Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Dec 14, 2015 · Joe Louis Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	2	30
Detroit Red Wings	1	33

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
04:01	DET	Brad Richards (2)	Pavel Datsyuk (6), Darren Helm (5)	0 - 1
3rd Period
15:46	BUF	Ryan O'Reilly (11)	Sam Reinhart (5), Rasmus Ristolainen (16)	1 - 1
16:47	BUF	Johan Larsson (1)	Mike Weber (2)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
03:30	DET	Henrik Zetterberg	Hooking	2
08:44	BUF	Josh Gorges	Hooking	2
19:59	DET	Brendan Smith	High sticking	2
2nd Period
14:56	BUF	Mike Weber	Ps slash on breakaway	0
18:29	DET	Tomas Tatar	Holding	2
3rd Period
06:24	BUF	Ryan O'Reilly	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	47	41	30	2	2.7	51.9
Detroit Red Wings	54	44	33	1	3.2	48.1

How the game went

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: 2.7 expected, 2 scored · Detroit Red Wings: 3.2 expected, 1 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jamie McGinn · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart	12:17	55.0	64.2	1-0
Brian Gionta · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons	8:59	46.7	59.5	1-0
Matt Moulson · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel	8:00	37.5	22.6	0-0
David Legwand · Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers	3:24	75.0	38.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen	16:12	47.8	53.9	0-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe	15:28	48.0	34.6	0-1
Cody Franson · Mike Weber	12:32	55.0	65.3	0-0

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
22	Johan Larsson	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	13:14	0.17	9-9	0.74-0.42
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	1	0	1	0	2	5	0	22:38	0.70	18-13	1.10-0.47
6	Mike Weber	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	16:40	0.08	15-11	0.99-0.42
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	18:44	0.16	12-11	0.78-0.47
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	26:02	0.03	13-13	0.85-0.61
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	18:30	0.02	12-12	0.71-0.61
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	17:13	0.20	11-15	0.47-0.97
11	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	16:37	0.28	11-10	0.77-0.41
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	17:54	0.23	13-9	1.07-0.42
17	David Legwand	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	06:34	0.01	3-2	0.04-0.11
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10:12	0.03	8-5	0.25-0.19
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	17:52		12-14	0.50-0.95
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	20:52	0.09	19-16	0.87-0.95
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	11:18	0.34	7-11	0.32-0.74
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	14:32	0.20	8-9	0.67-0.47
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	07:51		5-5	0.07-0.23
88	Jamie McGinn	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	19:00	0.08	15-9	0.99-0.37
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	20:18	0.13	14-16	0.53-1.06

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Chad Johnson	33	32	1	59:59	3.17	+2.17

Detroit Red Wings

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henrik Zetterberg · Justin Abdelkader · Dylan Larkin	12:21	47.6	45.2	0-1
Brad Richards · Pavel Datsyuk · Darren Helm	12:07	56.0	55.8	1-0
Gustav Nyquist · Tomas Tatar · Riley Sheahan	8:41	31.3	26.0	0-1
Joakim Andersson · Tomas Jurco · Luke Glendening	3:19	33.3	75.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jonathan Ericsson · Danny DeKeyser	16:58	48.0	28.2	0-0
Niklas Kronwall · Mike Green	13:42	46.2	55.7	0-1
Brendan Smith · Alexey Marchenko	11:53	60.0	53.0	1-0

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
17	Brad Richards	C	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	16:35	0.19	17-11	0.94-0.66
13	Pavel Datsyuk	C	0	1	1	1	0	5	1	20:34	0.59	16-12	0.88-0.66
43	Darren Helm	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	6	20:03	0.41	18-11	0.89-0.66
3	Alexey Marchenko	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15:51	0.02	12-8	0.57-0.50
7	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	15:34	0.02	13-12	0.58-0.71
8	Justin Abdelkader	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	18:16		10-12	0.47-0.57
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	16:04	0.06	8-15	0.37-0.99
13	Tomas Jurco	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	05:26	0.50	2-2	0.21-0.07
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:28	0.12	8-13	0.32-0.72
18	Joakim Andersson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	06:47	0.09	2-4	0.29-0.39
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	19:49	0.15	12-17	1.09-1.01
40	Henrik Zetterberg	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	20:33	0.52	13-13	0.58-0.64
41	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:24		3-3	0.21-0.08
52	Jonathan Ericsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	21:46	0.05	14-14	0.32-0.69
55	Niklas Kronwall	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	19:20		13-14	1.14-0.87
65	Danny DeKeyser	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	23:36	0.02	12-17	0.26-0.91
71	Dylan Larkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	17:03	0.16	12-13	0.56-0.58
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	13:56	0.33	5-14	0.22-1.03

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Petr Mrazek	30	28	2	57:55	2.70	+0.70