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Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators

Jan 26, 2016 · Canadian Tire Centre

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 22
Ottawa Senators 2 36

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:42 OTT Erik Karlsson (11) Mika Zibanejad (21), Chris Neil (6) 0 - 1
11:12 BUF Evander Kane (11) Unassisted 1 - 1
2nd Period
10:03 OTT Bobby Ryan (18) Cody Ceci (9), Shane Prince (9) 1 - 2
13:48 BUF Jack Eichel (15) PP Robin Lehner (1) 2 - 2
3rd Period
01:08 BUF Jack Eichel (16) Unassisted 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:39 BUF Zach Bogosian Slashing 2
11:39 BUF Zach Bogosian Fighting 5
11:39 OTT Zack Smith Fighting 5
11:39 OTT Zack Smith Slashing 2
15:06 OTT Curtis Lazar Hooking 2
2nd Period
12:02 OTT Mike Hoffman Slashing 2
3rd Period
02:38 BUF Jamie McGinn Holding 2
19:37 BUF Mike Weber Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 45 28 22 3 1.7 41.8
Ottawa Senators 68 50 36 2 2.6 58.2

How the game went

10505101520Start2nd3rdOttawa Senators 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 Ottawa Senators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 3 scored · Ottawa Senators: 2.6 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 11:12 of 1st, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 13:48 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 1:08 of 3rd, a 14% chanceOTT goal, 6:42 of 1st, a 18% chanceOTT goal, 10:03 of 2nd, a 25% chanceOTT 2.6BUF 1.7

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
Ottawa Senators

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
Evander Kane · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson11:5745.539.81-0
Brian Gionta · Jamie McGinn · Ryan O'Reilly11:5336.857.20-1
Matt Moulson · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel9:3338.567.11-0
David Legwand · Cal O'Reilly · Tim Schaller4:0466.779.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Weber · Rasmus Ristolainen18:3829.432.90-0
Zach Bogosian · Mark Pysyk13:5358.351.41-1
Cody Franson · Jake McCabe12:2341.741.80-1

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
9 Jack Eichel C 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 17:11 0.28 8-12 0.38-0.44
91 Evander Kane L 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 21:36 0.60 14-19 0.38-0.79
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 22:21 11-24 0.62-1.22
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:16 0.01 10-14 0.20-0.28
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:59 0.47 10-14 0.53-0.38
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:58 0.01 16-15 0.41-0.40
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:42 5-8 0.06-0.26
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17:33 0.01 13-16 0.45-0.82
18 Cal O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:37 4-7 0.04-0.25
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:08 0.01 13-19 0.35-0.81
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:46 12-19 0.36-0.33
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 16:46 0.02 16-10 0.51-0.35
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:33 0.16 10-10 0.40-0.25
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:41 0.02 12-13 0.40-0.23
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 28:01 0.02 11-24 0.60-1.22
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 06:42 0.05 8-4 0.10-0.05
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 17:33 0.02 8-16 0.44-0.59
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 21:16 0.04 9-21 0.53-0.86
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner W 36 34 2 59:58 2.57 +0.57

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bobby Ryan · Mike Hoffman · Mika Zibanejad13:4565.663.30-0
Mark Stone · Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Matt Puempel9:4440.04.40-0
Chris Neil · Max McCormick · Shane Prince5:3080.023.70-1
Zack Smith · Alex Chiasson · Max McCormick4:1018.241.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Mark Borowiecki14:0054.218.30-0
Patrick Wiercioch · Cody Ceci9:1641.276.41-0
Jared Cowen · Chris Wideman9:0550.038.60-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
54 Bobby Ryan R 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 20:28 0.62 24-12 1.25-0.61
65 Erik Karlsson D 1 0 1 1 0 9 0 31:46 0.59 32-16 1.36-0.82
5 Cody Ceci D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:41 0.03 13-15 0.34-0.27
11 Shane Prince L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:03 0.03 18-3 0.57-0.18
25 Chris Neil R 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 08:42 0.03 11-2 0.27-0.16
93 Mika Zibanejad C 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 20:52 0.29 27-12 1.59-0.61
2 Jared Cowen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 14:43 0.15 12-10 0.33-0.27
6 Chris Wideman D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:20 0.04 19-7 1.00-0.26
15 Zack Smith C 0 0 0 -1 7 1 1 10:49 0.02 4-13 0.18-0.30
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 10:32 0.01 4-4 0.17-0.25
28 Patrick Wiercioch D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 18:22 13-15 0.58-0.25
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:15 0.11 12-13 0.05-0.34
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:47 4-12 0.18-0.30
54 Matt Puempel L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:21 7-10 0.02-0.27
61 Mark Stone R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:13 0.12 14-11 0.19-0.27
68 Mike Hoffman C 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 19:30 0.54 24-11 1.13-0.56
71 Max McCormick L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:07 0.03 10-11 0.10-0.23
90 Mark Borowiecki D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 20:01 0.02 17-13 0.19-0.82
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Craig Anderson L 22 19 3 57:42 1.69 -1.31