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Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Nov 1, 2016 · Xcel Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 24
Minnesota Wild 1 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:16 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (4) Unassisted 1 - 0
2nd Period
17:31 MIN Mikael Granlund (2) PP Eric Staal (4), Jason Pominville (3) 1 - 1
3rd Period
13:34 BUF Johan Larsson (2) Brian Gionta (3) 2 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
16:24 BUF Josh Gorges Slashing 2
3rd Period
04:43 MIN Christoph Bertschy Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 41 32 24 2 1.8 41.9
Minnesota Wild 60 42 28 1 1.9 58.1

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.8 expected, 2 scored · Minnesota Wild: 1.9 expected, 1 scored

00.511.5Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 3:16 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 13:34 of 3rd, a 13% chanceMIN goal, 17:31 of 2nd, a 30% chanceMIN 1.9BUF 1.8

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
Minnesota Wild

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 · Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly17:2832.137.91-0
Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart10:4759.176.80-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson10:4623.147.11-0
Derek Grant · Justin Bailey · Nick Baptiste6:4646.755.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen13:4729.640.91-0
Cody Franson · Jake McCabe9:0060.055.70-0
Dmitry Kulikov · Rasmus Ristolainen7:3430.00.00-0

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
22 Johan Larsson L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:06 0.20 7-14 0.35-0.48
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 23:27 0.31 11-22 0.41-0.67
12 Brian Gionta R 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:34 4-11 0.29-0.32
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 22:42 11-32 0.39-0.80
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 27:40 0.01 18-21 1.07-0.69
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22:42 0.08 11-22 0.41-0.78
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15:20 0.06 13-8 0.47-0.09
13 Nick Baptiste R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:22 0.17 8-10 0.29-0.23
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:51 0.28 15-10 0.59-0.19
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 15:01 0.09 5-14 0.34-0.48
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:21 0.01 20-20 0.60-0.73
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:45 4-1 0.34-0.01
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:52 0.01 9-20 0.39-0.65
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12:10 0.30 13-11 0.57-0.19
38 Derek Grant C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:26 0.09 8-8 0.29-0.22
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 25:18 0.05 12-26 0.37-0.77
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:50 0.10 17-11 0.61-0.19
90 Justin Bailey R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:26 0.01 9-9 0.32-0.22
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 28 27 1 60:00 1.89 +0.89

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikko Koivu · Jason Pominville · Mikael Granlund15:4970.460.60-1
Eric Staal · Charlie Coyle · Nino Niederreiter14:2970.064.20-0
Chris Stewart · Jason Zucker · Joel Eriksson Ek10:5740.922.60-0
Jordan Schroeder · Tyler Graovac · Christoph Bertschy7:4646.255.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Suter · Mathew Dumba20:3451.447.00-0
Jonas Brodin · Christian Folin14:1067.751.60-1
Jared Spurgeon · Nate Prosser10:2641.718.90-1

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
64 Mikael Granlund C 1 0 1 -2 0 2 2 21:10 0.34 20-11 0.45-0.53
12 Eric Staal C 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 20:13 0.38 16-8 0.53-0.39
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 17:37 0.20 20-10 0.46-0.40
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:07 0.08 17-9 0.62-0.44
9 Mikko Koivu C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:33 0.15 21-11 0.56-0.44
14 Jordan Schroeder C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 08:41 0.03 7-7 0.31-0.24
14 Joel Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:44 0.04 11-13 0.16-0.55
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:28 0.02 11-13 0.16-0.55
22 Ryan Suter D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 29:49 0.02 22-20 0.41-0.64
24 Mathew Dumba D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25:54 0.02 22-19 0.53-0.54
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:54 0.05 22-12 0.68-0.71
32 Christian Folin D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:00 0.07 23-11 0.93-0.76
39 Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:56 0.02 8-7 0.34-0.27
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:10 0.02 11-13 0.17-0.55
44 Tyler Graovac C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:51 0.15 6-7 0.30-0.24
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:27 0.03 11-9 0.19-0.32
47 Christoph Bertschy C 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 09:02 0.12 6-7 0.30-0.24
62 Nino Niederreiter R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:10 0.20 16-8 0.63-0.30
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Devan Dubnyk 24 22 2 58:14 1.76 -0.24