Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

Dec 3, 2018 · Bridgestone Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	22
Nashville Predators	2	25

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
16:25	NSH	Ryan Ellis (2) PP	Roman Josi (14), Ryan Johansen (19)	0 - 1
2nd Period
05:20	BUF	Sam Reinhart (7)	Unassisted	1 - 1
16:34	NSH	Kevin Fiala (5)	Craig Smith (7), Mattias Ekholm (14)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
11:41	NSH	Miikka Salomaki	Holding	2
15:04	BUF	Nathan Beaulieu	Tripping	2
2nd Period
01:50	NSH	Dan Hamhuis	Tripping	2
13:26	NSH	Austin Watson	Hooking	2
17:27	NSH	Ryan Hartman	Tripping	2
18:19	BUF	Jeff Skinner	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	53	38	23	1	2.6	45.5
Nashville Predators	56	40	25	2	3.1	54.5

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

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.6 expected, 1 scored · Nashville Predators: 3.1 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	12:46	55.0	76.4	1-0
Kyle Okposo · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt	10:01	35.7	21.9	0-0
Vladimir Sobotka · Remi Elie · Evan Rodrigues	8:25	40.0	40.1	0-0
Patrik Berglund · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons	8:05	50.0	70.4	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Lawrence Pilut	14:26	33.3	54.3	1-0
Zach Bogosian · Rasmus Dahlin	10:54	31.3	31.3	0-0
Nathan Beaulieu · Casey Nelson	10:34	87.5	80.9	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	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
13	Sam Reinhart	C	1	1	1	0	3	0	21:31	0.51	12-11	1.03-0.41
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:53		7-10	0.11-0.23
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	12:48		15-5	0.72-0.16
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	1	0	6	0	21:59	0.67	12-15	1.08-0.57
10	Patrik Berglund	C	0	0	-1	0	1	1	13:47	0.37	11-8	0.41-0.14
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	14:16		7-11	0.12-0.32
17	Vladimir Sobotka	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:51	0.05	10-13	0.31-0.52
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	13:54	0.29	13-12	0.36-0.43
20	Lawrence Pilut	D	0	0	1	0	0	1	19:08	0.01	14-23	0.94-0.77
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	-1	0	0	2	13:31		10-16	0.35-0.59
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	14:56	0.02	11-14	0.18-0.43
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	-1	0	2	1	22:51	0.05	8-21	0.39-0.62
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	16:40		18-7	0.52-0.34
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	-1	0	0	2	11:17	0.10	10-9	0.35-0.23
38	Remi Elie	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	09:13	0.01	9-13	0.29-0.52
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	1	2	1	0	22:13	0.31	12-15	1.03-0.66
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	1	0	2	2	26:53	0.09	13-26	0.91-0.96
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:34	0.10	8-11	0.16-0.30

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Carter Hutton	L	25	23	2	58:24	2.60	+0.60

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Johansen · Ryan Hartman · Kevin Fiala	11:28	30.4	21.2	0-1
Austin Watson · Miikka Salomaki · Colton Sissons	9:43	72.7	77.2	0-0
Craig Smith · Calle Jarnkrok · Eeli Tolvanen	7:47	53.8	41.4	0-0
Nick Bonino · Rocco Grimaldi · Frederick Gaudreau	5:15	50.0	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis	17:35	57.6	56.0	0-1
Dan Hamhuis · Mattias Ekholm	16:04	52.4	29.9	0-0
Yannick Weber · Matt Irwin	11:28	52.0	41.1	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
22	Kevin Fiala	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	16:27	0.06	14-20	0.54-1.24
94	Ryan Ellis	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	2	24:32	0.10	19-14	0.99-0.77
12	Ryan Johansen	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	4	21:25	0.06	18-19	0.55-1.25
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	23:25	0.02	16-14	0.39-0.69
15	Craig Smith	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	14:41	0.29	17-9	0.56-0.58
59	Roman Josi	D	0	1	1	-1	0	5	0	25:46	0.41	22-15	1.17-0.98
3	Yannick Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	13:43	0.03	13-15	0.27-0.45
5	Dan Hamhuis	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	19:42	0.01	11-11	0.18-0.47
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12:00		9-10	0.28-0.09
15	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:23	0.33	13-5	0.52-0.21
17	Eeli Tolvanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:20	0.16	9-6	0.28-0.37
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:00	0.12	12-8	0.32-0.37
20	Miikka Salomaki	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	13:28	0.05	10-5	0.42-0.15
23	Rocco Grimaldi	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	07:37	0.22	10-4	0.29-0.00
24	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	17:21	0.26	11-7	0.50-0.19
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	18:28	0.47	15-17	0.50-1.04
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	12:19	0.04	15-12	0.30-0.39
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	07:23		6-9	0.19-0.02

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	W	22	21	1	60:00	2.58	+1.58