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Buffalo Sabres at Arizona Coyotes

Nov 2, 2017 · Gila River Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 31
Arizona Coyotes 4 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:25 ARI Oliver Ekman-Larsson (2) Max Domi (9), Christian Dvorak (6) 0 - 1
19:59 BUF Kyle Okposo (1) Benoit Pouliot (2), Ryan O'Reilly (5) 1 - 1
2nd Period
04:20 BUF Benoit Pouliot (3) Ryan O'Reilly (6), Kyle Okposo (3) 2 - 1
14:36 BUF Seth Griffith (2) Sam Reinhart (3), Jake McCabe (3) 3 - 1
3rd Period
06:16 BUF Evander Kane (7) SH Jack Eichel (9), Marco Scandella (3) 4 - 1
11:12 BUF Benoit Pouliot (4) Ryan O'Reilly (7), Rasmus Ristolainen (5) 5 - 1
12:11 ARI Zac Rinaldo (1) Jason Demers (5), Brad Richardson (2) 5 - 2
14:07 ARI Nick Cousins (3) Jordan Martinook (2), Kevin Connauton (1) 5 - 3
19:08 ARI Christian Dvorak (2) Jason Demers (6) 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
11:07 BUF Matt Tennyson Interference 2
11:48 ARI Christian Dvorak Boarding 2
15:28 ARI Kevin Connauton Interference 2
3rd Period
04:45 BUF Victor Antipin Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 55 42 31 5 3.0 51.5
Arizona Coyotes 65 47 29 4 3.5 48.5

How the game went

1050510Start2nd3rdArizona Coyotes 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 Arizona Coyotes had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.0 expected, 5 scored · Arizona Coyotes: 3.5 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 19:59 of 1st, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 4:20 of 2nd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 14:36 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 6:16 of 3rd, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 11:12 of 3rd, a 15% chanceARI goal, 13:25 of 1st, a 10% chanceARI goal, 12:11 of 3rd, a 7% chanceARI goal, 14:07 of 3rd, a 30% chanceARI goal, 19:08 of 3rd, a 4% chanceARI 3.5BUF 3.0

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
Arizona Coyotes

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
Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly11:5642.333.73-0
Seth Griffith · Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart11:1750.041.01-1
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel11:1151.953.90-2
Matt Moulson · Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson5:5077.852.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen19:0052.245.22-2
Matt Tennyson · Jake McCabe14:5251.754.62-1
Justin Falk · Victor Antipin10:4644.434.70-0

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
67 Benoit Pouliot L 2 1 3 2 0 3 3 17:04 0.52 15-15 0.73-0.92
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 20:13 0.02 14-19 0.92-0.95
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 16:14 0.14 11-15 0.47-0.92
23 Seth Griffith C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 14:25 0.22 15-14 0.63-0.69
91 Evander Kane L 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 17:26 1.34 16-14 1.35-0.89
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 27:00 0.03 24-23 0.89-1.08
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 17:38 0.20 16-14 1.35-0.89
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:05 0.18 14-14 0.48-0.70
22 Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21:15 0.05 17-16 1.36-1.03
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 24:24 0.10 25-22 0.90-1.08
7 Matt Tennyson D 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 17:20 0.06 16-14 1.39-1.03
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:57 9-2 0.24-0.12
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:56 0.09 7-5 0.13-0.13
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:19 0.03 13-14 0.48-0.70
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:44 0.01 14-13 1.04-0.89
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:32 0.01 10-10 0.44-0.53
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:29 0.01 9-5 0.24-0.13
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:59 0.01 10-11 0.40-0.53
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 29 25 4 60:00 3.62 -0.38

Arizona Coyotes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Stepan · Brendan Perlini · Clayton Keller11:2740.036.90-1
Max Domi · Christian Dvorak · Christian Fischer10:2440.055.01-2
Tobias Rieder · Nick Cousins · Jordan Martinook10:1461.975.71-0
Brad Richardson · Zac Rinaldo · Anthony Duclair8:2546.257.61-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Demers · Oliver Ekman-Larsson16:4848.846.43-2
Luke Schenn · Kevin Connauton9:4437.517.40-1
Alex Goligoski · Dakota Mermis7:5622.230.30-0

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
22 Christian Dvorak C 1 1 2 -1 2 3 3 17:08 0.47 10-17 0.62-0.82
44 Jason Demers D 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 24:14 0.07 26-21 1.52-1.28
21 Nick Cousins C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 13:52 0.48 18-10 0.73-0.53
36 Zac Rinaldo C 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 10:49 0.20 9-8 0.30-0.22
95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson D 1 0 1 2 0 3 6 24:55 0.14 22-21 1.19-1.28
8 Kevin Connauton D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 14:10 0.06 16-14 0.65-0.45
11 Max Domi C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:02 0.50 16-16 0.98-0.53
13 Brad Richardson R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:26 0.05 7-13 0.32-0.50
48 Jordan Martinook L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:39 0.05 13-10 0.71-0.43
2 Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 19:47 0.01 12-19 0.53-0.96
9 Clayton Keller R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 21:05 0.56 14-13 0.96-1.14
11 Anthony Duclair L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:49 6-9 0.28-0.47
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:57 0.12 18-12 0.77-0.54
21 Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:31 0.23 13-14 0.96-1.15
33 Alex Goligoski D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 24:50 0.10 15-18 0.93-0.91
36 Dakota Mermis D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:07 0.02 5-9 0.46-0.50
36 Christian Fischer R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 13:45 0.33 10-16 0.62-0.53
42 Brendan Perlini L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:35 0.14 10-15 0.65-1.20
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Antti Raanta 31 26 5 56:57 3.08 -1.92