Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Nov 17, 2017 · Little Caesars Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	20
Detroit Red Wings	3	33

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
19:05	DET	Luke Glendening (5)	Darren Helm (5)	0 - 1
3rd Period
05:50	BUF	Ryan O'Reilly (7)	Kyle Okposo (6), Victor Antipin (3)	1 - 1
08:36	DET	Tomas Tatar (5)	Justin Abdelkader (8), Andreas Athanasiou (3)	1 - 2
15:54	DET	Dylan Larkin (4)	Xavier Ouellet (1), Justin Abdelkader (9)	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:35	BUF	Nathan Beaulieu	Slashing	2
13:30	DET	Trevor Daley	Tripping	2
2nd Period
02:49	BUF	Jordan Nolan	Boarding	2
04:23	BUF	Evander Kane	Cross checking	2
08:36	BUF	Seth Griffith	Holding	2
19:23	DET	Darren Helm	Interference	2
3rd Period
03:04	BUF	Jordan Nolan	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	37	26	20	1	1.6	43.5
Detroit Red Wings	57	51	33	3	3.8	56.5

How the game went

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 Detroit Red Wings had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.6 expected, 1 scored · Detroit Red Wings: 3.8 expected, 3 scored

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

Detroit Red Wings

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly	12:20	47.1	16.2	0-1
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	10:49	38.9	11.5	0-1
Jason Pominville · Johan Larsson · Seth Griffith	7:24	41.7	29.2	0-1
Jordan Nolan · Zemgus Girgensons · Kyle Criscuolo	4:51	28.6	25.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nathan Beaulieu · Jake McCabe	12:49	55.6	25.3	0-1
Josh Gorges · Victor Antipin	11:23	50.0	37.9	0-1
Justin Falk · Marco Scandella	9:15	45.5	21.5	0-0

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
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	22:11	0.32	11-12	0.56-1.11
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	17:33	0.07	11-9	0.47-0.88
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	19:00	0.01	13-17	0.58-0.94
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	19:19	0.01	7-10	0.11-0.34
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	24:02	0.05	8-15	0.43-0.75
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	18:45	0.05	9-15	0.13-0.85
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:33	0.06	8-12	0.11-0.69
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	14:50	0.02	7-10	0.17-0.31
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	20:56	0.04	10-11	0.27-1.05
23	Seth Griffith	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	10:24	0.08	8-9	0.22-0.23
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	17:44	0.05	15-14	0.35-1.16
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:03	0.02	2-7	0.12-0.53
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11:12	0.15	11-7	0.60-0.22
41	Kyle Criscuolo	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	06:56	0.11	3-5	0.12-0.37
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:19	0.01	7-11	0.22-0.73
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	17:48	0.18	8-9	0.17-0.88
71	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	06:43	0.18	3-7	0.12-0.53
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	19:42	0.19	9-15	0.15-0.85

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	33	30	3	60:00	3.92	+0.92

Detroit Red Wings

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Frans Nielsen · Darren Helm · Luke Glendening	8:15	84.6	93.2	1-0
Henrik Zetterberg · Gustav Nyquist · Anthony Mantha	7:21	33.3	58.8	0-0
Tomas Tatar · Andreas Athanasiou · Dylan Larkin	4:22	42.9	48.6	0-0
Justin Abdelkader · Tomas Tatar · Dylan Larkin	4:16	100.0	100.0	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Trevor Daley · Jonathan Ericsson	14:13	68.2	88.8	1-0
Mike Green · Xavier Ouellet	10:13	53.8	96.7	2-0
Niklas Kronwall · Nick Jensen	6:35	100.0	100.0	0-0

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	Justin Abdelkader	L	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	17:21	0.24	12-3	0.83-0.12
41	Luke Glendening	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	13:30	0.69	12-4	0.86-0.06
71	Dylan Larkin	C	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	21:57	0.80	12-10	0.75-0.50
90	Tomas Tatar	L	1	0	1	2	0	3	1	18:25	0.23	15-8	0.93-0.12
43	Darren Helm	C	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	13:26	0.13	14-5	0.94-0.09
61	Xavier Ouellet	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	16:01	0.02	9-11	0.69-0.38
89	Andreas Athanasiou	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	18:43	0.08	8-7	0.24-0.42
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	11:01	0.05	10-5	0.58-0.47
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	20:07	0.78	10-17	0.72-0.42
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06:16		3-2	0.08-0.09
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	23:51	0.04	13-15	0.86-0.28
32	Brian Lashoff	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	04:02		1-2	0.10-0.12
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	18:02	0.57	8-13	0.44-0.63
40	Henrik Zetterberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	21:23	0.09	11-18	0.72-0.42
52	Jonathan Ericsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	18:48	0.01	16-8	1.03-0.14
55	Niklas Kronwall	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:56	0.02	13-8	0.66-0.18
81	Frans Nielsen	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	15:59	0.10	12-3	0.93-0.07
83	Trevor Daley	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	20:37		16-11	1.04-0.38

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Jimmy Howard	20	19	1	59:35	1.62	+0.62