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Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres

Oct 20, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Vancouver Canucks 4 41
Buffalo Sabres 2 22

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:00 BUF Justin Bailey (2) Ryan O'Reilly (3), Kyle Okposo (1) 0 - 1
11:56 VAN Markus Granlund (1) Derek Dorsett (1), Brandon Sutter (1) 1 - 1
17:20 BUF Jack Eichel (3) Rasmus Ristolainen (4), Marco Scandella (1) 1 - 2
2nd Period
05:52 VAN Derek Dorsett (3) SH Brandon Sutter (2), Chris Tanev (2) 2 - 2
08:10 VAN Daniel Sedin (2) Henrik Sedin (3), Jake Virtanen (1) 3 - 2
3rd Period
19:38 VAN Derek Dorsett (4) Markus Granlund (1), Michael Del Zotto (5) 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:05 VAN Team Delaying game bench face off violation 2
2nd Period
00:47 BUF Matt Tennyson Hooking 2
05:34 VAN Brock Boeser Tripping 2
08:10 BUF Team Delaying game bench 2
10:51 BUF Justin Bailey High sticking 2
3rd Period
05:20 BUF Victor Antipin Interference 2
09:16 VAN Alexander Burmistrov Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vancouver Canucks 56 43 41 4 3.1 54.0
Buffalo Sabres 41 31 22 2 1.9 46.0

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadVancouver Canucks 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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Vancouver Canucks had.

Expected goals

Vancouver Canucks: 3.1 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.9 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndVAN goal, 11:56 of 1st, a 29% chanceVAN goal, 5:52 of 2nd, a 22% chanceVAN goal, 8:10 of 2nd, a 33% chanceVAN goal, 19:38 of 3rd, a 47% chanceBUF goal, 1:00 of 1st, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 17:20 of 1st, a 2% chanceVAN 3.1BUF 1.9

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

Vancouver Canucks
Buffalo Sabres

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Dorsett · Brandon Sutter · Markus Granlund10:5346.760.31-1
Sven Baertschi · Bo Horvat · Brock Boeser9:2962.559.40-0
Thomas Vanek · Sam Gagner · Alexander Burmistrov7:4355.666.10-0
Daniel Sedin · Henrik Sedin · Jake Virtanen7:1681.886.01-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Michael Del Zotto · Troy Stecher15:4340.039.30-1
Chris Tanev · Ben Hutton15:1459.163.31-1
Alex Biega · Derrick Pouliot10:0362.565.41-0

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
15 Derek Dorsett R 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 18:02 0.39 8-9 0.53-0.43
60 Markus Granlund C 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 16:41 0.35 8-10 0.53-0.34
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 19:16 0.12 8-11 0.50-0.47
22 Daniel Sedin L 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 11:11 0.58 9-4 0.73-0.15
8 Chris Tanev D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 20:04 0.01 13-9 0.82-0.48
15 Michael Del Zotto D 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 24:42 0.12 9-13 0.18-0.31
18 Jake Virtanen R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 10:22 0.14 11-6 0.84-0.40
33 Henrik Sedin C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:17 10-4 0.75-0.16
6 Brock Boeser R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 14:59 0.11 10-8 0.37-0.28
14 Bo Horvat C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19:05 0.20 11-11 0.46-0.60
17 Ben Hutton D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 25:43 0.05 15-11 0.98-0.61
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:55 0.10 5-5 0.13-0.18
28 Troy Stecher D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:10 0.07 8-12 0.18-0.28
33 Alex Biega D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:22 0.01 12-7 0.85-0.49
33 Derrick Pouliot D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 15:48 0.01 11-6 0.74-0.38
42 Alexander Burmistrov C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:16 6-4 0.18-0.07
47 Sven Baertschi L 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:53 0.38 11-10 0.46-0.59
89 Sam Gagner C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:14 0.03 5-5 0.13-0.15
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
25 Jacob Markstrom W 22 20 2 60:00 1.90 -0.10

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel11:4362.566.21-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Justin Bailey · Sam Reinhart6:4533.331.30-0
Matt Moulson · Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson4:0520.05.20-1
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Justin Bailey3:4245.59.81-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen10:2746.756.70-0
Jake McCabe · Victor Antipin8:3244.462.91-0
Nathan Beaulieu · Matt Tennyson6:4716.72.71-1

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
9 Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 22:19 0.09 11-9 0.42-0.34
90 Justin Bailey R 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 14:56 0.01 9-12 0.26-0.73
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 26:36 0.12 14-16 0.63-1.01
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 09:23 0.05 5-7 0.05-0.50
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 28:37 0.07 13-10 0.72-0.43
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 21:01 0.02 8-15 0.16-1.04
7 Matt Tennyson D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 19:31 0.04 9-15 0.13-0.78
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:46 0.26 5-11 0.28-0.47
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:49 0.10 7-8 0.51-0.59
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:43 0.15 11-11 0.54-0.72
23 Seth Griffith C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:57 8-4 0.47-0.02
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:24 0.19 2-4 0.14-0.45
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:27 0.01 5-10 0.13-0.57
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:21 0.10 11-10 0.41-0.35
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:14 0.09 7-8 0.45-0.25
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:41 3-6 0.14-0.60
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 20:50 0.59 11-8 0.51-0.30
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11:52 6-6 0.40-0.22
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson L 40 37 3 58:33 2.72 -0.28