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Buffalo Sabres at Chicago Blackhawks

Nov 17, 2019 · United Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 34
Chicago Blackhawks 4 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
15:43 CHI Kirby Dach (4) Dominik Kubalik (4), Andrew Shaw (5) 0 - 1
2nd Period
12:32 CHI Kirby Dach (5) Zack Smith (3), Olli Maatta (6) 0 - 2
3rd Period
03:42 CHI Patrick Kane (11) PP Unassisted 0 - 3
08:57 CHI Jonathan Toews (4) Brandon Saad (6), Brent Seabrook (1) 0 - 4
09:39 BUF Jack Eichel (13) Unassisted 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:59 CHI Alex DeBrincat Hooking 2
16:40 BUF Jimmy Vesey High sticking 2
2nd Period
03:24 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Tripping 2
05:31 CHI Andrew Shaw Hooking 2
09:25 BUF Brandon Montour Slashing 2
14:01 CHI Erik Gustafsson Fighting 5
14:01 BUF Jimmy Vesey Fighting 5
17:04 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Holding 2
19:58 CHI Kirby Dach Interference 2
3rd Period
03:34 BUF Jake McCabe High sticking 2
10:04 CHI Olli Maatta Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 58 43 34 1 2.7 52.6
Chicago Blackhawks 51 43 27 4 3.4 47.4

How the game went

1210864202Start2nd3rdChicago 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: 2.7 expected, 1 scored · Chicago Blackhawks: 3.4 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 9:39 of 3rd, a 10% chanceCHI goal, 15:43 of 1st, a 10% chanceCHI goal, 12:32 of 2nd, a 11% chanceCHI goal, 3:42 of 3rd, a 12% chanceCHI goal, 8:57 of 3rd, a 14% chanceCHI 3.4BUF 2.7

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
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel12:1439.130.90-2
Jeff Skinner · Conor Sheary · Evan Rodrigues9:1050.041.40-1
Jimmy Vesey · Curtis Lazar · Casey Mittelstadt7:0190.094.30-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson5:0855.665.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Montour · Rasmus Dahlin14:1459.147.41-0
Marco Scandella · Henri Jokiharju13:4052.457.90-2
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen12:0048.046.10-1

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
9 Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 -1 0 6 5 21:55 0.60 11-18 0.43-0.87
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:50 0.02 15-11 0.86-0.54
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:48 0.28 9-2 0.29-0.14
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:19 0.03 11-16 0.43-0.77
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 18:45 0.45 13-12 0.82-0.83
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:44 10-3 0.30-0.12
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:51 12-11 0.82-0.59
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 19:13 0.02 14-13 0.48-0.56
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 12:29 0.16 16-3 0.74-0.02
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 19:55 0.15 13-10 0.45-0.51
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 11:33 0.14 6-7 0.33-0.24
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 13:49 0.18 9-10 0.42-0.79
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:52 0.18 9-9 0.40-0.61
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 6 21:52 0.04 13-15 0.51-0.80
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 19:52 0.18 14-11 0.55-0.74
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:59 0.06 7-6 0.24-0.24
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:59 0.03 9-8 0.53-0.34
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:00 0.20 9-15 0.31-0.79
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton L 27 23 4 59:58 3.42 -0.58

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrick Kane · Dylan Strome · Alex DeBrincat10:2223.523.30-0
Jonathan Toews · Brandon Saad · Alex Nylander10:0863.658.81-0
Zack Smith · Ryan Carpenter · Kirby Dach8:5241.760.61-1
Andrew Shaw · Dominik Kubalik · David Kampf6:4350.052.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Duncan Keith · Erik Gustafsson12:0040.038.71-0
Connor Murphy · Olli Maatta11:4050.059.81-0
Brent Seabrook · Calvin de Haan11:3543.551.40-0

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
77 Kirby Dach C 2 0 2 1 2 4 1 13:46 0.39 11-9 0.64-0.26
19 Jonathan Toews C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 18:05 0.21 16-9 0.76-0.50
88 Patrick Kane R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:01 0.45 6-15 0.31-0.79
3 Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 1 2 2 6 19:00 0.09 12-12 0.60-0.45
7 Brent Seabrook D 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 15:54 0.04 10-15 0.65-0.73
15 Zack Smith C 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11:23 0.11 7-7 0.44-0.22
20 Brandon Saad L 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 19:17 0.98 16-10 0.82-0.49
65 Andrew Shaw R 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 12:52 0.02 6-8 0.34-0.34
81 Dominik Kubalik L 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 12:16 0.60 9-6 0.38-0.22
2 Duncan Keith D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 22:34 0.10 11-14 0.53-0.66
5 Connor Murphy D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 17:59 0.00 11-11 0.51-0.44
17 Dylan Strome C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:24 0.09 4-16 0.20-0.78
22 Ryan Carpenter C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:18 8-9 0.43-0.28
44 Calvin de Haan D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 18:43 15-15 1.01-0.76
64 Erik Gustafsson D 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 17:39 0.08 12-13 0.51-0.51
64 David Kampf C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:08 6-6 0.36-0.23
92 Alex Nylander L 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:16 0.25 15-10 0.70-0.55
93 Alex DeBrincat R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:34 5-15 0.33-0.67
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
50 Corey Crawford W 34 33 1 59:53 2.74 +1.74