Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Nov 17, 2018 · Xcel Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	3	29
Minnesota Wild	2	39

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:00	MIN	Zach Parise (8)	Unassisted	0 - 1
07:45	MIN	Mathew Dumba (8) PP	Nino Niederreiter (8), Mikko Koivu (13)	0 - 2
14:52	BUF	Jake McCabe (2)	Rasmus Dahlin (8), Kyle Okposo (6)	1 - 2
3rd Period
12:58	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin (2)	Jack Eichel (17), Jason Pominville (8)	2 - 2
18:30	BUF	Jason Pominville (9)	Jack Eichel (18), Jake McCabe (7)	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:59	BUF	Jack Eichel	Hooking	2
12:26	BUF	Vladimir Sobotka	Hooking	2
12:44	MIN	Mikko Koivu	Tripping	2
15:52	BUF	Zach Bogosian	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	57	45	29	3	3.1	49.1
Minnesota Wild	63	51	39	2	2.9	50.9

How the game went

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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.1 expected, 3 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.9 expected, 2 scored

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

Minnesota Wild

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kyle Okposo · Conor Sheary · Casey Mittelstadt	11:08	45.0	33.1	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	10:54	40.0	38.2	0-1
Patrik Berglund · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons	9:18	69.6	81.4	0-0
Jason Pominville · Vladimir Sobotka · Tage Thompson	5:32	42.9	50.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Bogosian · Rasmus Dahlin	16:40	57.6	64.6	1-0
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen	16:27	59.5	72.8	1-0
Marco Scandella · Casey Nelson	14:18	45.0	20.9	0-0

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
22	Jake McCabe	D	1	1	2	2	0	5	2	19:51	0.16	24-16	1.23-0.42
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	19:14	0.34	21-16	1.21-0.73
29	Jason Pominville	R	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	11:37	0.07	17-14	1.05-0.49
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	2	2	1	2	5	1	19:14	0.44	19-18	1.09-0.83
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	14:58		11-18	0.28-0.74
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:24	0.02	10-15	0.16-0.94
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:55	0.01	11-22	0.19-1.23
10	Patrik Berglund	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	13:02	0.10	17-12	0.87-0.71
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:31	0.07	9-14	0.17-0.46
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	17:58	0.25	10-14	0.36-0.68
17	Vladimir Sobotka	C	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	15:29	0.21	9-18	0.39-0.83
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	13:35	0.47	18-10	0.88-0.40
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	22:29	0.07	20-27	1.13-1.26
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	12:59	0.24	16-7	0.84-0.19
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:36	0.08	9-11	0.17-0.35
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17:10		18-14	1.10-0.63
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	21:30	0.01	22-19	1.14-0.56
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12:42	0.05	9-15	0.39-0.62

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Linus Ullmark	39	37	2	60:00	2.85	+0.85

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Eric Staal · Jason Zucker · Mikael Granlund	16:18	45.7	42.9	0-0
Mikko Koivu · Zach Parise · Nino Niederreiter	12:46	54.5	71.2	1-1
Marcus Foligno · Charlie Coyle · Jordan Greenway	11:10	56.3	79.9	0-0
Matt Hendricks · Eric Fehr · JT Brown	8:06	70.6	77.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Suter · Mathew Dumba	20:37	43.9	52.0	0-0
Jared Spurgeon · Jonas Brodin	17:02	48.5	26.5	1-2
Greg Pateryn · Nick Seeler	13:13	54.2	45.7	0-1

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	Zach Parise	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	17:36	0.39	13-13	0.96-1.05
24	Mathew Dumba	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	25:10	0.28	21-23	1.39-1.07
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	15:53	0.10	12-14	0.95-1.05
62	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	16:05	0.54	13-12	0.96-0.49
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	15:38	0.37	12-12	0.44-0.37
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20:30		19-19	0.64-0.70
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11:51	0.19	10-8	0.47-0.12
15	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	10:00	0.11	16-7	0.43-0.23
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	12:40	0.19	12-9	0.45-0.19
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	19:24	0.25	17-25	0.55-1.12
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10:09	0.11	13-10	0.38-0.42
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25:30	0.01	24-24	1.46-1.07
23	JT Brown	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	10:02	0.13	14-12	0.39-0.97
24	Nick Seeler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	13:51	0.01	13-11	0.34-0.41
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	19:37	0.02	22-19	0.68-1.05
29	Greg Pateryn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:29	0.02	14-13	0.34-0.43
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	20:29	0.05	18-18	0.61-1.05
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	20:25	0.11	17-21	0.62-0.89

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Devan Dubnyk	29	26	3	58:41	2.56	-0.44