Edmonton Oilers at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 24, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Edmonton Oilers	1	30
Buffalo Sabres	3	31

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
14:16	BUF	Jacob Josefson (1)	Kyle Okposo (8), Jordan Nolan (2)	0 - 1
3rd Period
00:43	BUF	Jack Eichel (7)	Evander Kane (10), Rasmus Ristolainen (6)	0 - 2
19:09	BUF	Kyle Okposo (3)	Rasmus Ristolainen (7), Evander Kane (11)	0 - 3
19:40	EDM	Yohann Auvitu (1)	Unassisted	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
01:36	EDM	Eric Gryba	Slashing	2
09:22	EDM	Patrick Maroon	Hooking	2
15:53	BUF	Kyle Criscuolo	High sticking	2
18:46	EDM	Mark Letestu	Boarding	2
2nd Period
05:02	BUF	Kyle Okposo	Holding	2
3rd Period
06:16	BUF	Nathan Beaulieu	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Edmonton Oilers	61	39	30	1	2.5	52.8
Buffalo Sabres	53	40	31	3	3.1	47.2

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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Edmonton Oilers had.

Expected goals

Edmonton Oilers: 2.5 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.1 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

Edmonton Oilers

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrick Maroon · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Leon Draisaitl	10:48	56.3	52.9	0-1
Ryan Strome · Jujhar Khaira · Jesse Puljujarvi	10:34	70.6	58.4	1-0
Milan Lucic · Connor McDavid · Drake Caggiula	9:35	31.0	22.2	0-1
Michael Cammalleri · Mark Letestu · Zack Kassian	6:51	40.0	65.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Adam Larsson · Darnell Nurse	15:44	56.3	37.1	0-0
Kris Russell · Matt Benning	14:36	46.4	60.6	0-1
Eric Gryba · Yohann Auvitu	8:39	41.2	34.0	0-1

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

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	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
81	Yohann Auvitu	D	1	1	0	0	2	0	18:41	0.18	11-13	0.32-0.40
2	Eric Gryba	D	0	0	-1	2	1	2	09:15	0.01	8-10	0.18-0.34
6	Kris Russell	D	0	0	-1	0	2	2	17:30	0.06	15-15	0.31-0.19
6	Adam Larsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	21:04		18-15	0.60-1.03
8	Drake Caggiula	L	0	0	-1	0	1	2	12:37	0.11	11-21	0.30-0.95
13	Michael Cammalleri	L	0	0	-1	0	1	1	14:01	0.15	12-8	0.35-0.16
16	Jujhar Khaira	L	0	0	1	0	2	3	14:56	0.07	14-6	0.32-0.22
17	Milan Lucic	L	0	0	-1	0	0	1	17:36		16-20	0.33-0.92
20	Jesse Puljujarvi	R	0	0	1	0	1	1	11:11	0.14	12-5	0.29-0.21
22	Mark Letestu	C	0	0	0	2	3	1	14:19	0.50	5-7	0.31-0.19
22	Ryan Strome	C	0	0	1	0	2	0	13:37	0.06	15-6	0.29-0.22
25	Darnell Nurse	D	0	0	1	0	2	2	23:26	0.04	23-14	0.79-1.02
29	Leon Draisaitl	C	0	0	-2	0	4	1	17:51	0.45	12-7	0.34-0.29
33	Matt Benning	D	0	0	-2	0	1	3	22:44	0.09	18-17	0.36-0.25
44	Zack Kassian	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	09:41		5-7	0.33-0.17
77	Patrick Maroon	L	0	0	-2	2	3	4	16:18	0.24	13-9	0.33-0.29
93	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	0	0	-2	0	2	1	18:57	0.14	10-9	0.33-0.29
97	Connor McDavid	C	0	0	-2	0	3	0	22:13	0.26	17-21	0.34-0.95

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
93	Laurent Brossoit	L	30	28	2	58:03	2.24	+0.24

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel	9:32	56.0	51.1	1-0
Benoit Pouliot · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart	9:05	56.3	71.7	0-0
Kyle Okposo · Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan	8:47	60.0	66.6	1-0
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Kyle Criscuolo	7:53	60.0	60.5	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen	15:09	45.7	63.6	1-0
Jake McCabe · Victor Antipin	12:32	41.2	40.2	0-0
Justin Falk · Nathan Beaulieu	9:25	81.8	83.2	1-0

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	Kyle Okposo	R	1	1	2	2	2	3	1	17:39	0.36	8-13	0.22-0.27
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	2	2	2	0	5	3	27:32	0.09	25-26	1.12-0.58
91	Evander Kane	L	0	2	2	2	0	6	0	16:09	0.70	16-16	0.84-0.57
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	17:10	0.12	17-14	0.87-0.56
10	Jacob Josefson	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	14:05	0.15	9-15	0.59-0.36
71	Jordan Nolan	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	10:42	0.01	6-7	0.13-0.15
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	22:42	0.05	21-26	0.99-0.57
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:04	0.26	12-11	0.26-0.25
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	14:13		6-10	0.30-0.39
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	20:27	0.02	9-17	0.22-0.50
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	12:04	0.02	9-5	0.28-0.07
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	10:40	0.25	8-5	0.30-0.20
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	12:20	0.01	14-12	0.45-0.44
41	Kyle Criscuolo	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	09:59		7-9	0.32-0.23
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18:41	0.01	11-10	0.31-0.37
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:21	0.07	11-12	0.32-0.14
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	21:37	0.02	13-16	0.28-0.30
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:35	0.03	8-11	0.29-0.47

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	W	30	29	1	60:00	2.55	+1.55