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Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs

Mar 7, 2016 · Air Canada Centre

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 27
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 33

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:25 TOR Leo Komarov (19) Nikita Soshnikov (1), Morgan Rielly (22) 0 - 1
11:05 TOR Brad Boyes (8) PP Connor Carrick (2), Jake Gardiner (18) 0 - 2
2nd Period
16:23 BUF Mark Pysyk (1) Evander Kane (11), Sam Reinhart (13) 1 - 2
19:41 TOR Zach Hyman (1) Michael Grabner (6), Ben Smith (1) 1 - 3
3rd Period
07:28 BUF Jack Eichel (20) Matt Moulson (11), Cal O'Reilly (3) 2 - 3
10:41 BUF Evander Kane (19) Sam Reinhart (14) 3 - 3
Shootout
BUF Sam Reinhart Shootout winner 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:56 TOR Zach Hyman Holding 2
08:02 BUF Evander Kane Interference goalkeeper 2
09:35 BUF Brian Gionta Tripping 2
13:53 TOR Milan Michalek Holding 2
15:11 TOR Matt Hunwick Holding the stick 2
19:58 BUF Carlo Colaiacovo Holding 2
3rd Period
05:21 TOR Nazem Kadri Cross checking 2
05:21 BUF Jack Eichel Roughing 2
Overtime
02:02 TOR Nazem Kadri Tripping 2
04:22 TOR Nazem Kadri Roughing 2
04:22 BUF Zach Bogosian Roughing 2
04:22 BUF Evander Kane Roughing 2
04:22 TOR Leo Komarov Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 48 35 27 3 2.4 38.4
Toronto Maple Leafs 67 50 33 3 4.0 61.6

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdOTToronto Maple Leafs 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 Toronto Maple Leafs had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 3 scored · Toronto Maple Leafs: 4.0 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 16:23 of 2nd, a 32% chanceBUF goal, 7:28 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 10:41 of 3rd, a 5% chanceTOR goal, 0:25 of 1st, a 7% chanceTOR goal, 11:05 of 1st, a 7% chanceTOR goal, 19:41 of 2nd, a 36% chanceTOR 4.0BUF 2.4

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
Toronto Maple Leafs

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
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson11:3355.671.90-0
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel8:2833.342.82-1
Cal O'Reilly · Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons7:5238.521.70-0
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Daniel Catenacci3:4166.761.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen16:2932.319.92-1
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe15:1838.57.80-1
Carlo Colaiacovo · Mark Pysyk12:2252.670.50-0

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
91 Evander Kane L 1 1 2 0 4 1 3 22:10 0.10 10-21 0.58-1.96
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 17:25 0.13 9-17 0.58-0.79
9 Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 21:52 0.24 8-21 0.62-1.10
13 Mark Pysyk D 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:43 0.48 13-11 1.15-0.33
18 Cal O'Reilly C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:10 7-14 0.19-0.43
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 08:56 0.07 4-8 0.15-0.44
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 20:35 0.01 11-24 0.26-1.07
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 19:16 0.55 12-11 0.74-0.36
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:33 2-4 0.02-0.24
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:38 0.11 11-11 0.67-0.24
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 22:26 0.36 16-17 0.75-1.21
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 20:28 0.04 11-18 0.44-1.51
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 21:59 0.13 11-18 0.18-1.48
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 14:56 0.02 10-12 0.74-0.49
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:10 0.02 7-15 0.06-0.67
43 Daniel Catenacci C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:04 0.03 5-4 0.06-0.07
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 13:37 0.02 8-15 0.10-1.19
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 28:18 0.13 10-24 0.24-1.13
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson 33 30 3 64:34 3.95 +0.95

Toronto Maple Leafs

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Leo Komarov · Nazem Kadri · Nikita Soshnikov9:4470.065.21-1
Brooks Laich · Colin Greening · Ben Smith9:3668.881.90-0
Brad Boyes · Milan Michalek · Peter Holland7:3237.541.30-0
Michael Grabner · Zach Hyman · William Nylander7:2863.678.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Hunwick · Morgan Rielly13:4060.756.31-2
Martin Marincin · Connor Carrick10:5460.031.60-0
Jake Gardiner · Frank Corrado8:4846.273.40-1

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
18 Zach Hyman L 1 0 1 -1 2 4 1 16:12 1.00 17-10 1.38-0.73
28 Brad Boyes R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:33 0.07 5-8 0.10-0.15
47 Leo Komarov R 1 0 1 -1 2 5 4 19:47 0.46 21-9 1.23-0.92
18 Ben Smith R 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 15:06 0.02 16-7 1.17-0.13
40 Michael Grabner L 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:32 0.40 15-6 1.42-0.18
41 Nikita Soshnikov R 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 13:52 0.29 15-9 0.94-0.51
44 Morgan Rielly D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 24:19 0.20 22-13 1.10-0.80
51 Jake Gardiner D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 22:32 0.06 20-13 1.40-0.30
58 Connor Carrick D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 14:04 0.10 10-9 0.20-0.48
12 Peter Holland C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:20 0.19 7-6 0.17-0.11
18 Milan Michalek L 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 12:43 0.06 6-7 0.10-0.14
18 Frank Corrado D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:51 6-8 0.33-0.19
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:39 0.08 12-7 0.29-0.12
38 Colin Greening C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:17 0.13 13-6 0.43-0.11
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 27:09 0.05 27-16 1.30-0.85
52 Martin Marincin D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 25:01 0.02 20-8 1.41-0.45
88 William Nylander R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:21 0.46 13-12 0.52-0.76
91 Nazem Kadri C 0 0 0 -1 6 1 2 20:02 0.44 20-11 1.20-0.58
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
80 Garret Sparks 27 24 3 65:00 2.37 -0.63