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Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes

Dec 23, 2017 · PNC Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 22
Carolina Hurricanes 4 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:33 CAR Sebastian Aho (8) Brett Pesce (6), Teuvo Teravainen (18) 0 - 1
2nd Period
01:53 CAR Jordan Staal (10) PP Elias Lindholm (10), Teuvo Teravainen (19) 0 - 2
02:44 BUF Nathan Beaulieu (1) Johan Larsson (5), Jack Eichel (18) 1 - 2
04:35 CAR Justin Faulk (2) Sebastian Aho (17), Teuvo Teravainen (20) 1 - 3
11:16 CAR Justin Faulk (3) Jaccob Slavin (6), Jeff Skinner (14) 1 - 4
13:41 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (2) Jack Eichel (19) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
15:18 CAR Phillip Di Giuseppe Hooking 2
2nd Period
00:06 BUF Evander Kane High sticking 2
00:29 BUF Johan Larsson Tripping 2
05:59 CAR Marcus Kruger Holding 2
3rd Period
11:24 BUF Zach Bogosian Tripping 2
16:19 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 35 27 22 2 2.3 33.7
Carolina Hurricanes 71 58 38 4 4.7 66.3

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdCarolina Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 2 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 4.7 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 2:44 of 2nd, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 13:41 of 2nd, a 14% chanceCAR goal, 0:33 of 1st, a 20% chanceCAR goal, 1:53 of 2nd, a 17% chanceCAR goal, 4:35 of 2nd, a 11% chanceCAR goal, 11:16 of 2nd, a 4% chanceCAR 4.7BUF 2.3

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
Carolina Hurricanes

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
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel12:4252.441.51-0
Kyle Okposo · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson7:236.30.00-2
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Jacob Josefson6:0318.217.10-0
Jordan Nolan · Scott Wilson · Evan Rodrigues4:580.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen16:5133.333.90-1
Nathan Beaulieu · Jake McCabe9:1540.044.31-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe7:3918.814.90-1

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
9 Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 20:56 0.04 13-12 0.85-1.02
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 19:08 0.18 12-12 0.80-0.66
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 17:33 0.22 13-14 0.85-1.10
22 Johan Larsson L 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 16:04 0.07 6-21 0.36-1.02
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:45 0.04 4-10 0.07-0.27
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 22:29 10-22 0.45-0.92
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 14:32 0.59 4-21 0.24-0.95
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:22 0.23 8-15 0.44-0.63
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:22 0.47 12-12 0.68-1.01
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:18 0.12 2-8 0.01-0.32
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:32 4-5 0.09-0.25
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:42 10-22 0.74-1.82
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:13 0.08 8-22 0.45-1.39
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:41 0.01 6-17 0.29-0.79
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 25:48 0.01 12-23 0.45-0.88
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:28 4-11 0.12-0.57
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:10 7-8 0.33-0.30
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 18:32 0.22 5-20 0.19-0.96
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson L 38 34 4 58:45 4.47 +0.47

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Staal · Teuvo Teravainen · Sebastian Aho11:5678.384.12-0
Justin Williams · Brock McGinn · Derek Ryan11:1184.681.50-0
Jeff Skinner · Victor Rask · Elias Lindholm9:4759.156.20-1
Marcus Kruger · Joakim Nordstrom · Phillip Di Giuseppe7:2753.866.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jaccob Slavin · Brett Pesce14:2460.964.01-1
Justin Faulk · Klas Dahlbeck12:2971.074.91-1
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Noah Hanifin11:3772.776.80-0

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
86 Teuvo Teravainen C 0 3 3 2 0 4 0 16:42 0.39 20-5 0.99-0.18
72 Justin Faulk D 2 0 2 1 0 7 2 22:13 0.37 29-12 1.36-0.48
20 Sebastian Aho C 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 18:57 0.47 21-5 0.99-0.18
11 Jordan Staal C 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 19:55 0.17 19-5 0.94-0.18
22 Brett Pesce D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 19:27 0.03 16-9 1.24-0.64
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:33 0.16 17-9 0.66-0.48
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 15:56 0.41 15-13 0.62-0.75
74 Jaccob Slavin D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 22:36 0.02 20-10 1.18-0.66
6 Klas Dahlbeck D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:47 0.06 25-13 1.28-0.67
10 Derek Ryan C 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 16:42 0.81 12-3 0.79-0.29
14 Justin Williams R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:17 0.29 11-7 0.79-0.45
15 Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:52 0.08 11-5 0.54-0.16
16 Marcus Kruger C 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 09:53 9-7 0.57-0.27
20 Joakim Nordstrom C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10:42 0.10 8-6 0.57-0.27
26 Brock McGinn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:01 0.14 11-4 0.79-0.29
34 Phillip Di Giuseppe L 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 09:50 0.38 7-7 0.53-0.38
49 Victor Rask C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 15:48 0.40 15-13 0.67-0.75
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:51 0.04 9-7 0.34-0.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Cam Ward W 22 20 2 59:58 2.32 +0.32