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Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 2, 2019 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 3 35
Buffalo Sabres 2 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:49 NSH Craig Smith (21) P.K. Subban (21), Kyle Turris (16) 1 - 0
16:04 BUF Kyle Okposo (13) Evan Rodrigues (19), Rasmus Ristolainen (35) 1 - 1
2nd Period
00:44 NSH P.K. Subban (9) Unassisted 2 - 1
19:55 BUF Jeff Skinner (38) Brandon Montour (27), Evan Rodrigues (20) 2 - 2
3rd Period
06:32 NSH Ryan Johansen (13) Viktor Arvidsson (14), Roman Josi (41) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:33 BUF Brandon Montour Tripping 2
2nd Period
02:40 NSH Ryan Johansen Hooking 2
08:22 NSH Mattias Ekholm Tripping 2
08:22 NSH Mattias Ekholm Unsportsmanlike conduct 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 62 50 35 3 2.9 56.4
Buffalo Sabres 57 42 28 2 2.0 43.6

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 2.9 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 8:49 of 1st, a 9% chanceNSH goal, 0:44 of 2nd, a 6% chanceNSH goal, 6:32 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 16:04 of 1st, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 19:55 of 2nd, a 16% chanceNSH 2.9BUF 2.0

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

Nashville Predators
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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Mikael Granlund12:3954.570.21-0
Ryan Johansen · Filip Forsberg · Viktor Arvidsson11:5960.657.71-0
Nick Bonino · Austin Watson · Colton Sissons9:5175.049.60-1
Brian Boyle · Wayne Simmonds · Calle Jarnkrok7:3556.379.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
P.K. Subban · Mattias Ekholm18:2660.057.02-0
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis15:3248.447.30-2
Dan Hamhuis · Dante Fabbro8:4562.582.00-0

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
76 P.K. Subban D 1 1 2 2 0 6 1 23:29 0.14 26-16 0.63-0.42
12 Ryan Johansen C 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 17:23 0.08 22-13 0.66-0.45
15 Craig Smith C 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 14:47 0.26 18-15 0.87-0.37
8 Kyle Turris C 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 14:58 0.28 19-17 0.94-0.42
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:29 0.34 22-13 0.66-0.45
59 Roman Josi D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 25:37 0.07 22-19 0.94-0.82
5 Dan Hamhuis D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:22 0.01 11-9 0.54-0.22
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 16:29 0.24 20-14 0.62-0.55
11 Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:35 0.11 11-8 0.42-0.12
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:36 0.05 7-6 0.15-0.49
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 23:36 0.01 29-21 0.83-0.59
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:28 0.30 7-4 0.21-0.21
15 Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:45 10-6 0.52-0.12
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:42 0.12 9-8 0.37-0.10
24 Wayne Simmonds R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:52 0.10 9-10 0.37-0.14
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 14:14 8-5 0.21-0.43
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:51 0.29 19-18 0.87-0.58
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 23:48 16-18 0.77-0.81
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne W 28 26 2 59:59 2.01 +0.01

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel15:5339.143.30-0
Kyle Okposo · Jeff Skinner · Evan Rodrigues9:3745.563.72-1
Jason Pominville · Johan Larsson · Scott Wilson8:4128.615.50-1
Conor Sheary · Alex Nylander · Casey Mittelstadt8:2161.146.20-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Rasmus Dahlin16:5329.721.91-2
Jake McCabe · Brandon Montour15:1845.949.51-0
Casey Nelson · Lawrence Pilut13:0450.043.80-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 14:21 0.05 11-15 0.42-0.27
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 13:14 0.15 10-12 0.40-0.23
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:36 0.25 13-15 0.47-0.27
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 6 23:45 12-26 0.29-1.01
62 Brandon Montour D 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 18:52 0.08 21-21 0.79-0.66
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:59 0.02 13-11 0.38-0.46
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 26:14 0.18 14-18 0.58-0.59
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:44 0.10 12-9 0.29-0.35
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 25:20 0.37 15-21 0.58-0.62
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 10:48 0.15 8-16 0.26-0.94
20 Lawrence Pilut D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:05 11-9 0.37-0.35
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:23 8-16 0.18-0.93
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 17:33 0.02 18-20 0.72-0.66
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:37 0.10 13-28 0.36-1.11
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:19 0.10 7-16 0.17-0.93
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:22 0.17 13-10 0.31-0.38
92 Alex Nylander L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:29 0.06 12-8 0.31-0.35
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:17 0.23 9-14 0.40-0.53
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton L 35 32 3 58:02 2.39 -0.61