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Edmonton Oilers at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 4, 2019 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Edmonton Oilers 4 27
Buffalo Sabres 3 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:28 EDM Leon Draisaitl (41) SH Connor McDavid (58), Darnell Nurse (26) 1 - 0
02:42 BUF Jack Eichel (24) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (34), Jeff Skinner (22) 1 - 1
13:29 BUF Casey Mittelstadt (10) Scott Wilson (1), Jason Pominville (13) 1 - 2
17:24 BUF Jack Eichel (25) Unassisted 1 - 3
2nd Period
16:29 EDM Zack Kassian (11) Connor McDavid (59), Kris Russell (12) 2 - 3
18:46 EDM Darnell Nurse (8) Leon Draisaitl (42), Sam Gagner (3) 3 - 3
19:55 EDM Kyle Brodziak (5) Adam Larsson (14), Milan Lucic (12) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:53 EDM Alex Chiasson Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd Period
05:58 BUF Marco Scandella Delaying game puck over glass 2
11:24 EDM Oscar Klefbom High sticking 2
3rd Period
19:14 EDM Leon Draisaitl Interference 2
19:57 BUF Jeff Skinner Holding the stick 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Edmonton Oilers 47 35 27 4 2.4 46.2
Buffalo Sabres 64 50 38 3 2.8 53.8

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadEdmonton Oilers 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 Edmonton Oilers had.

Expected goals

Edmonton Oilers: 2.4 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndEDM goal, 1:28 of 1st, a 10% chanceEDM goal, 16:29 of 2nd, a 8% chanceEDM goal, 18:46 of 2nd, a 16% chanceEDM goal, 19:55 of 2nd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 2:42 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 13:29 of 1st, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 17:24 of 1st, a 11% chanceBUF 2.8EDM 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

Edmonton Oilers
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.

Edmonton Oilers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zack Kassian · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Connor McDavid8:5541.249.11-0
Sam Gagner · Alex Chiasson · Leon Draisaitl8:0360.079.61-0
Zack Kassian · Leon Draisaitl · Connor McDavid6:0766.734.50-1
Milan Lucic · Alex Chiasson · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins4:5012.50.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Adam Larsson · Oscar Klefbom18:0850.036.71-1
Kris Russell · Darnell Nurse17:1558.666.62-1
Andrej Sekera · Matt Benning10:3535.033.50-0

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
25 Darnell Nurse D 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 22:34 0.19 18-15 0.98-0.52
29 Leon Draisaitl C 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 24:03 0.26 23-17 1.07-0.76
97 Connor McDavid C 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 21:32 0.05 18-19 0.51-0.83
28 Kyle Brodziak C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 11:12 0.10 9-8 0.38-0.37
44 Zack Kassian R 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 18:37 0.38 21-16 0.59-0.82
6 Kris Russell D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 23:11 18-16 1.06-0.62
6 Adam Larsson D 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 21:58 0.15 16-17 0.50-0.85
17 Milan Lucic L 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 10:37 5-12 0.21-0.46
89 Sam Gagner C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:28 0.10 12-7 0.81-0.37
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:40 0.02 8-16 0.22-0.49
8 Ty Rattie R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:29 0.14 5-4 0.18-0.21
12 Colby Cave C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:53 0.01 3-6 0.03-0.21
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:57 6-9 0.21-0.25
33 Matt Benning D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:55 8-16 0.20-0.47
41 Josh Currie R 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 07:41 0.09 5-8 0.21-0.22
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 19:43 0.32 10-19 0.78-0.67
77 Oscar Klefbom D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 23:00 0.08 16-19 0.57-0.94
93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:55 0.10 9-21 0.32-0.65
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
19 Mikko Koskinen 38 35 3 60:00 2.80 -0.20

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel14:4950.054.51-1
Kyle Okposo · Conor Sheary · Evan Rodrigues12:5647.440.60-0
Jason Pominville · Scott Wilson · Casey Mittelstadt10:0373.359.11-1
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Tage Thompson8:1540.049.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen15:2939.447.91-2
Casey Nelson · Rasmus Dahlin12:4880.085.91-1
Matt Hunwick · Brandon Montour11:2853.851.90-0

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
9 Jack Eichel C 2 0 2 -1 0 5 0 21:43 0.36 21-18 0.78-0.57
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 14:29 0.40 12-4 0.51-0.35
20 Scott Wilson C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 11:37 0.15 11-5 0.51-0.35
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 10:43 0.11 13-4 0.51-0.35
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 20:54 0.32 19-18 0.70-0.58
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 3 22:41 0.18 15-22 0.79-0.85
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 17:54 0.07 14-24 0.79-0.94
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:14 0.20 10-10 0.43-0.60
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:33 0.02 19-4 0.63-0.10
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:20 0.27 20-19 0.78-0.58
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:12 0.25 10-10 0.43-0.60
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:06 6-10 0.23-0.25
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 25:02 0.09 25-15 0.82-0.65
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:59 0.22 6-9 0.23-0.23
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:30 0.12 13-10 0.51-0.60
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:32 0.01 9-6 0.32-0.28
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:26 0.07 16-13 0.53-0.71
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:59 0.00 6-9 0.23-0.23
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark 20 16 4 40:00 1.41 -2.59
40 Carter Hutton 7 7 0 18:03 0.55 +0.55