Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 20, 2019 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Toronto Maple Leafs	4	46
Buffalo Sabres	2	24

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
15:04	BUF	Casey Mittelstadt (11) PP	Rasmus Dahlin (31), Jack Eichel (48)	0 - 1
2nd Period
01:43	TOR	Auston Matthews (35)	Andreas Johnsson (21), Jake Muzzin (28)	1 - 1
18:32	TOR	John Tavares (41)	William Nylander (18), Auston Matthews (33)	2 - 1
3rd Period
00:22	TOR	Mitch Marner (25)	John Tavares (40)	3 - 1
05:37	BUF	Alex Nylander (1)	Vladimir Sobotka (8), Zach Bogosian (16)	3 - 2
19:27	TOR	Zach Hyman (18)	Unassisted	4 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
05:19	BUF	Johan Larsson	Interference goalkeeper	2
10:10	BUF	Jack Eichel	Cross checking	2
13:16	TOR	Zach Hyman	Hooking	2
19:06	TOR	Zach Hyman	Roughing	2
2nd Period
09:38	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Toronto Maple Leafs	77	63	46	4	4.6	62.7
Buffalo Sabres	47	37	24	2	1.9	37.3

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 Toronto Maple Leafs had.

Expected goals

Toronto Maple Leafs: 4.6 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.9 expected, 2 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

Toronto Maple Leafs

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
John Tavares · Zach Hyman · Mitch Marner	14:03	73.7	75.7	1-1
Patrick Marleau · Nazem Kadri · Kasperi Kapanen	11:00	59.1	62.3	0-0
Andreas Johnsson · William Nylander · Auston Matthews	10:27	73.1	80.9	1-0
Connor Brown · Nic Petan · Trevor Moore	3:57	50.0	62.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jake Muzzin · Nikita Zaitsev	14:49	59.3	83.7	1-0
Ron Hainsey · Morgan Rielly	11:02	65.4	78.4	1-0
Ron Hainsey · Justin Holl	6:36	69.2	39.5	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
34	Auston Matthews	C	1	1	2	2	0	7	0	19:39	0.79	28-14	1.78-0.53
91	John Tavares	C	1	1	2	2	0	6	0	19:57	1.19	19-10	1.38-0.38
18	Zach Hyman	L	1	0	1	1	4	2	0	17:12	0.19	14-6	0.60-0.20
93	Mitch Marner	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	22:30	0.32	17-7	1.06-0.23
8	Jake Muzzin	D	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	24:13	0.03	26-16	1.15-0.36
18	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	15:01	0.19	25-11	1.48-0.39
88	William Nylander	R	0	1	1	2	0	3	0	17:23	0.22	23-13	1.26-0.57
4	Justin Holl	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	07:43	0.01	9-4	0.16-0.24
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:18	0.12	14-13	0.40-0.34
12	Trevor Moore	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	05:41	0.01	6-7	0.19-0.28
16	Connor Brown	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	07:47	0.04	6-5	0.24-0.11
19	Nic Petan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	07:47	0.13	6-5	0.24-0.11
22	Nikita Zaitsev	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	23:41	0.04	26-15	1.96-0.35
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	15:56	0.76	18-13	0.89-0.34
44	Morgan Rielly	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	25:25	0.02	29-18	1.73-0.63
81	Ron Hainsey	D	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	24:21	0.09	32-17	1.73-0.69
91	Nazem Kadri	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:56	0.05	16-10	0.84-0.26
92	Igor Ozhiganov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	08:42	0.04	6-6	0.17-0.21

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
80	Garret Sparks	24	22	2	60:00	1.89	-0.11

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons	11:18	47.1	46.3	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	8:41	32.1	18.9	0-1
Conor Sheary · Evan Rodrigues · Alex Nylander	5:00	18.2	2.7	0-0
Conor Sheary · Jack Eichel · Tage Thompson	4:35	83.3	93.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Bogosian · Rasmus Ristolainen	13:23	33.3	35.5	1-1
Marco Scandella · Casey Nelson	10:07	33.3	11.4	0-0
Brandon Montour · Rasmus Dahlin	7:15	33.3	37.7	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	12:16	0.33	9-10	0.30-0.36
92	Alex Nylander	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	10:50	0.10	6-14	0.20-0.75
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	-3	2	3	2	20:27	0.21	15-26	0.52-1.63
17	Vladimir Sobotka	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	12:15	0.04	10-10	0.47-0.61
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	22:31	0.02	13-23	0.61-1.10
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	3	18:06	0.02	11-20	0.45-0.60
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	19:11	0.02	13-26	0.34-2.13
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:15	0.16	10-10	0.41-0.30
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:32	0.04	11-16	0.21-1.16
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	17:31	0.27	14-24	0.37-1.63
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	17:33	0.02	5-20	0.03-1.27
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	14:25	0.15	10-10	0.41-0.30
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	14:02	0.15	8-11	0.24-0.69
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	15:42	0.07	8-19	0.19-0.89
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	17:47	0.08	12-24	0.34-1.56
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	22:42	0.02	9-19	0.39-1.00
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:44	0.02	18-24	0.48-0.91
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	12:08	0.19	8-14	0.27-0.36

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Carter Hutton	45	42	3	59:01	4.21	+1.21