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Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Oct 7, 2017 · Barclays Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 29
New York Islanders 6 33

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:50 NYI John Tavares (1) Jordan Eberle (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
05:13 NYI John Tavares (2) SH Unassisted 0 - 2
06:03 NYI Casey Cizikas (1) SH Andrew Ladd (1) 0 - 3
07:00 NYI Josh Bailey (1) Joshua Ho-Sang (1), Jason Chimera (1) 0 - 4
10:09 BUF Evander Kane (1) SH Jack Eichel (2) 1 - 4
15:26 BUF Evander Kane (2) SH Ryan O'Reilly (1) 2 - 4
3rd Period
05:39 NYI Anthony Beauvillier (1) Nick Leddy (1), Casey Cizikas (1) 2 - 5
16:16 BUF Jack Eichel (1) Rasmus Ristolainen (1), Evander Kane (2) 3 - 5
19:34 NYI Casey Cizikas (2) John Tavares (1), Josh Bailey (1) 3 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:16 NYI Johnny Boychuk Slashing 2
15:02 NYI Jason Chimera Interference 2
2nd Period
01:08 BUF Jake McCabe Interference 2
04:50 NYI Scott Mayfield Roughing 2
04:50 NYI Scott Mayfield Roughing 2
04:50 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Roughing 2
08:20 BUF Kyle Okposo Holding 2
13:55 BUF Jack Eichel High sticking 2
3rd Period
16:52 NYI Mathew Barzal Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 52 41 29 3 3.3 43.8
New York Islanders 54 43 33 6 4.9 56.2

How the game went

64202468Start2nd3rdNew York Islanders 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 New York Islanders had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.3 expected, 3 scored · New York Islanders: 4.9 expected, 6 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 10:09 of 2nd, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 15:26 of 2nd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 16:16 of 3rd, a 10% chanceNYI goal, 1:50 of 1st, a 8% chanceNYI goal, 5:13 of 2nd, a 23% chanceNYI goal, 6:03 of 2nd, a 14% chanceNYI goal, 7:00 of 2nd, a 10% chanceNYI goal, 5:39 of 3rd, a 35% chanceNYI goal, 19:34 of 3rd, a 55% chanceNYI 4.9BUF 3.3

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
New York Islanders

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
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel11:0046.766.31-0
Johan Larsson · Seth Griffith · Sam Reinhart5:4844.419.10-1
Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly4:4022.217.00-0
Matt Moulson · Benoit Pouliot · Jacob Josefson4:3566.744.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nathan Beaulieu · Rasmus Ristolainen13:1946.233.51-1
Marco Scandella · Matt Tennyson12:5441.223.40-1
Jake McCabe · Victor Antipin11:2850.041.00-0

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
91 Evander Kane L 2 1 3 2 0 8 0 20:05 1.06 13-11 0.51-0.47
9 Jack Eichel C 1 1 2 -1 2 3 1 21:02 0.41 8-10 0.45-0.37
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 24:27 0.11 14-17 0.64-1.16
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 19:09 0.38 4-16 0.13-1.08
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:51 0.01 7-16 0.14-0.88
7 Matt Tennyson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:47 0.07 9-12 0.16-0.68
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -3 2 3 0 18:12 0.31 4-11 0.13-0.67
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 12:49 0.16 6-5 0.19-0.27
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -5 0 1 0 15:29 0.44 11-9 0.33-0.86
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 14:19 7-8 0.19-0.64
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:19 0.03 9-12 0.38-0.60
23 Seth Griffith C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 11:57 10-12 0.30-1.27
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:40 0.12 7-8 0.18-0.50
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:36 0.03 16-14 0.59-1.14
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 09:44 0.13 6-10 0.17-0.84
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:06 0.05 14-9 0.51-0.33
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:03 6-14 0.24-0.75
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:24 9-11 0.31-0.91
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson 16 15 1 31:01 1.90 +0.90
90 Robin Lehner 16 12 4 27:00 2.02 -1.98

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Eberle · John Tavares · Anders Lee8:5180.090.51-0
Andrew Ladd · Josh Bailey · Mathew Barzal8:5053.853.70-0
Jason Chimera · Nikolay Kulemin · Brock Nelson7:2750.062.80-0
Casey Cizikas · Joshua Ho-Sang · Anthony Beauvillier4:4455.667.81-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Johnny Boychuk · Nick Leddy14:0552.265.02-1
Thomas Hickey · Scott Mayfield13:1369.679.60-0
Calvin de Haan · Adam Pelech11:0435.748.30-0

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
53 Casey Cizikas C 2 1 3 1 0 5 5 13:39 0.49 10-9 0.93-0.52
91 John Tavares C 2 1 3 3 0 4 0 19:50 0.37 11-9 0.45-0.14
12 Josh Bailey R 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 16:00 0.26 11-9 0.68-0.16
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 12:18 0.55 15-11 1.60-0.58
4 Nick Leddy D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:57 0.03 15-11 1.10-0.50
7 Jordan Eberle R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:31 0.18 11-5 0.70-0.15
16 Andrew Ladd L 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 17:02 0.46 10-8 0.32-0.16
20 Jason Chimera L 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 12:46 0.07 8-7 0.60-0.18
26 Joshua Ho-Sang R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 11:08 0.01 9-8 0.81-0.47
3 Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 16:42 5-10 0.15-0.16
11 Brock Nelson C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:27 0.68 12-6 1.03-0.26
13 Mathew Barzal C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:40 0.16 7-8 0.18-0.18
24 Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 16:26 0.11 19-10 1.28-0.38
42 Thomas Hickey D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:02 0.15 20-8 1.41-0.38
44 Calvin de Haan D 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 18:26 0.09 8-12 0.34-0.31
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 22:59 0.01 15-13 1.08-0.50
72 Anders Lee L 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:23 10-5 0.31-0.10
86 Nikolay Kulemin L 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:44 0.19 9-10 0.44-0.43
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Jaroslav Halak 29 26 3 60:00 3.37 +0.37