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Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 15, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 39
Buffalo Sabres 2 40

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:39 TOR James van Riemsdyk (30) Morgan Rielly (37), Connor Brown (12) 1 - 0
06:39 TOR James van Riemsdyk (31) Roman Polak (9), Jake Gardiner (38) 2 - 0
14:29 BUF Sam Reinhart (18) PP Scott Wilson (7), Evan Rodrigues (11) 2 - 1
2nd Period
06:22 TOR Connor Carrick (4) Patrick Marleau (17), William Nylander (37) 3 - 1
14:10 TOR Tyler Bozak (11) PP James van Riemsdyk (16), Mitch Marner (40) 4 - 1
19:01 BUF Jason Pominville (12) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (28), Evan Rodrigues (12) 4 - 2
3rd Period
19:16 TOR Patrick Marleau (23) Unassisted 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
13:33 BUF Nathan Beaulieu Fighting 5
13:33 TOR Matt Martin Fighting 5
13:36 TOR Roman Polak Interference 2
2nd Period
03:51 TOR Jake Gardiner Slashing 2
12:28 BUF Brendan Guhle Slashing 2
15:12 BUF Nick Baptiste Tripping 2
15:21 TOR Nazem Kadri Hooking 2
16:13 TOR Mitch Marner Hooking 2
17:45 TOR Nazem Kadri Cross checking 2
3rd Period
02:44 BUF Johan Larsson Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Toronto Maple Leafs 55 46 39 5 2.6 51.7
Buffalo Sabres 69 51 40 2 2.8 48.3

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadToronto Maple Leafs 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 Toronto Maple Leafs had.

Expected goals

Toronto Maple Leafs: 2.6 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndTOR goal, 3:39 of 1st, a 3% chanceTOR goal, 6:39 of 1st, a 7% chanceTOR goal, 6:22 of 2nd, a 2% chanceTOR goal, 14:10 of 2nd, a 23% chanceTOR goal, 19:16 of 3rd, a 45% chanceBUF goal, 14:29 of 1st, a 22% chanceBUF goal, 19:01 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF 2.8TOR 2.6

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

Toronto Maple Leafs
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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
James van Riemsdyk · Tyler Bozak · Connor Brown12:3463.680.51-0
Patrick Marleau · Zach Hyman · William Nylander10:4848.055.40-0
Leo Komarov · Nazem Kadri · Mitch Marner6:0038.553.60-0
Tomas Plekanec · Matt Martin · Kasperi Kapanen5:3837.526.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ron Hainsey · Morgan Rielly15:0648.666.00-0
Roman Polak · Jake Gardiner13:0350.036.00-0
Connor Carrick · Travis Dermott12:1463.684.21-0

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
21 James van Riemsdyk L 2 1 3 2 0 2 1 16:06 0.21 14-10 0.43-0.18
12 Patrick Marleau C 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 18:08 0.09 17-14 0.93-0.55
21 Tyler Bozak C 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 17:47 0.40 14-9 0.43-0.10
58 Connor Carrick D 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:25 0.04 15-8 0.52-0.09
16 Connor Brown R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:13 0.14 14-9 0.43-0.10
44 Morgan Rielly D 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 23:09 0.05 20-20 0.87-0.48
45 Roman Polak D 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 20:29 0.03 10-13 0.28-0.60
51 Jake Gardiner D 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 20:10 13-13 0.32-0.64
88 William Nylander R 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 15:49 0.28 16-15 0.81-0.62
93 Mitch Marner R 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 17:18 0.18 16-10 0.40-0.08
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 09:45 0.19 4-5 0.12-0.34
17 Matt Martin L 0 0 0 1 5 1 2 08:45 0.01 6-8 0.16-0.44
18 Zach Hyman L 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 18:31 0.37 13-15 0.69-0.62
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:21 0.05 4-9 0.12-0.44
44 Travis Dermott D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:00 0.01 15-9 0.49-0.16
47 Leo Komarov R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:11 5-8 0.09-0.08
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 24:58 0.07 17-21 0.80-0.51
91 Nazem Kadri C 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 17:06 0.03 12-14 0.29-0.18
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Curtis McElhinney 40 38 2 59:40 2.90 +0.90

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan O'Reilly · Scott Wilson · Sam Reinhart12:0863.057.80-0
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Johan Larsson8:4244.416.10-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Nick Baptiste · Evan Rodrigues8:0441.772.40-0
Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan · Justin Bailey7:5233.325.40-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen15:1848.047.80-0
Brendan Guhle · Casey Nelson12:4440.030.20-0
Nathan Beaulieu · Victor Antipin11:5950.043.80-1

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
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 16:28 0.36 7-10 0.45-0.22
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 -1 0 5 2 23:43 0.60 22-13 0.51-0.35
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 14:55 0.28 8-12 0.14-0.77
20 Scott Wilson C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 19:45 0.29 17-12 0.40-0.32
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -1 0 8 4 27:11 0.29 13-15 0.36-0.41
2 Brendan Guhle D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 15:27 0.04 10-16 0.26-0.62
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:46 0.04 15-15 0.42-0.41
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:54 0.03 14-17 0.42-0.62
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:58 5-9 0.07-0.25
13 Nick Baptiste R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 11:26 8-11 0.45-0.24
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 14:24 0.01 9-15 0.21-0.87
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -2 5 1 0 13:21 0.02 14-13 0.47-0.60
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:14 0.47 9-9 0.61-0.22
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:00 0.10 10-14 0.21-0.82
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 10:12 0.01 7-9 0.09-0.26
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 24:05 0.19 21-13 0.51-0.35
90 Justin Bailey R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 09:00 0.07 3-8 0.07-0.24
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:14 0.02 18-14 0.56-0.61
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 38 34 4 57:15 2.18 -1.82