Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 19, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Boston Bruins	3	33
Buffalo Sabres	0	36

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
10:14	BOS	Jake DeBrusk (8)	Charlie McAvoy (14), Ryan Spooner (7)	1 - 0
3rd Period
18:09	BOS	Tim Schaller (4)	Unassisted	2 - 0
19:29	BOS	David Backes (4)	Riley Nash (10), Danton Heinen (14)	3 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:48	BOS	Kevan Miller	Fighting	5
04:48	BUF	Zach Bogosian	Fighting	5
08:30	BOS	Patrice Bergeron	Slashing	2
2nd Period
03:33	BUF	Evan Rodrigues	High sticking	2
3rd Period
04:32	BUF	Evander Kane	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins	65	48	33	3	3.6	50.5
Buffalo Sabres	63	49	36	0	2.1	49.5

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 Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.6 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 0 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

Boston Bruins

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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak	13:32	53.1	39.4	0-0
Sean Kuraly · Tim Schaller · Noel Acciari	12:03	37.5	32.4	0-0
David Backes · Riley Nash · Danton Heinen	11:32	71.4	68.4	0-0
Ryan Spooner · Anders Bjork · Jake DeBrusk	8:00	41.7	43.4	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zdeno Chara · Charlie McAvoy	17:13	63.3	62.1	0-0
Torey Krug · Brandon Carlo	13:51	35.5	50.7	0-0
Kevan Miller · Matt Grzelcyk	11:41	55.0	37.4	0-0

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
21	David Backes	R	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	15:23	0.13	16-7	0.67-0.30
59	Tim Schaller	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	15:41	0.08	9-12	0.22-0.30
74	Jake DeBrusk	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	10:26	0.02	10-16	0.28-0.38
15	Ryan Spooner	C	0	1	1	1	0	5	0	11:15	0.27	12-15	0.34-0.38
18	Riley Nash	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	16:34	0.48	16-9	0.68-0.34
58	Danton Heinen	L	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	16:12	0.17	16-7	0.67-0.39
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	24:17	0.16	24-15	0.78-0.71
24	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	15:11	0.01	16-14	0.29-0.65
24	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	10:09	0.03	10-17	0.28-0.39
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19:09		13-25	0.35-0.39
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	24:00	0.06	23-15	0.87-0.58
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	17:39	0.06	19-16	0.37-0.51
47	Torey Krug	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	18:52	0.06	14-23	0.36-0.37
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	14:26	0.01	6-12	0.13-0.37
52	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	16:24	0.04	8-12	0.20-0.38
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:14	0.14	18-17	0.36-0.52
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	15:55	0.02	16-12	0.39-0.50
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18:15	0.17	19-16	0.37-0.52

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Anton Khudobin	W, SO	36	36	0	59:58	2.18	+2.18

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel	13:57	37.5	30.6	0-1
Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly	13:09	44.8	27.8	0-0
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Evan Rodrigues	3:57	80.0	62.8	0-0
Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan · Sam Reinhart	3:22	40.0	75.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen	17:20	50.0	52.1	0-1
Jake McCabe · Victor Antipin	14:51	50.0	57.5	0-0
Zach Bogosian · Nathan Beaulieu	13:18	48.1	47.9	0-0

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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
6	Marco Scandella	D	-1	0	3	0	21:37	0.20	23-21	0.54-0.46
8	Kyle Okposo	R	-2	0	2	2	18:29	0.14	16-16	0.11-0.25
9	Jack Eichel	C	-3	0	4	0	20:12	0.17	13-18	0.46-0.81
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	1	11:06	0.09	9-13	0.34-0.30
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	1	1	11:05	0.07	13-11	0.52-0.16
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	2	3	1	12:49	0.13	9-8	0.32-0.28
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	1	1	12:06	0.16	15-7	0.58-0.17
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	2	6	21:49	0.04	16-17	0.67-0.66
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	5	3	2	17:45	0.06	14-19	0.37-0.65
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	1	1	15:14	0.04	15-15	0.48-0.41
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	3	2	10:25	0.29	13-4	0.52-0.16
29	Jason Pominville	R	-3	0	1	0	17:30	0.03	12-16	0.45-0.80
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	-3	0	4	1	24:34	0.06	23-22	0.56-0.46
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	15:44	0.09	17-16	0.23-0.25
71	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	1	3	12:32	0.10	13-11	0.67-0.18
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	-2	0	3	0	19:37	0.13	14-20	0.10-0.34
91	Evander Kane	L	-3	2	4	4	19:48	0.32	12-19	0.49-0.87
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	0	15:12	0.01	13-12	0.57-0.42

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	L	31	30	1	58:26	1.96	+0.96