Arizona Coyotes at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 13, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Arizona Coyotes	1	26
Buffalo Sabres	3	33

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
00:48	BUF	Casey Mittelstadt (5)	Conor Sheary (7)	0 - 1
06:54	BUF	Jeff Skinner (22)	Jack Eichel (29), Sam Reinhart (19)	0 - 2
07:19	ARI	Christian Fischer (7)	Richard Panik (4)	1 - 2
3rd Period
06:28	BUF	Evan Rodrigues (2)	Unassisted	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
3rd Period
00:56	BUF	Lawrence Pilut	High sticking	2
17:18	BUF	Jeff Skinner	Hooking	2
17:37	ARI	Derek Stepan	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Arizona Coyotes	55	37	26	1	1.8	45.5
Buffalo Sabres	63	50	33	3	4.2	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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Arizona Coyotes had.

Expected goals

Arizona Coyotes: 1.8 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 4.2 expected, 3 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

Arizona Coyotes

Buffalo Sabres

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Schmaltz · Lawson Crouse · Clayton Keller	12:32	33.3	7.9	0-1
Brad Richardson · Josh Archibald · Nick Cousins	12:19	48.1	45.6	0-1
Derek Stepan · Richard Panik · Christian Fischer	8:28	58.3	52.0	1-1
Mario Kempe · Michael Bunting · Conor Garland	7:16	69.2	75.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Kevin Connauton	18:45	42.5	27.4	0-0
Jordan Oesterle · Jakob Chychrun	16:19	40.6	41.9	1-0
Alex Goligoski · Niklas Hjalmarsson	14:23	51.6	49.6	0-3

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
36	Christian Fischer	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	09:52	0.04	7-5	0.21-0.20
16	Richard Panik	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	17:33	0.21	17-11	0.64-0.53
4	Niklas Hjalmarsson	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	14:28		16-15	0.59-0.60
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	22:51	0.20	15-22	0.57-0.85
8	Kevin Connauton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	19:39	0.05	18-23	0.45-1.11
8	Nick Schmaltz	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	20:46	0.08	10-24	0.23-1.25
9	Clayton Keller	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	20:35		12-21	0.34-1.11
13	Brad Richardson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	15:39	0.10	14-19	0.43-0.63
15	Josh Archibald	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	14:26	0.18	15-18	0.45-0.64
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	17:19	0.20	17-13	0.64-0.57
21	Nick Cousins	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:57	0.14	15-19	0.46-0.71
29	Mario Kempe	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	08:10	0.02	9-6	0.33-0.17
33	Alex Goligoski	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	18:48	0.04	18-16	0.63-0.60
58	Michael Bunting	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:37	0.26	10-13	0.44-0.35
67	Lawson Crouse	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	8	13:37		8-19	0.08-1.06
82	Jordan Oesterle	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	17:21	0.01	14-19	0.55-0.74
83	Conor Garland	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	16:33	0.21	16-12	0.61-0.44
95	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	26:42	0.09	19-25	0.45-1.21

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Darcy Kuemper	L	33	30	3	57:07	2.53	-0.47

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	15:38	57.1	52.8	1-0
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Evan Rodrigues	12:32	50.0	57.1	1-0
Jason Pominville · Vladimir Sobotka · Tage Thompson	10:33	60.0	75.0	0-0
Kyle Okposo · Conor Sheary · Casey Mittelstadt	8:47	52.2	71.1	1-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Bogosian · Rasmus Dahlin	18:11	48.6	47.3	0-1
Rasmus Ristolainen · Lawrence Pilut	17:26	48.6	73.3	0-0
Nathan Beaulieu · Matt Tennyson	10:05	57.9	49.6	1-0

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
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	12:57	0.23	14-12	0.66-0.30
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	16:48	0.07	13-14	0.48-0.39
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	1	2	6	0	18:30	0.35	22-17	0.86-0.82
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	18:11	0.09	21-16	0.85-0.77
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	18:10	0.23	20-17	0.83-0.82
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	10:03	0.10	13-11	0.65-0.22
7	Matt Tennyson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	12:12	0.02	15-9	0.58-0.40
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	11:53	0.28	13-11	0.56-0.22
17	Vladimir Sobotka	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:45	0.04	12-8	0.57-0.19
20	Lawrence Pilut	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	18:45	0.01	20-19	1.32-0.46
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	16:13	0.09	13-14	0.48-0.36
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	25:10		22-21	0.76-0.67
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	21:23	0.04	21-21	0.65-0.77
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	15:05	0.08	17-10	0.50-0.54
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	16:08	0.18	13-14	0.48-0.39
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:37	0.17	14-8	0.69-0.19
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	27:34	0.34	25-20	1.30-0.40
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	11:36	0.24	12-8	0.57-0.19

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Carter Hutton	W	26	25	1	60:00	1.79	+0.79