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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Oct 21, 2017 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 42
Boston Bruins 4 31

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:16 BOS David Pastrnak (5) Tim Schaller (1), Charlie McAvoy (5) 0 - 1
15:05 BOS Brad Marchand (5) PP Unassisted 0 - 2
2nd Period
00:37 BOS Brad Marchand (6) Anders Bjork (3), Charlie McAvoy (6) 0 - 3
08:01 BUF Jason Pominville (5) Ryan O'Reilly (4) 1 - 3
11:22 BOS David Pastrnak (6) Riley Nash (2), Torey Krug (1) 1 - 4
16:07 BUF Jack Eichel (4) Marco Scandella (2), Justin Bailey (1) 2 - 4
3rd Period
06:55 BUF Benoit Pouliot (1) Sam Reinhart (1), Jake McCabe (1) 3 - 4
17:52 BUF Evander Kane (6) Jake McCabe (2), Jason Pominville (6) 4 - 4
Overtime
02:59 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (3) Unassisted 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
15:03 BUF Matt Tennyson Interference 2
16:43 BUF Evander Kane Slashing 2
2nd Period
01:29 BOS Kenny Agostino Slashing 2
03:16 BUF Kyle Okposo Holding 2
3rd Period
15:42 BOS Brandon Carlo Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 71 53 42 5 2.8 53.9
Boston Bruins 59 44 31 4 2.6 46.1

How the game went

105051015Start2nd3rdOTBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 5 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.6 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 8:01 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 16:07 of 2nd, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 6:55 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 17:52 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 2:59 of overtime, a 9% chanceBOS goal, 13:16 of 1st, a 20% chanceBOS goal, 15:05 of 1st, a 16% chanceBOS goal, 0:37 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBOS goal, 11:22 of 2nd, a 7% chanceBUF 2.8BOS 2.6

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
Boston Bruins

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
Evander Kane · Justin Bailey · Jack Eichel13:1650.049.01-1
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Ryan O'Reilly11:4057.963.51-0
Matt Moulson · Kyle Okposo · Sam Reinhart9:4861.133.10-0
Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson · Seth Griffith7:1860.087.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen20:0061.482.31-0
Matt Tennyson · Jake McCabe15:1565.460.32-2
Taylor Fedun · Victor Antipin8:4635.75.80-0

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
29 Jason Pominville R 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 15:26 0.14 14-8 0.61-0.17
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 18:52 0.47 16-12 0.40-0.26
22 Jake McCabe D 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 23:43 0.02 21-18 0.83-0.68
9 Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 22:14 0.34 19-19 0.75-0.84
67 Benoit Pouliot L 1 0 1 2 0 5 3 15:42 0.41 15-8 0.70-0.17
91 Evander Kane L 1 0 1 2 2 5 2 21:26 0.31 20-19 0.65-0.61
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 27:23 0.24 29-18 1.11-0.27
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:16 0.17 14-10 0.34-0.52
90 Justin Bailey R 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 15:51 0.12 14-16 0.51-0.56
4 Taylor Fedun D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:57 6-10 0.04-0.61
7 Matt Tennyson D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 16:08 0.03 17-11 0.52-0.61
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 16:31 0.06 19-10 0.52-0.54
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:44 6-12 0.19-0.22
23 Seth Griffith C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:28 0.01 8-8 0.22-0.38
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:29 0.05 12-10 0.24-0.62
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 3 0 2 7 29:40 0.22 30-22 1.00-0.26
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 08:49 0.16 8-9 0.19-0.35
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:16 0.04 7-15 0.05-1.07
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner W 31 27 4 62:59 2.64 -1.36

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Anders Bjork13:1546.238.51-1
David Backes · Riley Nash · Kenny Agostino10:4625.044.20-0
Tim Schaller · David Pastrnak · Jake DeBrusk8:1637.519.70-2
Matt Beleskey · Sean Kuraly · Frank Vatrano7:2361.188.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Charlie McAvoy19:4355.654.61-0
Torey Krug · Brandon Carlo15:2140.041.21-2
Paul Postma · Rob O'Gara9:5857.972.61-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
63 Brad Marchand L 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 21:27 0.53 19-17 0.76-0.61
88 David Pastrnak R 2 0 2 -1 0 4 1 17:32 0.33 14-11 0.53-0.39
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 25:37 0.13 22-18 0.72-0.50
18 Riley Nash C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:13 0.06 6-17 0.35-0.59
24 Anders Bjork L 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 18:20 0.18 13-19 0.38-0.72
47 Torey Krug D 0 1 1 -3 0 0 2 21:51 0.05 13-20 0.41-0.66
59 Tim Schaller L 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 15:22 0.16 10-16 0.41-0.67
14 Paul Postma D 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 11:40 0.09 11-9 0.58-0.22
20 Kenny Agostino L 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 15:38 0.19 6-12 0.34-0.34
21 David Backes R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 16:31 0.01 7-18 0.29-0.59
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 21:23 0.02 14-28 0.45-0.96
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 26:06 0.09 22-23 0.65-0.88
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:58 0.38 16-16 0.44-0.62
39 Matt Beleskey L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:55 0.04 13-10 0.55-0.29
46 Rob O'Gara D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:17 12-12 0.69-0.32
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:13 0.27 14-8 0.55-0.07
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 12:35 9-13 0.09-0.36
77 Frank Vatrano R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:34 0.06 14-8 0.55-0.07
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anton Khudobin OTL 42 37 5 62:44 2.86 -2.14