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Buffalo Sabres at Chicago Blackhawks

Dec 8, 2017 · United Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 28
Chicago Blackhawks 3 51

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
19:42 BUF Jason Pominville (8) PP Jack Eichel (15), Evander Kane (13) 1 - 0
2nd Period
08:30 CHI Alex DeBrincat (12) PP Patrick Sharp (5), Gustav Forsling (7) 1 - 1
11:00 BUF Kyle Okposo (4) Scott Wilson (1), Evan Rodrigues (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
16:38 CHI Tommy Wingels (3) SH Gustav Forsling (8), Jan Rutta (10) 2 - 2
Overtime
04:55 CHI Gustav Forsling (3) Brandon Saad (5), Jonathan Toews (12) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:11 CHI Jan Rutta Tripping 2
03:05 BUF Evan Rodrigues Tripping 2
15:54 BUF Evan Rodrigues Tripping 2
19:27 CHI Tommy Wingels Holding 2
2nd Period
06:43 BUF Victor Antipin Holding 2
3rd Period
06:00 BUF Johan Larsson Cross checking 2
15:25 CHI Brent Seabrook Interference 2
Overtime
01:31 CHI Gustav Forsling Ps holding on breakaway 0

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 41 36 28 2 2.0 29.2
Chicago Blackhawks 95 64 51 3 4.4 70.8

How the game went

01020304050Start2nd3rdOTChicago Blackhawks 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 Chicago Blackhawks had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 2 scored · Chicago Blackhawks: 4.4 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 19:42 of 1st, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 11:00 of 2nd, a 5% chanceCHI goal, 8:30 of 2nd, a 5% chanceCHI goal, 16:38 of 3rd, a 11% chanceCHI goal, 4:55 of overtime, a 3% chanceCHI 4.4BUF 2.0

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
Chicago Blackhawks

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
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel11:3445.840.00-0
Kyle Okposo · Scott Wilson · Evan Rodrigues8:328.323.11-0
Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson · Sam Reinhart8:2029.424.90-0
Benoit Pouliot · Ryan O'Reilly · Hudson Fasching8:1838.539.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen19:3529.521.70-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe13:1020.820.90-0
Justin Falk · Victor Antipin5:0822.228.70-0

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
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 15:08 0.12 1-20 0.05-1.06
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 13:45 0.34 12-13 0.44-0.53
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 -2 0 6 2 23:13 0.58 14-21 0.47-1.01
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 14:13 0.12 1-16 0.05-0.71
20 Scott Wilson C 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:05 2-21 0.06-0.92
91 Evander Kane L 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 21:07 0.16 14-19 0.54-0.94
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 28:08 0.11 14-33 0.57-1.95
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:44 0.05 7-14 0.16-0.28
20 Hudson Fasching R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:20 0.01 6-15 0.27-0.48
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 13:24 0.01 8-19 0.18-1.16
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 21:55 0.07 8-25 0.28-0.63
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:13 0.01 9-22 0.20-0.61
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13:01 0.01 6-10 0.22-0.39
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 31:44 0.08 16-34 0.59-1.79
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:02 0.20 6-13 0.22-0.50
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:01 0.02 6-14 0.15-0.26
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:14 0.11 7-19 0.31-0.54
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 07:44 0.01 3-12 0.08-0.21
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner OTL 51 48 3 64:52 4.46 +1.46

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Artem Anisimov · Patrick Kane · Nick Schmaltz12:3575.048.30-1
Jonathan Toews · Brandon Saad · Alex DeBrincat11:0476.570.10-0
Patrick Sharp · Richard Panik · Vinnie Hinostroza9:5560.071.00-0
Lance Bouma · Tommy Wingels · John Hayden4:5563.676.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Gustav Forsling · Jan Rutta10:3193.393.40-1
Duncan Keith · Cody Franson7:1761.548.50-0
Brent Seabrook · Connor Murphy6:5147.459.80-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
42 Gustav Forsling D 1 2 3 1 0 5 2 22:04 0.28 22-3 0.86-0.15
57 Tommy Wingels C 1 0 1 1 2 5 2 07:35 0.63 12-6 0.74-0.03
93 Alex DeBrincat R 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 16:50 0.18 18-5 0.53-0.21
10 Patrick Sharp L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:41 0.34 26-10 1.62-0.31
19 Jonathan Toews C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 22:45 0.39 25-6 1.03-0.30
20 Brandon Saad L 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 18:53 0.50 14-4 0.49-0.20
84 Jan Rutta D 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 20:10 0.12 33-6 1.58-0.19
2 Duncan Keith D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 29:21 0.14 26-12 1.14-0.44
5 Connor Murphy D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 19:15 0.02 23-15 0.86-0.55
7 Brent Seabrook D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21:45 0.03 21-16 0.87-0.47
8 Nick Schmaltz C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:37 0.29 19-7 0.41-0.36
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 08:48 0.05 10-5 0.26-0.16
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:00 7-4 0.09-0.03
16 Richard Panik R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:36 0.16 23-13 0.94-0.38
17 Lance Bouma L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:31 0.03 10-6 0.63-0.03
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12:02 0.46 17-11 0.76-0.38
51 Artem Anisimov C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:20 0.49 16-5 0.58-0.26
88 Patrick Kane R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 23:17 0.24 18-6 0.58-0.41
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
50 Corey Crawford W 28 26 2 64:55 2.05 +0.05