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Buffalo Sabres at Vancouver Canucks

Dec 7, 2015 · Rogers Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 34
Vancouver Canucks 5 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:48 BUF Brian Gionta (3) Jamie McGinn (8) 1 - 0
08:08 VAN Radim Vrbata (7) Chris Higgins (1), Ben Hutton (9) 1 - 1
16:42 VAN Radim Vrbata (8) Dan Hamhuis (4), Daniel Sedin (18) 1 - 2
2nd Period
04:34 VAN Brandon Prust (1) Derek Dorsett (4), Adam Cracknell (2) 1 - 3
17:18 VAN Henrik Sedin (9) PP Alexander Edler (10), Daniel Sedin (19) 1 - 4
3rd Period
01:51 BUF Sam Reinhart (8) Ryan O'Reilly (14) 2 - 4
14:28 VAN Radim Vrbata (9) Adam Cracknell (3), Brandon Prust (6) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:22 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
18:10 BUF Zach Bogosian Slashing 2
2nd Period
09:14 VAN Daniel Sedin Tripping 2
11:49 BUF Evander Kane Roughing 2
16:13 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers Interference 2
16:14 VAN Alexandre Burrows High sticking double minor 4
16:59 BUF Evander Kane Hooking 2
3rd Period
10:05 BUF Mike Weber Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 52 42 34 2 1.7 53.4
Vancouver Canucks 57 44 31 5 2.9 46.6

How the game went

505101520Start2nd3rdVancouver Canucks 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 Vancouver Canucks had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 2 scored · Vancouver Canucks: 2.9 expected, 5 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 6:48 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 1:51 of 3rd, a 9% chanceVAN goal, 8:08 of 1st, a 21% chanceVAN goal, 16:42 of 1st, a 16% chanceVAN goal, 4:34 of 2nd, a 14% chanceVAN goal, 17:18 of 2nd, a 13% chanceVAN goal, 14:28 of 3rd, a 7% chanceVAN 2.9BUF 1.7

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
Vancouver Canucks

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
Matt Moulson · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons7:2950.064.50-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart7:2585.078.60-0
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel6:0163.636.10-1
Brian Gionta · Jamie McGinn · Jack Eichel5:5620.018.61-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Carlo Colaiacovo · Zach Bogosian14:5852.939.91-2
Cody Franson · Mike Weber13:0848.060.51-1
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen12:2559.149.30-1

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

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
12 Brian Gionta R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 17:49 0.21 9-15 0.20-0.63
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:48 0.20 24-5 0.60-0.20
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 12:16 0.10 10-11 0.39-0.45
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 20:56 0.06 23-8 0.59-0.15
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:41 0.01 15-9 0.29-0.26
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 17:10 0.07 13-15 0.57-0.45
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:04 0.04 9-14 0.20-0.68
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:10 0.03 14-13 0.60-0.38
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:02 5-10 0.21-0.63
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 06:55 0.03 6-11 0.22-0.64
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:38 0.28 10-8 0.56-0.41
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 20:48 0.08 20-16 0.69-1.02
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:50 0.04 18-18 0.68-1.17
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:07 0.21 10-7 0.56-0.33
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:05 6-11 0.48-0.39
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 06:27 0.14 5-10 0.21-0.58
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 24:06 0.05 14-11 0.27-0.35
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -1 4 6 9 22:05 0.18 24-13 0.45-0.36
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark 31 26 5 60:00 2.81 -2.19

Vancouver Canucks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Prust · Adam Cracknell · Derek Dorsett10:4270.673.01-0
Daniel Sedin · Henrik Sedin · Jannik Hansen8:2326.734.60-1
Alexandre Burrows · Sven Baertschi · Bo Horvat7:1938.560.60-0
Radim Vrbata · Chris Higgins · Jared McCann6:1453.875.41-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Edler · Chris Tanev14:2055.674.50-0
Dan Hamhuis · Alex Biega12:5843.859.63-1
Matt Bartkowski · Ben Hutton11:3528.633.81-1

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
71 Radim Vrbata R 3 0 3 3 0 6 0 15:04 0.54 12-7 0.75-0.25
9 Brandon Prust L 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 15:51 0.14 14-11 0.52-0.48
22 Daniel Sedin L 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 18:50 0.52 10-13 0.44-0.42
22 Adam Cracknell R 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 14:44 0.09 14-10 0.53-0.48
33 Henrik Sedin C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 18:45 0.20 7-19 0.37-0.56
2 Alexander Edler D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 25:41 0.14 13-13 0.40-0.40
5 Dan Hamhuis D 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 17:03 0.04 16-18 0.85-0.51
15 Derek Dorsett R 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 12:40 0.12 13-8 0.46-0.21
17 Ben Hutton D 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 16:30 0.10 10-16 0.47-0.65
20 Chris Higgins L 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 14:52 0.31 12-12 0.56-0.40
8 Chris Tanev D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:14 13-8 0.35-0.09
14 Alexandre Burrows R 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 16:43 0.32 9-13 0.37-0.45
14 Bo Horvat C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:35 0.15 13-10 0.47-0.26
19 Jared McCann L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:36 7-10 0.45-0.28
33 Alex Biega D 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 16:27 0.06 18-19 0.98-0.51
36 Jannik Hansen R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:25 6-17 0.21-0.62
44 Matt Bartkowski D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:00 0.02 11-20 0.59-0.94
47 Sven Baertschi L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:02 0.10 7-11 0.33-0.25
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller 34 32 2 59:58 1.71 -0.29