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Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

Jan 24, 2017 · Bridgestone Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 37
Nashville Predators 4 39

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:43 NSH Filip Forsberg (15) SH Calle Jarnkrok (6), Matt Irwin (7) 0 - 1
2nd Period
12:12 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (6) Evander Kane (8), Cody Franson (10) 1 - 1
17:28 NSH Cody McLeod (3) Yannick Weber (5) 1 - 2
19:42 BUF Jack Eichel (11) Cody Franson (11), Zach Bogosian (4) 2 - 2
3rd Period
05:08 NSH Viktor Arvidsson (12) PP Ryan Johansen (28), James Neal (7) 2 - 3
10:17 NSH James Neal (17) Calle Jarnkrok (7), Mike Ribeiro (21) 2 - 4
14:10 BUF Brian Gionta (11) Zemgus Girgensons (7), Matt Moulson (10) 3 - 4
18:55 BUF Kyle Okposo (15) Sam Reinhart (20) 4 - 4
Overtime
02:35 BUF Jack Eichel (12) Taylor Fedun (7), Robin Lehner (1) 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:00 NSH Cody McLeod Fighting 5
06:00 BUF Marcus Foligno Fighting 5
06:00 NSH Colton Sissons Hooking 2
07:44 NSH Mattias Ekholm Delaying game puck over glass 2
15:31 BUF Cody Franson Holding 2
2nd Period
14:12 BUF Marcus Foligno Slashing 2
3rd Period
04:51 BUF Justin Falk Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 69 55 37 5 3.1 55.9
Nashville Predators 60 46 39 4 2.9 44.1

How the game went

864202Start2nd3rdOTNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.1 expected, 5 scored · Nashville Predators: 2.9 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 12:12 of 2nd, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 19:42 of 2nd, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 14:10 of 3rd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 18:55 of 3rd, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 2:35 of overtime, a 7% chanceNSH goal, 8:43 of 1st, a 11% chanceNSH goal, 17:28 of 2nd, a 11% chanceNSH goal, 5:08 of 3rd, a 33% chanceNSH goal, 10:17 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF 3.1NSH 2.9

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
Nashville Predators

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
Marcus Foligno · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel12:1851.947.71-0
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Zemgus Girgensons8:3263.665.71-0
Kyle Okposo · Tyler Ennis · Ryan O'Reilly8:1844.456.40-0
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane5:1475.091.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dmitry Kulikov · Rasmus Ristolainen20:0940.551.00-0
Cody Franson · Zach Bogosian19:1571.464.73-1
Justin Falk · Taylor Fedun7:2781.357.50-0

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

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
9 Jack Eichel C 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 20:25 0.46 17-15 0.60-0.74
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 16:10 0.29 16-12 1.05-0.63
11 Cody Franson D 0 2 2 2 2 3 1 21:42 0.10 31-14 1.79-1.02
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 19:39 0.52 18-14 0.64-0.38
12 Brian Gionta R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 16:54 0.49 21-11 1.08-0.68
4 Taylor Fedun D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10:16 13-3 0.32-0.24
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:51 0.07 17-15 0.65-0.81
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 23:18 0.09 31-16 1.81-1.15
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 09:28 0.16 9-5 0.53-0.13
91 Evander Kane L 0 1 1 2 0 8 0 20:43 0.39 26-10 1.18-0.49
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 24:11 18-25 0.53-0.48
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 1 7 2 5 15:57 0.18 15-16 0.63-0.72
18 Cal O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:20 0.08 7-7 0.35-0.13
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 09:38 0.04 14-6 0.34-0.26
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:53 0.02 6-9 0.28-0.17
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 29:54 17-34 0.50-0.72
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:09 0.08 12-15 0.31-0.44
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:16 0.15 22-18 0.66-0.46
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner W 39 35 4 62:19 2.89 -1.11

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Johansen · Filip Forsberg · Viktor Arvidsson11:3045.861.60-0
Mike Fisher · Colin Wilson · Craig Smith10:1362.582.20-0
Mike Ribeiro · James Neal · Calle Jarnkrok10:0136.420.71-2
Cody McLeod · Austin Watson · Colton Sissons7:0537.530.51-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Ellis · Matt Irwin18:4837.533.90-1
P.K. Subban · Mattias Ekholm17:4748.839.20-0
Yannick Weber · Anthony Bitetto10:3250.050.82-2

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
81 James Neal L 1 1 2 -3 0 5 0 16:40 0.25 12-17 0.62-1.04
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 2 2 -1 0 1 1 16:03 0.05 9-20 0.30-1.37
9 Filip Forsberg L 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 18:27 0.39 15-16 0.69-0.58
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 17:52 0.56 11-15 0.46-0.29
55 Cody McLeod L 1 0 1 1 5 2 5 08:40 0.13 6-13 0.16-0.64
3 Yannick Weber D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:10 13-16 0.75-0.74
12 Ryan Johansen C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 17:41 0.11 13-15 0.53-0.49
52 Matt Irwin D 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 22:31 0.27 14-23 0.53-0.88
63 Mike Ribeiro C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 16:26 12-22 0.58-1.59
12 Mike Fisher C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:53 0.06 16-13 0.46-0.11
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 24:27 0.04 23-25 0.81-1.09
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:36 0.40 19-14 0.72-0.26
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 08:48 9-10 0.33-0.37
22 Colin Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:21 0.39 19-13 0.78-0.13
22 Anthony Bitetto D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:59 13-14 0.75-0.74
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:44 0.01 6-18 0.16-1.10
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 24:50 0.11 22-23 0.65-1.10
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 25:45 0.14 13-23 0.37-0.74
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
74 Juuse Saros OTL 37 32 5 62:27 3.08 -1.92