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Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 22, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Philadelphia Flyers 2 35
Buffalo Sabres 4 37

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
3rd Period
03:59 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (9) Evander Kane (18) 0 - 1
11:08 BUF Evander Kane (15) Josh Gorges (2), Kyle Okposo (10) 0 - 2
17:50 PHI Michael Raffl (6) PP Claude Giroux (27), Jakub Voracek (35) 1 - 2
18:53 BUF Jack Eichel (12) Marco Scandella (8), Ryan O'Reilly (14) 1 - 3
19:28 PHI Shayne Gostisbehere (7) Claude Giroux (28), Jakub Voracek (36) 2 - 3
19:59 BUF Jack Eichel (13) Marco Scandella (9) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:01 PHI Robert Hagg Holding 2
2nd Period
04:30 BUF Evander Kane Hooking 2
08:39 BUF Sam Reinhart Holding 2
3rd Period
04:41 BUF Sam Reinhart Holding 2
06:01 BUF Jake McCabe Delaying game puck over glass 2
08:10 PHI Scott Laughton High sticking 2
16:02 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Closing hand on puck 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Philadelphia Flyers 58 44 35 2 2.0 45.3
Buffalo Sabres 58 48 37 4 3.7 54.7

How the game went

20246810Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadPhiladelphia Flyers 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 Philadelphia Flyers had.

Expected goals

Philadelphia Flyers: 2.0 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.7 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPHI goal, 17:50 of 3rd, a 9% chancePHI goal, 19:28 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 3:59 of 3rd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 11:08 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 18:53 of 3rd, a 52% chanceBUF goal, 19:59 of 3rd, a 40% chanceBUF 3.7PHI 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

Philadelphia Flyers
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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Claude Giroux · Wayne Simmonds · Sean Couturier10:5045.040.00-1
Valtteri Filppula · Jakub Voracek · Michael Raffl10:0310.59.00-0
Dale Weise · Jordan Weal · Nolan Patrick7:5558.865.60-0
Jori Lehtera · Scott Laughton · Travis Konecny5:5363.645.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrew MacDonald · Ivan Provorov13:1234.524.10-0
Shayne Gostisbehere · Robert Hagg12:2440.033.20-1
Radko Gudas · Travis Sanheim11:2858.871.50-1

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
28 Claude Giroux R 0 2 2 -2 0 3 0 22:17 0.09 13-12 0.53-0.55
93 Jakub Voracek R 0 2 2 -1 0 1 2 21:33 0.20 7-19 0.29-1.05
4 Shayne Gostisbehere D 1 0 1 -2 0 5 0 22:45 0.20 14-17 0.27-0.57
18 Michael Raffl L 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 15:03 0.21 7-18 0.19-1.05
6 Radko Gudas D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:54 0.03 11-10 0.40-0.34
6 Travis Sanheim D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:53 0.23 13-9 0.42-0.24
9 Ivan Provorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:08 0.03 16-20 0.48-1.27
11 Travis Konecny R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:04 0.08 9-8 0.25-0.43
14 Sean Couturier C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 24:00 0.17 14-14 0.53-0.57
15 Jori Lehtera C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:51 0.02 7-4 0.18-0.22
18 Robert Hagg D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 15:54 0.01 12-19 0.37-0.68
21 Scott Laughton C 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 08:49 0.09 9-8 0.23-0.33
22 Dale Weise R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:05 0.02 11-8 0.29-0.15
24 Wayne Simmonds R 0 0 0 -3 0 5 2 21:51 0.44 14-14 0.43-0.67
41 Nolan Patrick C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:16 0.05 11-8 0.30-0.24
43 Jordan Weal C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:20 0.15 11-11 0.30-0.25
47 Andrew MacDonald D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:33 11-19 0.53-1.26
51 Valtteri Filppula C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:16 5-17 0.17-1.03
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Brian Elliott L 35 33 2 57:28 2.82 +0.82

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane12:4062.576.72-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel12:0866.763.60-0
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Jacob Josefson6:4444.437.90-0
Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson · Scott Wilson5:4957.159.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen18:3645.952.31-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe14:4171.483.70-0
Josh Gorges · Nathan Beaulieu8:0641.742.21-0

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
9 Jack Eichel C 2 0 2 2 0 5 1 18:10 0.25 16-10 0.51-0.32
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 1 2 4 0 3 0 18:29 0.24 18-9 1.22-0.35
91 Evander Kane L 1 1 2 1 2 7 2 16:51 0.87 17-10 1.24-0.35
6 Marco Scandella D 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 29:10 0.07 17-22 0.63-0.63
4 Josh Gorges D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 11:44 6-8 0.27-0.34
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:50 0.18 17-11 1.16-0.39
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:11 0.01 9-15 0.34-0.47
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 15:20 0.26 16-7 0.55-0.25
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:12 0.08 4-4 0.11-0.07
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 15:38 0.08 6-10 0.21-0.15
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 17:53 20-11 1.26-0.30
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:36 0.05 25-10 1.30-0.30
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:40 0.02 9-7 0.27-0.34
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 17:04 0.14 16-9 0.48-0.28
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 11:31 0.24 10-15 0.35-0.47
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 28:06 17-21 0.63-0.59
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:25 0.24 8-12 0.25-0.47
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:22 0.02 4-4 0.11-0.09
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner W 35 33 2 60:00 2.05 +0.05