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Arizona Coyotes at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 4, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Arizona Coyotes 2 20
Buffalo Sabres 5 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
14:28 ARI Max Domi (9) Martin Hanzal (15), Stefan Elliott (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
07:17 BUF Sam Reinhart (7) Rasmus Ristolainen (14), Josh Gorges (4) 1 - 1
13:33 BUF Jamie McGinn (5) Jack Eichel (5), Carlo Colaiacovo (3) 1 - 2
3rd Period
02:40 BUF Evander Kane (5) SH Zemgus Girgensons (3) 1 - 3
06:42 ARI Max Domi (10) Unassisted 2 - 3
11:44 BUF Marcus Foligno (2) Nicolas Deslauriers (3), David Legwand (6) 2 - 4
19:08 BUF Evander Kane (6) Cody Franson (9), Ryan O'Reilly (13) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:19 ARI Anthony Duclair Tripping 2
2nd Period
09:05 BUF Johan Larsson Hooking 2
15:12 ARI Steve Downie Roughing 2
17:39 BUF Evander Kane Interference 2
3rd Period
02:02 BUF Marcus Foligno High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Arizona Coyotes 39 29 20 2 1.3 44.6
Buffalo Sabres 45 34 28 5 2.5 55.4

How the game went

6420246Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadArizona Coyotes 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 Arizona Coyotes had.

Expected goals

Arizona Coyotes: 1.3 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 5 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndARI goal, 14:28 of 1st, a 10% chanceARI goal, 6:42 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 7:17 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 13:33 of 2nd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 2:40 of 3rd, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 11:44 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 19:08 of 3rd, a 43% chanceBUF 2.5ARI 1.3

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

Arizona Coyotes
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.

Arizona Coyotes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Martin Hanzal · Mikkel Boedker · Max Domi13:5860.062.02-1
Antoine Vermette · Tobias Rieder · Anthony Duclair11:0417.611.00-1
Brad Richardson · Kyle Chipchura · Jordan Martinook8:4155.636.20-0
Boyd Gordon · Steve Downie · John Scott5:1957.175.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Michael Stone · Oliver Ekman-Larsson17:3548.022.81-2
Nicklas Grossmann · Stefan Elliott13:3547.474.51-0
Zbynek Michalek · Klas Dahlbeck10:3850.042.30-0

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
11 Max Domi C 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 19:20 0.40 12-9 0.57-0.37
11 Martin Hanzal C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 19:15 0.12 13-9 0.57-0.47
29 Stefan Elliott D 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 16:39 0.01 10-13 0.59-0.50
4 Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:39 0.07 9-12 0.17-0.46
6 Klas Dahlbeck D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15:48 9-10 0.19-0.27
8 Nicklas Grossmann D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19:12 10-11 0.59-0.27
11 Anthony Duclair L 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 16:20 0.07 3-15 0.08-0.74
13 Brad Richardson R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:40 0.05 12-15 0.23-0.69
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 16:06 0.01 4-15 0.08-0.74
17 Steve Downie R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:21 6-9 0.12-0.35
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:55 5-3 0.14-0.03
24 Kyle Chipchura C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:13 0.03 11-9 0.23-0.37
26 Michael Stone D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 24:34 0.15 15-17 0.24-1.02
27 Boyd Gordon C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:11 0.01 5-3 0.12-0.03
48 Jordan Martinook L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:02 0.12 12-14 0.22-0.67
50 Antoine Vermette C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:50 3-14 0.08-0.61
89 Mikkel Boedker L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:22 0.05 13-8 0.57-0.35
95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson D 0 0 0 -4 0 4 2 26:09 0.17 13-19 0.22-1.11
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Mike Smith L 27 23 4 59:24 2.02 -1.98

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart12:3880.0100.01-0
Brian Gionta · Jamie McGinn · Jack Eichel9:2841.771.31-0
Matt Moulson · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons8:2768.859.00-0
David Legwand · Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers6:299.120.91-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Carlo Colaiacovo · Zach Bogosian16:5551.961.22-1
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen14:4552.262.11-0
Cody Franson · Jake McCabe10:5345.544.80-1

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
91 Evander Kane L 2 0 2 3 2 2 2 21:13 0.16 18-6 0.77-0.11
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 16:46 0.25 16-4 0.62-0.11
17 Marcus Foligno L 1 0 1 0 2 1 4 08:15 0.08 3-12 0.13-0.41
88 Jamie McGinn L 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 12:02 0.14 8-7 0.54-0.21
4 Josh Gorges D 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 20:05 0.01 16-13 0.86-0.48
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 17:15 0.54 10-10 0.77-0.33
11 Cody Franson D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:56 8-7 0.19-0.17
17 David Legwand C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:03 1-12 0.08-0.35
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 19:34 0.02 18-13 0.64-0.35
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 17:11 0.28 14-7 0.36-0.23
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 07:26 1-14 0.08-0.47
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 22:17 15-11 0.79-0.48
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21:16 0.15 16-5 0.64-0.10
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19:44 11-9 0.66-0.22
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 11:20 0.22 13-7 0.49-0.21
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:35 0.03 8-7 0.40-0.17
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:23 0.07 17-15 0.75-0.35
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:39 0.10 12-6 0.32-0.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson W 20 18 2 60:00 1.26 -0.74