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Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Dec 27, 2016 · Joe Louis Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 22
Detroit Red Wings 3 43

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:12 BUF Evander Kane (7) Brian Gionta (8), Zach Bogosian (2) 1 - 0
15:54 BUF Sam Reinhart (8) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (21), Jack Eichel (4) 2 - 0
2nd Period
14:46 DET Henrik Zetterberg (7) Steve Ott (2), Anthony Mantha (6) 2 - 1
15:08 BUF Jack Eichel (6) Marcus Foligno (7) 3 - 1
16:14 DET Drew Miller (4) Dylan Larkin (4) 3 - 2
3rd Period
06:33 DET Thomas Vanek (6) PP Unassisted 3 - 3
08:29 BUF Evander Kane (8) Brian Gionta (9), Dmitry Kulikov (1) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
14:40 DET Frans Nielsen Interference 2
2nd Period
04:56 BUF Marcus Foligno Fighting 5
04:56 DET Anthony Mantha Fighting 5
06:41 DET Brendan Smith Tripping 2
08:55 BUF Dmitry Kulikov Hooking 2
09:21 DET Luke Glendening Holding 2
19:21 BUF Evander Kane Fighting 5
19:21 DET Brendan Smith Fighting 5
3rd Period
05:03 BUF Sam Reinhart Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 43 36 22 4 2.7 35.7
Detroit Red Wings 73 56 43 3 3.7 64.3

How the game went

5051015202530Start2nd3rdDetroit Red Wings 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 Detroit Red Wings had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 4 scored · Detroit Red Wings: 3.7 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 7:12 of 1st, a 29% chanceBUF goal, 15:54 of 1st, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 15:08 of 2nd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 8:29 of 3rd, a 5% chanceDET goal, 14:46 of 2nd, a 1% chanceDET goal, 16:14 of 2nd, a 40% chanceDET goal, 6:33 of 3rd, a 10% chanceDET 3.7BUF 2.7

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
Detroit Red Wings

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
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart10:5325.021.80-1
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson10:4940.057.12-0
Matt Moulson · Marcus Foligno · Jack Eichel10:0833.323.81-0
Derek Grant · Nicolas Deslauriers · William Carrier4:2025.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe19:1920.028.71-1
Dmitry Kulikov · Rasmus Ristolainen17:1340.538.91-1
Josh Gorges · Justin Falk9:4142.352.01-0

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
91 Evander Kane L 2 0 2 1 5 4 3 19:00 0.41 11-17 0.76-0.52
9 Jack Eichel C 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 18:02 0.34 10-16 0.53-0.98
12 Brian Gionta R 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 19:56 0.13 16-17 0.91-0.56
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 -1 2 1 1 17:47 0.30 10-24 0.30-0.82
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 1 1 0 2 1 4 22:33 0.01 17-23 0.75-1.16
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 14:53 10-14 0.33-0.96
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 22:19 6-23 0.45-1.12
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 25:36 0.14 17-25 0.77-1.18
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:38 13-18 0.44-0.40
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:13 0.08 10-24 0.30-0.82
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:33 0.37 13-19 0.79-0.58
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:31 0.12 5-20 0.45-1.11
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13:34 0.14 8-17 0.42-1.06
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:14 0.05 8-21 0.24-0.81
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 08:28 2-6 0.12-0.25
38 Derek Grant C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:29 0.01 3-6 0.06-0.30
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:07 0.05 12-17 0.42-0.37
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:37 0.08 4-8 0.12-0.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner W 43 40 3 60:00 3.66 +0.66

Detroit Red Wings

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Frans Nielsen · Thomas Vanek · Gustav Nyquist12:1464.066.60-1
Henrik Zetterberg · Tomas Tatar · Anthony Mantha9:5871.462.20-0
Luke Glendening · Andreas Athanasiou · Dylan Larkin9:3650.035.40-2
Steve Ott · Drew Miller · Riley Sheahan3:4340.046.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jonathan Ericsson · Xavier Ouellet15:3850.037.60-1
Nick Jensen · Danny DeKeyser14:5862.569.32-1
Niklas Kronwall · Brendan Smith13:3181.892.50-0

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
20 Drew Miller L 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 08:44 0.40 10-7 0.77-0.20
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 -1 0 6 1 16:47 0.69 22-9 0.79-0.35
40 Henrik Zetterberg C 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 19:23 0.08 21-12 0.83-0.58
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 1 1 1 5 3 2 18:23 0.36 17-11 0.65-0.45
71 Dylan Larkin C 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 17:53 0.65 19-8 0.88-0.63
92 Steve Ott C 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 09:46 0.11 7-7 0.18-0.18
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:27 0.04 22-13 0.79-0.36
7 Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 15:58 0.12 21-5 1.02-0.11
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 12:01 0.24 12-9 0.80-0.23
14 Gustav Nyquist R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:51 0.15 23-10 0.79-0.38
41 Luke Glendening C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 13:12 0.03 8-7 0.28-0.51
52 Jonathan Ericsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 21:13 0.05 20-17 0.77-1.12
55 Niklas Kronwall D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:35 0.12 22-5 1.13-0.10
61 Xavier Ouellet D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 18:54 0.05 17-17 0.68-1.16
65 Danny DeKeyser D 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 20:32 0.07 24-13 0.95-0.41
81 Frans Nielsen C 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 15:28 0.17 18-10 0.72-0.35
89 Andreas Athanasiou C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:22 0.07 12-7 0.41-0.51
90 Tomas Tatar L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:30 0.29 20-8 0.90-0.53
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Petr Mrazek L 22 18 4 58:47 2.19 -1.81