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Buffalo Sabres at Vegas Golden Knights

Oct 17, 2017 · T-Mobile Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 34
Vegas Golden Knights 5 31

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:24 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (1) PP Nathan Beaulieu (2), Evander Kane (4) 1 - 0
14:15 VGK Oscar Lindberg (3) Reilly Smith (3), William Karlsson (2) 1 - 1
2nd Period
06:40 VGK Alex Tuch (2) Deryk Engelland (2), Brendan Leipsic (4) 1 - 2
18:37 VGK Reilly Smith (1) PP Brad Hunt (1), Colin Miller (1) 1 - 3
3rd Period
03:50 VGK David Perron (1) James Neal (1), Cody Eakin (3) 1 - 4
10:00 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (2) PP Evander Kane (5), Jack Eichel (6) 2 - 4
18:02 BUF Sam Reinhart (2) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (3), Jason Pominville (4) 3 - 4
19:51 BUF Evander Kane (5) Jack Eichel (7), Jason Pominville (5) 4 - 4
Overtime
03:52 VGK David Perron (2) Luca Sbisa (4), James Neal (2) 4 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:50 VGK David Perron Interference 2
07:11 BUF Benoit Pouliot Slashing 2
10:20 VGK Cody Eakin Holding 2
2nd Period
02:48 BUF Jack Eichel Holding 2
09:35 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Slashing 2
13:56 BUF Team Delaying game bench face off violation 2
17:27 BUF Marco Scandella Slashing 2
3rd Period
08:28 VGK Alex Tuch Slashing 2
09:51 VGK Deryk Engelland Slashing 2
16:15 VGK Reilly Smith High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 70 53 34 4 3.1 59.2
Vegas Golden Knights 61 43 31 5 2.8 40.8

How the game went

151050510Start2nd3rdOTVegas Golden Knights 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 Vegas Golden Knights had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.1 expected, 4 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 2.8 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 6:24 of 1st, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 10:00 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 18:02 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 19:51 of 3rd, a 22% chanceVGK goal, 14:15 of 1st, a 5% chanceVGK goal, 6:40 of 2nd, a 2% chanceVGK goal, 18:37 of 2nd, a 6% chanceVGK goal, 3:50 of 3rd, a 13% chanceVGK goal, 3:52 of overtime, a 9% chanceBUF 3.1VGK 2.8

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
Vegas Golden Knights

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
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart10:4361.969.60-1
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel9:4668.459.50-1
Benoit Pouliot · Johan Larsson · Justin Bailey5:0875.0100.00-0
Matt Moulson · Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson4:0250.024.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen15:1069.064.50-0
Nathan Beaulieu · Matt Tennyson10:3854.555.60-1
Josh Gorges · Jake McCabe10:2462.572.80-1

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
91 Evander Kane L 1 2 3 0 0 5 1 24:55 0.64 17-8 0.79-0.45
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 2 0 2 -2 0 5 1 26:58 0.65 20-13 1.13-0.52
9 Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 -1 2 4 1 23:43 0.31 15-10 0.52-0.46
29 Jason Pominville R 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 17:21 0.21 14-8 0.54-0.40
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 19:09 0.19 16-13 0.76-0.49
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 20:18 12-11 0.41-0.39
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 3 28:48 0.17 21-10 0.71-0.43
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:24 10-6 0.61-0.23
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:41 0.06 22-12 0.80-0.50
7 Matt Tennyson D 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 18:54 0.12 14-13 0.51-0.45
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:56 0.49 15-10 0.76-0.39
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:55 0.08 10-9 0.18-0.21
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:22 0.07 11-10 0.63-0.36
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:47 7-6 0.15-0.16
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:30
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 10:41 0.08 6-3 0.16-0.06
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:19 6-8 0.12-0.25
90 Justin Bailey R 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10:12 0.06 9-5 0.39-0.15
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson 31 26 5 60:27 2.82 -2.18

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
James Neal · David Perron · Cody Eakin11:4927.334.61-0
Reilly Smith · Oscar Lindberg · William Karlsson8:5741.253.41-0
William Carrier · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tomas Nosek7:0660.040.80-0
Brendan Leipsic · Alex Tuch · Vadim Shipachyov5:5750.027.31-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Deryk Engelland · Jon Merrill14:5531.316.51-0
Colin Miller · Brad Hunt10:2669.298.01-0
Luca Sbisa · Nate Schmidt10:2234.839.31-0

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
57 David Perron L 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 20:04 0.38 7-16 0.36-0.55
19 Reilly Smith R 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 19:29 0.30 7-10 0.23-0.20
81 James Neal L 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 17:55 0.11 6-17 0.29-0.56
24 Oscar Lindberg L 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 13:33 0.12 8-14 0.30-0.25
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 14:24 0.24 7-6 0.28-0.52
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 22:21 0.05 12-25 0.34-1.24
6 Colin Miller D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18:09 0.41 10-6 0.53-0.10
17 Brad Hunt D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:02 0.22 9-4 0.46-0.01
20 Cody Eakin C 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 20:16 0.05 6-16 0.29-0.55
28 Brendan Leipsic L 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 11:39 0.19 7-8 0.26-0.54
55 Luca Sbisa D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21:04 9-17 0.45-0.69
71 William Karlsson C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:43 0.06 7-10 0.23-0.20
4 Jon Merrill D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:40 0.02 12-23 0.21-1.04
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 08:46 0.19 11-8 0.39-0.50
41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:23 0.16 10-9 0.33-0.40
87 Vadim Shipachyov C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10:58 0.21 7-10 0.26-0.69
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:06 0.03 10-15 0.38-0.58
92 Tomas Nosek L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:43 10-11 0.31-0.55
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Malcolm Subban 34 30 4 63:52 3.21 -0.79