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Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 19, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 4 32
Buffalo Sabres 0 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
12:29 NSH Mike Fisher (2) Scott Hartnell (10), Miikka Salomaki (6) 1 - 0
17:03 NSH Ryan Johansen (12) Filip Forsberg (32), Viktor Arvidsson (28) 2 - 0
3rd Period
16:09 NSH Filip Forsberg (21) Viktor Arvidsson (29), Kyle Turris (30) 3 - 0
19:36 NSH Ryan Hartman (11) Alexei Emelin (8), Colton Sissons (18) 4 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:02 NSH Mattias Ekholm Hooking 2
2nd Period
19:49 NSH Alexei Emelin Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 58 46 32 4 2.6 50.0
Buffalo Sabres 66 47 35 0 2.1 50.0

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 2.6 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 0 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 12:29 of 2nd, a 10% chanceNSH goal, 17:03 of 2nd, a 16% chanceNSH goal, 16:09 of 3rd, a 22% chanceNSH goal, 19:36 of 3rd, a 2% chanceNSH 2.6BUF 2.1

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

Nashville Predators
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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Bonino · Colton Sissons · Ryan Hartman12:0159.151.71-0
Ryan Johansen · Filip Forsberg · Viktor Arvidsson11:5943.563.01-0
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Kevin Fiala11:5650.055.40-0
Mike Fisher · Scott Hartnell · Miikka Salomaki10:1050.058.81-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm19:0865.675.30-0
Alexei Emelin · P.K. Subban15:3041.730.21-0
Roman Josi · Anthony Bitetto13:3448.464.90-0

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
9 Filip Forsberg L 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 14:24 0.38 16-17 1.05-0.54
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 2 2 2 0 5 2 14:59 0.47 16-16 1.10-0.40
12 Mike Fisher C 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 13:17 0.18 9-11 0.23-0.25
12 Ryan Johansen C 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 16:56 0.16 12-18 0.66-0.60
38 Ryan Hartman R 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 15:37 0.08 15-13 0.35-0.32
8 Kyle Turris C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 14:20 0.18 22-18 1.32-0.72
15 Colton Sissons C 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 18:05 0.06 15-10 0.42-0.26
17 Scott Hartnell L 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 11:47 0.03 8-11 0.22-0.25
20 Miikka Salomaki R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:21 0.01 10-8 0.23-0.15
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 18:48 16-24 0.31-0.70
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:07 0.08 15-11 0.36-0.29
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 22:11 0.19 24-14 0.88-0.46
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 13:15 0.47 17-18 0.89-0.78
22 Anthony Bitetto D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:15 0.02 15-17 0.94-0.52
22 Kevin Fiala L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:17 0.09 19-20 0.89-0.81
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 20:58 0.06 20-24 1.42-0.90
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 20:54 0.02 20-24 0.75-0.73
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 23:29 0.10 21-15 0.84-0.59
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne 35 35 0 60:00 2.18 +2.18

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan O'Reilly · Scott Wilson · Sam Reinhart13:5560.047.10-1
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Jack Eichel11:2946.261.80-0
Kyle Okposo · Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson10:2347.120.00-1
Justin Bailey · Nick Baptiste · Evan Rodrigues8:4641.223.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen19:2151.225.30-0
Nathan Beaulieu · Casey Nelson14:3638.538.00-1
Justin Falk · Brendan Guhle13:1250.061.60-1

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
2 Brendan Guhle D 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 18:46 0.20 23-20 0.97-0.84
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:10 0.03 24-21 0.61-1.22
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:14 0.10 9-13 0.21-0.56
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 18:50 0.14 16-20 0.44-0.97
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 19:26 0.51 19-21 0.85-0.88
13 Nick Baptiste R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:39 0.22 13-12 0.46-0.68
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 18:17 0.46 18-13 0.39-0.46
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:46 0.03 13-16 0.51-0.82
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 15:57 0.01 20-15 0.48-0.78
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:18 0.03 8-11 0.10-0.54
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:28 0.05 13-18 0.52-0.54
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:41 0.09 18-16 0.86-0.64
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:30 0.09 18-16 0.74-0.38
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 24:43 0.07 22-21 0.43-1.20
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:43 14-18 0.63-0.55
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 12:48 10-12 0.25-0.53
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:51 0.01 21-14 0.51-0.56
90 Justin Bailey R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:17 0.08 11-13 0.30-0.71
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark 32 28 4 59:36 2.63 -1.37