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Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Apr 9, 2016 · Barclays Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 26
New York Islanders 3 24

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
02:03 NYI Scott Mayfield (1) Casey Cizikas (21), Steve Bernier (5) 0 - 1
05:10 BUF Matt Moulson (8) Jack Eichel (32), Sam Reinhart (19) 1 - 1
17:57 BUF Evan Rodrigues (1) Ryan O'Reilly (39), Nicolas Deslauriers (6) 2 - 1
3rd Period
02:07 NYI Alan Quine (1) SH Bracken Kearns (1) 2 - 2
05:57 BUF Brian Gionta (11) Hudson Fasching (1), Josh Gorges (10) 3 - 2
13:34 NYI John Tavares (33) Calvin de Haan (12) 3 - 3
Overtime
02:46 BUF Brian Gionta (12) Mark Pysyk (10), Evan Rodrigues (1) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
14:12 NYI Johnny Boychuk Slashing 2
2nd Period
10:03 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
3rd Period
01:55 NYI Scott Mayfield Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 55 38 26 4 2.5 52.3
New York Islanders 49 37 24 3 3.1 47.7

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdOTNew York Islanders 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 New York Islanders had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 4 scored · New York Islanders: 3.1 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 5:10 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 17:57 of 2nd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 5:57 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 2:46 of overtime, a 10% chanceNYI goal, 2:03 of 2nd, a 2% chanceNYI goal, 2:07 of 3rd, a 19% chanceNYI goal, 13:34 of 3rd, a 38% chanceNYI 3.1BUF 2.5

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
New York Islanders

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
Matt Moulson · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel11:3761.971.11-1
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Zemgus Girgensons11:0042.918.10-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Nicolas Deslauriers · Evan Rodrigues8:1164.742.81-0
David Legwand · Cole Schneider · Hudson Fasching6:5233.311.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen17:1636.037.41-1
Jake McCabe · Casey Nelson16:1756.538.21-0
Carlo Colaiacovo · Mark Pysyk15:2365.662.11-1

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

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
12 Brian Gionta R 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 18:42 0.16 10-13 0.24-0.94
17 Evan Rodrigues C 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 13:20 0.15 13-7 0.40-0.54
26 Matt Moulson L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 16:05 0.36 14-8 0.79-0.27
4 Josh Gorges D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20:27 9-18 0.48-0.80
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 19:40 0.20 16-12 0.79-0.36
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:11 22-12 0.92-0.56
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 18:28 0.61 17-12 1.03-0.36
20 Hudson Fasching R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:45 0.17 7-8 0.30-0.29
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 13:19 0.17 17-12 0.78-0.69
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:31 0.26 16-11 0.71-0.85
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:06 14-12 0.48-0.82
10 Cole Schneider L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:21 0.09 6-9 0.15-0.30
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:39 5-8 0.19-0.32
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:53 0.04 9-15 0.25-1.15
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:37 0.06 15-10 0.51-0.69
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:28 0.11 21-14 0.91-0.78
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:21 9-11 0.26-0.74
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:34 0.11 10-18 0.55-0.90
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark 24 21 3 62:37 3.00 0.00

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Frans Nielsen · Kyle Okposo · John Tavares13:0142.365.51-1
Bracken Kearns · Alan Quine · Ryan Strome12:2058.863.60-0
Josh Bailey · Brock Nelson · Shane Prince10:5745.033.60-1
Eric Boulton · Steve Bernier · Casey Cizikas8:4818.23.91-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Leddy · Ryan Pulock15:3461.953.20-0
Johnny Boychuk · Calvin de Haan14:2758.677.21-0
Scott Mayfield · Adam Pelech13:4712.55.01-3

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
24 Scott Mayfield D 1 0 1 -2 2 1 1 20:18 0.02 4-23 0.05-1.01
89 Alan Quine C 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 18:17 0.72 13-8 1.00-0.51
91 John Tavares C 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 17:22 0.71 14-15 0.84-0.43
8 Steve Bernier R 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 11:20 0.13 4-11 0.17-0.59
38 Bracken Kearns C 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 18:15 11-8 1.00-0.55
44 Calvin de Haan D 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 19:42 0.09 22-13 1.59-0.63
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:48 0.07 6-12 0.25-0.63
3 Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 18:41 6-23 0.12-0.81
4 Nick Leddy D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:49 0.03 15-9 0.70-0.50
6 Ryan Pulock D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:19 0.06 19-10 0.64-0.52
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:29 0.20 14-15 0.92-0.43
11 Brock Nelson C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:01 0.24 9-11 0.18-0.36
11 Shane Prince L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:47 14-13 0.27-0.41
12 Josh Bailey R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:39 0.06 10-11 0.18-0.36
22 Ryan Strome C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:20 0.17 14-9 1.00-0.56
36 Eric Boulton L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:52 0.08 4-9 0.10-0.51
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 19:38 0.29 18-15 1.44-0.46
81 Frans Nielsen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:41 0.18 13-15 0.90-0.43
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Christopher Gibson 26 22 4 62:46 2.46 -1.54