Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers

Dec 14, 2017 · Wells Fargo Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	20
Philadelphia Flyers	2	27

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
01:29	BUF	Ryan O'Reilly (8)	Zemgus Girgensons (3)	1 - 0
04:02	PHI	Travis Sanheim (1)	Dale Weise (2), Jordan Weal (6)	1 - 1
2nd Period
17:27	PHI	Valtteri Filppula (8)	Jakub Voracek (31), Michael Raffl (4)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
11:15	BUF	Kyle Okposo	Tripping	2
2nd Period
01:06	BUF	Evan Rodrigues	Tripping	2
19:46	PHI	Valtteri Filppula	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	48	29	20	1	1.7	47.7
Philadelphia Flyers	55	43	27	2	2.1	52.3

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 Philadelphia Flyers had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 1 scored · Philadelphia Flyers: 2.1 expected, 2 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

Philadelphia Flyers

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
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Zemgus Girgensons	11:59	57.1	68.1	1-0
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Jack Eichel	11:53	40.0	30.4	0-0
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues	11:06	57.9	34.0	0-2
Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson · Scott Wilson	8:14	45.5	77.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen	18:49	45.5	36.3	0-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe	17:48	48.6	43.7	0-1
Josh Gorges · Justin Falk	10:57	38.5	48.7	1-1

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	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	17:54	0.31	14-11	0.50-0.28
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	7	15:09	0.08	15-10	0.80-0.23
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12:54		5-8	0.17-0.18
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	23:10	0.30	18-19	0.62-0.60
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	17:00	0.21	16-13	0.80-0.47
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20:10	0.10	8-19	0.16-0.42
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	14:04		13-12	0.32-0.65
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	14:36	0.04	11-10	0.31-0.83
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	09:15		6-8	0.17-0.10
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12:08	0.08	9-7	0.48-0.05
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	21:02		17-18	0.60-0.77
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	22:01	0.03	19-20	0.65-0.84
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:50	0.03	8-12	0.16-0.36
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14:57		9-9	0.48-0.20
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	23:04	0.07	16-18	0.37-0.56
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:31	0.03	8-15	0.16-0.41
71	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:38	0.09	5-8	0.17-0.09
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	18:39	0.38	13-13	0.32-0.84

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	L	27	25	2	57:58	2.13	+0.13

Philadelphia Flyers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Claude Giroux · Wayne Simmonds · Sean Couturier	13:19	71.4	47.3	0-0
Valtteri Filppula · Jakub Voracek · Michael Raffl	12:29	42.3	47.5	1-1
Scott Laughton · Taylor Leier · Travis Konecny	8:26	57.1	56.1	0-0
Dale Weise · Jordan Weal · Nolan Patrick	8:06	66.7	75.4	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Andrew MacDonald · Ivan Provorov	20:43	50.0	54.8	0-0
Shayne Gostisbehere · Robert Hagg	12:58	50.0	56.9	1-0
Radko Gudas · Travis Sanheim	12:48	71.4	46.7	1-1

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
6	Travis Sanheim	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	14:23	0.13	15-10	0.34-0.49
51	Valtteri Filppula	C	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	17:35	0.14	12-17	0.69-0.71
18	Michael Raffl	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	14:29	0.36	11-15	0.65-0.71
22	Dale Weise	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	11:42	0.04	8-7	0.36-0.19
43	Jordan Weal	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	11:34	0.19	8-6	0.36-0.14
93	Jakub Voracek	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	18:30	0.13	13-21	0.66-0.73
4	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	15:56	0.16	15-14	0.65-0.46
6	Radko Gudas	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:02	0.02	18-9	0.39-0.40
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	27:55	0.15	15-20	0.58-0.58
11	Travis Konecny	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11:41	0.02	8-7	0.23-0.20
14	Sean Couturier	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:46	0.05	17-6	0.34-0.32
18	Robert Hagg	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	17:15	0.04	14-16	0.61-0.48
20	Taylor Leier	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13:21	0.15	9-13	0.23-0.27
21	Scott Laughton	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	12:28	0.02	9-13	0.23-0.27
24	Wayne Simmonds	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	19:18	0.34	17-7	0.33-0.33
28	Claude Giroux	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:31	0.10	17-8	0.29-0.32
41	Nolan Patrick	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12:08		9-6	0.36-0.14
47	Andrew MacDonald	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	24:26	0.02	15-15	0.58-0.48

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Brian Elliott	W	20	19	1	60:00	1.78	+0.78