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Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Apr 4, 2015 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 0 21
New York Islanders 3 36

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:37 NYI Kyle Okposo (17) PP John Tavares (45), Frans Nielsen (29) 0 - 1
3rd Period
09:32 NYI Brock Nelson (20) Unassisted 0 - 2
13:13 NYI Nikolay Kulemin (14) Travis Hamonic (28), Lubomir Visnovsky (13) 0 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:58 BUF Matt Ellis Hooking 2
2nd Period
11:33 NYI Cal Clutterbuck Hooking 2
16:33 NYI Brian Strait High sticking double minor 4
3rd Period
04:07 BUF Tyson Strachan Tripping 2
10:26 NYI Frans Nielsen Interference 2
18:34 NYI Eric Boulton Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
18:34 BUF Patrick Kaleta Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
18:34 NYI Eric Boulton Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 45 31 21 0 1.8 36.4
New York Islanders 68 54 36 3 4.8 63.6

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdOTNew York Islanders 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 New York Islanders had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.8 expected, 0 scored · New York Islanders: 4.8 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndNYI goal, 6:37 of 1st, a 8% chanceNYI goal, 9:32 of 3rd, a 5% chanceNYI goal, 13:13 of 3rd, a 11% chanceNYI 4.8BUF 1.8

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
New York Islanders

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
Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers · Mikhail Grigorenko10:4536.830.20-0
Brian Gionta · Tyler Ennis · Johan Larsson9:5041.235.00-1
Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta · Tim Schaller8:3240.022.70-0
Cody Hodgson · Zac Dalpe · Phil Varone7:0526.72.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyson Strachan · Zach Bogosian18:1832.424.40-1
Andrej Meszaros · Rasmus Ristolainen13:1535.728.30-1
Andre Benoit · Nikita Zadorov9:2653.816.30-0

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
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:31 0.18 6-15 0.02-0.87
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:25 0.02 9-11 0.51-0.86
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:16 0.33 10-13 0.50-0.64
22 Zac Dalpe C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:48 0.01 7-17 0.04-0.93
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18:56 0.32 8-14 0.50-1.06
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 5 28:59 0.21 14-31 0.56-1.57
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:28 0.11 10-18 0.27-0.90
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 19:32 0.05 12-23 0.33-0.98
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 12:18 0.14 7-16 0.19-1.05
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:58 0.02 9-13 0.36-0.84
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:58 0.14 12-19 0.63-1.33
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:46 0.02 8-13 0.28-0.64
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:38 6-12 0.08-0.88
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:46 0.10 10-21 0.46-1.27
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:17 8-13 0.32-0.68
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:56 0.02 7-10 0.13-0.97
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:47 0.10 9-13 0.52-0.88
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:36 8-8 0.14-0.70
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Andrey Makarov 36 33 3 60:00 4.10 +1.10

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nikolay Kulemin · John Tavares · Ryan Strome13:3872.076.61-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Anders Lee · Brock Nelson8:0842.944.21-0
Frans Nielsen · Kyle Okposo · Josh Bailey7:1081.897.70-0
Eric Boulton · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas6:0266.772.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Strait · Travis Hamonic16:3645.255.00-0
Lubomir Visnovsky · Thomas Hickey13:5279.296.71-0
Johnny Boychuk · Nick Leddy12:1083.380.70-0

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
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 14:52 0.62 17-6 1.08-0.25
11 Brock Nelson C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:23 0.19 13-9 0.79-0.33
86 Nikolay Kulemin L 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:03 0.67 21-8 1.21-0.39
11 Lubomir Visnovsky D 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 18:35 0.12 22-8 1.34-0.18
52 Travis Hamonic D 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 22:03 0.16 17-21 1.32-0.80
81 Frans Nielsen C 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 12:13 0.11 11-4 0.59-0.09
91 John Tavares C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 21:05 0.13 23-13 1.45-0.55
4 Nick Leddy D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:57 0.03 16-7 0.56-0.30
12 Josh Bailey R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 15:30 0.73 17-12 1.25-0.32
15 Cal Clutterbuck R 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 13:15 9-11 0.64-0.39
17 Matt Martin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:49 0.10 9-4 0.51-0.13
22 Ryan Strome C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:00 0.15 21-10 1.12-0.32
36 Eric Boulton L 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 07:42 7-7 0.42-0.20
42 Thomas Hickey D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 20:34 24-6 1.85-0.12
47 Brian Strait D 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 18:51 0.02 15-18 0.97-0.79
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 11:50 0.38 8-3 0.54-0.12
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:51 0.07 18-5 0.78-0.22
72 Anders Lee L 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15:01 0.32 12-8 0.63-0.32
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Jaroslav Halak 21 21 0 60:00 1.74 +1.74