionta R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 24:43 0.06 8-16 0.09-0.38
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 24:13 0.13 10-15 0.25-0.31
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 09:57 0.48 10-8 0.90-0.26
22 Zac Dalpe C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 07:40 0.25 6-8 0.41-0.26
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 28:44 0.06 12-16 0.27-0.28
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:56 0.17 13-10 0.95-0.25
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 23:31 9-16 0.15-0.28
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:27 5-8 0.22-0.21
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:37 0.14 5-9 0.22-0.24
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:13 0.04 14-17 1.14-0.38
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 1 2 5 4 13:46 0.34 11-14 0.63-0.32
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 11:55 0.19 7-11 0.54-0.31
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:03 0.08 5-7 0.22-0.18
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:01 0.01 9-12 0.43-0.47
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 13:27 12-14 0.73-0.50
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Anders Lindback 36 32 4 59:12 2.23 -1.77