New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 31, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Islanders	3	33
Buffalo Sabres	1	40

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
02:59	NYI	Leo Komarov (5)	Nick Leddy (11), Mathew Barzal (26)	1 - 0
3rd Period
01:45	NYI	Brock Nelson (13)	Joshua Ho-Sang (1), Scott Mayfield (11)	2 - 0
10:14	BUF	Kyle Okposo (6) PP	Nathan Beaulieu (4), Casey Mittelstadt (6)	2 - 1
19:28	NYI	Ryan Pulock (3)	Robin Lehner (1)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
07:35	BUF	Zach Bogosian	Slashing	2
11:41	BUF	Jake McCabe	High sticking	2
3rd Period
08:32	NYI	Mathew Barzal	Slashing	2
13:07	NYI	Scott Mayfield	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders	56	45	33	3	3.8	43.0
Buffalo Sabres	65	49	40	1	2.7	57.0

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 New York Islanders had.

Expected goals

New York Islanders: 3.8 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 1 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

New York Islanders

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.

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Anders Lee · Brock Nelson · Joshua Ho-Sang	13:18	45.0	63.6	1-0
Josh Bailey · Mathew Barzal · Anthony Beauvillier	11:01	46.2	33.0	0-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas	8:24	30.8	57.1	0-0
Leo Komarov · Casey Cizikas · Michael Dal Colle	5:13	40.0	83.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Johnny Boychuk · Nick Leddy	15:43	51.4	48.8	1-0
Scott Mayfield · Devon Toews	15:00	53.8	65.7	1-0
Adam Pelech · Ryan Pulock	14:29	16.7	10.9	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
6	Ryan Pulock	D	1	0	1	1	0	4	2	22:22	0.11	6-22	0.24-1.06
11	Brock Nelson	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	20:58	0.27	12-16	0.65-0.42
47	Leo Komarov	R	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	14:14	0.04	9-15	0.38-0.78
4	Nick Leddy	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	19:09	0.02	20-17	0.62-0.58
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	20:12	0.04	20-23	0.61-1.51
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	19:02	0.13	15-13	0.98-0.50
26	Joshua Ho-Sang	R	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	16:33	0.26	12-11	0.55-0.30
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17:58	0.01	4-21	0.13-1.06
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19:33	0.02	17-15	1.00-0.47
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:43	0.06	14-19	0.50-1.27
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	16:32	0.40	6-10	0.36-0.18
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	09:50		5-10	0.33-0.19
28	Michael Dal Colle	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	10:37	0.18	10-9	0.40-0.26
51	Valtteri Filppula	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	00:32		1-0	0.01-0.00
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	19:11	0.36	6-16	0.46-0.24
55	Johnny Boychuk	D	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	19:36	0.07	18-18	0.55-0.61
72	Anders Lee	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	17:44	0.46	11-12	0.61-0.31
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	15:39	0.60	14-18	0.42-0.95

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	40	39	1	59:53	2.73	+1.73

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Pominville · Vladimir Sobotka · Tage Thompson	7:22	75.0	88.8	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues	7:14	76.9	81.3	0-0
Conor Sheary · Evan Rodrigues · Casey Mittelstadt	5:52	66.7	58.2	0-0
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · C.J. Smith	5:01	50.0	39.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Bogosian · Nathan Beaulieu	15:55	44.0	31.0	0-0
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen	14:11	71.4	79.8	0-1
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Dahlin	10:05	56.3	56.8	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
8	Kyle Okposo	R	1	0	1	-2	0	3	0	13:54	0.09	8-12	0.26-0.50
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	16:22	0.24	10-16	0.48-0.86
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	20:14		12-14	0.29-0.63
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	15:46		14-10	0.39-0.55
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	02:42		5-3	0.14-0.12
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	18:23	0.74	17-13	0.86-0.45
17	Vladimir Sobotka	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	14:12	0.21	16-10	0.59-0.10
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	22:07	0.16	20-9	1.21-0.51
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:21	0.01	9-8	0.15-0.51
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	16:17	0.07	27-11	1.43-0.38
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	23:24	0.15	12-20	0.29-0.89
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	17:42	0.11	11-13	0.41-0.50
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:45	0.04	17-7	0.47-0.32
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:47	0.02	10-11	0.51-0.67
47	C.J. Smith	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	11:31	0.12	10-8	0.29-0.41
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	1	19:23	0.45	21-12	0.94-0.42
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	5	25:06	0.17	30-13	1.46-0.60
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	16:19	0.17	16-10	0.52-0.38

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Carter Hutton	32	30	2	58:45	3.01	+1.01