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Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Mar 10, 2017 · Nationwide Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 32
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:50 BUF Evan Rodrigues (3) Nicolas Deslauriers (1) 1 - 0
06:09 CBJ David Savard (4) Brandon Dubinsky (26) 1 - 1
17:05 CBJ Nick Foligno (23) PP Alexander Wennberg (41), Zach Werenski (31) 1 - 2
2nd Period
04:56 BUF Josh Gorges (1) Matt Moulson (14), Sam Reinhart (27) 2 - 2
18:28 CBJ Sam Gagner (17) PP Seth Jones (27), Jack Johnson (15) 2 - 3
3rd Period
05:57 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (5) Jake McCabe (14), Marcus Foligno (9) 3 - 3
14:53 CBJ Boone Jenner (14) Cam Atkinson (27) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
15:33 BUF Tyler Ennis Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd Period
06:19 CBJ David Savard Hooking 2
16:31 BUF Justin Falk Cross checking 2
3rd Period
10:46 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 46 35 32 3 1.7 44.0
Columbus Blue Jackets 64 47 39 4 3.4 56.0

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdColumbus Blue Jackets 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 Columbus Blue Jackets had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 3 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 3.4 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 2:50 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 4:56 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 5:57 of 3rd, a 2% chanceCBJ goal, 6:09 of 1st, a 1% chanceCBJ goal, 17:05 of 1st, a 11% chanceCBJ goal, 18:28 of 2nd, a 3% chanceCBJ goal, 14:53 of 3rd, a 16% chanceCBJ 3.4BUF 1.7

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
Columbus Blue Jackets

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 · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel13:5155.645.01-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Justin Bailey10:4340.038.60-2
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Zemgus Girgensons10:2545.537.11-0
Tyler Ennis · Nicolas Deslauriers · Evan Rodrigues4:1175.070.41-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen16:4229.623.31-0
Josh Gorges · Cody Franson15:3863.667.41-1
Justin Falk · Zach Bogosian14:4035.726.91-1

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
4 Josh Gorges D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 20:24 0.04 16-9 0.62-0.29
17 Evan Rodrigues C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:59 0.10 4-7 0.13-0.07
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 23:13 0.06 9-21 0.30-1.00
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:55 0.07 18-16 0.66-1.01
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 14:52 7-11 0.23-0.86
22 Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 20:44 0.03 9-19 0.33-0.96
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:06 0.24 16-14 0.65-0.70
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 04:51 3-1 0.12-0.05
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 19:43 0.23 19-17 0.63-1.26
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:39 0.10 17-8 0.65-0.29
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 15:36 0.18 6-13 0.20-0.35
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:12 0.03 11-18 0.33-0.88
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:00 0.02 6-16 0.17-0.62
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:56 0.03 12-19 0.34-0.92
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 06:19 3-4 0.12-0.09
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 21:57 0.17 10-15 0.39-0.52
90 Justin Bailey R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 11:19 0.05 8-12 0.26-0.42
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 21:21 0.30 11-15 0.29-0.53
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner L 39 35 4 58:25 3.33 -0.67

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Dubinsky · Cam Atkinson · Boone Jenner12:3847.638.12-0
Nick Foligno · Brandon Saad · Alexander Wennberg10:0930.053.60-1
Scott Hartnell · Sam Gagner · Oliver Bjorkstrand9:2163.285.30-1
Lauri Korpikoski · T.J. Tynan · William Karlsson5:1163.668.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jack Johnson · David Savard19:3053.160.12-1
Seth Jones · Zach Werenski14:4859.367.20-1
Kyle Quincey · Markus Nutivaara12:1344.442.50-1

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
22 Boone Jenner C 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 18:15 0.35 12-14 0.40-0.61
58 David Savard D 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 22:04 0.05 19-15 0.98-0.63
71 Nick Foligno L 1 0 1 -2 0 2 3 20:57 0.24 10-12 0.40-0.39
89 Sam Gagner C 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 14:38 0.54 17-8 1.31-0.24
3 Jack Johnson D 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 22:21 0.10 19-15 1.18-0.63
3 Seth Jones D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 21:48 0.06 20-12 0.71-0.29
8 Zach Werenski D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 19:36 0.02 18-11 0.79-0.27
13 Cam Atkinson R 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 19:14 0.34 11-11 0.37-0.54
17 Brandon Dubinsky C 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 19:25 0.15 13-11 0.40-0.54
21 Alexander Wennberg C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 20:44 0.11 9-14 0.22-0.40
9 T.J. Tynan C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 05:41 0.07 7-7 0.22-0.25
17 Scott Hartnell L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:28 0.30 15-7 1.10-0.18
20 Brandon Saad L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:34 0.09 6-9 0.26-0.14
27 Kyle Quincey D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:06 10-11 0.39-0.38
28 Oliver Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:44 0.64 20-10 1.24-0.35
29 Lauri Korpikoski L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:56 10-4 0.26-0.10
65 Markus Nutivaara D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:27 0.17 8-10 0.26-0.36
71 William Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:02 0.12 11-4 0.30-0.10
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
72 Sergei Bobrovsky W 32 29 3 60:00 1.64 -1.36