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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Dec 31, 2016 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 27
Boston Bruins 3 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:28 BOS Frank Vatrano (2) Zdeno Chara (7) 0 - 1
2nd Period
07:04 BOS Patrice Bergeron (7) PP Ryan Spooner (12), Brad Marchand (21) 0 - 2
09:29 BOS Tim Schaller (5) Torey Krug (20), Austin Czarnik (6) 0 - 3
19:38 BUF Kyle Okposo (11) Jack Eichel (6), Rasmus Ristolainen (22) 1 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:23 BUF Cody Franson Hooking 2
10:47 BOS Brad Marchand Slashing 2
11:40 BOS Tim Schaller Hooking 2
2nd Period
05:06 BUF Jack Eichel Slashing 2
10:55 BUF Evander Kane Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
10:55 BUF Evander Kane Misconduct 10
10:55 BOS Kevan Miller Roughing 2
13:02 BOS Dominic Moore Tripping 2
3rd Period
04:55 BOS Austin Czarnik Interference 2
09:17 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 59 42 27 1 2.9 48.8
Boston Bruins 52 37 28 3 2.2 51.2

How the game went

1210864202Start2nd3rdBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.9 expected, 1 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.2 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 19:38 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBOS goal, 1:28 of 1st, a 4% chanceBOS goal, 7:04 of 2nd, a 12% chanceBOS goal, 9:29 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF 2.9BOS 2.2

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

Buffalo Sabres
Boston Bruins

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 · Marcus Foligno · Jack Eichel5:3125.019.90-1
Kyle Okposo · Justin Bailey · Sam Reinhart4:5737.554.60-0
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Zemgus Girgensons2:4760.016.90-1
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson2:3850.051.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe8:1062.554.20-1
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen5:4940.047.21-0
Cody Franson · Justin Falk5:1675.062.30-0

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
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 20:36 0.28 16-12 0.77-0.42
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 21:44 0.11 11-13 0.32-0.49
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 28:56 0.07 15-25 0.98-0.93
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:06 1-3 0.04-0.13
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:37 0.01 13-13 0.46-0.40
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:44 0.08 14-8 0.72-0.30
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 21:02 0.58 16-10 0.98-0.38
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:32 0.19 7-13 0.31-0.41
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:43 4-4 0.14-0.13
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25:29 0.05 15-18 0.69-0.72
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 23:54 0.07 20-15 0.49-0.38
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:13 0.35 5-11 0.11-0.48
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:49 0.09 10-7 0.15-0.21
38 Derek Grant C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:22 0.23 3-8 0.27-0.28
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 16:18 0.02 14-10 0.73-0.45
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:37 0.04 5-10 0.20-0.30
90 Justin Bailey R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:56 9-11 0.28-0.43
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -1 12 5 3 17:29 0.74 17-14 0.85-0.62
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 28 25 3 58:52 2.15 -0.85

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak11:1060.955.20-0
David Krejci · Ryan Spooner · Frank Vatrano9:4258.850.01-0
Dominic Moore · Jimmy Hayes · Anton Blidh4:5720.057.00-0
Jimmy Hayes · Tim Schaller · Austin Czarnik4:3557.138.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Brandon Carlo11:5247.450.91-0
Adam McQuaid · Torey Krug9:4672.271.00-0
Kevan Miller · Colin Miller8:0631.319.00-1

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
37 Patrice Bergeron C 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 19:08 0.26 14-9 0.49-0.40
59 Tim Schaller L 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 13:54 0.26 10-9 0.28-0.38
77 Frank Vatrano R 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:29 0.20 15-8 0.60-0.36
15 Ryan Spooner C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:12 0.24 12-9 0.52-0.39
21 Austin Czarnik C 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 14:19 0.02 9-9 0.23-0.46
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 24:56 14-13 0.65-0.50
47 Torey Krug D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 19:50 0.02 22-9 0.85-0.37
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 19:19 0.12 14-9 0.49-0.40
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:53 0.12 13-13 0.50-0.81
10 Jimmy Hayes R 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:05 0.16 7-12 0.28-0.42
18 Riley Nash C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:21 0.07 5-5 0.11-0.37
20 Dominic Moore C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 11:21 0.09 4-13 0.20-0.48
25 Anton Blidh L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 09:55 5-12 0.20-0.54
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:33 0.03 10-15 0.39-0.55
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:37 0.10 13-11 0.39-0.45
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:23 0.01 15-10 0.38-0.21
86 Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 15:11 6-18 0.19-0.97
88 David Pastrnak R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:51 0.49 17-11 0.71-0.47
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask 27 26 1 59:43 2.88 +1.88