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Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 12, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Ottawa Senators 2 26
Buffalo Sabres 3 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
04:13 BUF Benoit Pouliot (8) Marco Scandella (7), Rasmus Ristolainen (8) 0 - 1
05:25 BUF Kyle Okposo (5) Ryan O'Reilly (13), Josh Gorges (1) 0 - 2
12:33 BUF Evander Kane (14) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (9), Jack Eichel (16) 0 - 3
3rd Period
06:43 OTT Cody Ceci (3) Mark Stone (12), Nate Thompson (5) 1 - 3
19:08 OTT Derick Brassard (7) Erik Karlsson (18), Mike Hoffman (13) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
17:10 OTT Mike Hoffman Slashing 2
2nd Period
07:38 BUF Benoit Pouliot Interference 2
08:40 BUF Johan Larsson High sticking 2
11:27 OTT Zack Smith Hooking 2
3rd Period
02:38 BUF Jordan Nolan Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Ottawa Senators 64 38 26 2 2.2 56.5
Buffalo Sabres 47 32 25 3 1.5 43.5

How the game went

201510505Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadOttawa Senators 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 Ottawa Senators had.

Expected goals

Ottawa Senators: 2.2 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.5 expected, 3 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndOTT goal, 6:43 of 3rd, a 17% chanceOTT goal, 19:08 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 4:13 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 5:25 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 12:33 of 2nd, a 9% chanceOTT 2.2BUF 1.5

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

Ottawa Senators
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.

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bobby Ryan · Matt Duchene · Mark Stone12:3157.148.10-0
Zack Smith · Mike Hoffman · Jean-Gabriel Pageau10:1864.072.80-1
Tom Pyatt · Derick Brassard · Ryan Dzingel5:4050.020.40-0
Alexandre Burrows · Derick Brassard · Ryan Dzingel3:5272.785.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Johnny Oduya · Erik Karlsson12:4457.959.80-1
Dion Phaneuf · Cody Ceci9:1864.775.20-1
Erik Karlsson · Fredrik Claesson6:0160.093.30-0

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

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
5 Cody Ceci D 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 22:16 0.25 26-14 0.77-0.27
61 Derick Brassard C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:02 0.10 15-12 0.57-0.39
44 Nate Thompson C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 08:07 5-6 0.26-0.18
61 Mark Stone R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 24:40 0.34 17-15 0.57-0.51
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 29:00 0.02 18-16 0.68-0.56
68 Mike Hoffman C 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 18:45 0.52 17-11 0.67-0.32
3 Dion Phaneuf D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:48 0.03 13-11 0.32-0.37
3 Fredrik Claesson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 15:34 0.15 19-16 0.57-0.47
5 Ben Harpur D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:19 15-14 0.52-0.57
10 Tom Pyatt L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:25 0.05 6-5 0.05-0.20
14 Alexandre Burrows R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:09 0.11 10-6 0.27-0.14
14 Ryan Dzingel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:17 0.04 13-12 0.38-0.43
15 Zack Smith C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 16:43 0.23 20-12 0.69-0.34
28 Gabriel Dumont C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:39 3-6 0.05-0.18
29 Johnny Oduya D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:09 0.04 13-9 0.42-0.30
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:38 0.15 20-12 0.69-0.32
54 Bobby Ryan R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:11 0.08 15-11 0.37-0.41
95 Matt Duchene C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22:13 0.07 15-12 0.34-0.39
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Mike Condon 25 22 3 57:59 1.50 -1.50

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Jack Eichel9:4947.160.41-1
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Zemgus Girgensons9:4522.726.91-0
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues9:1250.030.80-0
Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson · Scott Wilson7:2444.49.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe17:4062.158.20-0
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen15:5737.534.81-1
Josh Gorges · Justin Falk13:3329.635.91-0

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
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 2 2 -1 0 0 3 22:31 13-21 0.39-0.71
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:07 0.31 12-18 0.55-0.63
67 Benoit Pouliot L 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 16:16 0.07 14-10 0.59-0.30
91 Evander Kane L 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 16:35 0.09 11-13 0.18-0.31
4 Josh Gorges D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:40 8-20 0.31-0.55
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 20:39 0.01 13-21 0.43-0.71
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:33 0.02 11-14 0.52-0.48
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 19:19 0.17 13-21 0.46-0.68
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:19 0.03 11-12 0.18-0.34
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:09 0.08 8-9 0.13-0.29
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:38 6-10 0.10-0.35
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:30 0.10 8-9 0.16-0.24
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20:42 0.04 18-12 0.52-0.37
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:00 0.03 18-11 0.52-0.37
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 14:32 0.10 9-21 0.40-0.80
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:41 0.41 14-10 0.59-0.30
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:33 0.01 9-19 0.32-0.55
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 08:32 0.01 4-9 0.01-0.18
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 26 24 2 59:44 2.23 +0.23