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Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 6, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Carolina Hurricanes 3 52
Buffalo Sabres 4 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:41 BUF Mikhail Grigorenko (2) Brian Gionta (21), Zach Bogosian (15) 0 - 1
15:03 BUF Brian Gionta (12) Unassisted 0 - 2
2nd Period
01:18 BUF Johan Larsson (6) Tyler Ennis (25), Zach Bogosian (16) 0 - 3
16:48 BUF Tyler Ennis (20) Johan Larsson (10), Matt Moulson (28) 0 - 4
18:06 CAR Patrick Dwyer (5) Jay McClement (14), John-Michael Liles (18) 1 - 4
3rd Period
02:31 CAR Alexander Semin (6) Eric Staal (30), John-Michael Liles (19) 2 - 4
14:38 CAR Eric Staal (23) Unassisted 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
No penalties

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Carolina Hurricanes 85 67 52 3 2.4 71.8
Buffalo Sabres 31 30 25 4 1.1 28.2

How the game went

50403020100Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadCarolina Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes had.

Expected goals

Carolina Hurricanes: 2.4 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.1 expected, 4 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndCAR goal, 18:06 of 2nd, a 3% chanceCAR goal, 2:31 of 3rd, a 11% chanceCAR goal, 14:38 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 5:41 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 15:03 of 1st, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 1:18 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 16:48 of 2nd, a 4% chanceCAR 2.4BUF 1.1

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

Carolina Hurricanes
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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nathan Gerbe · Chris Terry · Victor Rask13:0980.074.60-0
Jay McClement · Patrick Dwyer · Brad Malone13:0752.642.00-0
Alexander Semin · Andrej Nestrasil · Jeff Skinner10:1073.776.00-1
Eric Staal · Jordan Staal · Elias Lindholm10:0566.749.60-3
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John-Michael Liles · Brett Bellemore19:1373.364.82-1
Ron Hainsey · Justin Faulk17:1470.766.10-2
Michal Jordan · Danny Biega10:3476.066.20-0

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 Eric Staal C 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 16:51 0.26 23-9 0.53-0.39
26 John-Michael Liles D 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 20:56 0.01 23-8 0.63-0.33
13 Alexander Semin R 1 0 1 1 0 8 0 17:44 0.44 21-7 0.64-0.18
39 Patrick Dwyer R 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:11 0.14 11-9 0.30-0.37
18 Jay McClement C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:35 11-9 0.30-0.37
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 18:04 0.25 24-10 0.55-0.40
15 Chris Terry L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:45 0.04 26-6 0.59-0.18
15 Andrej Nestrasil C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:45 0.07 18-6 0.67-0.16
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 14:55 0.31 26-6 0.59-0.18
24 Brad Malone C 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 13:57 0.15 12-9 0.30-0.37
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:55 0.05 21-9 0.56-0.39
41 Danny Biega D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:07 0.01 22-8 0.49-0.32
47 Michal Jordan D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:50 0.08 24-8 0.50-0.27
49 Victor Rask C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:56 0.21 25-7 0.66-0.19
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:54 0.19 20-7 0.71-0.18
72 Justin Faulk D 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 24:45 0.16 35-15 1.00-0.47
73 Brett Bellemore D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:35 0.09 23-9 0.62-0.34
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 21:18 30-13 0.81-0.50
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Cam Ward 25 21 4 57:57 1.11 -2.89

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Johan Larsson15:5346.760.72-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Mikhail Grigorenko15:0727.331.72-1
Cody Hodgson · Zac Dalpe · Phil Varone10:2328.623.30-1
Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta · Nicolas Deslauriers6:470.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyson Strachan · Zach Bogosian20:2633.336.92-1
Andrej Meszaros · Rasmus Ristolainen19:4923.136.31-0
Andre Benoit · Nikita Zadorov8:1823.815.40-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
12 Brian Gionta R 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 17:19 0.09 10-26 0.35-0.86
22 Johan Larsson L 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 19:04 0.10 14-20 0.52-0.58
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 20:58 0.23 15-23 0.55-0.46
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 25:41 0.08 15-31 0.51-0.88
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:13 0.14 11-30 0.38-0.83
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 18:04 0.12 14-20 0.52-0.52
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:00 0.02 5-13 0.20-0.35
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 17:53 0.04 10-27 0.37-0.78
22 Zac Dalpe C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:17 0.16 5-14 0.20-0.38
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 22:53 0.04 13-26 0.44-0.75
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:45 1-19 0.01-0.44
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:09 1-18 0.01-0.38
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:20 0.01 10-32 0.43-0.80
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:32 0.01 3-16 0.14-0.39
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:57 0.01 6-11 0.21-0.30
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:54 9-32 0.40-0.76
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:36 5-16 0.08-0.45
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:25 0.05 8-21 0.25-0.54
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Anders Lindback 52 49 3 60:00 2.42 -0.58