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Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 18, 2016 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Ottawa Senators 1 33
Buffalo Sabres 3 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:07 BUF Sam Reinhart (20) PP Zemgus Girgensons (10), Rasmus Ristolainen (30) 0 - 1
05:33 OTT Alex Chiasson (6) Mike Hoffman (23), Mika Zibanejad (28) 1 - 1
08:17 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers (6) Ryan O'Reilly (34), Evander Kane (15) 1 - 2
2nd Period
09:53 BUF Zach Bogosian (6) Sam Reinhart (16), Jack Eichel (27) 1 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:55 OTT Dion Phaneuf Slashing 2
12:03 BUF Mark Pysyk Hooking 2
2nd Period
07:11 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Fighting 5
07:11 OTT Alex Chiasson Fighting 5
09:22 BUF Josh Gorges Interference 2
09:22 OTT Chris Neil Roughing 2
15:52 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Cross checking 2
19:41 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Tripping 2
19:41 BUF Marcus Foligno Misconduct 10
19:41 OTT Chris Neil Misconduct 10
3rd Period
02:38 BUF Chad Ruhwedel High sticking 2
12:57 OTT Dion Phaneuf Illegal check to head 2
12:57 OTT Dion Phaneuf Roughing 2
12:57 BUF Zach Bogosian Roughing 2
12:57 BUF Zach Bogosian Roughing 2
12:57 OTT Team Bench 2
17:01 OTT Chris Wideman Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Ottawa Senators 58 45 33 1 1.9 49.5
Buffalo Sabres 62 46 34 3 3.7 50.5

How the game went

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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 Ottawa Senators had.

Expected goals

Ottawa Senators: 1.9 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.7 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndOTT goal, 5:33 of 1st, a 26% chanceBUF goal, 2:07 of 1st, a 22% chanceBUF goal, 8:17 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 9:53 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF 3.7OTT 1.9

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

Ottawa Senators
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.

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zack Smith · Mark Stone · Jean-Gabriel Pageau9:0047.661.70-0
Chris Neil · Nick Paul · Curtis Lazar7:2053.880.20-0
Mike Hoffman · Alex Chiasson · Mika Zibanejad6:5375.066.91-0
Scott Gomez · Bobby Ryan · Ryan Dzingel4:5018.22.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marc Methot · Erik Karlsson10:1161.962.00-0
Dion Phaneuf · Cody Ceci9:2259.167.61-1
Michael Kostka · Chris Wideman8:3931.640.00-0

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

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
48 Alex Chiasson R 1 0 1 0 5 1 2 12:16 0.26 19-7 0.76-0.51
68 Mike Hoffman C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 17:27 0.21 20-14 0.88-1.24
93 Mika Zibanejad C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:43 0.11 22-11 0.89-0.52
3 Dion Phaneuf D 0 0 0 -1 6 4 1 20:09 0.10 24-15 0.89-1.20
5 Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:46 0.04 18-18 0.94-0.65
6 Chris Wideman D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:47 0.01 6-17 0.25-1.02
14 Ryan Dzingel C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:28 4-16 0.05-1.15
15 Zack Smith C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:15 0.18 12-11 0.39-0.22
20 Nick Paul L 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 13:17 0.23 15-10 0.44-0.20
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:15 0.13 13-17 0.41-0.63
21 Michael Kostka D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:18 12-23 0.32-0.59
23 Scott Gomez C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:48 3-15 0.03-1.04
25 Chris Neil R 0 0 0 0 12 1 2 08:29 0.02 7-9 0.31-0.15
33 Marc Methot D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:56 0.05 15-13 0.54-0.44
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:02 0.09 14-16 0.41-0.37
54 Bobby Ryan R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:38 0.24 10-15 0.27-0.73
61 Mark Stone R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 19:41 0.11 14-15 0.41-0.22
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 29:22 0.15 27-18 0.56-0.74
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Craig Anderson 34 31 3 59:11 3.26 +0.26

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson9:2543.545.80-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel9:0961.174.40-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Nicolas Deslauriers4:0650.033.41-1
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Cal O'Reilly2:3050.013.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe16:1751.655.91-0
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen12:2557.146.80-1
Mark Pysyk · Chad Ruhwedel11:3634.661.30-0

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 1 2 1 0 7 1 15:14 1.07 12-12 1.02-0.46
24 Zach Bogosian D 1 0 1 2 4 3 0 24:10 0.18 19-15 0.73-0.53
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 09:10 0.28 9-12 0.35-0.55
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:28 0.20 21-10 1.39-0.37
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:51 0.15 14-9 1.16-0.37
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -1 9 3 1 19:18 0.08 20-16 0.63-0.74
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:45 0.13 18-17 0.50-0.75
91 Evander Kane L 0 1 1 0 0 8 3 20:21 0.60 22-18 0.74-0.77
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 20:12 0.02 26-16 0.80-0.73
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 15:30 0.03 12-17 0.83-0.45
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:05 0.16 12-17 0.39-0.48
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:15 0.08 11-21 0.93-0.50
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:27 5-3 0.03-0.04
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 12:37 0.08 12-14 0.40-0.41
18 Cal O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:33 0.08 11-6 0.40-0.08
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:02 12-20 0.41-0.56
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22:06 0.02 17-17 0.81-0.54
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:56 0.09 7-15 0.13-0.41
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson 33 32 1 60:00 1.89 +0.89