Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Mar 20, 2017 · Joe Louis Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	2	30
Detroit Red Wings	1	35

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
10:59	BUF	Jack Eichel (21) PP	Ryan O'Reilly (31), Rasmus Ristolainen (39)	1 - 0
2nd Period
08:59	BUF	Matt Moulson (14) PP	Tyler Ennis (6), Jake McCabe (16)	2 - 0
12:53	DET	Tomas Tatar (21)	Mike Green (21), Henrik Zetterberg (45)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:50	BUF	Jack Eichel	High sticking	2
10:30	DET	Mike Green	Hooking	2
2nd Period
08:42	DET	Tomas Tatar	Tripping	2
09:38	BUF	Jake McCabe	Hooking	2
3rd Period
03:45	BUF	Josh Gorges	Hooking	2
13:25	BUF	Brady Austin	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	53	43	30	2	2.3	49.5
Detroit Red Wings	66	50	35	1	3.7	50.5

How the game went

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 Detroit Red Wings had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 2 scored · Detroit Red Wings: 3.7 expected, 1 scored

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

Detroit Red Wings

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tyler Ennis · Ryan O'Reilly · Jack Eichel	13:49	60.7	70.6	0-0
Marcus Foligno · Hudson Fasching · Evan Rodrigues	9:32	55.6	46.1	0-0
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Zemgus Girgensons	8:36	35.7	21.3	0-0
Matt Moulson · Justin Bailey · Sam Reinhart	5:23	58.3	65.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen	16:47	57.9	67.5	0-0
Zach Bogosian · Brady Austin	13:47	57.1	53.8	0-0
Jake McCabe · Casey Nelson	12:14	33.3	21.1	0-0

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	1	0	1	-1	2	3	1	20:41	0.23	18-15	0.74-0.67
26	Matt Moulson	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	07:24	0.20	8-8	0.27-0.16
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	20:10		7-16	0.27-1.22
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	27:39	0.07	23-21	0.93-0.77
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	14:40	0.15	17-12	0.73-0.33
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	22:45	0.35	19-13	0.76-0.54
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	22:17		23-18	0.94-0.55
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:20	0.02	7-13	0.27-0.99
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14:49	0.03	6-9	0.24-0.82
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	13:15	0.34	13-15	0.59-0.46
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	13:04	0.21	10-10	0.45-0.71
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:02	0.16	12-10	0.58-0.57
20	Hudson Fasching	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12:44	0.19	11-12	0.54-0.86
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	19:32	0.03	16-13	0.81-0.70
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11:18	0.09	5-11	0.22-0.88
67	Brady Austin	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	15:37	0.06	16-13	0.81-0.70
90	Justin Bailey	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	08:18	0.01	10-11	0.45-0.40
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	20:27	0.15	9-15	0.45-1.01

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	W	35	34	1	59:58	3.63	+2.63

Detroit Red Wings

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henrik Zetterberg · Gustav Nyquist · Tomas Tatar	13:03	61.5	68.1	1-0
Justin Abdelkader · Andreas Athanasiou · Dylan Larkin	5:38	20.0	18.9	0-0
Luke Glendening · Andreas Athanasiou · Dylan Larkin	4:55	50.0	25.4	0-0
Drew Miller · Luke Glendening · Tomas Nosek	3:09	66.7	91.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Green · Danny DeKeyser	14:43	46.4	43.9	0-0
Robbie Russo · Xavier Ouellet	9:37	55.0	53.0	0-0
Nick Jensen · Xavier Ouellet	6:27	83.3	98.4	0-0

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
90	Tomas Tatar	L	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	21:58	0.27	19-14	0.82-0.42
27	Mike Green	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	25:26	0.16	17-15	0.73-0.60
40	Henrik Zetterberg	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	24:03	0.37	19-17	0.85-0.63
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:14	0.04	15-11	1.18-0.43
8	Justin Abdelkader	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	19:02	0.31	7-13	0.50-0.61
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14:07	0.38	12-13	0.71-0.69
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	23:47	0.18	19-17	0.70-0.46
18	Robbie Russo	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:04	0.01	15-20	0.55-0.97
20	Drew Miller	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06:26		6-4	0.40-0.15
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	12:26	0.38	12-11	1.20-0.72
41	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	11:14	0.02	10-6	0.42-0.27
55	Niklas Kronwall	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	19:25	0.12	10-17	0.67-0.88
61	Xavier Ouellet	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:23	0.02	22-11	1.20-0.38
65	Danny DeKeyser	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:50	0.11	15-18	0.59-0.75
71	Dylan Larkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:42	0.04	10-14	0.23-0.67
81	Frans Nielsen	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	13:10	0.48	10-8	0.66-0.44
89	Andreas Athanasiou	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:24	0.13	9-14	0.18-0.67
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	10:05	0.67	8-7	0.72-0.31

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Petr Mrazek	L	30	28	2	58:28	2.27	+0.27