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Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 2, 2016 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Detroit Red Wings 4 23
Buffalo Sabres 3 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:59 DET Brad Richards (4) Riley Sheahan (5), Dylan Larkin (13) 1 - 0
2nd Period
07:59 DET Riley Sheahan (6) PP Mike Green (12), Tomas Tatar (13) 2 - 0
14:26 BUF Jack Eichel (12) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (19) 2 - 1
17:27 BUF Jack Eichel (13) Zemgus Girgensons (5), Brian Gionta (8) 2 - 2
3rd Period
02:27 DET Henrik Zetterberg (7) Gustav Nyquist (11), Brendan Smith (7) 3 - 2
08:58 BUF Sam Reinhart (9) PP Unassisted 3 - 3
17:10 DET Tomas Tatar (12) Mike Green (13), Pavel Datsyuk (10) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:00 DET Darren Helm Hooking 2
14:08 DET Tomas Nosek High sticking 2
2nd Period
01:36 BUF Mike Weber Hooking 2
06:01 BUF Cody Franson Roughing 2
12:45 DET Jonathan Ericsson Holding 2
3rd Period
05:25 DET Mike Green Hooking 2
07:36 DET Mike Green Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Detroit Red Wings 52 33 23 4 1.9 55.1
Buffalo Sabres 52 45 35 3 3.2 44.9

How the game went

10864202Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadDetroit Red Wings 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 Detroit Red Wings had.

Expected goals

Detroit Red Wings: 1.9 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.2 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndDET goal, 12:59 of 1st, a 11% chanceDET goal, 7:59 of 2nd, a 10% chanceDET goal, 2:27 of 3rd, a 25% chanceDET goal, 17:10 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 14:26 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 17:27 of 2nd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 8:58 of 3rd, a 34% chanceBUF 3.2DET 1.9

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

Detroit Red Wings
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.

Detroit Red Wings

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henrik Zetterberg · Justin Abdelkader · Gustav Nyquist11:0652.237.80-0
Pavel Datsyuk · Darren Helm · Tomas Tatar10:3137.523.11-1
Brad Richards · Riley Sheahan · Dylan Larkin9:0557.166.51-0
Joakim Andersson · Luke Glendening · Tomas Nosek4:4262.529.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexey Marchenko · Danny DeKeyser15:4447.648.41-0
Mike Green · Brendan Smith14:0268.070.72-0
Niklas Kronwall · Jonathan Ericsson10:4245.022.50-1

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
8 Riley Sheahan C 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 17:40 0.48 10-6 0.32-0.11
90 Tomas Tatar L 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 14:44 0.21 9-10 0.28-0.67
27 Mike Green D 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 17:44 0.18 20-8 0.82-0.32
17 Brad Richards C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:40 0.14 10-6 0.25-0.11
40 Henrik Zetterberg C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:33 0.25 16-12 0.60-0.50
7 Brendan Smith D 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 17:30 0.01 18-13 0.77-0.86
13 Pavel Datsyuk C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:43 10-11 0.26-0.69
14 Gustav Nyquist R 0 1 1 1 0 7 1 14:21 0.35 15-12 0.59-0.50
71 Dylan Larkin C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:34 0.01 10-6 0.31-0.11
3 Alexey Marchenko D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:59 0.02 14-13 0.36-0.46
8 Justin Abdelkader L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:07 0.12 14-11 0.29-0.44
18 Joakim Andersson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:49 6-5 0.10-0.45
41 Luke Glendening C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:55 0.04 11-7 0.52-0.47
43 Darren Helm C 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:42 0.03 10-14 0.27-1.02
52 Jonathan Ericsson D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:56 9-13 0.16-0.88
55 Niklas Kronwall D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:42 13-12 0.16-0.65
65 Danny DeKeyser D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21:19 0.02 11-11 0.34-0.34
92 Tomas Nosek L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11:13 0.03 9-5 0.12-0.19
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Petr Mrazek 35 32 3 59:46 3.18 +0.18

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jamie McGinn · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart10:5952.954.00-1
Matt Moulson · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson6:4783.394.80-0
Brian Gionta · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel6:2642.933.31-1
David Legwand · Marcus Foligno · Nicolas Deslauriers3:3016.712.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe16:2950.071.20-0
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen14:3243.550.11-1
Cody Franson · Mike Weber10:5352.456.90-1

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
9 Jack Eichel C 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 19:20 0.21 8-17 0.25-0.60
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 18:54 0.52 10-10 0.37-0.32
12 Brian Gionta R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:01 0.15 8-14 0.51-0.57
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:39 0.02 9-10 0.23-0.45
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 24:10 0.09 10-16 0.56-0.56
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:42 0.02 11-17 0.58-0.62
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 13:28 11-14 0.45-0.36
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:00 0.05 11-12 0.45-0.37
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 06:53 0.03 1-6 0.01-0.10
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 11:42 9-12 0.42-0.32
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:46 0.98 17-9 1.19-0.21
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 19:40 0.03 13-16 0.73-0.34
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 21:13 0.16 14-14 0.75-0.36
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:19 0.35 6-2 0.39-0.06
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:56 2-11 0.02-0.28
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 18:38 0.13 9-9 0.35-0.32
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 23:33 0.23 10-13 0.37-0.39
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 19:52 0.27 16-13 1.18-0.30
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson 23 19 4 58:16 1.84 -2.16