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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 15, 2016 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 4 31
Buffalo Sabres 1 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
14:37 BUF David Legwand (3) Unassisted 0 - 1
2nd Period
01:01 BOS Matt Beleskey (8) Ryan Spooner (22), Loui Eriksson (21) 1 - 1
3rd Period
00:29 BOS Zdeno Chara (6) Ryan Spooner (23), Matt Beleskey (14) 2 - 1
10:53 BOS Ryan Spooner (10) Loui Eriksson (22), Kevan Miller (8) 3 - 1
18:51 BOS Brett Connolly (6) Brad Marchand (12) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
15:01 BUF Johan Larsson Fighting 5
15:01 BOS Max Talbot Fighting 5
17:13 BUF Cody Franson Hooking 2
2nd Period
02:30 BOS Max Talbot Holding 2
04:59 BOS Landon Ferraro Slashing 2
07:12 BOS Zdeno Chara Delaying game puck over glass 2
12:15 BUF Mike Weber Hooking 2
3rd Period
15:43 BOS Ryan Spooner Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 47 39 31 4 1.9 52.4
Buffalo Sabres 55 47 34 1 2.1 47.6

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 1.9 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 1 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 1:01 of 2nd, a 22% chanceBOS goal, 0:29 of 3rd, a 1% chanceBOS goal, 10:53 of 3rd, a 1% chanceBOS goal, 18:51 of 3rd, a 36% chanceBUF goal, 14:37 of 1st, a 14% chanceBUF 2.1BOS 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

Boston Bruins
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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Brett Connolly11:1576.285.00-0
Max Talbot · Zac Rinaldo · Landon Ferraro9:3442.934.40-0
Loui Eriksson · Matt Beleskey · Ryan Spooner9:2362.585.23-0
Jimmy Hayes · Frank Vatrano · Joonas Kemppainen8:2940.016.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Zach Trotman11:1960.057.11-0
Kevan Miller · Torey Krug7:3070.082.61-0
Dennis Seidenberg · Colin Miller5:4440.013.60-1

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
15 Ryan Spooner C 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 15:20 0.11 12-11 0.51-0.21
39 Matt Beleskey L 1 1 2 3 0 2 4 13:21 0.32 14-9 0.61-0.28
21 Loui Eriksson L 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 15:38 0.14 14-9 0.62-0.12
20 Brett Connolly R 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 14:05 0.05 17-7 0.49-0.16
33 Zdeno Chara D 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 24:15 0.04 20-16 0.59-0.56
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 17:45 0.23 18-9 0.50-0.31
86 Kevan Miller D 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 21:56 0.04 15-11 0.71-0.52
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21:56 13-17 0.29-0.81
5 Zach Trotman D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:25 0.01 18-11 0.50-0.30
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:32 0.02 6-12 0.07-0.45
10 Jimmy Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:45 0.01 7-9 0.12-0.49
25 Max Talbot C 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 14:50 6-13 0.17-0.67
36 Zac Rinaldo C 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 12:19 0.15 6-11 0.17-0.49
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 18:34 0.27 18-8 0.51-0.24
41 Landon Ferraro C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:41 6-13 0.17-0.59
41 Joonas Kemppainen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:08 0.01 6-10 0.20-0.49
47 Torey Krug D 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 18:31 0.06 13-11 0.63-0.39
77 Frank Vatrano R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 09:59 0.10 6-8 0.12-0.48
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
50 Jonas Gustavsson 34 33 1 60:00 2.09 +1.09

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jamie McGinn · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane10:2423.517.00-1
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson8:5052.633.10-1
Matt Moulson · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel4:4666.785.40-0
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Tim Schaller3:4840.088.71-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen14:1225.826.40-1
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe14:1252.428.20-2
Cody Franson · Mike Weber12:4657.183.70-0

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 David Legwand C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 11:01 0.16 7-8 0.53-0.12
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:02 0.02 8-23 0.24-0.67
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 15:24 0.03 9-9 0.37-0.09
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 20:05 0.18 11-7 0.41-0.26
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:22 0.03 8-6 0.34-0.07
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:18 0.24 15-12 0.49-0.63
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:33 0.10 10-9 0.23-0.26
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 6 14:03 0.09 11-13 0.27-0.69
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 5 1 1 14:53 0.02 12-11 0.28-0.52
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:37 0.01 15-12 0.64-0.59
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 23:32 0.10 19-12 0.52-0.64
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 13:32 0.36 11-7 0.61-0.07
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 03:05 1-1 0.00-0.11
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 25:40 0.10 17-25 0.89-0.74
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 10:40 0.36 10-9 0.60-0.14
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 18:58 0.02 7-15 0.18-0.40
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 21:57 0.11 7-19 0.25-0.50
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 21:52 0.20 17-17 0.69-0.47
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 30 27 3 59:26 1.52 -1.48