Edmonton Oilers at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 1, 2016 · First Niagara Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Edmonton Oilers	2	41
Buffalo Sabres	1	32

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
00:22	EDM	Connor McDavid (11)	Jordan Eberle (19)	1 - 0
3rd Period
09:06	BUF	Cal O'Reilly (1)	Sam Reinhart (11), Mark Pysyk (5)	1 - 1
Overtime
03:48	EDM	Connor McDavid (12)	Unassisted	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
06:17	EDM	Iiro Pakarinen	Interference	2
10:57	BUF	Jack Eichel	High sticking	2
3rd Period
06:11	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons	Tripping	2
Overtime
01:34	BUF	Team	Too many men on the ice	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Edmonton Oilers	69	56	41	2	2.8	55.3
Buffalo Sabres	52	40	32	1	1.6	44.7

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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Edmonton Oilers had.

Expected goals

Edmonton Oilers: 2.8 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.6 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

Edmonton Oilers

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zack Kassian · Taylor Hall · Leon Draisaitl	13:52	54.2	49.3	0-0
Jordan Eberle · Nail Yakupov · Connor McDavid	13:51	55.2	77.2	1-1
Matt Hendricks · Adam Cracknell · Anton Lander	9:42	50.0	73.5	0-0
Lauri Korpikoski · Mark Letestu · Iiro Pakarinen	8:58	50.0	15.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Adam Pardy · Brandon Davidson	16:42	42.9	36.3	0-0
Andrej Sekera · Mark Fayne	15:08	54.5	55.1	1-0
Adam Clendening · Darnell Nurse	13:48	59.1	60.9	0-1

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
97	Connor McDavid	C	2	0	2	1	0	5	0	22:23	0.42	19-14	0.80-0.26
7	Jordan Eberle	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	20:10	0.39	18-13	0.82-0.24
5	Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	23:06	0.07	20-14	0.65-0.30
5	Adam Pardy	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	20:06	0.07	19-23	0.48-0.71
5	Mark Fayne	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	17:30	0.03	15-10	0.37-0.28
6	Adam Clendening	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	20:34	0.27	20-12	0.83-0.34
15	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:48	0.10	10-9	0.28-0.09
22	Adam Cracknell	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	12:10	0.16	13-13	0.46-0.52
22	Mark Letestu	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:06		15-7	0.34-0.24
25	Darnell Nurse	D	0	0	0	-1	0	7	2	18:00	0.25	20-12	0.64-0.35
26	Iiro Pakarinen	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	11:04	0.02	9-8	0.04-0.26
29	Lauri Korpikoski	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:31	0.02	15-7	0.26-0.24
29	Leon Draisaitl	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	20:20	0.29	15-15	0.33-0.66
44	Zack Kassian	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:37	0.06	16-12	0.41-0.32
51	Anton Lander	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:05	0.07	9-10	0.27-0.18
64	Nail Yakupov	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16:50	0.08	18-15	0.84-0.34
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	21:16	0.26	14-15	0.35-0.66
88	Brandon Davidson	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	22:02	0.25	20-21	0.51-0.69

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Cam Talbot	32	31	1	63:48	1.58	+0.58

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	16:43	61.5	54.9	0-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson	10:40	26.3	2.6	0-1
Cal O'Reilly · Daniel Catenacci · Zemgus Girgensons	9:51	45.8	49.1	0-0
Cal O'Reilly · Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons	3:47	0.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe	18:43	48.5	54.8	1-1
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen	17:17	54.1	63.3	0-0
Carlo Colaiacovo · Mark Pysyk	14:25	29.6	17.6	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
18	Cal O'Reilly	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	16:29	0.13	12-22	0.54-0.75
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	16:58	0.09	8-20	0.15-0.71
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	20:31	0.19	20-10	0.58-0.28
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24:24	0.06	21-19	0.55-0.39
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-1	2	5	0	20:43	0.14	19-11	0.41-0.33
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	14:37		6-15	0.04-0.36
17	David Legwand	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:57		8-6	0.24-0.19
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	14:20		8-17	0.18-0.52
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	13:01	0.10	6-16	0.11-0.48
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	21:07	0.01	17-20	0.63-0.76
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	23:19	0.08	16-17	0.62-0.51
25	Carlo Colaiacovo	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:06		9-19	0.25-0.71
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06:53		5-6	0.12-0.15
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	18:57	0.17	16-23	0.51-0.73
43	Daniel Catenacci	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	13:19	0.21	14-21	0.48-0.69
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	10:43	0.09	6-13	0.39-0.39
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	24:03	0.08	21-19	0.46-0.38
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	22:11	0.25	18-11	0.40-0.33

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	41	39	2	63:48	2.76	+0.76