St. Louis Blues at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 23, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team	Goals	Shots
St. Louis Blues	2	26
Buffalo Sabres	1	25

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
16:45	BUF	David Legwand (1)	Unassisted	0 - 1
3rd Period
05:07	STL	Troy Brouwer (5)	Kevin Shattenkirk (7), David Backes (6)	1 - 1
13:26	STL	Robby Fabbri (3)	Unassisted	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
01:54	BUF	Marcus Foligno	Fighting	5
01:54	STL	Robert Bortuzzo	Fighting	5
05:27	STL	Carl Gunnarsson	Holding	2
2nd Period
08:50	STL	David Backes	Slashing	2
3rd Period
19:00	STL	Carl Gunnarsson	Closing hand on puck	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
St. Louis Blues	49	32	26	2	2.2	58.5
Buffalo Sabres	47	33	25	1	2.0	41.5

How the game went

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 St. Louis Blues had.

Expected goals

St. Louis Blues: 2.2 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 1 scored

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

St. Louis Blues

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.

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alexander Steen · Paul Stastny · Vladimir Tarasenko	13:12	76.5	43.7	0-0
Jori Lehtera · Magnus Paajarvi · Dmitrij Jaskin	10:44	25.0	7.1	0-0
Scottie Upshall · David Backes · Troy Brouwer	5:17	46.2	45.3	0-0
Steve Ott · Kyle Brodziak · Robby Fabbri	4:45	100.0	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jay Bouwmeester · Alex Pietrangelo	21:38	55.9	41.9	1-1
Kevin Shattenkirk · Carl Gunnarsson	13:17	50.0	42.0	1-0
Robert Bortuzzo · Colton Parayko	8:34	77.8	76.6	0-0

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
21	Robby Fabbri	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	11:49	0.34	13-8	0.92-0.32
36	Troy Brouwer	R	1	0	1	2	0	2	2	15:06	0.31	19-13	1.41-0.78
12	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	18:37	0.34	16-15	0.66-0.72
21	David Backes	R	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	15:13	0.29	16-13	1.28-0.69
4	Carl Gunnarsson	D	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	17:10	0.05	14-11	0.43-0.48
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	28:59	0.05	22-18	0.86-0.87
9	Scottie Upshall	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11:08	0.33	11-10	0.74-0.52
15	Jori Lehtera	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:39	0.03	5-9	0.09-0.41
19	Jay Bouwmeester	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	27:30	0.01	19-16	0.59-0.85
20	Alexander Steen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	20:55	0.07	18-9	0.31-0.33
26	Paul Stastny	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19:37	0.03	19-9	0.34-0.46
28	Kyle Brodziak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	12:29		8-3	0.37-0.15
41	Robert Bortuzzo	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	10:54		8-3	0.49-0.17
55	Colton Parayko	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17:01	0.01	17-5	1.11-0.34
56	Magnus Paajarvi	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	13:10	0.06	6-9	0.09-0.41
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:23	0.04	16-6	0.19-0.45
92	Steve Ott	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:28	0.26	8-2	0.39-0.17
93	Dmitrij Jaskin	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:52		5-11	0.10-0.44

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Jake Allen	25	24	1	60:00	1.97	+0.97

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	13:39	47.8	45.4	0-1
Brian Gionta · Matt Moulson · Ryan O'Reilly	12:26	50.0	80.6	0-0
Tyler Ennis · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson	9:40	50.0	54.5	0-1
David Legwand · Jamie McGinn · Nicolas Deslauriers	4:33	100.0	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe	20:26	45.2	47.4	0-1
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen	17:13	37.9	46.6	1-1
Carlo Colaiacovo · Cody Franson	13:53	29.4	18.4	0-0

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	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
17	David Legwand	C	1	1	1	0	2	0	07:00	0.15	3-5	0.29-0.09
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	18:49	0.03	12-18	0.60-0.62
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	-1	0	4	0	19:49	0.34	12-17	0.50-0.96
11	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	18:30	0.06	6-12	0.22-0.69
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	3	2	18:56	0.07	9-16	0.39-0.17
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	-1	0	4	0	18:54	0.21	12-15	0.50-0.73
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	5	0	3	13:32		11-14	0.64-0.59
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	-1	0	2	0	16:54	0.41	10-15	0.53-0.67
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	-1	0	0	2	21:51		17-18	0.96-0.76
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	-1	0	0	3	21:43		14-17	0.69-0.76
25	Carlo Colaiacovo	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:44	0.14	5-12	0.16-0.69
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:41	0.19	8-11	0.39-0.12
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	1	0	0	3	08:52		4-6	0.30-0.40
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	21:05		14-19	0.81-0.62
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	-1	0	3	0	16:36	0.13	9-12	0.51-0.77
88	Jamie McGinn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	07:42		2-2	0.17-0.25
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	19:11	0.24	9-12	0.39-0.37
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	-1	0	1	1	21:19	0.04	13-19	0.51-1.11

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Linus Ullmark	26	24	2	58:52	2.18	+0.18