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Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs

Apr 2, 2018 · Air Canada Centre

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 34
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 36

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:44 TOR Andreas Johnsson (2) Tomas Plekanec (20), Roman Polak (10) 0 - 1
2nd Period
02:27 BUF Sam Reinhart (24) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (34), Ryan O'Reilly (36) 1 - 1
05:01 TOR Auston Matthews (32) PP Morgan Rielly (45), Andreas Johnsson (1) 1 - 2
07:39 TOR William Nylander (18) Auston Matthews (27) 1 - 3
10:32 TOR William Nylander (19) Zach Hyman (25) 1 - 4
3rd Period
02:56 BUF Jason Pominville (14) PP Nick Baptiste (2), Marco Scandella (16) 2 - 4
06:29 TOR Auston Matthews (33) PP William Nylander (40), Jake Gardiner (45) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:24 BUF Marco Scandella High sticking 2
13:11 TOR Roman Polak High sticking 2
19:09 TOR Roman Polak High sticking double minor 4
2nd Period
03:59 BUF Justin Falk Interference 2
11:13 TOR Nazem Kadri Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd Period
00:59 TOR Nikita Zaitsev Hooking 2
05:44 BUF Casey Mittelstadt High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 68 53 34 2 3.2 53.1
Toronto Maple Leafs 56 44 36 5 2.8 46.9

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdToronto Maple Leafs 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 Toronto Maple Leafs had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.2 expected, 2 scored · Toronto Maple Leafs: 2.8 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 2:27 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 2:56 of 3rd, a 38% chanceTOR goal, 5:44 of 1st, a 8% chanceTOR goal, 5:01 of 2nd, a 6% chanceTOR goal, 7:39 of 2nd, a 13% chanceTOR goal, 10:32 of 2nd, a 13% chanceTOR goal, 6:29 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBUF 3.2TOR 2.8

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
Toronto Maple Leafs

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 Reinhart10:3872.243.80-1
Jason Pominville · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel10:0673.750.30-0
Kyle Okposo · Evan Rodrigues · Casey Mittelstadt8:5535.752.30-0
Benoit Pouliot · Johan Larsson · Nick Baptiste5:1250.037.80-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Justin Falk · Casey Nelson16:0965.665.30-0
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen13:4060.034.20-2
Josh Gorges · Matt Tennyson10:1431.630.40-0

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 19:55 0.32 15-8 0.33-0.48
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 14:49 0.49 16-6 0.45-0.43
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 -3 2 2 1 18:45 0.13 18-17 0.56-1.31
13 Nick Baptiste R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 10:43 0.59 13-13 0.40-0.82
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 3 26:00 0.08 20-13 0.65-1.10
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 -2 0 7 0 21:25 0.25 16-9 0.41-0.67
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:30 0.02 8-17 0.32-0.50
7 Matt Tennyson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:54 0.10 11-17 0.30-0.65
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:19 0.34 8-10 0.40-0.19
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:48 0.03 26-16 0.75-0.56
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:49 0.12 17-6 0.48-0.41
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:01 5-11 0.20-0.24
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:22 0.17 12-10 0.36-0.19
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 15:03 0.11 13-18 0.24-0.85
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:30 0.10 18-17 0.72-0.97
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:44 0.17 14-17 0.31-0.92
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 18:04 0.06 21-16 0.57-0.53
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 05:41 0.10 9-9 0.44-0.57
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson L 36 31 5 59:51 2.86 -2.14

Toronto Maple Leafs

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Hyman · William Nylander · Auston Matthews12:1247.875.02-0
Patrick Marleau · Nazem Kadri · Mitch Marner10:3938.963.50-0
James van Riemsdyk · Tyler Bozak · Connor Brown10:1047.441.30-0
Tomas Plekanec · Matt Martin · Andreas Johnsson7:4147.173.31-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Polak · Jake Gardiner15:0240.664.03-0
Morgan Rielly · Connor Carrick11:5458.346.70-0
Ron Hainsey · Nikita Zaitsev11:3355.081.20-0

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
34 Auston Matthews C 2 1 3 2 0 6 0 15:50 0.50 12-16 0.84-0.47
88 William Nylander R 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 16:26 0.43 12-20 0.84-0.75
18 Andreas Johnsson L 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 14:56 0.39 9-11 0.46-0.28
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 14:05 8-10 0.46-0.25
18 Zach Hyman L 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 20:02 0.13 11-19 0.84-0.64
44 Morgan Rielly D 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 19:56 0.07 19-14 0.48-0.57
45 Roman Polak D 0 1 1 3 6 1 6 19:13 0.05 13-19 0.88-0.50
51 Jake Gardiner D 0 1 1 3 0 2 3 24:02 0.04 19-32 1.08-1.05
12 Patrick Marleau C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:43 0.05 8-11 0.49-0.24
16 Connor Brown R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:02 0.05 9-11 0.24-0.42
17 Matt Martin L 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 08:16 9-9 0.46-0.17
21 James van Riemsdyk L 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 13:02 0.38 18-11 0.56-0.42
21 Tyler Bozak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:22 0.13 18-10 0.56-0.34
22 Nikita Zaitsev D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 17:25 12-14 0.84-0.45
58 Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:05 0.02 16-13 0.35-0.38
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:37 11-12 0.77-0.21
91 Nazem Kadri C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 14:12 0.26 9-16 0.49-0.51
93 Mitch Marner R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:31 0.28 17-12 0.73-0.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Curtis McElhinney W 34 32 2 60:00 3.23 +1.23