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Buffalo Sabres at St. Louis Blues

Dec 27, 2018 · Enterprise Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 31
St. Louis Blues 4 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
02:03 STL Robert Thomas (3) Vince Dunn (13), Tyler Bozak (11) 0 - 1
10:01 STL Jay Bouwmeester (1) David Perron (10), Alexander Steen (7) 0 - 2
10:55 STL Patrick Maroon (3) Robert Thomas (9), Robert Bortuzzo (3) 0 - 3
17:25 BUF Jack Eichel (15) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (21), Sam Reinhart (29) 1 - 3
3rd Period
13:47 STL Ryan O'Reilly (14) Alexander Steen (8), David Perron (11) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:16 STL Joel Edmundson Tripping 2
2nd Period
06:29 BUF Marco Scandella Tripping 2
16:45 STL Joel Edmundson Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 51 37 31 1 2.4 46.4
St. Louis Blues 56 49 32 4 4.1 53.6

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdSt. Louis Blues 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 St. Louis Blues had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 1 scored · St. Louis Blues: 4.1 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 17:25 of 2nd, a 6% chanceSTL goal, 2:03 of 2nd, a 20% chanceSTL goal, 10:01 of 2nd, a 11% chanceSTL goal, 10:55 of 2nd, a 13% chanceSTL goal, 13:47 of 3rd, a 9% chanceSTL 4.1BUF 2.4

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
St. Louis Blues

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
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel14:5053.356.30-1
Vladimir Sobotka · Conor Sheary · Evan Rodrigues11:1843.521.90-0
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Tage Thompson6:5777.872.50-0
Kyle Okposo · Remi Elie · Casey Mittelstadt5:5433.322.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Lawrence Pilut15:5148.341.20-1
Zach Bogosian · Rasmus Dahlin11:2850.023.30-1
Marco Scandella · Jake McCabe8:3325.028.40-1

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

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
9 Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 17:43 0.44 16-14 1.09-0.84
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:21 0.49 17-15 1.09-0.88
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 20:56 0.04 16-19 0.67-1.63
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 16:57 12-20 0.72-1.62
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:45 0.14 9-14 0.42-0.97
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:08 0.21 9-16 0.42-1.34
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:12 0.03 11-15 0.29-1.08
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 15:46 0.28 10-17 0.29-1.46
20 Lawrence Pilut D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:22 0.05 18-17 0.95-0.95
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:57 0.09 9-7 0.21-0.55
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:18 0.06 9-16 0.39-1.25
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 21:13 0.09 17-19 0.83-1.30
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:27 0.14 18-13 0.46-0.87
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:03 9-6 0.21-0.50
38 Remi Elie L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:33 6-13 0.15-1.16
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:43 0.02 11-16 0.43-1.26
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 18:22 0.29 17-16 1.09-0.93
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:14 0.05 11-7 0.35-0.46
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton L 32 28 4 60:00 4.03 +0.03

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Steen · David Perron · Ryan O'Reilly14:2957.759.62-0
Brayden Schenn · Vladimir Tarasenko · Jaden Schwartz13:0458.672.70-0
Patrick Maroon · Tyler Bozak · Robert Thomas11:5052.478.02-0
Jordan Nolan · Oskar Sundqvist · Ivan Barbashev10:1453.351.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joel Edmundson · Colton Parayko17:5746.445.20-0
Jay Bouwmeester · Robert Bortuzzo16:2761.581.11-0
Chris Butler · Vince Dunn15:1850.075.62-0

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
18 Robert Thomas C 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 13:02 0.47 11-10 1.00-0.28
20 Alexander Steen L 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 19:11 0.25 16-12 0.95-0.66
57 David Perron L 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 17:39 0.13 15-15 0.92-0.79
19 Jay Bouwmeester D 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 20:11 0.18 17-14 1.45-0.66
77 Patrick Maroon L 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 13:37 0.35 11-10 1.00-0.28
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 18:28 0.62 15-11 0.92-0.63
21 Tyler Bozak C 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 15:41 11-10 1.00-0.28
29 Vince Dunn D 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 18:10 0.17 18-15 1.56-0.44
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 19:55 0.05 18-10 1.53-0.34
6 Joel Edmundson D 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 20:20 0.05 17-19 0.91-1.12
10 Brayden Schenn C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:11 0.28 18-17 1.45-0.69
25 Chris Butler D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 17:21 0.03 17-16 1.41-0.55
49 Ivan Barbashev L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:09 8-7 0.44-0.41
55 Colton Parayko D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 21:57 0.03 17-16 0.75-0.91
70 Oskar Sundqvist C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:38 0.23 8-8 0.44-0.41
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:25 0.13 8-8 0.44-0.41
71 Jaden Schwartz L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:25 0.67 17-15 1.42-0.66
91 Vladimir Tarasenko R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 15:00 0.41 18-12 1.45-0.53
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Jake Allen W 31 30 1 60:00 2.40 +1.40