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Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Dec 27, 2017 · Barclays Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 37
New York Islanders 3 34

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
03:41 NYI Jason Chimera (2) Cal Clutterbuck (7), Casey Cizikas (6) 0 - 1
09:43 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (3) Jack Eichel (20), Marco Scandella (10) 1 - 1
3rd Period
11:33 BUF Kyle Okposo (6) Evander Kane (19) 2 - 1
18:51 NYI Josh Bailey (11) John Tavares (26) 2 - 2
Overtime
01:08 NYI Mathew Barzal (13) Josh Bailey (37), John Tavares (27) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:09 BUF Justin Falk Tripping 2
10:51 NYI Cal Clutterbuck Tripping 2
19:00 NYI Jordan Eberle Holding 2
2nd Period
13:00 BUF Marco Scandella Slashing 2
18:02 NYI Andrew Ladd High sticking 2
3rd Period
02:40 NYI Dennis Seidenberg Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 62 47 37 2 2.8 51.7
New York Islanders 57 45 34 3 2.5 48.3

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdOTNew York Islanders 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 New York Islanders had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 2 scored · New York Islanders: 2.5 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 9:43 of 2nd, a 26% chanceBUF goal, 11:33 of 3rd, a 18% chanceNYI goal, 3:41 of 2nd, a 21% chanceNYI goal, 18:51 of 3rd, a 12% chanceNYI goal, 1:08 of overtime, a 11% chanceBUF 2.8NYI 2.5

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

Buffalo Sabres
New York Islanders

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 Eichel11:4352.459.61-0
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane10:2842.148.61-1
Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson9:0283.383.40-0
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Evan Rodrigues8:1661.154.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen17:0851.451.31-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe15:3146.260.70-0
Justin Falk · Nathan Beaulieu10:4870.662.01-1

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
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:01 0.30 9-12 0.43-0.48
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 14:14 0.39 13-13 0.67-0.49
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 23:45 0.05 20-22 0.76-0.85
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:03 0.19 13-12 0.67-0.54
91 Evander Kane L 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 19:13 0.58 11-18 0.52-0.65
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:44 0.14 10-3 0.35-0.07
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:07 0.18 12-16 0.68-0.56
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:39 0.23 14-10 0.32-0.37
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:59 0.06 10-3 0.35-0.08
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:24 0.03 13-15 0.40-0.27
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:04 0.03 12-15 0.40-0.28
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:18 0.07 14-7 0.65-0.51
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:57 13-10 0.29-0.37
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:28 0.10 12-6 0.62-0.38
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 27:12 0.07 19-20 0.74-0.71
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:23 0.13 11-8 0.25-0.28
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 10:48 0.14 10-3 0.35-0.08
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 21:16 0.10 9-17 0.48-0.51
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner OTL 34 31 3 60:57 2.54 -0.46

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrew Ladd · Jordan Eberle · Mathew Barzal11:5843.850.40-0
Josh Bailey · John Tavares · Anders Lee11:3351.946.60-0
Jason Chimera · Cal Clutterbuck · Casey Cizikas7:4450.046.51-1
Brock Nelson · Shane Prince · Anthony Beauvillier6:1345.539.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Johnny Boychuk · Nick Leddy16:0055.041.90-1
Dennis Seidenberg · Thomas Hickey13:4540.748.30-0
Scott Mayfield · Adam Pelech12:1947.858.01-0

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
12 Josh Bailey R 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 21:47 0.43 19-15 0.68-0.62
91 John Tavares C 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 21:40 0.40 16-15 0.60-0.55
13 Mathew Barzal C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:51 0.24 13-12 0.43-0.38
20 Jason Chimera L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 08:55 0.21 7-8 0.37-0.45
15 Cal Clutterbuck R 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 11:39 0.15 7-9 0.37-0.45
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 13:52 0.21 7-11 0.37-0.69
3 Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 17:03 0.08 13-14 0.45-0.40
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 6 18:44 0.03 14-19 0.49-0.73
4 Nick Leddy D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:25 0.04 18-10 0.60-0.57
7 Jordan Eberle R 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:49 0.16 10-13 0.29-0.50
11 Brock Nelson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:06 8-6 0.16-0.14
11 Shane Prince L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:17 0.08 7-9 0.16-0.22
16 Andrew Ladd L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 18:28 0.10 10-11 0.37-0.43
24 Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:44 0.04 14-16 0.58-0.64
42 Thomas Hickey D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:00 0.06 12-18 0.54-0.57
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24:57 0.02 13-13 0.35-0.64
72 Anders Lee L 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:12 0.15 16-16 0.52-0.62
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:06 0.08 6-10 0.16-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Jaroslav Halak W 37 35 2 60:57 2.84 +0.84