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Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Mar 28, 2016 · Joe Louis Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 20
Detroit Red Wings 3 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
18:32 DET Dylan Larkin (22) PP Henrik Zetterberg (33), Niklas Kronwall (21) 0 - 1
2nd Period
09:05 DET Riley Sheahan (12) Unassisted 0 - 2
3rd Period
17:00 DET Luke Glendening (8) Henrik Zetterberg (34) 0 - 3
17:10 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (6) Brian Gionta (19), Rasmus Ristolainen (31) 1 - 3
18:11 BUF Sam Reinhart (22) Casey Nelson (2), Ryan O'Reilly (36) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:21 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers Elbowing 2
12:47 BUF Johan Larsson Hooking 2
13:27 DET Brad Richards Hooking 2
18:09 BUF Josh Gorges Interference 2
2nd Period
00:30 DET Jonathan Ericsson Holding 2
15:44 BUF Marcus Foligno Cross checking 2
3rd Period
06:15 BUF Jake McCabe Interference 2
11:31 DET Justin Abdelkader Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 47 30 20 2 1.6 37.1
Detroit Red Wings 54 43 29 3 2.8 62.9

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 Detroit Red Wings had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.6 expected, 2 scored · Detroit Red Wings: 2.8 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 17:10 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 18:11 of 3rd, a 3% chanceDET goal, 18:32 of 1st, a 24% chanceDET goal, 9:05 of 2nd, a 2% chanceDET goal, 17:00 of 3rd, a 41% chanceDET 2.8BUF 1.6

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
Detroit Red Wings

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 Larsson7:0225.024.10-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel5:1042.952.30-0
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Hudson Fasching3:120.00.00-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Nicolas Deslauriers3:100.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen14:3722.715.80-1
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe14:3341.227.20-0
Mark Pysyk · Casey Nelson8:0266.773.40-0

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 15:55 0.42 5-7 0.13-0.22
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 14:17 0.28 9-11 0.40-0.41
8 Casey Nelson D 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 13:51 10-4 0.33-0.13
12 Brian Gionta R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:47 0.01 7-14 0.26-0.53
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 26:21 0.10 6-20 0.18-0.79
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 20:56 0.11 7-11 0.10-0.43
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 21:26 6-23 0.17-0.87
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:03 0.04 8-12 0.18-0.52
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:22 0.02 7-8 0.28-0.28
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:40 0.03 1-6 0.02-0.21
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 15:21 0.35 7-10 0.16-0.47
20 Hudson Fasching R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:38 0.10 6-5 0.19-0.16
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15:40 0.08 6-13 0.22-0.51
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 20:57 0.02 9-13 0.17-0.59
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 23:17 8-12 0.15-0.47
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:00 0.01 3-6 0.02-0.15
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 11:24 0.02 5-12 0.18-0.43
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:34 0.03 5-8 0.07-0.26
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson 28 26 2 57:08 2.36 +0.36

Detroit Red Wings

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henrik Zetterberg · Justin Abdelkader · Dylan Larkin9:5568.878.90-0
Pavel Datsyuk · Darren Helm · Anthony Mantha7:1863.638.40-0
Gustav Nyquist · Tomas Tatar · Riley Sheahan7:1677.879.51-0
Brad Richards · Luke Glendening · Andreas Athanasiou4:1950.030.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Quincey · Danny DeKeyser13:4770.887.51-0
Niklas Kronwall · Alexey Marchenko10:0370.652.90-0
Jonathan Ericsson · Mike Green9:4671.468.80-1

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
40 Henrik Zetterberg C 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 20:11 0.38 15-7 0.61-0.12
8 Riley Sheahan C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:59 0.02 8-5 0.37-0.13
41 Luke Glendening C 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 17:17 0.01 6-5 0.19-0.07
71 Dylan Larkin C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 17:09 0.49 12-5 0.55-0.12
55 Niklas Kronwall D 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 20:15 0.05 12-10 0.20-0.25
3 Alexey Marchenko D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:19 0.07 14-9 0.29-0.23
8 Justin Abdelkader L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:48 0.33 11-6 0.45-0.14
13 Pavel Datsyuk C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:50 0.11 14-10 0.50-0.35
14 Gustav Nyquist R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:35 0.18 10-5 0.42-0.09
17 Brad Richards C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 10:52 0.02 6-5 0.13-0.10
27 Kyle Quincey D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:11 0.02 17-9 0.80-0.27
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:21 0.04 8-3 0.40-0.14
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:48 0.13 11-4 0.38-0.26
43 Darren Helm C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 13:23 0.19 9-9 0.27-0.38
52 Jonathan Ericsson D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:10 0.05 6-6 0.37-0.27
65 Danny DeKeyser D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:23 0.02 21-10 0.92-0.13
89 Andreas Athanasiou C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:49 0.01 3-3 0.01-0.03
90 Tomas Tatar L 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 13:54 0.29 12-4 0.57-0.11
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Jimmy Howard 20 18 2 59:46 1.59 -0.41