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Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Jan 4, 2018 · Xcel Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 31
Minnesota Wild 6 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:09 MIN Nino Niederreiter (11) Mikael Granlund (17), Mikko Koivu (14) 0 - 1
02:15 MIN Daniel Winnik (4) Nate Prosser (3), Marcus Foligno (8) 0 - 2
13:53 MIN Nino Niederreiter (12) PP Charlie Coyle (13), Jared Spurgeon (17) 0 - 3
2nd Period
04:02 MIN Nino Niederreiter (13) Mikael Granlund (18), Mikko Koivu (15) 0 - 4
13:07 MIN Mikko Koivu (6) Mikael Granlund (19), Jonas Brodin (5) 0 - 5
19:15 MIN Charlie Coyle (4) Zach Parise (1), Joel Eriksson Ek (5) 0 - 6
3rd Period
01:54 BUF Sam Reinhart (7) Zach Bogosian (1), Jake McCabe (9) 1 - 6
18:59 BUF Evander Kane (16) Marco Scandella (11), Jason Pominville (9) 2 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:16 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Interference 5
10:16 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Game misconduct 10
15:52 BUF Sam Reinhart High sticking 2
2nd Period
06:54 MIN Mikael Granlund Holding 2
3rd Period
07:08 MIN Gustav Olofsson Hooking 2
11:06 MIN Jason Zucker Interference goalkeeper 2
13:34 MIN Marcus Foligno Misconduct 10
13:34 BUF Jordan Nolan Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 48 40 31 2 2.3 51.9
Minnesota Wild 52 39 27 6 2.7 48.1

How the game went

1086420246Start2nd3rdMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 2 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.7 expected, 6 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 1:54 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 18:59 of 3rd, a 15% chanceMIN goal, 1:09 of 1st, a 13% chanceMIN goal, 2:15 of 1st, a 7% chanceMIN goal, 13:53 of 1st, a 14% chanceMIN goal, 4:02 of 2nd, a 7% chanceMIN goal, 13:07 of 2nd, a 7% chanceMIN goal, 19:15 of 2nd, a 33% chanceMIN 2.7BUF 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
Minnesota Wild

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
Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson9:1233.371.90-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel8:0763.241.00-2
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane7:0054.540.80-1
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Evan Rodrigues5:1776.985.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Nathan Beaulieu8:2250.071.40-1
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe8:1550.046.51-0
Justin Falk · Nathan Beaulieu5:1444.435.30-1

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 -1 2 3 0 16:17 0.23 16-12 0.74-0.94
91 Evander Kane L 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:45 0.35 12-13 0.50-0.55
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 24:06 0.14 20-12 0.95-0.67
22 Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 20:38 0.05 14-14 0.90-0.79
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 25:32 0.14 16-17 0.71-0.70
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:57 0.04 15-7 0.86-0.28
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:45 0.06 8-11 0.17-0.58
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 18:41 0.29 17-15 0.87-1.14
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:07 4-7 0.14-0.08
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:13 0.37 12-10 0.63-0.46
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 15:00 0.14 4-8 0.14-0.15
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:24 0.01 14-17 0.64-0.76
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:57 0.06 16-10 0.65-0.88
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 4 19:55 12-17 0.38-0.88
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 15 3 0 05:43 0.09 8-1 0.26-0.13
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:18 0.17 11-11 0.64-0.42
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 -1 10 0 1 09:46 2-6 0.13-0.14
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:56 0.14 9-7 0.28-0.30
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 17 11 6 40:00 1.97 -4.03
1 Chad Johnson 10 10 0 20:00 0.77 +0.77

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Parise · Charlie Coyle · Joel Eriksson Ek9:1431.837.71-0
Eric Staal · Tyler Ennis · Jason Zucker9:0347.155.60-1
Matt Cullen · Daniel Winnik · Marcus Foligno8:4236.438.91-0
Mikko Koivu · Mikael Granlund · Nino Niederreiter8:0560.080.03-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jonas Brodin · Mathew Dumba15:5841.452.63-1
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon14:5751.960.21-1
Nate Prosser · Gustav Olofsson14:2459.147.21-0

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
62 Nino Niederreiter R 3 0 3 3 0 4 0 12:03 0.66 9-5 0.58-0.20
9 Mikko Koivu C 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 11:23 0.10 7-4 0.48-0.12
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 12:46 9-6 0.58-0.21
3 Charlie Coyle C 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 15:41 0.53 15-16 0.72-0.83
26 Daniel Winnik L 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:55 0.07 5-8 0.16-0.25
9 Zach Parise L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:30 0.20 9-19 0.50-1.10
14 Joel Eriksson Ek C 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 15:07 0.09 9-16 0.48-0.88
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 1 10 0 2 11:15 7-7 0.18-0.25
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 22:26 0.02 12-17 0.82-0.74
39 Nate Prosser D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:56 0.03 13-12 0.59-0.81
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21:21 0.02 14-16 0.56-0.52
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:30 0.07 7-9 0.30-0.38
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:53 0.27 14-13 0.71-0.59
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 16:43 0.03 12-13 0.56-0.59
22 Ryan Suter D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:34 14-13 0.56-0.37
23 Gustav Olofsson D 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 16:09 13-9 0.59-0.66
24 Mathew Dumba D 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 22:04 0.12 12-17 0.82-0.74
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:44 0.47 14-10 0.67-0.36
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Devan Dubnyk 31 29 2 60:00 2.33 +0.33