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Buffalo Sabres at Calgary Flames

Dec 10, 2015 · Scotiabank Saddledome

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 30
Calgary Flames 4 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
05:46 CGY Sean Monahan (9) Dennis Wideman (14), Brandon Bollig (1) 0 - 1
19:52 CGY Markus Granlund (3) Dougie Hamilton (6), Joe Colborne (7) 0 - 2
3rd Period
02:27 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (5) PP Sam Reinhart (4), Ryan O'Reilly (15) 1 - 2
04:44 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (6) PP Ryan O'Reilly (16) 2 - 2
09:25 CGY Sean Monahan (10) Johnny Gaudreau (18), Mark Giordano (6) 2 - 3
14:15 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (7) Matt Moulson (8), Zach Bogosian (3) 3 - 3
15:10 CGY Johnny Gaudreau (10) Sean Monahan (12), TJ Brodie (10) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:18 BUF Sam Reinhart Tripping 2
14:51 BUF Josh Gorges Interference 2
2nd Period
03:24 CGY Brandon Bollig Roughing 2
3rd Period
00:55 CGY Sam Bennett Interference 2
04:41 CGY Sam Bennett Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 49 41 30 3 2.5 44.9
Calgary Flames 56 42 32 4 3.2 55.1

How the game went

0510Start2nd3rdCalgary Flames 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 Calgary Flames had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 3 scored · Calgary Flames: 3.2 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 2:27 of 3rd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 4:44 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 14:15 of 3rd, a 2% chanceCGY goal, 5:46 of 2nd, a 27% chanceCGY goal, 19:52 of 2nd, a 18% chanceCGY goal, 9:25 of 3rd, a 13% chanceCGY goal, 15:10 of 3rd, a 5% chanceCGY 3.2BUF 2.5

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
Calgary Flames

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
Jamie McGinn · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart13:2952.253.80-0
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel9:5933.333.30-1
Matt Moulson · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons6:0838.516.90-0
David Legwand · Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers3:4266.789.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen18:1630.339.40-2
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe16:2450.042.40-1
Cody Franson · Mike Weber10:3466.769.40-0

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 3 0 3 -2 0 4 0 25:35 0.14 13-27 0.59-1.19
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 2 2 -2 0 2 0 23:11 0.26 15-17 0.48-0.73
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 21:00 0.36 17-15 0.77-0.67
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 22:31 0.02 18-14 0.64-0.84
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:44 0.17 8-13 0.21-0.99
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 21:01 0.18 13-26 0.59-0.97
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:59 0.03 12-7 0.49-0.24
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 18:08 9-13 0.58-0.56
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:40 0.17 12-9 0.49-0.30
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:29 7-14 0.30-0.66
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:10 6-6 0.33-0.41
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 07:42 0.32 12-9 0.48-0.31
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:31 7-17 0.16-1.15
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 20:29 12-15 0.56-1.10
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:10 0.03 11-14 0.38-0.69
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:05 0.01 6-5 0.33-0.13
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:15 0.39 13-11 0.64-0.33
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 21:40 0.44 9-13 0.38-0.33
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson L 32 28 4 58:40 2.59 -1.41

Calgary Flames

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joe Colborne · Markus Granlund · Sam Bennett15:1260.069.61-0
David Jones · Johnny Gaudreau · Sean Monahan11:1370.672.12-0
Mason Raymond · Michael Frolik · Mikael Backlund10:1431.839.60-1
Matt Stajan · Brandon Bollig · Micheal Ferland7:1660.019.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Giordano · TJ Brodie19:4359.447.32-0
Dennis Wideman · Dougie Hamilton16:5150.052.01-1
Deryk Engelland · Ladislav Smid10:1056.375.40-0

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
23 Sean Monahan C 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 18:05 0.42 16-10 0.81-0.45
13 Johnny Gaudreau L 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 16:39 0.09 15-9 0.62-0.31
60 Markus Granlund C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 19:21 0.23 18-13 0.91-0.62
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 22:54 0.08 17-18 0.78-0.77
7 Dougie Hamilton D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20:57 0.04 19-16 1.08-0.72
8 Joe Colborne C 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 20:48 0.50 19-13 1.06-0.45
52 Brandon Bollig L 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 08:40 0.03 6-5 0.36-0.12
55 Mark Giordano D 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 27:03 0.13 21-13 0.87-0.68
78 TJ Brodie D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 26:33 21-17 0.66-0.77
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:28 0.02 9-7 0.58-0.19
9 Sam Bennett C 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 18:52 0.37 17-11 0.88-0.60
11 Mikael Backlund C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:02 0.04 10-15 0.42-0.54
12 David Jones R 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 14:00 0.19 16-6 0.50-0.31
15 Ladislav Smid D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:05 0.02 11-9 0.66-0.24
18 Matt Stajan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:14 0.08 5-2 0.18-0.07
39 Mason Raymond L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:32 0.26 11-16 0.40-0.68
67 Michael Frolik R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:22 0.05 8-16 0.41-0.80
79 Micheal Ferland L 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 07:50 0.08 6-4 0.42-0.10
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Jonas Hiller W 30 27 3 60:00 2.47 -0.53