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Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Dec 1, 2015 · Joe Louis Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 32
Detroit Red Wings 5 46

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:34 DET Tomas Tatar (9) Mike Green (8), Gustav Nyquist (7) 0 - 1
10:32 DET Justin Abdelkader (6) Jonathan Ericsson (2), Danny DeKeyser (4) 0 - 2
17:30 BUF Evander Kane (3) Ryan O'Reilly (12), Rasmus Ristolainen (11) 1 - 2
2nd Period
04:21 DET Drew Miller (1) Justin Abdelkader (8), Luke Glendening (3) 1 - 3
17:09 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (2) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (12), Matt Moulson (7) 2 - 3
3rd Period
00:53 BUF Evander Kane (4) PP Brian Gionta (6), Jamie McGinn (6) 3 - 3
03:22 BUF Zach Bogosian (1) Zemgus Girgensons (2), Rasmus Ristolainen (13) 4 - 3
13:31 DET Justin Abdelkader (7) PP Gustav Nyquist (8), Niklas Kronwall (8) 4 - 4
Shootout
DET Brad Richards Shootout winner 4 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
01:30 DET Team Too many men on the ice 2
01:41 BUF Evander Kane Slashing 2
05:59 DET Danny DeKeyser Tripping 2
17:04 BUF Evander Kane Roughing 2
17:04 DET Brendan Smith Roughing 2
17:04 DET Henrik Zetterberg Roughing 2
19:04 DET Justin Abdelkader Fighting 5
19:04 DET Justin Abdelkader Hooking 2
19:04 BUF Josh Gorges Fighting 5
3rd Period
12:51 BUF Brian Gionta Interference 2
Overtime
01:21 DET Gustav Nyquist Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 52 39 32 4 2.9 39.1
Detroit Red Wings 62 53 46 4 4.0 60.9

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdOTDetroit Red Wings 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 Detroit Red Wings had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.9 expected, 4 scored · Detroit Red Wings: 4.0 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 17:30 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 17:09 of 2nd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 0:53 of 3rd, a 44% chanceBUF goal, 3:22 of 3rd, a 8% chanceDET goal, 1:34 of 1st, a 7% chanceDET goal, 10:32 of 1st, a 12% chanceDET goal, 4:21 of 2nd, a 7% chanceDET goal, 13:31 of 3rd, a 7% chanceDET 4.0BUF 2.9

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

Buffalo Sabres
Detroit Red Wings

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 Reinhart13:5161.552.31-1
Brian Gionta · Matt Moulson · Jack Eichel7:2155.650.10-0
Brian Gionta · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel6:4312.510.80-0
Jamie McGinn · Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons5:0112.54.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen17:1240.026.41-1
Carlo Colaiacovo · Zach Bogosian15:4339.323.60-2
Cody Franson · Jake McCabe12:5944.445.90-0

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
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 3 3 1 0 4 2 27:55 0.21 16-25 0.65-1.96
91 Evander Kane L 2 0 2 0 4 6 2 24:38 1.18 23-13 1.00-0.88
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 16:32 0.32 8-24 0.41-1.53
24 Zach Bogosian D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 3 20:34 0.12 13-20 0.41-1.07
12 Brian Gionta R 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 22:17 0.07 9-23 0.25-1.43
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 12:04 0.01 5-8 0.06-0.21
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 12:45 0.01 4-12 0.12-0.53
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 26:14 0.25 18-15 0.80-1.01
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 19:50 0.09 14-22 0.53-1.49
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22:24 0.04 10-21 0.33-1.54
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:21 0.16 9-11 0.48-0.40
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:31 0.22 19-13 0.88-1.06
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:12 0.03 4-7 0.13-0.26
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:14 4-7 0.17-0.34
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:08 0.10 3-10 0.10-0.59
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:01 0.03 8-16 0.34-0.87
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 19:17 0.03 12-18 0.44-1.07
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 11:28 1-15 0.01-0.89
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark 46 42 4 65:00 3.91 -0.09

Detroit Red Wings

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henrik Zetterberg · Justin Abdelkader · Dylan Larkin11:4246.248.91-1
Gustav Nyquist · Tomas Tatar · Riley Sheahan9:5093.894.01-0
Pavel Datsyuk · Darren Helm · Teemu Pulkkinen6:15100.0100.00-0
Brad Richards · Pavel Datsyuk · Darren Helm5:3038.539.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Niklas Kronwall · Mike Green17:0870.376.81-1
Jonathan Ericsson · Danny DeKeyser15:1460.067.41-1
Brendan Smith · Alexey Marchenko13:4571.469.71-0

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 Justin Abdelkader L 2 1 3 1 7 3 3 14:23 0.23 13-15 0.74-0.73
14 Gustav Nyquist R 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 17:56 0.17 19-2 1.14-0.20
20 Drew Miller L 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 12:05 0.41 6-10 0.42-0.27
90 Tomas Tatar L 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 15:47 0.43 18-1 1.12-0.06
27 Mike Green D 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 23:40 0.05 28-17 1.78-0.71
41 Luke Glendening C 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13:05 5-8 0.30-0.24
52 Jonathan Ericsson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 23:48 0.01 18-16 1.34-0.73
55 Niklas Kronwall D 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 22:54 0.02 28-15 1.89-0.57
65 Danny DeKeyser D 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 21:50 15-14 1.10-0.56
3 Alexey Marchenko D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:27 0.05 11-6 0.36-0.16
7 Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 16:56 12-4 0.39-0.13
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 15:09 0.65 17-2 0.99-0.09
12 Teemu Pulkkinen L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:06 0.22 18-6 1.26-0.13
13 Pavel Datsyuk C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:25 0.49 19-11 1.21-0.25
17 Brad Richards C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:12 0.14 7-9 0.31-0.22
40 Henrik Zetterberg C 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 17:45 0.42 15-15 0.93-0.85
43 Darren Helm C 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 19:14 0.51 17-13 1.06-0.36
71 Dylan Larkin C 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 15:29 0.20 14-16 0.81-0.87
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Petr Mrazek 32 28 4 65:00 2.82 -1.18