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Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 5, 2016 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Minnesota Wild 3 30
Buffalo Sabres 2 32

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:16 MIN David Jones (10) Ryan Carter (4), Marco Scandella (13) 1 - 0
2nd Period
05:15 BUF Johan Larsson (5) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (28), Jack Eichel (25) 1 - 1
06:38 BUF Jack Eichel (19) PP Sam Reinhart (12), Cal O'Reilly (2) 1 - 2
3rd Period
14:19 MIN Mikko Koivu (15) PP Mathew Dumba (13), Ryan Suter (37) 2 - 2
Shootout
MIN Jason Pominville Shootout winner 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:45 BUF Jack Eichel Slashing 2
04:45 MIN Zach Parise Interference 2
2nd Period
04:23 MIN Nino Niederreiter High sticking double minor 4
3rd Period
13:45 BUF Josh Gorges Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild 53 39 30 2 2.0 53.3
Buffalo Sabres 58 47 32 2 2.4 46.7

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 2.0 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 2 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdOTMIN goal, 2:16 of 1st, a 3% chanceMIN goal, 14:19 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 5:15 of 2nd, a 37% chanceBUF goal, 6:38 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF 2.4MIN 2.0

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

Minnesota Wild
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.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikko Koivu · Zach Parise · Charlie Coyle10:0857.978.90-0
Thomas Vanek · Jason Zucker · Mikael Granlund7:5842.939.10-0
Jason Pominville · Erik Haula · Nino Niederreiter6:3460.055.90-0
Jarret Stoll · David Jones · Ryan Carter5:1722.232.91-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon12:2970.685.90-0
Marco Scandella · Mathew Dumba9:5250.056.81-0
Mike Reilly · Jonas Brodin5:1020.027.80-0

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
9 Mikko Koivu C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 21:05 0.12 19-12 0.59-0.16
12 David Jones R 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 07:20 0.03 5-7 0.04-0.05
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:55 0.24 14-22 0.46-0.62
18 Ryan Carter L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 09:09 0.01 4-7 0.04-0.05
22 Ryan Suter D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 31:27 0.07 23-13 0.87-0.24
24 Mathew Dumba D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 19:46 0.01 14-17 0.37-0.60
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 21:20 0.33 18-12 0.50-0.16
6 Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:46 0.03 12-8 0.37-0.30
9 Zach Parise L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 20:01 0.04 18-11 0.43-0.15
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:59 0.16 11-10 0.70-0.53
19 Jarret Stoll C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:21 3-7 0.04-0.05
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:17 0.12 11-15 0.45-0.27
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:17 0.42 11-10 0.70-0.52
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:15 0.02 14-13 0.44-0.37
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:49 0.03 22-9 0.84-0.18
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 17:51 0.30 16-14 0.44-0.38
62 Nino Niederreiter R 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 13:58 0.07 15-14 0.51-0.37
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:09 10-9 0.61-0.51
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Devan Dubnyk W 32 30 2 65:00 2.37 +0.37

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson10:4238.120.40-0
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel8:1440.029.10-1
Cal O'Reilly · Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons5:3875.090.10-0
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Daniel Catenacci4:3780.030.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen13:1126.38.30-1
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe12:5251.941.30-0
Carlo Colaiacovo · Mark Pysyk8:0690.0100.00-0

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
9 Jack Eichel C 1 1 2 -1 2 3 0 21:17 0.15 15-18 0.47-0.78
22 Johan Larsson L 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 18:00 0.37 13-17 0.16-0.47
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:35 0.25 16-15 0.48-0.74
18 Cal O'Reilly C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:19 0.02 8-7 0.31-0.30
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 23:04 0.08 7-18 0.10-0.43
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 19:57 0.02 8-21 0.12-0.55
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:01 0.19 11-18 0.13-0.49
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:32 0.10 13-4 0.47-0.09
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:19 0.05 6-5 0.10-0.11
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:29 0.02 12-18 0.21-0.50
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25:42 0.07 22-25 0.53-1.05
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 27:38 0.05 22-26 0.53-1.16
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:38 0.05 13-3 0.47-0.08
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:21 4-6 0.04-0.18
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:46 0.08 8-8 0.41-0.25
43 Daniel Catenacci C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:02 4-5 0.04-0.17
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:52 0.15 8-9 0.36-0.27
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 4 21:54 0.76 20-17 0.59-0.80
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner OTL 30 28 2 65:00 1.97 -0.03