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Buffalo Sabres at Chicago Blackhawks

Mar 7, 2019 · United Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 39
Chicago Blackhawks 5 45

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
16:01 CHI Duncan Keith (4) Jonathan Toews (39), Patrick Kane (55) 0 - 1
18:26 CHI Artem Anisimov (12) Dominik Kahun (20), Patrick Kane (56) 0 - 2
2nd Period
03:16 BUF Vladimir Sobotka (5) Tage Thompson (5), Brandon Montour (22) 1 - 2
04:39 BUF Brandon Montour (7) Scott Wilson (2), Zach Bogosian (14) 2 - 2
06:45 BUF Zach Bogosian (3) SH Evan Rodrigues (17) 3 - 2
3rd Period
04:48 CHI Artem Anisimov (13) Unassisted 3 - 3
07:20 BUF Kyle Okposo (11) Evan Rodrigues (18), Conor Sheary (19) 4 - 3
07:57 CHI Brendan Perlini (8) Jonathan Toews (40), Slater Koekkoek (3) 4 - 4
Shootout
CHI Patrick Kane Shootout winner 4 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:37 BUF Casey Nelson Holding 2
13:43 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Roughing 2
18:30 CHI David Kampf Tripping 2
2nd Period
05:19 BUF Brandon Montour Tripping 2
11:40 CHI Jonathan Toews Slashing 2
13:48 BUF Casey Mittelstadt Hooking 2
19:15 BUF Brandon Montour Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 64 45 39 4 3.6 54.6
Chicago Blackhawks 69 59 45 4 4.7 45.4

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdOTChicago Blackhawks 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 Chicago Blackhawks had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.6 expected, 4 scored · Chicago Blackhawks: 4.7 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 3:16 of 2nd, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 4:39 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 6:45 of 2nd, a 23% chanceBUF goal, 7:20 of 3rd, a 14% chanceCHI goal, 16:01 of 1st, a 16% chanceCHI goal, 18:26 of 1st, a 17% chanceCHI goal, 4:48 of 3rd, a 19% chanceCHI goal, 7:57 of 3rd, a 19% chanceCHI 4.7BUF 3.6

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
Chicago Blackhawks

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 Eichel14:0253.344.90-0
Kyle Okposo · Conor Sheary · Evan Rodrigues10:0973.384.71-0
Jason Pominville · Scott Wilson · Casey Mittelstadt6:5266.754.61-1
Vladimir Sobotka · Zemgus Girgensons · Tage Thompson5:4850.037.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Brandon Montour14:1667.653.52-2
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen12:0850.035.10-0
Casey Nelson · Rasmus Dahlin12:0152.440.80-1

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
24 Zach Bogosian D 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 25:18 1.10 24-14 1.02-0.96
62 Brandon Montour D 1 1 2 1 4 5 1 21:21 0.24 27-15 0.97-0.91
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 17:50 0.12 13-8 0.41-0.36
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 12:36 0.18 12-8 0.36-0.32
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 12:59 0.26 12-12 0.36-0.73
20 Scott Wilson C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 16:31 0.05 16-9 0.52-0.58
43 Conor Sheary L 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 14:34 0.16 11-6 0.32-0.13
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 07:07 0.18 12-9 0.35-0.55
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:44 0.02 15-17 0.46-0.90
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:19 0.07 12-12 0.46-0.57
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 22:26 0.47 16-18 0.65-0.90
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:14 0.07 11-8 0.38-0.39
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:49 0.34 17-17 0.70-0.95
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:40 0.07 15-12 0.52-0.63
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:52 0.03 11-11 0.42-0.81
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:21 0.13 10-7 0.38-0.39
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:41 0.11 17-16 0.70-0.85
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 27:50 14-21 0.39-0.97
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton 45 41 4 64:48 4.67 +0.67

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Marcus Kruger · David Kampf9:3757.186.00-0
Artem Anisimov · Patrick Kane · Dominik Kahun8:3628.643.42-0
Brendan Perlini · Dylan Strome · Alex DeBrincat8:0854.267.60-1
Jonathan Toews · Brandon Saad · John Hayden6:2326.727.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Connor Murphy · Carl Dahlstrom16:5766.787.11-0
Duncan Keith · Brent Seabrook10:0240.055.02-1
Slater Koekkoek · Erik Gustafsson7:1134.840.20-0

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
51 Artem Anisimov C 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 18:37 0.43 10-17 0.58-0.85
19 Jonathan Toews C 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 22:06 0.21 9-15 0.68-0.36
88 Patrick Kane R 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 25:13 0.41 9-21 0.79-0.99
2 Duncan Keith D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 22:43 0.36 14-22 0.87-0.83
42 Brendan Perlini L 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 10:48 0.89 18-13 1.09-0.38
20 Slater Koekkoek D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:19 0.07 10-20 0.68-0.91
21 Dominik Kahun C 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 16:11 0.06 11-19 0.64-1.02
5 Connor Murphy D 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 21:10 0.21 20-11 0.84-0.14
7 Brent Seabrook D 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 17:30 0.06 12-21 0.93-0.81
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:32 0.07 8-7 0.30-0.06
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 06:37 0.06 4-11 0.10-0.27
16 Marcus Kruger C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:52 0.11 9-6 0.33-0.05
17 Dylan Strome C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 18:35 0.25 16-13 0.80-0.61
20 Brandon Saad L 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 20:58 0.76 16-16 0.80-0.50
48 Carl Dahlstrom D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:02 0.02 20-10 0.84-0.12
64 Erik Gustafsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 3 24:22 0.22 12-22 0.61-0.94
64 David Kampf C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:31 0.02 9-8 0.33-0.06
93 Alex DeBrincat R 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 19:24 0.50 13-13 0.71-0.48
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
50 Corey Crawford 39 35 4 64:30 3.57 -0.43