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Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

Nov 28, 2015 · Bridgestone Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 24
Nashville Predators 1 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
11:42 NSH Mike Fisher (5) PP James Neal (8) 0 - 1
2nd Period
13:09 BUF Jamie McGinn (4) PP Ryan O'Reilly (11), Cody Franson (8) 1 - 1
16:13 BUF Sam Reinhart (5) PP Matt Moulson (6), David Legwand (5) 2 - 1
3rd Period
00:58 BUF Sam Reinhart (6) Jake McCabe (1), Evander Kane (3) 3 - 1
17:47 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (8) Evander Kane (4) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:08 NSH Craig Smith Delaying game puck over glass 2
11:38 BUF Sam Reinhart Tripping 2
2nd Period
09:09 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Holding 2
11:43 NSH Viktor Arvidsson Cross checking 5
11:43 NSH Viktor Arvidsson Game misconduct 10
3rd Period
10:49 BUF Cody Franson Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 35 32 24 4 2.6 30.7
Nashville Predators 63 41 29 1 1.8 69.3

How the game went

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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 Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.6 expected, 4 scored · Nashville Predators: 1.8 expected, 1 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 13:09 of 2nd, a 34% chanceBUF goal, 16:13 of 2nd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 0:58 of 3rd, a 20% chanceBUF goal, 17:47 of 3rd, a 38% chanceNSH goal, 11:42 of 1st, a 16% chanceBUF 2.6NSH 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
Nashville Predators

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
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart12:3936.456.70-0
Brian Gionta · Matt Moulson · Jack Eichel8:1646.757.40-0
Jamie McGinn · Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons5:020.00.00-0
Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons3:190.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen15:2632.050.80-0
Cody Franson · Jake McCabe9:3928.620.20-0
Carlo Colaiacovo · Zach Bogosian7:0738.551.30-0

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 2 0 2 1 2 5 0 19:49 0.53 10-19 0.51-0.34
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 21:35 0.18 8-16 0.29-0.25
91 Evander Kane L 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 22:02 0.11 13-16 0.62-0.31
88 Jamie McGinn L 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 16:18 1.04 5-8 0.16-0.08
11 Cody Franson D 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 18:20 0.07 6-14 0.09-0.40
17 David Legwand C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10:48 4-9 0.13-0.11
22 Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 17:40 0.01 8-18 0.48-0.39
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:45 0.01 7-11 0.15-0.17
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22:55 0.03 8-19 0.20-0.24
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:08 0.08 9-16 0.35-0.28
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:07 0.07 8-15 0.16-0.22
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:20 1-14 0.02-0.32
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19:03 0.02 9-20 0.56-0.30
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:16 0.02 5-10 0.14-0.20
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 14:56 1-13 0.03-0.24
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:00 0-7 0.00-0.21
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 27:36 0.02 10-23 0.21-0.26
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:18 0.04 3-12 0.11-0.17
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson 29 28 1 60:00 1.81 +0.81

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Ribeiro · James Neal · Filip Forsberg12:3172.752.80-0
Mike Fisher · Colin Wilson · Craig Smith9:2447.132.30-1
Cody Hodgson · Calle Jarnkrok · Viktor Arvidsson7:3990.092.50-0
Eric Nystrom · Austin Watson · Colton Sissons5:0170.070.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi16:5759.339.70-1
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm15:1575.070.00-0
Barret Jackman · Seth Jones11:4178.664.30-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
12 Mike Fisher C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 3 19:09 0.40 13-9 0.33-0.35
81 James Neal L 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 18:46 0.59 19-6 0.18-0.15
3 Seth Jones D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:43 0.04 16-4 0.20-0.25
5 Barret Jackman D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:59 0.05 12-3 0.23-0.09
6 Shea Weber D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 24:38 0.01 17-11 0.32-0.43
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:24 0.12 21-6 0.32-0.15
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:59 0.11 13-2 0.30-0.18
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:42 0.01 20-8 0.30-0.16
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:51 0.01 14-10 0.34-0.38
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:10 0.03 7-3 0.08-0.03
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:25 0.10 14-4 0.30-0.27
22 Colin Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:43 0.08 12-11 0.21-0.42
24 Eric Nystrom L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:12 9-5 0.09-0.25
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:29 0.01 7-4 0.08-0.08
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 0 0 0 15 2 1 08:09 0.07 10-1 0.28-0.02
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 25:36 0.15 18-14 0.33-0.62
63 Mike Ribeiro C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:42 17-8 0.18-0.22
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:22 0.05 21-6 0.41-0.13
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
74 Juuse Saros 23 20 3 58:01 2.20 -0.80