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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 29, 2016 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 4 38
Buffalo Sabres 2 33

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:32 BUF Marcus Foligno (5) Jack Eichel (5), Matt Moulson (6) 0 - 1
18:10 BUF Kyle Okposo (10) PP Matt Moulson (7), Sam Reinhart (13) 0 - 2
2nd Period
03:20 BOS Patrice Bergeron (6) Brad Marchand (20), Torey Krug (19) 1 - 2
16:13 BOS David Krejci (8) PP Frank Vatrano (1) 2 - 2
3rd Period
16:07 BOS Ryan Spooner (6) David Krejci (16), Frank Vatrano (2) 3 - 2
19:08 BOS Ryan Spooner (7) Unassisted 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:13 BOS Brandon Carlo Hooking 2
05:18 BUF Cody Franson Interference 2
11:59 BOS Colin Miller Hooking 2
14:53 BUF William Carrier Illegal check to head 2
17:08 BUF William Carrier Fighting 5
17:08 BOS Adam McQuaid Instigator 2
17:08 BOS Adam McQuaid Fighting 5
17:08 BOS Adam McQuaid Misconduct 10
2nd Period
03:53 BOS Colin Miller Roughing 2
03:53 BUF Brian Gionta Roughing 2
06:23 BOS Dominic Moore Slashing 2
11:16 BOS Kevan Miller Cross checking 2
14:31 BUF Josh Gorges Tripping 2
17:19 BUF Matt Moulson Tripping 2
3rd Period
04:01 BOS Zdeno Chara Cross checking 2
08:19 BUF Cody Franson Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 74 56 38 4 3.2 60.8
Buffalo Sabres 56 44 33 2 3.6 39.2

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.2 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.6 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 3:20 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBOS goal, 16:13 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBOS goal, 16:07 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBOS goal, 19:08 of 3rd, a 42% chanceBUF goal, 1:32 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 18:10 of 1st, a 6% chanceBUF 3.6BOS 3.2

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak10:3171.468.21-0
David Krejci · Ryan Spooner · Frank Vatrano4:3750.054.41-0
Tim Schaller · Frank Vatrano · Austin Czarnik2:5887.541.00-0
Dominic Moore · Riley Nash · Anton Blidh2:5260.070.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Brandon Carlo11:0550.026.20-1
Adam McQuaid · Torey Krug5:5868.847.20-0
Kevan Miller · Colin Miller5:2846.240.21-0

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
15 Ryan Spooner C 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 17:12 0.07 10-11 0.28-0.36
46 David Krejci C 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 18:16 0.40 10-10 0.21-0.35
77 Frank Vatrano R 0 2 2 1 0 4 3 13:39 0.07 13-7 0.28-0.30
37 Patrice Bergeron C 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 21:49 0.53 16-6 0.56-0.25
47 Torey Krug D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:18 0.03 25-11 0.73-0.45
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 21:10 0.46 16-7 0.56-0.35
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 16:10 0.07 13-10 0.43-0.43
18 Riley Nash C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:45 0.15 9-7 0.24-0.22
20 Dominic Moore C 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 10:30 0.32 10-10 0.30-0.42
21 David Backes R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 03:10 3-6 0.09-0.36
21 Austin Czarnik C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:16 0.17 9-5 0.08-0.20
25 Anton Blidh L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 05:27 0.14 9-3 0.26-0.04
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 20:26 11-10 0.30-0.38
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 24:18 13-10 0.19-0.26
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 0 17 1 2 11:56 0.08 12-8 0.18-0.29
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:38 0.02 10-6 0.13-0.22
86 Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 18:05 0.01 16-11 0.61-0.46
88 David Pastrnak R 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 18:19 0.23 20-7 0.68-0.27
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask 33 31 2 59:34 3.60 +1.60

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson10:2140.941.90-2
Matt Moulson · Marcus Foligno · Jack Eichel6:4960.067.91-0
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart5:0960.086.30-0
Kyle Okposo · Nicolas Deslauriers · Sam Reinhart2:5150.070.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen14:1820.822.30-1
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe10:5440.959.81-0
Cody Franson · Justin Falk5:4550.059.30-1

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
26 Matt Moulson L 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 14:18 0.35 7-5 0.30-0.26
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 -1 0 8 1 20:13 1.14 9-10 0.35-0.16
17 Marcus Foligno L 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 15:29 0.10 10-17 0.52-0.48
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 20:19 0.40 9-12 0.49-0.37
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 17:27 0.13 6-10 0.25-0.14
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 21:16 5-20 0.13-0.47
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 -1 4 2 2 12:21 0.07 12-12 0.52-0.34
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 19:50 0.30 10-14 0.33-0.46
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:25 0.47 10-14 0.33-0.46
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22:34 12-14 0.56-0.35
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:29 0.06 11-14 0.46-0.41
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:29 0.09 5-14 0.15-0.30
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 01:23 1-5 0.11-0.10
38 Derek Grant C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:34 0.02 4-10 0.06-0.29
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:26 12-11 0.43-0.40
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 05:19 0.13 6-6 0.19-0.17
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 6 29:35 0.13 6-20 0.15-0.47
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -3 0 4 3 22:29 0.25 10-17 0.31-0.46
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 37 34 3 59:22 2.71 -0.29