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St. Louis Blues at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 18, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
St. Louis Blues 2 39
Buffalo Sabres 3 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:31 STL Vladimir Tarasenko (28) Jaden Schwartz (23), Joel Edmundson (12) 1 - 0
09:34 BUF Nick Baptiste (3) Jack Eichel (19), Evander Kane (11) 1 - 1
2nd Period
11:58 BUF Evander Kane (20) Zach Bogosian (5), Nick Baptiste (1) 1 - 2
19:28 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (13) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (31), Kyle Okposo (21) 1 - 3
3rd Period
15:03 STL Scottie Upshall (6) SH Unassisted 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:19 STL Magnus Paajarvi Hooking 2
11:12 STL Jake Allen Delaying game illegal play by goalie 2
13:12 BUF Jake McCabe Holding 2
2nd Period
04:06 STL Jori Lehtera Tripping 2
17:47 STL Kenny Agostino Cross checking 2
19:02 STL Scottie Upshall Hooking 2
3rd Period
11:08 BUF Matt Moulson Interference 2
14:26 STL Kevin Shattenkirk Holding 2
18:48 BUF Robin Lehner Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
St. Louis Blues 59 48 39 2 2.9 59.7
Buffalo Sabres 52 43 28 3 2.6 40.3

How the game went

6420246Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadSt. Louis Blues 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 St. Louis Blues had.

Expected goals

St. Louis Blues: 2.9 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.6 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndSTL goal, 1:31 of 1st, a 6% chanceSTL goal, 15:03 of 3rd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 9:34 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 11:58 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 19:28 of 2nd, a 12% chanceSTL 2.9BUF 2.6

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

St. Louis Blues
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.

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Steen · Jori Lehtera · Vladimir Tarasenko11:3765.092.40-0
Magnus Paajarvi · Kenny Agostino · Ivan Barbashev9:0653.365.80-1
Patrik Berglund · David Perron · Jaden Schwartz8:0657.145.40-1
Scottie Upshall · Kyle Brodziak · Ryan Reaves6:4250.024.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jay Bouwmeester · Alex Pietrangelo14:2069.271.40-1
Kevin Shattenkirk · Carl Gunnarsson10:5950.083.50-0
Joel Edmundson · Colton Parayko10:4360.057.90-1

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
9 Scottie Upshall R 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 10:39 0.17 6-7 0.05-0.16
91 Vladimir Tarasenko R 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 19:18 0.21 17-7 1.12-0.08
6 Joel Edmundson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:34 0.02 15-13 0.55-0.38
71 Jaden Schwartz L 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 16:30 0.14 9-7 0.21-0.24
4 Carl Gunnarsson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:38 6-7 0.35-0.08
7 Alex Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 24:07 0.11 22-10 0.83-0.29
10 Patrik Berglund C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:53 0.46 11-8 0.25-0.34
12 Kevin Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:44 0.15 10-10 0.56-0.13
15 Jori Lehtera C 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 17:45 0.58 15-8 1.03-0.18
19 Jay Bouwmeester D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:22 0.08 18-9 0.70-0.28
20 Alexander Steen L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:20 0.38 16-8 1.05-0.18
20 Kenny Agostino L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 13:08 0.28 12-7 0.50-0.18
28 Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:00 0.01 7-6 0.10-0.14
49 Ivan Barbashev L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:56 11-8 0.45-0.20
55 Colton Parayko D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:24 0.07 15-9 0.62-0.36
56 Magnus Paajarvi L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 09:42 0.24 9-7 0.36-0.18
57 David Perron L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:33 9-6 0.21-0.23
75 Ryan Reaves R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:16 0.02 7-8 0.10-0.17
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Jake Allen L 28 25 3 58:30 2.19 -0.81

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Justin Bailey10:3227.36.50-0
Evander Kane · Nick Baptiste · Jack Eichel8:4550.048.12-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Evan Rodrigues5:4850.079.60-0
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Nicolas Deslauriers3:09100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cody Franson · Zach Bogosian13:0252.636.50-0
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen10:3544.418.60-0
Josh Gorges · Dmitry Kulikov10:0318.213.10-0

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
13 Nick Baptiste R 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 11:52 0.09 9-12 0.23-0.36
91 Evander Kane L 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 18:38 0.19 10-14 0.24-0.36
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 23:38 0.47 7-18 0.18-1.23
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 22:26 0.30 8-19 0.18-1.24
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 24:23 0.39 15-14 0.41-0.39
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:48 0.03 13-13 0.42-0.66
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 25:48 0.18 11-18 0.27-0.78
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:06 4-18 0.15-0.40
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:15 0.01 6-14 0.09-0.46
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:12 0.02 12-10 0.33-0.54
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:52 0.14 6-8 0.15-0.13
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:07 0.00 5-8 0.15-0.15
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:27 0.11 5-10 0.14-0.16
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16:23 12-13 0.28-0.78
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:07 0.11 6-3 0.20-0.03
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 03:24 3-1 0.13-0.02
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:33 0.12 6-4 0.20-0.07
90 Justin Bailey R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:49 0.03 7-18 0.08-1.27
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner W 39 37 2 60:00 2.89 +0.89