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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Feb 10, 2018 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 28
Boston Bruins 2 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
07:42 BUF Evander Kane (17) Sam Reinhart (16) 1 - 0
12:44 BUF Scott Wilson (3) Nathan Beaulieu (4), Evan Rodrigues (7) 2 - 0
14:39 BOS Ryan Spooner (9) Jake DeBrusk (18), Torey Krug (25) 2 - 1
18:49 BUF Benoit Pouliot (10) Scott Wilson (4) 3 - 1
3rd Period
19:01 BOS David Backes (10) Patrice Bergeron (23), Brad Marchand (31) 3 - 2
19:31 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (4) Unassisted 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:33 BUF Jason Pominville Hooking 2
2nd Period
00:44 BUF Kyle Okposo Tripping 2
3rd Period
00:34 BUF Evander Kane Tripping 2
11:15 BOS Charlie McAvoy Tripping 2
11:28 BUF Sam Reinhart Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 46 37 28 4 3.0 40.2
Boston Bruins 63 43 27 2 2.3 59.8

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.0 expected, 4 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.3 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 7:42 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 12:44 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 18:49 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 19:31 of 3rd, a 53% chanceBOS goal, 14:39 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBOS goal, 19:01 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF 3.0BOS 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
Boston Bruins

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
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart7:2545.082.71-0
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane7:0140.038.80-0
Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel · Evan Rodrigues3:36100.0100.00-0
Kyle Okposo · Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan3:2625.04.20-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Casey Nelson17:0135.747.11-1
Nathan Beaulieu · Rasmus Ristolainen16:5336.751.12-0
Justin Falk · Victor Antipin11:4655.665.20-0

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
20 Scott Wilson C 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 12:51 0.17 7-11 0.38-0.28
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 0 1 2 0 3 5 27:03 0.08 14-26 0.81-0.82
67 Benoit Pouliot L 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 12:49 0.57 8-9 0.69-0.20
91 Evander Kane L 1 0 1 0 2 3 4 21:58 0.51 16-23 0.82-0.50
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 16:59 0.28 13-16 0.85-0.24
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 10:45 0.08 8-6 0.45-0.23
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 18:29 12-19 0.67-0.64
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25:07 0.07 11-22 0.51-0.65
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 18:58 0.17 8-22 0.22-0.98
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:14 0.07 10-18 0.51-0.58
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 03:55 0.14 3-0 0.14-0.00
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:25 7-16 0.29-0.76
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 15:45 8-13 0.46-0.48
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 11:12 0.30 8-8 0.47-0.38
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:42 0.05 12-11 0.66-0.39
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:34 5-14 0.06-0.67
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22:02 14-18 0.73-0.32
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:12 11-8 0.53-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson W 27 25 2 60:00 2.36 +0.36

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak11:4055.627.10-2
Sean Kuraly · Tim Schaller · Austin Czarnik11:2670.861.50-0
David Backes · Riley Nash · Danton Heinen10:1241.725.70-1
David Krejci · Ryan Spooner · Jake DeBrusk10:1056.545.81-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Charlie McAvoy14:5563.046.60-1
Torey Krug · Brandon Carlo10:2264.362.81-0
Adam McQuaid · Matt Grzelcyk9:3663.267.90-2

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
15 Ryan Spooner C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:15 0.24 14-12 0.55-0.74
21 David Backes R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 16:41 0.25 9-8 0.20-0.24
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 17:00 0.18 13-9 0.18-0.46
47 Torey Krug D 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 22:00 0.09 16-13 0.44-0.65
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 17:36 11-10 0.15-0.53
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:08 0.35 15-11 0.61-0.67
18 Riley Nash C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:47 6-8 0.09-0.24
21 Austin Czarnik C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:01 0.25 17-7 0.75-0.47
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 14:09 0.04 16-7 0.61-0.27
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 19:51 0.05 14-8 0.34-0.31
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:17 0.29 20-15 0.63-0.93
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:38 0.04 16-10 0.67-0.66
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 12:39 0.13 17-8 0.75-0.48
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 12:19 0.05 15-12 0.62-0.46
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:12 7-7 0.15-0.18
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:44 0.09 19-7 0.77-0.47
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 22:21 0.14 22-14 0.72-1.01
88 David Pastrnak R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 18:17 0.14 13-9 0.18-0.46
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask L 27 24 3 59:05 2.55 -0.45