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Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

Mar 31, 2018 · Bridgestone Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 7 36
Nashville Predators 4 36

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:43 BUF Jason Pominville (13) Zemgus Girgensons (8), Jack Eichel (33) 1 - 0
02:59 NSH P.K. Subban (16) PP Roman Josi (38), Ryan Johansen (37) 1 - 1
17:00 NSH Austin Watson (13) Mattias Ekholm (23), Nick Bonino (13) 1 - 2
2nd Period
02:00 NSH Kyle Turris (16) Craig Smith (25), Kevin Fiala (25) 1 - 3
05:45 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (22) PP Jack Eichel (34), Rasmus Ristolainen (31) 2 - 3
07:20 BUF Kyle Okposo (12) Evan Rodrigues (14), Casey Mittelstadt (2) 3 - 3
12:50 NSH Nick Bonino (12) Ryan Ellis (20), Austin Watson (5) 3 - 4
15:04 BUF Sam Reinhart (21) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (32), Jack Eichel (35) 4 - 4
17:18 BUF Sam Reinhart (22) PP Ryan O'Reilly (34), Jack Eichel (36) 5 - 4
19:00 BUF Kyle Okposo (13) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (33), Jack Eichel (37) 6 - 4
3rd Period
08:17 BUF Sam Reinhart (23) Ryan O'Reilly (35) 7 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:07 BUF Kyle Okposo Tripping 2
13:41 NSH Ryan Johansen Slashing 2
2nd Period
04:37 NSH Kyle Turris Hooking 2
14:09 NSH Scott Hartnell Boarding 5
14:09 NSH Scott Hartnell Game misconduct 10
3rd Period
04:56 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Delaying game puck over glass 2
05:32 BUF Benoit Pouliot Slashing 2
05:58 NSH Kevin Fiala High sticking 2
09:24 NSH Mike Fisher Tripping 2
15:36 BUF Brendan Guhle Interference 2
19:08 NSH Austin Watson Slashing 2
19:08 NSH Austin Watson Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
19:08 NSH Austin Watson Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 52 44 36 7 3.2 48.6
Nashville Predators 56 46 36 4 2.3 51.4

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.2 expected, 7 scored · Nashville Predators: 2.3 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 0:43 of 1st, a 35% chanceBUF goal, 5:45 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 7:20 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 15:04 of 2nd, a 25% chanceBUF goal, 17:18 of 2nd, a 49% chanceBUF goal, 19:00 of 2nd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 8:17 of 3rd, a 6% chanceNSH goal, 2:59 of 1st, a 4% chanceNSH goal, 17:00 of 1st, a 7% chanceNSH goal, 2:00 of 2nd, a 8% chanceNSH goal, 12:50 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF 3.2NSH 2.3

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
Nashville Predators

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
Ryan O'Reilly · Scott Wilson · Sam Reinhart9:5660.087.31-0
Jason Pominville · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel9:2450.075.91-2
Kyle Okposo · Evan Rodrigues · Casey Mittelstadt8:0762.561.21-1
Benoit Pouliot · Johan Larsson · Nick Baptiste5:2542.959.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen13:5240.044.00-1
Brendan Guhle · Casey Nelson12:2556.572.51-1
Justin Falk · Victor Antipin8:2338.543.41-1

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
9 Jack Eichel C 0 5 5 -1 0 5 0 19:37 0.46 11-9 0.70-0.18
13 Sam Reinhart C 3 0 3 1 0 5 1 18:06 0.95 8-5 0.24-0.05
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 2 3 1 0 5 0 22:45 0.42 8-6 0.24-0.05
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 28:05 0.03 14-13 0.47-0.27
8 Kyle Okposo R 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 16:07 0.35 10-6 0.40-0.26
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 15:40 0.45 10-11 0.68-0.33
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:59 0.16 10-9 0.40-0.42
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:48 0.09 12-10 0.56-0.46
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 12:11 0.06 9-11 0.53-0.25
2 Brendan Guhle D 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 17:07 0.03 16-13 0.81-0.29
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 22:26 8-14 0.21-0.36
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:58 0.01 16-13 0.84-0.39
13 Nick Baptiste R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:01 0.04 3-6 0.07-0.09
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:14 0.05 9-11 0.29-0.14
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:30 0.06 6-14 0.15-0.26
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:39 0.02 8-11 0.41-0.25
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:50 0.09 6-10 0.15-0.20
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:05 6-8 0.20-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson W 36 32 4 60:00 2.35 -1.65

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Bonino · Austin Watson · Colton Sissons8:4069.264.52-0
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Kevin Fiala7:5555.636.11-1
Mike Fisher · Scott Hartnell · Ryan Hartman5:4712.56.30-1
Ryan Johansen · Viktor Arvidsson · Eeli Tolvanen4:5433.330.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexei Emelin · P.K. Subban11:5442.132.10-1
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm11:3855.048.52-0
Roman Josi · Anthony Bitetto11:1853.348.41-0

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
12 Nick Bonino C 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 17:43 0.03 12-7 0.34-0.22
24 Austin Watson L 1 1 2 1 14 3 1 17:05 0.16 12-8 0.27-0.36
8 Kyle Turris C 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 17:25 0.09 14-11 0.33-0.77
76 P.K. Subban D 1 0 1 -3 0 2 2 22:13 0.05 11-17 0.19-0.86
12 Ryan Johansen C 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 18:28 0.39 7-8 0.19-0.27
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:16 0.01 15-12 0.30-0.38
15 Craig Smith C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 14:41 0.47 13-12 0.32-0.69
22 Kevin Fiala L 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 13:15 0.07 12-10 0.31-0.59
59 Roman Josi D 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 25:01 0.42 10-8 0.38-0.32
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 24:27 0.26 14-11 0.39-0.70
12 Mike Fisher C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 13:18 0.02 6-8 0.14-0.21
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 16:10 0.15 13-6 0.41-0.29
17 Scott Hartnell L 0 0 0 -1 15 0 3 06:15 2-8 0.03-0.22
17 Eeli Tolvanen R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:34 0.09 7-9 0.18-0.32
22 Anthony Bitetto D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 15:08 0.02 12-8 0.34-0.31
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:39 10-12 0.20-0.36
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:22 3-6 0.09-0.21
38 Ryan Hartman R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 13:56 0.08 7-9 0.06-0.26
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne L 29 23 6 40:00 2.76 -3.24
74 Juuse Saros 7 6 1 17:04 0.56 -0.44