New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 31, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Islanders	2	33
Buffalo Sabres	1	43

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
09:35	NYI	Frans Nielsen (14) PP	John Tavares (14), Nick Leddy (12)	1 - 0
3rd Period
01:07	NYI	Nikolay Kulemin (5)	Kyle Okposo (19), Johnny Boychuk (11)	2 - 0
11:18	BUF	Ryan O'Reilly (15) PP	Jack Eichel (12), Rasmus Ristolainen (18)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:20	NYI	Matt Martin	Interference	2
09:40	NYI	Anders Lee	Cross checking	2
10:46	NYI	Frans Nielsen	Cross checking	2
2nd Period
08:37	BUF	Josh Gorges	Holding	2
3rd Period
04:32	BUF	Brian Gionta	Hooking	2
09:45	NYI	Anders Lee	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders	61	45	33	2	2.1	56.4
Buffalo Sabres	68	53	43	1	2.5	43.6

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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while New York Islanders had.

Expected goals

New York Islanders: 2.1 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 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

New York Islanders

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.

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Frans Nielsen · Kyle Okposo · Nikolay Kulemin	11:52	57.7	74.2	1-0
Josh Bailey · John Tavares · Anders Lee	11:28	70.8	59.5	0-0
Mikhail Grabovski · Brock Nelson · Ryan Strome	7:51	46.2	35.0	0-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas	6:20	53.8	75.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Travis Hamonic · Nick Leddy	17:41	47.8	68.0	0-0
Johnny Boychuk · Calvin de Haan	13:46	72.2	90.7	1-0
Marek Zidlicky · Thomas Hickey	11:05	38.1	37.4	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
81	Frans Nielsen	C	1	0	1	1	2	5	0	18:19	0.31	18-13	0.77-0.28
86	Nikolay Kulemin	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	17:36	0.42	17-11	0.76-0.26
4	Nick Leddy	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	22:30	0.11	14-15	0.36-0.42
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	16:18	0.10	15-12	0.75-0.27
55	Johnny Boychuk	D	0	1	1	1	0	5	0	18:41	0.17	27-10	1.07-0.11
91	John Tavares	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	18:19	0.26	19-9	0.54-0.38
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:55	0.08	7-11	0.11-0.26
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:05	0.09	21-11	0.56-0.42
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	11:37	0.08	7-8	0.19-0.06
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	08:59		8-9	0.20-0.10
22	Ryan Strome	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:42	0.03	10-12	0.16-0.29
28	Marek Zidlicky	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:15	0.08	13-18	0.22-0.72
42	Thomas Hickey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:36		10-14	0.21-0.33
44	Calvin de Haan	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	21:18	0.01	28-13	1.10-0.27
52	Travis Hamonic	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	23:40	0.02	14-12	0.37-0.16
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:39		7-8	0.19-0.07
72	Anders Lee	L	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	17:10	0.31	21-9	0.60-0.39
84	Mikhail Grabovski	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:01	0.08	9-10	0.16-0.24

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Thomas Greiss	W	43	42	1	59:47	2.47	+1.47

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brian Gionta · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel	10:20	50.0	53.9	0-0
Jamie McGinn · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart	9:45	33.3	21.5	0-0
Matt Moulson · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson	9:35	37.5	21.4	0-1
David Legwand · Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers	4:05	63.6	23.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe	20:52	36.8	38.0	0-0
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen	14:51	48.3	36.9	0-1
Cody Franson · Mike Weber	8:29	53.3	45.1	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	22:14	0.26	10-20	0.17-0.57
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	20:17	0.30	11-10	0.30-0.23
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	-1	0	5	0	25:47	0.20	16-20	0.52-0.92
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	16:56	0.02	15-16	0.51-0.86
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:55	0.02	10-12	0.14-0.21
11	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:34	0.04	11-8	0.15-0.18
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	17:19	0.06	12-13	0.31-0.25
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:17	0.19	9-16	0.15-0.54
17	David Legwand	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	09:18	0.04	9-7	0.09-0.26
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	09:11	0.04	12-10	0.34-0.29
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	13:36	0.30	9-12	0.41-0.57
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	22:11	0.02	14-25	0.34-0.60
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24:06	0.05	16-25	0.36-0.56
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	12:01		8-12	0.18-0.58
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	17:30	0.34	14-14	0.36-0.26
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	08:49	0.02	10-10	0.33-0.28
88	Jamie McGinn	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	17:36	0.29	8-17	0.14-0.48
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-1	0	7	0	20:20	0.34	11-18	0.24-0.68

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Linus Ullmark	L	33	31	2	58:05	2.09	+0.09