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Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Jan 12, 2016 · Xcel Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 23
Minnesota Wild 2 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:37 BUF Jamie McGinn (9) Evander Kane (7), Ryan O'Reilly (20) 1 - 0
17:30 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (8) Brian Gionta (10) 2 - 0
17:50 BUF Brian Gionta (5) Josh Gorges (6), Marcus Foligno (6) 3 - 0
2nd Period
12:57 MIN Ryan Suter (6) SH Erik Haula (5), Jared Spurgeon (13) 3 - 1
3rd Period
19:08 MIN Thomas Vanek (14) Ryan Suter (24), Mikael Granlund (21) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
18:30 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
2nd Period
12:31 MIN Thomas Vanek Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd Period
04:58 MIN Devan Dubnyk Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 48 36 23 3 2.2 50.6
Minnesota Wild 54 41 30 2 2.1 49.4

How the game went

4202468Start2nd3rdMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.2 expected, 3 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.1 expected, 2 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 9:37 of 1st, a 32% chanceBUF goal, 17:30 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 17:50 of 1st, a 12% chanceMIN goal, 12:57 of 2nd, a 3% chanceMIN goal, 19:08 of 3rd, a 17% chanceBUF 2.2MIN 2.1

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
Minnesota Wild

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 · Evander Kane12:3650.063.81-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson10:2240.045.62-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel9:5170.640.80-0
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Tim Schaller5:0160.063.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe17:0859.361.21-0
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen16:1148.456.02-0
Cody Franson · Mike Weber13:3050.035.40-0

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
12 Brian Gionta R 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 16:08 0.27 11-17 0.48-0.48
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 23:16 0.08 17-20 0.61-0.52
88 Jamie McGinn L 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 19:05 0.50 13-16 0.76-0.51
4 Josh Gorges D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 20:30 17-16 0.67-0.45
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 13:18 0.02 15-15 0.51-0.45
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 20:47 0.13 12-12 0.76-0.47
91 Evander Kane L 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 21:45 0.12 14-17 0.82-0.51
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:38 10-12 0.28-0.60
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:07 0.16 15-8 0.27-0.40
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:10 0.03 10-12 0.28-0.53
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:51 0.10 14-8 0.27-0.44
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:30 3-3 0.03-0.05
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 17:59 0.10 13-20 0.50-0.60
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 20:17 18-17 0.66-0.55
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 21:26 0.07 18-11 0.72-0.40
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:23 0.03 4-4 0.03-0.06
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:49 0.04 16-9 0.31-0.58
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:01 0.02 5-3 0.07-0.03
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark 30 28 2 60:00 2.09 +0.09

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikko Koivu · Zach Parise · Mikael Granlund6:4369.267.00-0
Thomas Vanek · Charlie Coyle · Justin Fontaine5:4563.671.20-0
Mikko Koivu · Zach Parise · Jason Zucker5:2633.320.50-2
Jarret Stoll · Chris Porter · Jason Zucker5:1453.888.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon17:2044.436.10-1
Marco Scandella · Mike Reilly8:1850.076.10-0
Marco Scandella · Mathew Dumba6:0730.821.10-2

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
22 Ryan Suter D 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 28:09 0.05 18-17 0.63-0.82
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 16:59 0.46 10-11 0.39-0.25
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 23:48 0.07 16-16 0.82-0.83
56 Erik Haula L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 10:53 0.18 8-4 0.24-0.14
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 20:07 0.14 11-17 0.18-0.71
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:03 0.17 10-8 0.36-0.23
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:50 16-17 0.37-0.41
6 Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:01 0.02 13-12 0.61-0.27
7 Chris Porter L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:25 0.24 14-6 0.82-0.06
9 Mikko Koivu C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:44 0.03 15-17 0.35-0.63
9 Zach Parise L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:08 0.26 14-17 0.27-0.55
14 Justin Fontaine R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:35 11-5 0.33-0.13
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 15:02 0.41 14-17 0.68-0.52
19 Jarret Stoll C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:51 0.04 13-7 0.75-0.08
24 Mathew Dumba D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:13 0.01 13-16 0.35-0.52
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:29 0.04 12-12 0.27-0.37
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:20 0.01 6-15 0.17-0.78
62 Nino Niederreiter R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:44 6-11 0.04-0.73
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Devan Dubnyk 23 20 3 57:39 1.64 -1.36