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Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 25, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 3 20
Buffalo Sabres 2 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:52 NSH Mike Fisher (3) Colin Wilson (7), Ryan Ellis (8) 1 - 0
2nd Period
00:55 NSH Craig Smith (5) Mattias Ekholm (6) 2 - 0
06:29 NSH Cody Hodgson (2) Gabriel Bourque (3), Calle Jarnkrok (2) 3 - 0
18:22 BUF Evander Kane (2) Rasmus Ristolainen (9), Josh Gorges (3) 3 - 1
3rd Period
18:41 BUF Jack Eichel (7) Ryan O'Reilly (10), Zach Bogosian (1) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:10 NSH Barret Jackman Tripping 2
3rd Period
00:42 NSH Barret Jackman Kneeing 2
03:42 BUF Marcus Foligno Interference 2
06:16 BUF Marcus Foligno Interference goalkeeper 2
07:29 BUF Cody Franson Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 37 32 20 3 2.1 38.1
Buffalo Sabres 65 48 32 2 1.9 61.9

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 2.1 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.9 expected, 2 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 13:52 of 1st, a 30% chanceNSH goal, 0:55 of 2nd, a 3% chanceNSH goal, 6:29 of 2nd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 18:22 of 2nd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 18:41 of 3rd, a 7% chanceNSH 2.1BUF 1.9

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

Nashville Predators
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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Ribeiro · James Neal · Filip Forsberg8:2325.027.00-0
Cody Hodgson · Gabriel Bourque · Calle Jarnkrok7:0240.075.61-0
Mike Fisher · Colin Wilson · Craig Smith6:2264.397.22-0
Paul Gaustad · Eric Nystrom · Austin Watson6:0316.70.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi17:3724.241.40-1
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm14:2042.977.73-0
Barret Jackman · Seth Jones14:0356.564.90-0

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 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 10:18 0.12 4-10 0.25-0.15
12 Mike Fisher C 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 17:00 0.42 13-12 1.13-0.21
15 Craig Smith C 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 13:59 0.03 12-14 1.23-0.49
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 18:14 9-16 1.12-0.39
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:35 0.19 9-11 0.51-0.35
22 Colin Wilson C 0 1 1 2 0 3 4 13:50 0.62 12-15 1.12-0.49
57 Gabriel Bourque L 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 13:29 0.04 5-11 0.33-0.20
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 16:57 0.04 10-13 1.14-0.45
3 Seth Jones D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:38 0.08 15-11 0.45-0.36
5 Barret Jackman D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 15:27 0.03 13-11 0.41-0.22
6 Shea Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:31 0.13 9-25 0.34-0.46
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 18:24 0.25 9-17 0.29-0.41
24 Eric Nystrom L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:56 0.12 6-9 0.16-0.11
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:29 6-7 0.22-0.18
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:27 1-8 0.00-0.10
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 26:24 8-28 0.33-0.53
63 Mike Ribeiro C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:52 9-21 0.25-0.55
81 James Neal L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:40 0.06 10-21 0.20-0.39
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton 32 30 2 59:50 1.84 -0.16

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane14:3877.371.41-1
David Legwand · Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers3:50100.0100.00-0
Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons3:4650.074.40-0
Matt Moulson · Jamie McGinn · Zemgus Girgensons3:4342.934.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen13:1269.051.51-1
Carlo Colaiacovo · Zach Bogosian8:5411.14.00-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe7:2260.021.00-2

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
9 Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 17:06 0.18 10-16 0.15-1.46
91 Evander Kane L 1 0 1 1 0 5 4 24:34 0.26 26-7 0.54-0.18
4 Josh Gorges D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:53 0.01 20-10 0.35-0.34
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 21:45 0.06 19-19 0.45-1.40
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 21:33 0.07 24-11 0.52-0.36
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 23:54 0.05 19-11 0.53-0.42
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 16:50 0.09 12-2 0.39-0.14
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 22:16 0.30 25-8 0.66-0.33
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:44 0.11 11-13 0.13-1.26
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:54 0.06 11-1 0.25-0.01
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 16:14 0.28 16-8 0.55-0.15
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:37 5-5 0.00-0.92
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:38 0.05 22-12 0.55-1.25
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:49 0.03 7-10 0.16-0.31
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:38 0.14 7-7 0.10-0.30
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:41 0.10 13-9 0.31-0.24
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11:25 0.09 8-5 0.32-0.10
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:58 5-6 0.09-0.30
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson 12 12 0 32:02 0.79 +0.79
35 Linus Ullmark 8 5 3 26:29 1.29 -1.71