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Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators

Mar 8, 2018 · Canadian Tire Centre

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 34
Ottawa Senators 3 40

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
17:26 BUF Marco Scandella (5) Unassisted 1 - 0
2nd Period
00:36 OTT Ryan Dzingel (18) Matt Duchene (24) 1 - 1
03:26 OTT Ryan Dzingel (19) Mike Hoffman (26), Erik Karlsson (43) 1 - 2
14:23 BUF Sam Reinhart (17) Benoit Pouliot (5) 2 - 2
17:30 OTT Thomas Chabot (6) Magnus Paajarvi (3), Mark Stone (42) 2 - 3
3rd Period
00:27 BUF Scott Wilson (6) Ryan O'Reilly (31), Sam Reinhart (21) 3 - 3
Shootout
BUF Jacob Josefson Shootout winner 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:51 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Interference 2
07:41 BUF Justin Falk Boarding 2
11:36 OTT Erik Karlsson Tripping 2
3rd Period
03:15 OTT Ryan Dzingel Hooking 2
06:43 BUF Benoit Pouliot Slashing 2
12:49 BUF Johan Larsson Delaying game puck over glass 2
Overtime
04:44 OTT Mike Hoffman Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 54 49 34 3 3.2 50.0
Ottawa Senators 64 55 40 3 3.6 50.0

How the game went

505101520Start2nd3rdOTOttawa Senators 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 Ottawa Senators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.2 expected, 3 scored · Ottawa Senators: 3.6 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 17:26 of 1st, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 14:23 of 2nd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 0:27 of 3rd, a 26% chanceOTT goal, 0:36 of 2nd, a 9% chanceOTT goal, 3:26 of 2nd, a 11% chanceOTT goal, 17:30 of 2nd, a 4% chanceOTT 3.6BUF 3.2

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

Buffalo Sabres
Ottawa Senators

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
Benoit Pouliot · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart9:2576.990.01-0
Jason Pominville · Johan Larsson · Scott Wilson7:2438.922.00-2
Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan · Zemgus Girgensons4:130.00.00-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Danny O'Regan · Nick Baptiste4:1080.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen16:4660.754.32-0
Josh Gorges · Casey Nelson10:4750.075.51-2
Justin Falk · Brendan Guhle8:2135.754.30-1

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 1 2 2 0 4 4 20:36 0.70 17-9 1.48-0.24
6 Marco Scandella D 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 28:02 0.04 19-14 1.10-0.76
20 Scott Wilson C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 18:19 0.48 13-17 0.88-0.79
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 16:13 0.28 12-8 1.00-0.26
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 24:39 0.20 20-11 1.56-0.30
2 Brendan Guhle D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:45 0.07 14-14 0.91-0.62
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:38 0.02 10-14 0.62-0.27
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:00 2-4 0.25-0.23
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:59 0.10 18-15 1.14-0.49
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:17 0.18 5-13 0.40-0.63
13 Nick Baptiste R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 11:15 0.28 12-7 0.48-0.09
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 18:36 0.09 11-15 0.29-0.86
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 21:29 0.34 11-17 0.52-0.79
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:07 0.15 9-14 0.22-0.82
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 13:52 0.15 6-11 0.68-0.49
55 Danny O'Regan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:28 10-6 0.47-0.10
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 31:52 0.06 22-20 0.96-1.14
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 09:41 0.11 9-11 0.26-0.52
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 40 37 3 64:28 3.71 +0.71

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Hoffman · Matt Duchene · Ryan Dzingel11:5463.661.62-0
Tom Pyatt · Zack Smith · Magnus Paajarvi8:3033.324.00-0
Bobby Ryan · Mark Stone · Jean-Gabriel Pageau7:2366.770.30-1
Marian Gaborik · Alexandre Burrows · Jim O'Brien3:5660.061.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Fredrik Claesson11:0334.826.62-0
Cody Ceci · Ben Harpur8:5442.924.30-1
Cody Ceci · Thomas Chabot6:2545.545.01-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
14 Ryan Dzingel C 2 0 2 1 2 3 0 19:58 0.69 17-11 0.97-0.74
72 Thomas Chabot D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 17:55 0.15 17-11 0.59-0.40
56 Magnus Paajarvi L 0 1 1 1 0 4 5 16:44 0.21 10-15 0.26-0.62
61 Mark Stone R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 20:59 0.11 20-13 0.82-0.39
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 29:11 0.09 22-21 0.77-1.42
68 Mike Hoffman C 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 22:32 0.21 14-13 0.83-0.93
95 Matt Duchene C 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 22:31 0.16 16-13 0.93-0.93
3 Fredrik Claesson D 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 14:59 9-17 0.38-1.23
5 Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 25:54 0.03 17-17 0.78-0.84
5 Ben Harpur D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:13 0.02 10-14 0.37-0.98
10 Tom Pyatt L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:57 0.01 5-16 0.16-1.04
12 Marian Gaborik R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:23 0.01 5-6 0.07-0.56
14 Alexandre Burrows R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:42 0.07 4-5 0.08-0.18
15 Zack Smith C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:37 4-12 0.14-1.02
40 Jim O'Brien C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:42 0.02 5-5 0.07-0.27
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 19:40 1.51 17-10 0.71-0.29
54 Bobby Ryan R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 14:36 0.27 15-13 0.60-0.94
90 Mark Borowiecki D 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 13:27 0.06 13-8 0.86-0.42
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Craig Anderson 34 31 3 65:00 3.31 +0.31