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Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars

Jan 26, 2017 · American Airlines Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 27
Dallas Stars 4 37

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:44 BUF Evander Kane (13) Unassisted 1 - 0
09:30 BUF Matt Moulson (10) PP Evander Kane (9), Brian Gionta (13) 2 - 0
10:59 DAL Patrick Sharp (5) John Klingberg (20), Lauri Korpikoski (12) 2 - 1
2nd Period
00:42 DAL Jamie Benn (13) PP Jason Spezza (23), Patrick Eaves (13) 2 - 2
13:16 DAL Patrick Sharp (6) Devin Shore (13) 2 - 3
15:24 DAL Tyler Seguin (18) Unassisted 2 - 4
18:55 BUF Evander Kane (14) Unassisted 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:12 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Hooking 2
08:05 DAL John Klingberg Holding 2
14:28 BUF Dmitry Kulikov Hooking 2
19:18 BUF Evander Kane Hooking 2
2nd Period
08:38 BUF Matt Moulson Hooking 2
3rd Period
06:20 DAL Patrick Sharp Slashing 2
17:42 BUF Zach Bogosian Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 52 39 27 3 2.0 46.9
Dallas Stars 74 57 38 4 3.8 53.1

How the game went

010203040Start2nd3rdDallas Stars 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 Dallas Stars had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 3 scored · Dallas Stars: 3.8 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 3:44 of 1st, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 9:30 of 1st, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 18:55 of 2nd, a 1% chanceDAL goal, 10:59 of 1st, a 5% chanceDAL goal, 0:42 of 2nd, a 8% chanceDAL goal, 13:16 of 2nd, a 3% chanceDAL 3.8BUF 2.0

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
Dallas Stars

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 Eichel12:4366.783.80-0
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Zemgus Girgensons9:3740.016.11-1
Kyle Okposo · Tyler Ennis · Ryan O'Reilly5:4927.820.50-0
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · William Carrier5:4066.762.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dmitry Kulikov · Rasmus Ristolainen18:3441.546.60-0
Cody Franson · Zach Bogosian16:1043.237.40-2
Justin Falk · Taylor Fedun7:5872.768.91-1

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

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 1 3 0 2 3 3 18:38 0.24 8-17 0.24-1.11
26 Matt Moulson L 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 07:44 0.11 2-4 0.14-0.12
12 Brian Gionta R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 16:25 0.03 7-13 0.11-0.88
4 Taylor Fedun D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:27 11-4 0.28-0.08
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 25:32 19-25 0.65-0.55
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:03 0.03 12-20 0.15-0.46
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 19:15 0.23 18-12 0.68-0.27
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:47 0.05 17-22 0.67-1.03
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:10 0.06 19-12 0.68-0.27
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 18:15 0.41 25-12 1.04-0.14
18 Cal O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 04:43 2-7 0.02-0.35
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 21:25 0.16 18-22 0.63-1.08
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 16:02 12-12 0.58-0.61
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:35 0.18 11-6 0.40-0.05
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:17 8-4 0.13-0.06
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 29:23 0.20 17-26 0.48-0.62
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 09:43 0.07 6-17 0.09-0.39
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:40 0.25 13-20 0.15-0.48
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anders Nilsson L 37 33 4 59:32 3.10 -0.90

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrick Sharp · Lauri Korpikoski · Devin Shore11:5247.169.11-1
Patrick Eaves · Jamie Benn · Cody Eakin11:1351.949.60-0
Jason Spezza · Antoine Roussel · Tyler Seguin9:1490.082.61-1
Adam Cracknell · Curtis McKenzie · Brett Ritchie8:1338.950.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Klingberg · Esa Lindell15:5031.326.50-2
Jordie Benn · Stephen Johns14:3760.065.80-0
Dan Hamhuis · Julius Honka13:0570.888.31-0

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
10 Patrick Sharp L 2 0 2 1 2 5 0 16:50 0.35 11-9 0.47-0.18
14 Jamie Benn L 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 20:15 0.79 16-17 0.53-0.79
91 Tyler Seguin C 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 18:12 0.09 18-10 0.58-0.53
3 John Klingberg D 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 24:00 0.01 12-24 0.45-1.08
18 Patrick Eaves R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 18:38 0.09 15-13 0.51-0.47
19 Jason Spezza C 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 17:50 0.66 18-12 0.58-0.63
19 Devin Shore C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:44 0.31 9-11 0.40-0.28
29 Lauri Korpikoski L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:55 0.01 9-12 0.45-0.24
5 Dan Hamhuis D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:33 0.04 18-7 0.80-0.11
6 Julius Honka D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:45 0.03 17-7 0.80-0.11
11 Curtis McKenzie L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:49 7-12 0.15-0.17
18 Jordie Benn D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 17:40 0.01 23-16 0.53-0.27
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:09 0.07 15-13 0.47-0.47
22 Adam Cracknell R 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:38 0.12 9-11 0.26-0.15
23 Esa Lindell D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 22:01 0.04 11-22 0.37-1.04
24 Brett Ritchie R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 08:47 0.07 7-11 0.15-0.15
26 Antoine Roussel L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:06 0.12 19-4 0.58-0.22
28 Stephen Johns D 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 18:43 0.08 21-14 0.45-0.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Kari Lehtonen W 22 21 1 40:00 1.55 +0.55
37 Antti Niemi 5 3 2 20:00 0.47 -1.53