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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 29, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 3 42
Buffalo Sabres 2 28

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:40 BUF Marco Scandella (2) Jeff Skinner (13), Sam Reinhart (30) 0 - 1
09:30 BOS Noel Acciari (1) Unassisted 1 - 1
2nd Period
05:43 BUF Johan Larsson (4) SH Evan Rodrigues (9), Marco Scandella (5) 1 - 2
3rd Period
17:31 BOS Jake DeBrusk (11) PP Torey Krug (19), David Pastrnak (25) 2 - 2
Overtime
03:44 BOS Sean Kuraly (3) Matt Grzelcyk (9), Kevan Miller (3) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:07 BUF Zach Bogosian Hooking 2
16:48 BOS Colby Cave Hooking 2
2nd Period
02:53 BOS Torey Krug Tripping 2
03:02 BUF Jack Eichel High sticking double minor 4
3rd Period
16:17 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Kneeing 2
Overtime
00:34 BOS David Krejci Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 75 63 42 3 3.3 56.4
Buffalo Sabres 50 38 28 2 2.7 43.6

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadBoston Bruins 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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.3 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBOS goal, 9:30 of 1st, a 13% chanceBOS goal, 17:31 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBOS goal, 3:44 of overtime, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 4:40 of 1st, a 34% chanceBUF goal, 5:43 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBOS 3.3BUF 2.7

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

Boston Bruins
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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Krejci · Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson · Jake DeBrusk7:1662.528.40-0
Patrice Bergeron · Sean Kuraly · David Pastrnak4:4760.072.70-0
Chris Wagner · Colby Cave · Noel Acciari4:1233.331.90-0
Patrice Bergeron · Joakim Nordstrom · David Pastrnak4:0863.635.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Brandon Carlo13:3243.330.60-1
Kevan Miller · Matt Grzelcyk13:2765.261.91-0
John Moore · Torey Krug11:3464.757.10-0

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
52 Sean Kuraly C 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 15:43 0.34 19-13 0.90-0.39
52 Noel Acciari C 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 14:34 0.30 17-15 0.72-0.69
74 Jake DeBrusk L 1 0 1 -2 0 4 1 17:19 0.62 10-10 0.39-0.61
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 21:20 0.03 19-13 0.42-0.37
47 Torey Krug D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 19:58 0.03 15-7 0.62-0.32
86 Kevan Miller D 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 22:00 0.02 24-10 0.80-0.23
88 David Pastrnak R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 22:34 0.38 18-9 0.50-0.32
8 Ryan Donato C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 11:14 0.14 10-6 0.32-0.18
12 Colby Cave C 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 10:15 0.01 9-9 0.44-0.26
14 Chris Wagner R 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 14:37 0.37 15-14 0.50-0.68
20 Joakim Nordstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:45 0.17 17-16 0.53-1.18
23 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:15 0.11 11-7 0.35-0.40
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:27 0.11 14-22 0.54-1.30
27 John Moore D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:11 0.11 15-10 0.57-0.46
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:25 0.03 19-20 0.87-1.29
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 22:49 0.49 18-10 0.49-0.43
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 19:29 0.08 11-10 0.40-0.61
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:05 4-4 0.18-0.19
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask W 28 26 2 63:44 2.68 +0.68

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel13:4457.160.81-1
Kyle Okposo · Conor Sheary · Casey Mittelstadt10:3922.221.80-0
Jason Pominville · Vladimir Sobotka · Tage Thompson8:1650.069.30-0
Johan Larsson · Remi Elie · Evan Rodrigues5:4750.067.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen15:4939.346.80-1
Zach Bogosian · Nathan Beaulieu15:3653.159.40-0
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Dahlin12:4936.052.81-0

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
6 Marco Scandella D 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 18:11 0.37 10-16 0.69-0.60
22 Johan Larsson L 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 15:09 0.15 6-11 0.21-0.23
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18:39 17-16 0.89-0.68
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 14:55 0.13 5-9 0.21-0.18
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 19:06 0.42 18-16 0.90-0.73
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:30 0.20 5-15 0.21-0.69
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 20:08 0.23 16-15 0.89-0.62
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:32 0.01 6-16 0.20-0.77
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:50 0.33 13-13 0.68-0.30
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:03 12-18 0.43-0.53
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 22:25 0.01 18-18 0.75-0.66
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:44 0.14 12-19 0.81-0.79
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17:28 0.07 18-15 0.80-0.51
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:17 0.23 14-13 0.67-0.35
38 Remi Elie L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:30 0.15 4-6 0.20-0.12
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:12 5-15 0.21-0.67
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 25:22 0.04 12-20 0.49-0.70
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:47 0.23 14-14 0.67-0.37
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton OTL 42 39 3 63:42 3.30 +0.30