Vegas Golden Knights at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 10, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Vegas Golden Knights	2	34
Buffalo Sabres	1	32

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
3rd Period
02:47	BUF	Justin Bailey (3)	Benoit Pouliot (6)	0 - 1
15:46	VGK	Deryk Engelland (5)	David Perron (45), William Karlsson (26)	1 - 1
Shootout
	VGK	Erik Haula	Shootout winner	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
01:10	VGK	Erik Haula	Hooking	2
06:44	VGK	William Karlsson	Hooking	2
3rd Period
06:01	BUF	Nick Baptiste	Roughing	2
17:46	BUF	Casey Nelson	Delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights	58	43	34	1	2.5	48.9
Buffalo Sabres	58	51	32	1	2.3	51.1

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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 2.5 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 1 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

Vegas Golden Knights

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Cody Eakin · Ryan Carpenter · Alex Tuch	11:11	66.7	53.4	0-1
Ryan Reaves · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tomas Nosek	8:34	57.1	28.2	0-0
David Perron · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault	7:48	35.7	25.3	0-0
Tomas Tatar · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault	6:34	36.4	8.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brayden McNabb · Nate Schmidt	18:17	50.0	36.1	0-0
Deryk Engelland · Shea Theodore	17:49	56.3	63.1	1-1
Colin Miller · Brad Hunt	12:00	45.5	53.2	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
5	Deryk Engelland	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	21:38	0.31	18-14	1.07-0.63
57	David Perron	L	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	20:57	0.16	13-15	0.61-0.76
71	William Karlsson	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	21:19	0.12	12-20	0.57-0.86
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	21:05	0.01	15-14	0.29-0.52
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17:59	0.02	11-14	0.40-0.46
17	Brad Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:18	0.03	10-16	0.40-0.51
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	15:17	0.14	17-11	0.37-0.40
22	Ryan Carpenter	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	15:03	0.06	19-10	0.87-0.40
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	22:31	0.06	20-17	1.07-0.81
38	Tomas Hyka	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:44	0.23	8-14	0.27-0.39
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:04	0.22	7-3	0.55-0.16
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	16:56	0.05	9-12	0.31-0.34
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10:05		5-4	0.10-0.17
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	19:34	0.34	11-16	0.22-0.71
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	25:02	0.14	14-17	0.29-0.60
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	17:36	0.43	19-12	0.87-0.48
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	16:17	0.15	8-17	0.50-0.45
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:35		4-4	0.06-0.17

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	32	31	1	65:00	2.35	+1.35

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan O'Reilly · Scott Wilson · Sam Reinhart	15:28	40.9	41.1	0-1
Jason Pominville · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons	11:54	81.0	94.4	0-0
Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan · Nick Baptiste	6:49	53.3	49.1	0-0
Benoit Pouliot · Danny O'Regan · Justin Bailey	6:12	30.0	59.9	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen	18:54	44.1	44.6	0-1
Brendan Guhle · Casey Nelson	14:44	76.0	81.1	1-0
Josh Gorges · Nathan Beaulieu	12:02	35.0	25.1	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	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
90	Justin Bailey	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	08:39	0.24	5-11	0.30-0.30
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	12:14		3-11	0.25-0.66
2	Brendan Guhle	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	17:50	0.14	19-7	0.65-0.20
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14:46	0.05	9-15	0.29-0.78
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	26:01	0.02	15-22	0.61-0.90
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	20:03	0.08	24-8	0.92-0.19
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	13:09	0.20	12-13	0.44-0.90
13	Nick Baptiste	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	12:56	0.06	8-12	0.30-0.72
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	23:47	0.43	11-14	0.39-0.62
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	22:23	0.19	10-16	0.35-0.65
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17:13	0.16	18-6	0.64-0.03
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14:35		9-16	0.39-0.72
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:51	0.32	23-5	0.72-0.03
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	15:56	0.26	22-5	0.77-0.03
55	Danny O'Regan	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10:19		3-12	0.25-0.37
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	29:20	0.08	16-20	0.66-0.76
71	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:22		10-12	0.43-0.43
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	25:36	0.06	13-15	0.42-0.57

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	34	33	1	65:00	2.52	+1.52