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Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 29, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Detroit Red Wings 6 32
Buffalo Sabres 3 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:16 BUF Jack Eichel (25) Jason Pominville (18), Brendan Guhle (2) 0 - 1
07:11 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (21) PP Sam Reinhart (24), Rasmus Ristolainen (30) 0 - 2
07:41 DET Dylan Larkin (13) Evgeny Svechnikov (1) 1 - 2
2nd Period
05:21 DET Darren Helm (11) SH Frans Nielsen (16) 2 - 2
16:26 DET Anthony Mantha (24) Joe Hicketts (3), Frans Nielsen (17) 3 - 2
3rd Period
01:50 DET Andreas Athanasiou (15) Justin Abdelkader (21), Niklas Kronwall (19) 4 - 2
04:51 BUF Evan Rodrigues (7) Casey Mittelstadt (1) 4 - 3
10:10 DET Danny DeKeyser (6) Gustav Nyquist (17), Henrik Zetterberg (40) 5 - 3
16:59 DET Evgeny Svechnikov (2) Anthony Mantha (21), Dylan Larkin (45) 6 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:54 DET Martin Frk Hooking 2
17:15 BUF Jordan Nolan High sticking 2
19:23 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Interference 2
2nd Period
04:45 DET Justin Abdelkader Slashing 2
12:49 DET Jonathan Ericsson Interference 2
14:26 BUF Team Delaying game bench face off violation 2
3rd Period
06:06 DET Trevor Daley Holding 2
11:53 BUF Kyle Okposo High sticking 2
14:00 BUF Justin Falk Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Detroit Red Wings 59 46 32 6 2.7 52.8
Buffalo Sabres 51 38 32 3 2.1 47.2

How the game went

108642024Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadDetroit Red Wings 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 Detroit Red Wings had.

Expected goals

Detroit Red Wings: 2.7 expected, 6 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndDET goal, 7:41 of 1st, a 7% chanceDET goal, 5:21 of 2nd, a 15% chanceDET goal, 16:26 of 2nd, a 15% chanceDET goal, 1:50 of 3rd, a 13% chanceDET goal, 10:10 of 3rd, a 22% chanceDET goal, 16:59 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 3:16 of 1st, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 7:11 of 1st, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 4:51 of 3rd, a 6% chanceDET 2.7BUF 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

Detroit Red Wings
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.

Detroit Red Wings

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henrik Zetterberg · Gustav Nyquist · Tyler Bertuzzi9:0276.588.71-0
Frans Nielsen · Justin Abdelkader · Andreas Athanasiou6:0662.5100.01-0
Darren Helm · Anthony Mantha · Dylan Larkin4:2712.50.00-1
Anthony Mantha · Dylan Larkin · Evgeny Svechnikov4:0671.491.72-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Trevor Daley · Jonathan Ericsson12:5737.545.91-1
Danny DeKeyser · Joe Hicketts10:5950.065.31-0
Niklas Kronwall · Nick Jensen9:1268.851.30-1

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
10 Evgeny Svechnikov L 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 11:42 0.06 7-8 0.23-0.19
39 Anthony Mantha R 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 17:27 0.28 9-11 0.37-0.27
71 Dylan Larkin C 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 20:09 0.23 9-14 0.39-0.37
81 Frans Nielsen C 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 17:10 0.20 10-8 0.47-0.33
43 Darren Helm C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:00 0.19 9-12 0.16-0.38
65 Danny DeKeyser D 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 22:00 0.25 16-14 0.69-0.40
89 Andreas Athanasiou C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:32 0.32 7-8 0.33-0.07
2 Joe Hicketts D 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 19:20 0.05 9-7 0.60-0.20
8 Justin Abdelkader L 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 14:13 0.01 9-11 0.35-0.37
14 Gustav Nyquist R 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:04 0.33 13-5 0.53-0.20
40 Henrik Zetterberg C 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 16:15 0.14 14-6 0.54-0.15
55 Niklas Kronwall D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 16:30 0.02 13-7 0.43-0.36
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:05 0.07 17-10 0.41-0.28
29 Martin Frk R 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 13:42 0.18 7-6 0.32-0.18
41 Luke Glendening C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:21 0.29 6-6 0.17-0.17
52 Jonathan Ericsson D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:50 0.01 9-15 0.29-0.34
59 Tyler Bertuzzi L 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 15:13 0.05 15-7 0.56-0.20
83 Trevor Daley D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17:25 0.01 11-15 0.29-0.34
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Jimmy Howard W 32 29 3 59:45 2.14 -0.86

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Pominville · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel10:1458.877.11-0
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Scott Wilson8:4370.078.20-0
Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues · Casey Mittelstadt7:3523.124.11-2
Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson · Nick Baptiste6:4828.611.40-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Brendan Guhle9:5650.044.92-0
Marco Scandella · Casey Nelson9:3657.163.90-1
Justin Falk · Nathan Beaulieu9:3330.827.60-1

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
9 Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 21:08 0.29 12-11 0.27-0.15
17 Evan Rodrigues C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 11:30 0.16 4-11 0.19-0.52
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 0 1 -2 0 2 1 19:40 0.21 15-9 0.37-0.35
2 Brendan Guhle D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:35 0.02 12-12 0.21-0.46
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 12:53 0.09 6-14 0.17-0.53
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 15:40 5-12 0.17-0.52
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 13:41 0.06 10-7 0.25-0.07
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -1 2 3 2 27:53 0.10 13-17 0.26-0.59
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 23:47 16-12 0.61-0.49
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 15:04 0.35 14-6 0.37-0.10
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:52 0.06 16-15 0.58-0.49
13 Nick Baptiste R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:22 3-7 0.10-0.49
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 15:25 0.38 15-8 0.45-0.12
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:13 0.18 4-10 0.17-0.57
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:01 4-9 0.11-0.30
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:49 0.19 11-10 0.25-0.29
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 16:20 7-11 0.14-0.52
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 08:22 0.04 3-8 0.13-0.41
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 20 17 3 40:00 1.58 -1.42
1 Chad Johnson L 12 9 3 19:43 1.16 -1.84