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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 25, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 1 35
Buffalo Sabres 4 24

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
14:26 BUF Benoit Pouliot (12) Victor Antipin (7), Nick Baptiste (1) 0 - 1
16:31 BUF Kyle Okposo (11) PP Ryan O'Reilly (27), Evan Rodrigues (10) 0 - 2
2nd Period
03:35 BOS Charlie McAvoy (6) David Pastrnak (33), Brad Marchand (34) 1 - 2
07:50 BUF Evan Rodrigues (5) Sam Reinhart (19), Rasmus Ristolainen (24) 1 - 3
3rd Period
03:22 BUF Marco Scandella (4) Jason Pominville (13), Victor Antipin (8) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:04 BUF Nick Baptiste High sticking 2
12:15 BOS Brad Marchand Slashing 2
16:16 BOS Zdeno Chara Hooking 2
19:21 BOS Team Too many men on the ice 2
19:25 BUF Sam Reinhart Tripping 2
2nd Period
10:16 BUF Benoit Pouliot Holding 2
3rd Period
01:16 BOS Kevan Miller Tripping 2
09:04 BOS Torey Krug Slashing 2
14:47 BUF Johan Larsson Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 72 56 35 1 2.7 63.5
Buffalo Sabres 47 35 24 4 1.7 36.5

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 2.7 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 3:35 of 2nd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 14:26 of 1st, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 16:31 of 1st, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 7:50 of 2nd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 3:22 of 3rd, a 1% chanceBOS 2.7BUF 1.7

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

Boston Bruins
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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak10:3268.274.71-0
Sean Kuraly · Tim Schaller · Noel Acciari8:0876.583.50-0
Rick Nash · David Krejci · Jake DeBrusk7:3776.979.60-0
David Backes · Riley Nash · Danton Heinen6:4341.738.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Charlie McAvoy14:4357.162.21-0
Kevan Miller · Matt Grzelcyk10:3976.2100.00-0
Adam McQuaid · Torey Krug7:4166.759.30-2

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

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
73 Charlie McAvoy D 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 25:03 0.12 22-16 0.88-0.51
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 18:43 0.23 18-9 0.74-0.33
88 David Pastrnak R 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:52 0.54 18-8 0.72-0.19
18 Riley Nash C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:46 0.12 7-8 0.26-0.22
21 David Backes R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 4 14:43 0.04 11-11 0.23-0.34
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:45 0.03 21-7 0.85-0.02
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 23:59 0.02 18-15 0.70-0.44
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:59 0.23 18-9 0.69-0.33
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:54 0.18 15-8 0.53-0.24
47 Torey Krug D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 15:27 0.09 13-8 0.48-0.37
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:38 0.09 14-6 0.58-0.15
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:10 0.11 14-6 0.59-0.15
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 15:10 14-7 0.39-0.27
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:10 0.05 7-9 0.14-0.26
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:50 0.38 14-4 0.58-0.11
61 Rick Nash L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 17:27 0.52 13-9 0.53-0.36
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:52 14-5 0.60-0.13
86 Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 17:09 19-10 0.81-0.27
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anton Khudobin L 24 20 4 58:08 1.74 -2.26

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan O'Reilly · Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart10:2868.844.40-0
Kyle Okposo · Scott Wilson · Evan Rodrigues9:0346.753.80-1
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Johan Larsson8:328.310.70-0
Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan · Nick Baptiste5:3520.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen14:4556.047.41-1
Justin Falk · Nathan Beaulieu11:0216.116.80-0
Casey Nelson · Victor Antipin10:2346.718.20-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
17 Evan Rodrigues C 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 15:31 0.21 9-10 0.31-0.30
93 Victor Antipin D 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 14:09 9-10 0.24-0.43
6 Marco Scandella D 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 23:39 0.16 16-13 0.62-0.58
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 15:59 0.28 10-9 0.31-0.19
67 Benoit Pouliot L 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 16:15 0.14 6-24 0.38-1.14
13 Nick Baptiste R 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 08:39 3-12 0.14-0.30
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 18:31 0.15 13-8 0.32-0.51
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 12:54 0.17 5-23 0.30-1.04
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 0 5 4 28:07 0.19 15-15 0.48-0.54
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 23:33 0.30 13-7 0.24-0.31
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:37 10-15 0.12-0.53
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:39 4-14 0.01-0.33
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:43 10-11 0.31-0.20
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 16:17 0.04 5-26 0.26-1.17
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:01 0.02 5-26 0.20-1.01
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:45 0.04 11-8 0.23-0.42
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:37 7-29 0.22-1.03
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:04 4-10 0.03-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson W 35 34 1 60:00 2.80 +1.80