Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators

Feb 16, 2016 · Canadian Tire Centre

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	39
Ottawa Senators	2	26

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
06:01	BUF	Matt Moulson (5)	Jack Eichel (22), Zemgus Girgensons (7)	1 - 0
07:10	OTT	Ryan Dzingel (1)	Patrick Wiercioch (5), Chris Wideman (3)	1 - 1
Shootout
	OTT	Bobby Ryan	Shootout winner	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:27	OTT	Chris Neil	Fighting	5
02:27	BUF	Nicolas Deslauriers	Fighting	5
11:52	BUF	Josh Gorges	Interference	2
15:30	OTT	Erik Karlsson	High sticking	2
2nd Period
08:21	OTT	Mark Stone	Slashing	2
11:37	BUF	Cody Franson	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	61	54	39	1	2.6	46.5
Ottawa Senators	63	41	26	1	2.2	53.5

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

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.6 expected, 1 scored · Ottawa Senators: 2.2 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jamie McGinn · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart	11:23	45.5	85.0	0-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson	11:16	50.0	39.1	0-1
Matt Moulson · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel	9:57	40.9	40.3	1-0
David Legwand · Nicolas Deslauriers · Justin Bailey	5:03	55.6	57.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen	16:10	50.0	66.2	0-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe	15:15	42.3	24.2	1-1
Cody Franson · Mark Pysyk	11:33	52.6	53.8	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
26	Matt Moulson	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	11:59	0.38	10-13	0.43-0.62
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	22:00	0.21	14-19	0.65-0.92
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	16:45	0.01	12-17	0.53-0.87
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	20:55	0.03	19-20	0.73-0.58
11	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	15:12	0.05	16-14	0.75-0.51
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	16:54	0.02	11-14	0.36-0.69
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:45	0.12	13-14	0.64-0.68
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	19:12	0.47	15-20	0.71-0.43
17	David Legwand	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	08:54	0.01	8-6	0.15-0.08
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	16:48	0.09	13-13	0.38-0.54
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	17:18	0.28	13-16	0.38-0.70
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	21:21	0.09	17-19	0.36-0.55
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	23:07	0.12	13-23	0.21-0.80
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	10:27	0.05	6-10	0.12-0.32
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	27:01	0.17	16-19	0.70-0.51
88	Jamie McGinn	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	17:05	0.24	13-14	0.63-0.12
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	19:38	0.21	14-13	0.53-0.08
90	Justin Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	10:41	0.06	12-6	0.21-0.08

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	OTL	26	25	1	64:58	2.20	+1.20

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zack Smith · Mark Stone · Jean-Gabriel Pageau	11:27	66.7	38.7	0-0
Chris Neil · Nick Paul · Curtis Lazar	8:55	62.5	88.4	0-0
Bobby Ryan · Ryan Dzingel · Mika Zibanejad	4:19	50.0	70.1	0-0
Kyle Turris · Mike Hoffman · Alex Chiasson	4:17	50.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marc Methot · Erik Karlsson	17:18	47.1	32.7	0-0
Dion Phaneuf · Cody Ceci	16:03	45.8	52.5	0-0
Patrick Wiercioch · Chris Wideman	8:35	52.6	71.1	1-0

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
14	Ryan Dzingel	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	11:55	0.20	8-12	0.27-0.28
6	Chris Wideman	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	09:56		13-9	0.58-0.23
28	Patrick Wiercioch	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	13:47	0.04	20-11	1.06-0.35
3	Dion Phaneuf	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	25:59	0.05	16-17	0.28-0.35
5	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	22:57	0.04	15-14	0.42-0.26
8	Kyle Turris	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:52		7-12	0.03-0.64
15	Zack Smith	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	16:50	0.20	20-12	0.50-0.65
20	Nick Paul	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10:54	0.18	12-6	0.59-0.07
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	14:47	0.28	13-12	0.86-0.19
25	Chris Neil	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	10:39	0.20	16-6	0.75-0.07
33	Marc Methot	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	20:33	0.04	17-21	0.47-1.03
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18:37		22-13	0.52-0.71
48	Alex Chiasson	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12:30	0.08	8-10	0.25-0.29
54	Bobby Ryan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	18:58	0.31	14-20	0.58-0.74
61	Mark Stone	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	20:40	0.26	19-11	0.34-0.59
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	8	0	32:02	0.37	27-24	0.82-1.20
68	Mike Hoffman	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:43		12-15	0.35-0.55
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15:32		11-10	0.41-0.26

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Craig Anderson	W	39	38	1	64:49	2.57	+1.57