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New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 8, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
New York Islanders 3 29
Buffalo Sabres 4 22

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:41 BUF Jack Eichel (22) Sam Reinhart (14), Casey Nelson (2) 0 - 1
13:21 BUF Evan Rodrigues (3) Marco Scandella (14), Sam Reinhart (15) 0 - 2
2nd Period
07:18 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (16) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (20), Kyle Okposo (23) 0 - 3
13:06 NYI John Tavares (28) Brock Nelson (10), Thomas Hickey (10) 1 - 3
3rd Period
07:30 NYI Ross Johnston (2) Cal Clutterbuck (9) 2 - 3
14:33 NYI Anders Lee (28) PP Josh Bailey (45), Nick Leddy (24) 3 - 3
15:46 BUF Sam Reinhart (11) Evan Rodrigues (6), Jack Eichel (31) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
02:06 BUF Johan Larsson High sticking 2
06:49 NYI Sebastian Aho Hooking 2
10:50 NYI John Tavares High sticking 2
3rd Period
01:34 BUF Victor Antipin Hooking 2
13:32 BUF Jack Eichel Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders 49 42 29 3 2.5 57.4
Buffalo Sabres 40 31 22 4 2.2 42.6

How the game went

1210864202Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadNew York Islanders 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 New York Islanders had.

Expected goals

New York Islanders: 2.5 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.2 expected, 4 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndNYI goal, 13:06 of 2nd, a 36% chanceNYI goal, 7:30 of 3rd, a 10% chanceNYI goal, 14:33 of 3rd, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 7:41 of 1st, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 13:21 of 1st, a 23% chanceBUF goal, 7:18 of 2nd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 15:46 of 3rd, a 25% chanceNYI 2.5BUF 2.2

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

New York Islanders
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.

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Bailey · John Tavares · Anthony Beauvillier10:1147.635.20-2
Andrew Ladd · Cal Clutterbuck · Brock Nelson9:3161.544.80-0
Jordan Eberle · Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal8:2875.071.70-1
Jason Chimera · Casey Cizikas · Ross Johnston6:5533.343.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Thomas Hickey · Ryan Pulock18:5947.867.21-0
Nick Leddy · Sebastian Aho14:5276.954.10-0
Dennis Seidenberg · Adam Pelech13:0254.544.31-3

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
49 Ross Johnston L 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 08:26 0.10 3-4 0.22-0.16
72 Anders Lee L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 19:52 0.54 9-4 0.33-0.05
91 John Tavares C 1 0 1 -1 2 6 0 21:09 0.63 20-11 1.24-0.91
4 Nick Leddy D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 22:48 0.08 14-7 0.39-0.49
11 Brock Nelson C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:51 0.16 12-5 0.73-0.25
12 Josh Bailey R 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 20:53 0.38 17-14 0.76-0.92
15 Cal Clutterbuck R 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 13:18 0.13 10-6 0.30-0.27
42 Thomas Hickey D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20:03 0.08 13-12 1.02-0.43
3 Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 16:14 0.02 13-10 0.56-0.69
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:38 0.02 13-14 0.56-0.98
6 Ryan Pulock D 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 21:48 0.09 13-12 0.91-0.43
7 Jordan Eberle R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:10 0.08 8-5 0.20-0.25
13 Mathew Barzal C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:35 0.03 5-6 0.12-0.27
16 Andrew Ladd L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:02 0.02 12-7 0.68-0.45
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:45 2-5 0.13-0.18
25 Sebastian Aho D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:20 0.01 12-3 0.26-0.20
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 12:20 0.13 4-7 0.22-0.18
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 16:44 15-13 0.62-0.94
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Jaroslav Halak L 22 18 4 58:35 2.29 -1.71

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane13:3041.250.60-0
Jason Pominville · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons10:0944.447.90-0
Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel · Evan Rodrigues9:1169.280.03-1
Benoit Pouliot · Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan7:3160.087.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nathan Beaulieu · Rasmus Ristolainen16:4171.480.10-0
Marco Scandella · Casey Nelson15:2938.938.72-2
Josh Gorges · Victor Antipin10:5341.759.70-0

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 2 3 2 0 2 1 15:03 0.52 10-8 0.71-0.35
9 Jack Eichel C 1 1 2 1 2 5 3 17:41 0.18 11-9 0.71-0.81
17 Evan Rodrigues C 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 11:04 0.33 10-5 0.71-0.25
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 21:58 0.19 7-14 0.32-0.55
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 21:52 0.08 8-12 0.64-0.99
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19:38 0.04 7-12 0.32-0.39
8 Casey Nelson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21:47 8-21 0.62-1.38
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 27:37 0.05 17-16 0.64-0.50
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:57 5-11 0.36-0.35
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:14 0.23 3-4 0.19-0.04
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:58 0.10 8-14 0.39-0.58
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:02 0.05 15-6 0.59-0.15
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:46 0.17 9-14 0.39-0.63
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:18 0.09 8-13 0.39-0.92
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:04 3-5 0.19-0.15
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:40 4-4 0.19-0.05
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 17:48 0.22 7-15 0.32-0.82
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:32 5-12 0.36-0.31
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner W 29 26 3 60:00 2.53 -0.47