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Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres

Oct 27, 2016 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Minnesota Wild 4 22
Buffalo Sabres 0 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:51 MIN Joel Eriksson Ek (2) Nate Prosser (1), Marco Scandella (1) 1 - 0
15:13 MIN Jason Zucker (2) Chris Stewart (3), Ryan Suter (6) 2 - 0
3rd Period
02:58 MIN Ryan Suter (3) Zach Parise (4), Christian Folin (1) 3 - 0
18:51 MIN Mikko Koivu (2) Eric Staal (3), Charlie Coyle (3) 4 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:29 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd Period
03:50 MIN Teemu Pulkkinen Hooking 2
15:07 MIN Jonas Brodin High sticking 2
3rd Period
07:10 BUF Zach Bogosian Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild 42 33 22 4 2.3 39.3
Buffalo Sabres 61 50 38 0 3.1 60.7

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadMinnesota Wild 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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 2.3 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.1 expected, 0 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMIN goal, 4:51 of 1st, a 3% chanceMIN goal, 15:13 of 1st, a 11% chanceMIN goal, 2:58 of 3rd, a 2% chanceMIN goal, 18:51 of 3rd, a 53% chanceBUF 3.1MIN 2.3

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

Minnesota Wild
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.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikko Koivu · Zach Parise · Mikael Granlund13:4347.835.81-0
Eric Staal · Charlie Coyle · Nino Niederreiter11:2144.447.00-0
Chris Stewart · Jason Zucker · Joel Eriksson Ek9:3533.325.81-0
Jason Pominville · Zac Dalpe · Teemu Pulkkinen8:3140.08.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Suter · Mathew Dumba15:1033.321.20-0
Jonas Brodin · Christian Folin12:1122.715.80-0
Nate Prosser · Jonas Brodin6:2644.429.61-0

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
22 Ryan Suter D 1 1 2 3 0 4 1 27:45 0.22 13-23 0.51-1.21
9 Mikko Koivu C 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 18:54 0.12 11-13 0.38-0.76
14 Joel Eriksson Ek C 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 11:14 0.03 6-13 0.20-0.59
17 Jason Zucker L 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 15:18 0.22 7-18 0.31-0.87
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:50 0.01 8-12 0.29-0.42
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 03:07 1-3 0.09-0.35
9 Zach Parise L 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:20 0.27 11-12 0.38-0.69
12 Eric Staal C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:11 0.26 9-12 0.30-0.42
32 Christian Folin D 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 22:06 0.01 12-21 0.33-0.98
39 Nate Prosser D 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 16:22 0.10 11-10 0.46-0.58
44 Chris Stewart R 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 11:59 0.05 7-14 0.31-0.58
12 Teemu Pulkkinen L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:15 7-13 0.07-0.91
22 Zac Dalpe C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:26 7-11 0.17-0.62
24 Mathew Dumba D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 25:54 0.14 19-21 0.50-1.04
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 23:07 0.08 10-24 0.22-1.01
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:09 7-13 0.07-0.91
62 Nino Niederreiter R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:42 0.02 8-10 0.29-0.33
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:21 0.20 11-12 0.38-0.69
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Devan Dubnyk W, SO 38 38 0 60:00 3.11 +3.11

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Moulson · Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly14:4868.461.90-1
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson11:0241.235.10-0
Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart9:0870.083.90-1
Derek Grant · Nicolas Deslauriers · Hudson Fasching5:5650.091.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen19:1354.575.10-0
Zach Bogosian · Dmitry Kulikov16:4366.769.90-1
Cody Franson · Jake McCabe8:2847.143.90-2

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
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:21 12-11 0.91-0.30
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 22:44 0.04 28-11 1.37-0.51
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 19:06 0.27 13-7 0.80-0.52
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:08 0.01 11-10 0.28-0.17
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:53 0.19 13-12 0.52-0.27
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:43 0.41 17-10 0.66-0.25
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15:43 0.02 11-11 0.33-0.24
20 Hudson Fasching R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 08:52 0.22 6-7 0.58-0.17
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:03 0.01 11-11 0.31-0.26
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:24 0.15 12-10 0.32-0.22
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 2 6 1 21:40 0.26 23-12 1.34-0.54
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 18:14 0.35 13-8 0.80-0.52
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:26 0.01 18-7 0.78-0.11
38 Derek Grant C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:36 0.20 11-5 0.83-0.04
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:51 0.17 5-8 0.43-0.19
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 2 5 5 26:43 0.23 16-12 0.98-0.37
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 9 0 14:18 0.54 21-7 0.90-0.11
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:45 0.06 14-6 0.82-0.49
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anders Nilsson L 21 18 3 59:30 1.71 -1.29