Winnipeg Jets at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 26, 2016 · First Niagara Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Winnipeg Jets	2	19
Buffalo Sabres	3	29

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:27	WPG	Nikolaj Ehlers (14)	Mark Scheifele (26), Blake Wheeler (48)	1 - 0
05:09	WPG	Andrew Copp (4)	Unassisted	2 - 0
08:37	BUF	Hudson Fasching (1)	Mark Pysyk (8), Casey Nelson (1)	2 - 1
3rd Period
01:23	BUF	Sam Reinhart (21)	Zemgus Girgensons (11)	2 - 2
04:07	BUF	Jack Eichel (23)	Sam Reinhart (18)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
04:06	BUF	Evander Kane	Tripping	2
13:44	WPG	Dustin Byfuglien	Hooking	2
15:58	WPG	Mark Stuart	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Winnipeg Jets	40	31	20	2	1.7	41.6
Buffalo Sabres	63	47	29	3	2.9	58.4

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 Winnipeg Jets had.

Expected goals

Winnipeg Jets: 1.7 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.9 expected, 3 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

Winnipeg Jets

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Blake Wheeler · Mark Scheifele · Nikolaj Ehlers	13:11	37.0	41.7	1-0
Drew Stafford · Alexander Burmistrov · Nic Petan	9:54	75.0	44.3	0-1
Chris Thorburn · Matt Halischuk · Adam Lowry	8:54	26.7	12.8	0-0
Joel Armia · Andrew Copp · Marko Dano	5:13	38.5	43.0	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dustin Byfuglien · Ben Chiarot	18:13	37.2	37.2	0-0
Mark Stuart · Jacob Trouba	15:42	39.1	42.9	1-3
Paul Postma · Julian Melchiori	10:31	69.2	92.3	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

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
18	Andrew Copp	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	11:07	0.52	12-11	0.94-0.53
27	Nikolaj Ehlers	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	17:44	0.15	13-19	0.48-0.59
17	Blake Wheeler	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	19:03	0.20	12-20	0.46-0.60
55	Mark Scheifele	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	19:09	0.08	11-20	0.43-0.62
5	Mark Stuart	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	18:30		10-16	0.72-0.98
8	Ben Chiarot	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23:22	0.01	16-29	0.57-1.06
14	Paul Postma	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	13:39	0.02	9-4	0.28-0.02
15	Matt Halischuk	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:39		5-12	0.09-0.60
17	Adam Lowry	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	13:07	0.08	5-13	0.09-0.63
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	17:55	0.15	9-8	0.14-0.34
19	Nic Petan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:12	0.04	11-4	0.56-0.07
22	Chris Thorburn	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12:08		4-12	0.09-0.63
33	Dustin Byfuglien	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	26:40	0.06	17-32	0.62-1.11
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	12:35	0.03	8-17	0.46-0.84
42	Alexander Burmistrov	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	17:33	0.02	9-8	0.12-0.36
56	Marko Dano	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:05	0.31	12-12	0.90-0.54
65	Jacob Trouba	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	23:31	0.01	11-19	0.69-1.03
71	Julian Melchiori	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	13:53	0.02	11-4	0.31-0.02

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
45	Michael Hutchinson	29	26	3	59:08	2.70	-0.30

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	10:55	77.8	98.1	2-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson	10:44	58.8	53.0	0-1
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Nicolas Deslauriers	7:17	46.7	53.9	0-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Hudson Fasching	5:56	57.1	44.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe	18:28	50.0	45.4	0-1
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen	17:01	57.7	59.4	0-0
Mark Pysyk · Casey Nelson	14:14	69.6	60.4	2-1

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
13	Sam Reinhart	C	1	1	2	2	0	5	0	15:31	0.77	19-6	1.00-0.16
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	17:33	0.13	19-6	0.98-0.15
20	Hudson Fasching	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	12:02	0.22	11-5	0.36-0.13
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	16:33	0.02	18-8	0.97-0.69
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	15:12	0.03	17-7	1.18-0.63
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	1	1	2	0	4	6	15:00	0.57	16-5	0.93-0.02
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	20:38	0.01	16-13	0.51-0.42
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	16:12	0.05	12-9	0.38-0.34
17	David Legwand	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	08:53		9-7	0.46-0.35
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	15:59	0.17	14-11	0.42-0.60
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:28	0.15	13-10	0.44-0.40
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	20:08	0.01	18-17	0.43-0.54
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	22:11	0.09	17-17	0.41-0.52
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:01		8-8	0.44-0.72
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	13:47	0.26	10-15	0.38-0.42
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	23:06	0.09	18-12	0.74-0.39
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	21:41		11-14	0.23-0.69
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-1	2	5	4	19:05	0.18	14-15	0.32-0.80

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Chad Johnson	19	17	2	60:00	1.69	-0.31