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Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche

Feb 25, 2017 · Pepsi Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 37
Colorado Avalanche 5 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:06 COL Gabriel Landeskog (12) Mark Barberio (7), Nathan MacKinnon (28) 0 - 1
12:42 COL Mikhail Grigorenko (7) Matt Nieto (4), Erik Johnson (11) 0 - 2
14:24 COL Tyson Barrie (5) Mikko Rantanen (16), Matt Nieto (5) 0 - 3
17:11 BUF Sam Reinhart (14) PP Jack Eichel (21), Rasmus Ristolainen (33) 1 - 3
2nd Period
09:55 BUF Marcus Foligno (10) Zemgus Girgensons (8), Justin Bailey (2) 2 - 3
16:07 COL Blake Comeau (8) Nathan MacKinnon (29), Gabriel Landeskog (13) 2 - 4
17:40 BUF Evan Rodrigues (1) Tyler Ennis (5), Matt Moulson (11) 3 - 4
3rd Period
19:20 COL Gabriel Landeskog (13) Blake Comeau (6) 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:44 BUF Justin Bailey Cross checking 2
10:44 COL Mark Barberio Cross checking 2
17:05 COL Mikko Rantanen Elbowing 2
2nd Period
01:49 COL Joe Colborne High sticking 2
07:16 COL Tyson Barrie Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd Period
03:41 BUF Zach Bogosian Cross checking 2
09:01 BUF Cody Franson Interference 2
12:38 COL Gabriel Landeskog Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 66 50 37 3 3.3 52.2
Colorado Avalanche 53 44 30 5 2.7 47.8

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdColorado Avalanche 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 Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.3 expected, 3 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 2.7 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 17:11 of 1st, a 31% chanceBUF goal, 9:55 of 2nd, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 17:40 of 2nd, a 2% chanceCOL goal, 2:06 of 1st, a 9% chanceCOL goal, 12:42 of 1st, a 10% chanceCOL goal, 14:24 of 1st, a 3% chanceCOL goal, 16:07 of 2nd, a 31% chanceCOL goal, 19:20 of 3rd, a 55% chanceBUF 3.3COL 2.7

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
Colorado Avalanche

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
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel11:3642.134.70-2
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Justin Bailey8:4355.662.10-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Zemgus Girgensons5:4750.052.50-0
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Evan Rodrigues4:2563.669.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen14:3456.037.20-2
Zach Bogosian · Dmitry Kulikov10:5439.159.91-0
Cody Franson · Zach Bogosian7:0455.060.40-0

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 -4 0 3 0 19:56 0.84 8-13 0.42-0.83
17 Marcus Foligno L 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 12:11 0.25 10-12 0.40-0.22
17 Evan Rodrigues C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 08:46 0.02 11-8 0.18-0.22
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 -3 0 2 0 22:11 0.20 13-13 0.62-0.90
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 09:20 0.33 7-5 0.15-0.11
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 13:56 0.25 11-12 0.48-0.20
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -3 0 6 0 25:30 0.17 15-14 0.45-0.85
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10:00 0.06 10-5 0.28-0.16
90 Justin Bailey R 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 13:09 0.37 18-14 0.95-0.51
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:06 0.01 11-6 0.49-0.21
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:47 0.02 13-19 0.77-0.44
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:37 0.08 19-13 0.78-0.53
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17:32 0.07 17-11 0.67-0.42
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:41 0.14 5-6 0.14-0.06
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:30 0.07 16-12 0.52-0.80
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 19:46 23-24 0.96-0.66
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 19:34 0.15 16-11 0.68-0.42
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 22:04 0.24 12-17 0.69-0.92
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner L 29 25 4 58:24 2.12 -1.88

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Duchene · Matt Nieto · Mikko Rantanen10:3556.046.41-0
Blake Comeau · Gabriel Landeskog · Nathan MacKinnon9:4250.070.42-0
Jarome Iginla · John Mitchell · Joe Colborne8:1853.825.30-0
Rene Bourque · Mikhail Grigorenko · Andreas Martinsen5:5063.674.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Fedor Tyutin · Tyson Barrie12:5958.353.71-1
Francois Beauchemin · Mark Barberio10:1645.054.22-0
Erik Johnson · Patrick Wiercioch9:0038.943.70-0

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
92 Gabriel Landeskog L 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 17:38 0.14 11-13 0.82-0.54
15 Blake Comeau L 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 17:28 0.38 13-12 0.76-0.31
29 Nathan MacKinnon C 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 17:54 0.24 10-13 0.72-0.54
83 Matt Nieto L 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 18:38 0.07 15-17 0.59-0.74
8 Tyson Barrie D 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 21:47 0.15 23-14 0.71-0.62
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:54 0.10 8-8 0.27-0.15
6 Erik Johnson D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 17:35 0.02 11-16 0.35-0.52
44 Mark Barberio D 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 18:28 0.01 18-15 0.80-0.70
96 Mikko Rantanen R 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 17:13 0.20 17-18 0.61-0.96
7 John Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:30 0.05 9-11 0.13-0.32
8 Joe Colborne C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:27 0.01 8-8 0.08-0.43
17 Rene Bourque R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 07:49 0.16 8-7 0.27-0.16
23 Francois Beauchemin D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 22:49 0.04 12-20 0.76-0.85
28 Patrick Wiercioch D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 15:52 0.02 8-16 0.25-0.50
29 Andreas Martinsen L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:27 7-5 0.17-0.08
51 Fedor Tyutin D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22:12 0.08 14-13 0.52-0.64
88 Jarome Iginla R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:03 0.07 7-11 0.08-0.57
95 Matt Duchene C 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 18:10 0.40 16-18 0.57-0.97
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Jeremy Smith W 37 34 3 60:00 3.25 +0.25