Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 23, 2016 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Detroit Red Wings	2	24
Buffalo Sabres	1	33

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
16:00	DET	Gustav Nyquist (4)	Thomas Vanek (5), Ryan Sproul (4)	1 - 0
3rd Period
01:42	BUF	Brian Gionta (4)	Unassisted	1 - 1
Shootout
	DET	Thomas Vanek	Shootout winner	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
19:18	DET	Thomas Vanek	Hooking	2
19:18	DET	Thomas Vanek	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd Period
05:43	BUF	Derek Grant	Roughing	2
08:04	BUF	Justin Falk	Interference	2
3rd Period
02:32	DET	Niklas Kronwall	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Detroit Red Wings	47	37	24	1	1.9	40.7
Buffalo Sabres	64	52	33	1	2.9	59.3

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 Detroit Red Wings had.

Expected goals

Detroit Red Wings: 1.9 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.9 expected, 1 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

Detroit Red Wings

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henrik Zetterberg · Justin Abdelkader · Anthony Mantha	10:05	65.0	72.9	0-0
Thomas Vanek · Gustav Nyquist · Dylan Larkin	9:31	50.0	53.0	1-0
Frans Nielsen · Tomas Tatar · Luke Glendening	8:32	25.0	23.7	0-1
Steve Ott · Riley Sheahan · Tyler Bertuzzi	8:06	50.0	51.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Green · Danny DeKeyser	15:27	55.6	55.7	0-0
Niklas Kronwall · Brendan Smith	11:35	45.5	37.1	0-0
Jonathan Ericsson · Ryan Sproul	10:16	26.7	15.9	0-1

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
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	14:53	0.22	8-12	0.50-0.56
25	Ryan Sproul	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	16:41	0.02	8-17	0.54-0.74
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	14:11	0.08	7-10	0.45-0.65
7	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18:09		11-16	0.25-0.49
8	Justin Abdelkader	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	16:23	0.31	15-15	0.46-0.59
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:08	0.05	6-10	0.24-0.47
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25:18	0.03	15-18	0.54-0.55
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	17:55	0.27	16-10	0.52-0.25
40	Henrik Zetterberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	20:10	0.15	18-18	0.55-0.75
41	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	16:20	0.09	6-22	0.13-0.77
52	Jonathan Ericsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	17:40		5-15	0.12-0.85
55	Niklas Kronwall	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	19:59	0.02	13-21	0.64-0.63
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:31	0.10	5-4	0.18-0.17
65	Danny DeKeyser	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	25:20	0.05	18-17	0.59-0.74
71	Dylan Larkin	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	15:27	0.30	8-9	0.53-0.42
81	Frans Nielsen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	16:42	0.03	5-13	0.11-0.36
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	15:02	0.21	4-17	0.10-0.52
92	Steve Ott	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:11		7-11	0.25-0.44

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Jimmy Howard	W	33	32	1	65:00	2.83	+1.83

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Moulson · Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly	8:18	35.7	25.1	0-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson	7:53	76.9	77.9	0-0
Evander Kane · Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart	6:19	50.0	26.2	0-0
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson	5:30	50.0	61.4	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen	18:36	72.2	74.9	1-0
Cody Franson · Jake McCabe	15:07	50.0	55.8	0-0
Justin Falk · Taylor Fedun	10:23	62.5	39.7	0-0

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

#	Skater	Pos	G	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
12	Brian Gionta	R	1	1	0	0	2	0	20:05	0.16	17-8	0.86-0.45
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	3	3	22:18	0.10	28-12	1.27-0.59
4	Taylor Fedun	D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:14	0.03	8-7	0.29-0.45
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	20:02	0.16	14-16	0.52-0.50
11	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:16	0.01	15-12	0.36-0.25
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	17:08	0.32	14-8	0.65-0.32
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	1	5	14:57	0.20	18-9	0.90-0.26
18	Cal O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:54		6-1	0.07-0.05
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	1	0	4	1	19:01	0.28	19-10	0.96-0.38
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	20:55	0.01	14-17	0.44-0.49
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:28	0.28	13-11	0.64-0.51
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	13:12		10-8	0.16-0.26
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	3	6	08:09	0.16	9-1	0.40-0.05
38	Derek Grant	C	0	0	0	2	2	1	07:30	0.04	4-3	0.07-0.15
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	2	0	3	13:25		6-6	0.13-0.26
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	1	0	5	3	29:02	0.55	29-16	1.34-0.65
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	-1	0	5	1	22:48	0.38	15-16	0.55-0.59
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	1	0	2	2	21:36	0.16	16-14	0.34-0.51

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	OTL	24	23	1	65:00	1.91	+0.91