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Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 22, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Minnesota Wild 5 32
Buffalo Sabres 4 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:55 BUF Jack Eichel (6) Jason Pominville (8), Evander Kane (9) 0 - 1
08:59 MIN Tyler Ennis (4) Marcus Foligno (5), Charlie Coyle (3) 1 - 1
12:28 MIN Mikael Granlund (4) Unassisted 2 - 1
14:28 MIN Nino Niederreiter (7) PP Mikko Koivu (9), Ryan Suter (10) 3 - 1
2nd Period
02:01 BUF Jordan Nolan (1) Kyle Okposo (7), Jacob Josefson (1) 3 - 2
07:57 MIN Nino Niederreiter (8) Eric Staal (12), Jason Zucker (6) 4 - 2
15:56 MIN Mikael Granlund (5) PP Mikko Koivu (10), Ryan Suter (11) 5 - 2
18:25 BUF Sam Reinhart (5) Jake McCabe (4), Johan Larsson (3) 5 - 3
3rd Period
13:55 BUF Jordan Nolan (2) Nathan Beaulieu (3) 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
14:00 BUF Benoit Pouliot Charging 2
2nd Period
02:23 MIN Mike Reilly Holding 2
08:25 MIN Mike Reilly Hooking 2
12:18 BUF Josh Gorges Tripping 2
14:56 BUF Nathan Beaulieu Roughing 2
19:41 MIN Jonas Brodin Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild 44 37 32 5 1.9 41.4
Buffalo Sabres 63 48 34 4 2.1 58.6

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 1.9 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 4 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndMIN goal, 8:59 of 1st, a 4% chanceMIN goal, 12:28 of 1st, a 3% chanceMIN goal, 14:28 of 1st, a 12% chanceMIN goal, 7:57 of 2nd, a 16% chanceMIN goal, 15:56 of 2nd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 6:55 of 1st, a 19% chanceBUF goal, 2:01 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 18:25 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 13:55 of 3rd, a 1% chanceBUF 2.1MIN 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

Minnesota Wild
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.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikko Koivu · Daniel Winnik · Mikael Granlund12:3058.361.61-0
Eric Staal · Jason Zucker · Nino Niederreiter11:5842.171.51-1
Tyler Ennis · Marcus Foligno · Charlie Coyle11:1161.571.61-0
Matt Cullen · Chris Stewart · Zack Mitchell6:1114.31.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon19:0054.353.91-1
Jonas Brodin · Mathew Dumba17:1840.041.32-1
Mike Reilly · Gustav Olofsson6:1214.321.00-2

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
62 Nino Niederreiter R 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 16:38 0.53 9-14 0.53-0.36
64 Mikael Granlund C 2 0 2 0 0 6 1 20:07 0.22 16-15 0.40-0.28
9 Mikko Koivu C 0 2 2 1 0 7 0 20:05 0.32 15-15 0.39-0.28
22 Ryan Suter D 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 29:04 0.21 20-21 0.76-0.65
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 12:13 0.09 8-5 0.31-0.12
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 15:33 0.21 9-8 0.34-0.26
12 Eric Staal C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 17:17 0.11 9-12 0.49-0.22
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 12:33 8-10 0.31-0.16
17 Jason Zucker L 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17:58 9-13 0.49-0.35
6 Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 -2 4 0 3 08:26 3-9 0.21-0.51
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 09:03 3-17 0.08-0.93
23 Gustav Olofsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 10:55 0.01 3-11 0.18-0.54
24 Mathew Dumba D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 23:23 0.02 14-19 0.41-0.49
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 22:15 0.03 14-26 0.39-0.57
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:12 0.06 14-12 0.35-0.26
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:57 0.02 3-12 0.04-0.86
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26:27 19-18 0.70-0.63
59 Zack Mitchell R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 08:54 0.06 4-18 0.10-0.93
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Devan Dubnyk 34 30 4 60:00 2.18 -1.82

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel13:3552.252.81-0
Benoit Pouliot · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart12:1260.056.40-1
Kyle Okposo · Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan9:0775.085.52-1
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Kyle Criscuolo2:2085.771.50-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Victor Antipin14:5476.067.01-1
Justin Falk · Marco Scandella13:0247.454.21-0
Josh Gorges · Nathan Beaulieu11:4356.064.41-1

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
71 Jordan Nolan C 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 11:06 0.03 10-5 0.47-0.11
9 Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 22:01 0.27 13-13 0.66-0.63
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 18:53 0.28 19-16 0.43-0.50
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:24 0.44 11-6 0.47-0.14
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:04 0.08 9-6 0.46-0.12
22 Johan Larsson L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 07:21 0.02 11-2 0.15-0.05
22 Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 18:24 0.08 21-7 0.45-0.22
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 18:49 0.06 21-16 0.95-0.64
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 17:32 0.35 14-16 0.68-0.81
91 Evander Kane L 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 23:38 0.16 15-14 0.70-0.64
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 13:59 0.01 15-14 0.89-0.65
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 24:07 0.14 13-13 0.32-0.34
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:32 7-5 0.11-0.20
41 Kyle Criscuolo C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 05:07 0.01 8-2 0.11-0.05
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 18:27 0.01 11-11 0.30-0.28
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 17:54 0.06 19-12 0.40-0.34
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:46 0.11 16-11 0.38-0.29
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:40 0.03 22-11 0.45-0.45
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 19 17 2 38:48 1.39 -0.61
1 Chad Johnson 13 10 3 20:00 0.54 -2.46