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Buffalo Sabres at Vegas Golden Knights

Oct 16, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 27
Vegas Golden Knights 4 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
18:59 VGK Jonathan Marchessault (3) PP William Karlsson (5), Reilly Smith (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
02:08 VGK Cody Eakin (3) SH Shea Theodore (1) 0 - 2
3rd Period
10:40 VGK William Karlsson (1) Reilly Smith (2) 0 - 3
19:23 BUF Vladimir Sobotka (1) Kyle Okposo (3), Jake McCabe (1) 1 - 3
19:47 VGK Jonathan Marchessault (4) William Karlsson (6) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:45 VGK Tomas Hyka Hooking 2
18:20 BUF Marco Scandella Holding 2
2nd Period
01:07 VGK Nick Holden Tripping 2
04:13 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
09:34 VGK Brayden McNabb Interference 2
12:35 BUF Casey Mittelstadt Interference 2
3rd Period
04:36 VGK Jonathan Marchessault Interference 2
07:46 VGK Erik Haula High sticking 2
17:20 VGK Colin Miller Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 51 33 27 1 2.5 43.2
Vegas Golden Knights 58 35 29 4 3.5 56.8

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdVegas Golden Knights 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 Vegas Golden Knights had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 1 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 3.5 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 19:23 of 3rd, a 24% chanceVGK goal, 18:59 of 1st, a 16% chanceVGK goal, 2:08 of 2nd, a 10% chanceVGK goal, 10:40 of 3rd, a 16% chanceVGK goal, 19:47 of 3rd, a 49% chanceVGK 3.5BUF 2.5

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
Vegas Golden Knights

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
Conor Sheary · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel10:3043.532.50-0
Kyle Okposo · Jeff Skinner · Casey Mittelstadt8:2052.652.50-0
Vladimir Sobotka · Patrik Berglund · Tage Thompson7:0318.210.20-1
Jason Pominville · Zemgus Girgensons · Evan Rodrigues5:5146.242.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Nathan Beaulieu12:3838.954.40-0
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen11:5940.030.20-0
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Dahlin10:1146.236.60-0

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
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 15:49 0.30 3-13 0.10-1.02
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 17:56 0.14 11-9 0.61-0.55
22 Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 15:52 0.00 16-17 0.84-1.50
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:24 0.08 11-13 0.19-0.19
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 21:53 0.17 10-13 0.14-0.29
10 Patrik Berglund C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 09:37 3-9 0.14-0.61
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 17:54 0.32 12-9 0.73-0.55
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:53 0.00 10-13 0.14-0.29
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:53 0.04 7-7 0.27-0.36
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16:09 8-12 0.45-0.40
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 19:06 0.09 13-16 0.65-1.35
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:58 0.06 8-11 0.37-0.31
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:24 0.18 7-11 0.35-0.77
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:19 0.15 7-11 0.35-0.77
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:35 10-13 0.14-0.29
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 17:50 0.48 12-9 0.70-0.55
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 24:29 0.03 8-15 0.08-0.69
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:45 0.46 4-9 0.20-0.61
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton 28 25 3 55:35 3.02 +0.02

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault12:1673.788.61-0
Max Pacioretty · Erik Haula · Tomas Hyka6:5860.059.30-0
Ryan Reaves · William Carrier · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare6:4361.172.70-0
Cody Eakin · Ryan Carpenter · Tomas Nosek6:3170.035.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brayden McNabb · Colin Miller12:0958.357.40-0
Nick Holden · Shea Theodore11:2136.832.50-0
Jon Merrill · Brad Hunt8:51100.0100.01-0

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
71 William Karlsson C 1 2 3 2 0 3 1 19:38 0.31 15-6 0.95-0.11
81 Jonathan Marchessault R 2 0 2 2 2 6 0 19:55 0.55 18-8 1.12-0.18
19 Reilly Smith R 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 19:44 0.38 15-9 0.85-0.24
20 Cody Eakin C 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 17:51 0.12 7-9 0.06-0.52
27 Shea Theodore D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 19:47 0.06 15-16 0.89-0.58
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 22:42 16-12 0.46-0.41
4 Jon Merrill D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:05 0.08 14-2 1.06-0.17
5 Nick Holden D 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 20:39 9-17 0.24-0.73
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 23:32 0.06 16-16 0.76-0.51
17 Brad Hunt D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:11 0.03 14-2 1.04-0.19
22 Ryan Carpenter C 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 13:23 0.01 7-6 0.06-0.38
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:36 0.40 11-12 0.82-0.58
38 Tomas Hyka R 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 10:22 0.18 7-5 0.32-0.23
41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:56 0.09 11-9 0.82-0.31
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:34 0.26 9-10 0.39-0.49
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:24 0.03 8-8 0.39-0.41
75 Ryan Reaves R 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 09:21 0.49 11-10 0.82-0.31
92 Tomas Nosek L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:24 7-3 0.06-0.11
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 27 26 1 59:59 2.49 +1.49