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Buffalo Sabres at Los Angeles Kings

Oct 14, 2017 · STAPLES Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 25
Los Angeles Kings 4 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
15:45 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (1) Jack Eichel (5), Jason Pominville (2) 1 - 0
2nd Period
07:42 LAK Dustin Brown (4) PP Jeff Carter (2), Drew Doughty (2) 1 - 1
3rd Period
07:09 LAK Tyler Toffoli (2) PP Jake Muzzin (3), Oscar Fantenberg (1) 1 - 2
09:06 BUF Jack Eichel (2) Evander Kane (3), Jason Pominville (3) 2 - 2
18:00 LAK Drew Doughty (1) PP Alec Martinez (1), Anze Kopitar (3) 2 - 3
19:47 LAK Tanner Pearson (1) Tyler Toffoli (1), Jeff Carter (3) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:28 LAK Jake Muzzin Slashing 2
2nd Period
06:56 BUF Josh Gorges Interference 2
10:02 LAK Alex Iafallo Holding 2
3rd Period
03:01 LAK Andy Andreoff Tripping 2
05:26 BUF Jack Eichel Interference 2
17:56 BUF Evander Kane Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 48 36 25 2 2.5 40.9
Los Angeles Kings 61 46 30 4 3.9 59.1

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdLos Angeles Kings 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 Los Angeles Kings had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 2 scored · Los Angeles Kings: 3.9 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 15:45 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 9:06 of 3rd, a 15% chanceLAK goal, 7:42 of 2nd, a 34% chanceLAK goal, 7:09 of 3rd, a 16% chanceLAK goal, 18:00 of 3rd, a 3% chanceLAK goal, 19:47 of 3rd, a 42% chanceLAK 3.9BUF 2.5

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
Los Angeles Kings

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 · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel11:0331.337.31-0
Benoit Pouliot · Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan7:3236.415.00-0
Matt Moulson · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane7:0937.526.10-0
Johan Larsson · Seth Griffith · Sam Reinhart5:5355.694.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen19:4645.251.01-0
Nathan Beaulieu · Matt Tennyson13:3944.425.90-0
Josh Gorges · Jake McCabe11:2136.855.61-0

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 1 2 1 2 4 0 20:45 0.41 9-15 0.59-0.88
29 Jason Pominville R 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 18:11 0.16 8-14 0.57-0.87
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:17 0.09 7-14 0.28-0.51
91 Evander Kane L 0 1 1 0 2 3 4 19:45 0.21 13-16 0.71-1.02
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 13:14 7-13 0.39-0.33
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 22:01 0.11 15-18 0.84-0.78
7 Matt Tennyson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:00 0.04 13-17 0.42-1.08
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:38 0.01 8-15 0.12-0.70
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:18 0.50 10-6 0.67-0.05
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:02 0.07 7-9 0.43-0.09
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:16 9-18 0.41-0.47
23 Seth Griffith C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:23 0.40 7-5 0.37-0.05
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:45 0.15 10-18 0.29-0.69
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:18 13-19 0.38-1.15
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 28:12 0.02 15-19 0.79-0.76
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:43 0.03 8-15 0.12-0.69
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:11 9-16 0.23-0.71
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 18:28 0.32 12-13 0.48-0.62
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner L 29 26 3 59:00 3.52 +0.52

Los Angeles Kings

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dustin Brown · Anze Kopitar · Alex Iafallo16:3357.153.30-1
Trevor Lewis · Andy Andreoff · Nicholas Shore11:0265.082.50-0
Jeff Carter · Tyler Toffoli · Tanner Pearson11:0166.760.70-0
Nic Dowd · Jonny Brodzinski · Adrian Kempe8:1747.118.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Doughty · Derek Forbort17:5748.653.10-1
Jake Muzzin · Alec Martinez15:4173.178.80-1
Christian Folin · Oscar Fantenberg11:0847.145.10-0

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
8 Drew Doughty D 1 1 2 -1 0 2 2 25:39 0.07 19-19 1.15-1.03
73 Tyler Toffoli C 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 14:05 0.26 14-8 0.33-0.32
77 Jeff Carter C 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 17:27 0.54 13-7 0.33-0.27
23 Dustin Brown R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 3 20:46 0.64 16-12 0.75-0.66
70 Tanner Pearson L 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 16:01 0.03 11-5 0.26-0.17
5 Oscar Fantenberg D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15:44 0.14 14-11 0.44-0.42
8 Jake Muzzin D 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 21:02 0.11 21-7 0.69-0.18
11 Anze Kopitar C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 21:12 0.19 16-12 0.75-0.66
25 Alec Martinez D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 23:28 0.11 24-8 0.82-0.21
9 Adrian Kempe R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:38 0.02 9-10 0.09-0.44
9 Alex Iafallo L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 18:29 0.13 17-13 0.75-0.68
18 Andy Andreoff C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 4 11:49 0.24 15-8 1.19-0.33
21 Nicholas Shore C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:45 0.36 14-7 1.12-0.24
22 Jonny Brodzinski C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:10 0.03 8-9 0.09-0.40
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:11 9-10 0.09-0.44
27 Derek Forbort D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 21:18 0.01 17-18 1.15-1.02
32 Christian Folin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:52 0.02 9-9 0.33-0.38
61 Trevor Lewis C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13:24 0.55 14-7 1.12-0.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Jonathan Quick W 25 23 2 60:00 2.58 +0.58