Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 3, 2016 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Boston Bruins	2	33
Buffalo Sabres	1	36

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
14:10	BOS	David Krejci (4)	Brandon Carlo (4), David Backes (5)	1 - 0
3rd Period
07:44	BOS	Patrice Bergeron (4)	David Pastrnak (6), Brad Marchand (14)	2 - 0
09:12	BUF	Evander Kane (1)	Sam Reinhart (9)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:12	BOS	Brandon Carlo	Interference	2
14:24	BUF	Brian Gionta	Tripping	2
3rd Period
03:17	BUF	Jake McCabe	Slashing	2
04:27	BOS	Patrice Bergeron	Slashing	2
13:31	BOS	Austin Czarnik	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins	58	42	33	2	1.8	49.0
Buffalo Sabres	62	41	36	1	2.7	51.0

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 Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 1.8 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 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

Boston Bruins

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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak	12:57	45.8	36.2	1-0
David Backes · David Krejci · Tim Schaller	11:24	52.2	36.2	1-1
Riley Nash · Anton Blidh · Austin Czarnik	3:13	57.1	69.7	0-0
Matt Beleskey · Riley Nash · Austin Czarnik	2:42	100.0	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kevan Miller · Brandon Carlo	18:05	44.4	28.6	1-0
Adam McQuaid · Torey Krug	16:21	44.4	60.8	1-1
Joe Morrow · Colin Miller	10:20	47.6	29.7	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

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
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	18:56	0.20	12-15	0.30-0.57
46	David Krejci	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	20:13	0.24	18-21	0.44-1.45
21	David Backes	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	18:59	0.11	16-15	0.34-0.76
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	23:33		20-23	0.60-1.51
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	1	1	1	0	4	1	20:36	0.24	14-14	0.30-0.49
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	17:59	0.11	14-14	0.28-0.57
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:15	0.02	17-11	0.26-0.48
15	Ryan Spooner	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:08	0.04	6-9	0.05-0.12
18	Riley Nash	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:15	0.15	17-9	0.61-0.18
20	Dominic Moore	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:14	0.01	6-12	0.14-0.13
21	Austin Czarnik	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	11:55	0.02	8-11	0.36-0.91
25	Anton Blidh	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	10:12	0.20	9-14	0.38-0.92
39	Matt Beleskey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	05:27		5-0	0.10-0.00
47	Torey Krug	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	22:39	0.10	21-16	0.53-0.31
54	Adam McQuaid	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20:01	0.04	12-16	0.44-0.28
59	Tim Schaller	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	15:38	0.12	19-16	0.58-0.73
70	Joe Morrow	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:12	0.08	10-13	0.20-0.57
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	22:48	0.16	16-21	0.56-1.40

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Tuukka Rask	36	35	1	60:00	2.69	+1.69

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	12:09	33.3	27.1	1-1
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson	11:17	47.6	55.3	0-1
Matt Moulson · Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly	6:06	54.5	91.5	0-0
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · William Carrier	4:58	86.7	98.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen	19:41	54.3	52.5	0-2
Cody Franson · Brendan Guhle	14:04	53.1	69.0	1-0
Justin Falk · Taylor Fedun	9:40	61.1	78.3	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	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
91	Evander Kane	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	18:27	0.11	10-17	0.30-0.60
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	18:28	0.27	12-18	0.29-0.61
2	Brendan Guhle	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	16:20	0.07	18-18	0.64-0.33
4	Taylor Fedun	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:19	0.01	13-7	1.00-0.25
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20:01	0.28	23-11	1.54-0.10
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	19:14	0.10	10-19	0.24-0.64
11	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	19:04	0.06	18-19	0.69-0.36
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	14:07	0.12	12-11	0.43-0.27
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	15:10		11-15	0.34-0.37
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	17:07	0.35	12-15	0.34-0.37
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	3	23:58	0.03	19-21	0.63-0.71
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10:18	0.12	11-10	0.32-0.23
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	08:39		3-8	0.01-0.31
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	09:41	0.88	19-6	1.41-0.09
38	Derek Grant	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	08:23	0.01	7-7	0.09-0.24
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	13:32	0.03	11-10	0.92-0.29
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	4	29:09	0.08	21-20	0.66-0.63
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	21:11	0.21	20-8	1.52-0.06

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	33	31	2	58:52	1.81	-0.19