Buffalo Sabres at Vancouver Canucks

Jan 25, 2018 · Rogers Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	4	26
Vancouver Canucks	0	30

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:27	BUF	Sam Reinhart (10)	Scott Wilson (3), Victor Antipin (5)	1 - 0
2nd Period
12:49	BUF	Nick Baptiste (1)	Benoit Pouliot (4), Evan Rodrigues (5)	2 - 0
3rd Period
16:37	BUF	Kyle Okposo (9) PP	Marco Scandella (13), Rasmus Ristolainen (19)	3 - 0
17:40	BUF	Johan Larsson (3) SH	Unassisted	4 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:30	VAN	Thomas Vanek	Slashing	2
13:28	VAN	Alex Biega	Delaying game puck over glass	2
13:28	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons	Hooking	2
2nd Period
02:47	VAN	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
3rd Period
12:34	BUF	Victor Antipin	Tripping	2
15:44	VAN	Alexander Edler	Tripping	2
16:45	BUF	Evander Kane	Roughing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	45	36	26	4	2.6	48.7
Vancouver Canucks	54	39	30	0	2.1	51.3

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 Vancouver Canucks had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.6 expected, 4 scored · Vancouver Canucks: 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

Buffalo Sabres

Vancouver Canucks

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel	11:08	43.8	25.0	0-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Scott Wilson · Sam Reinhart	11:07	65.0	81.3	1-0
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson	10:31	58.8	64.2	0-0
Benoit Pouliot · Nick Baptiste · Evan Rodrigues	6:32	18.2	20.4	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen	17:47	46.2	76.0	1-0
Jake McCabe · Victor Antipin	15:16	55.2	55.7	1-0
Justin Falk · Casey Nelson	11:11	33.3	12.9	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

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	1	1	17:57	0.51	9-10	0.20-0.40
13	Nick Baptiste	R	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	09:18	0.10	2-13	0.10-0.43
13	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	16:31	0.29	15-9	0.45-0.13
22	Johan Larsson	L	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	15:34	0.13	12-10	0.42-0.32
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	3	24:21	0.04	12-15	0.43-0.15
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	10:07	0.01	5-11	0.16-0.40
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	15:21	0.12	14-8	0.45-0.11
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	26:12		15-16	0.47-0.23
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	10:06		3-11	0.13-0.49
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	18:09		18-14	0.59-0.48
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:23		7-11	0.13-0.56
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:43	0.07	7-10	0.13-0.40
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	22:15	0.03	18-14	0.62-0.55
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	15:46		9-10	0.18-0.42
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	13:53	0.03	11-10	0.37-0.34
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:31		6-10	0.08-0.54
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	17:45	0.18	14-9	0.44-0.12
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	17:42	0.40	13-9	0.44-0.21

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	W, SO	30	30	0	59:26	2.13	+2.13

Vancouver Canucks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sven Baertschi · Bo Horvat · Brock Boeser	4:30	75.0	67.1	0-0
Brandon Sutter · Markus Granlund · Sven Baertschi	4:21	25.0	48.4	0-0
Daniel Sedin · Henrik Sedin · Brock Boeser	4:13	83.3	100.0	0-0
Thomas Vanek · Loui Eriksson · Bo Horvat	4:08	22.2	29.3	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alexander Edler · Troy Stecher	15:40	43.5	51.6	0-1
Alex Biega · Ben Hutton	10:01	72.7	53.1	0-0
Michael Del Zotto · Chris Tanev	8:30	57.1	67.4	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

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
2	Alexander Edler	D	-2	2	0	0	23:21	0.06	12-15	0.41-0.47
6	Brock Boeser	R	-1	0	4	0	19:28	0.31	21-9	0.72-0.18
8	Chris Tanev	D	-1	0	2	0	16:58	0.02	12-15	0.24-0.51
14	Bo Horvat	C	-2	0	2	1	20:40	0.14	20-15	0.49-0.50
15	Michael Del Zotto	D	0	0	2	3	21:23	0.14	15-12	0.75-0.25
17	Ben Hutton	D	-1	0	2	0	14:50	0.04	13-10	0.11-0.43
18	Jake Virtanen	R	-1	0	0	2	09:13		4-7	0.02-0.32
20	Brandon Sutter	C	0	0	2	2	15:48	0.04	5-10	0.13-0.24
21	Loui Eriksson	L	-1	0	2	0	15:13	0.15	7-9	0.35-0.47
22	Daniel Sedin	L	-2	0	2	0	17:12	0.22	13-9	0.60-0.18
26	Thomas Vanek	L	-2	2	1	0	14:19	0.10	9-13	0.32-0.52
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	08:30		1-8	0.00-0.28
28	Troy Stecher	D	-1	0	0	2	20:34		11-13	0.42-0.37
33	Henrik Sedin	C	-2	0	1	0	16:13	0.00	11-7	0.60-0.19
33	Alex Biega	D	0	2	5	2	18:13	0.39	17-12	0.60-0.33
47	Sven Baertschi	L	0	0	1	0	15:43	0.29	16-11	0.33-0.18
60	Markus Granlund	C	0	0	2	0	15:40	0.11	7-10	0.17-0.22
89	Sam Gagner	C	0	0	2	3	11:14	0.06	6-5	0.05-0.18

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
25	Jacob Markstrom	L	25	22	3	58:35	1.96	-1.04