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St. Louis Blues at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 10, 2019 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
St. Louis Blues 2 30
Buffalo Sabres 5 33

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:18 BUF Sam Reinhart (12) Victor Olofsson (15), Brandon Montour (7) 0 - 1
03:37 STL Troy Brouwer (1) Ivan Barbashev (10), Robert Thomas (9) 1 - 1
2nd Period
19:51 BUF Johan Larsson (4) Zach Bogosian (3), Jimmy Vesey (6) 1 - 2
3rd Period
03:52 STL Alex Pietrangelo (7) David Perron (18), Tyler Bozak (9) 2 - 2
05:46 BUF Jack Eichel (19) Sam Reinhart (13), Victor Olofsson (16) 2 - 3
19:09 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (5) Johan Larsson (8), Henri Jokiharju (6) 2 - 4
19:58 BUF Jack Eichel (20) Zemgus Girgensons (4) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:04 STL Jay Bouwmeester Tripping 2
13:20 BUF Jeff Skinner Slashing 2
2nd Period
08:23 BUF Jack Eichel Hooking 2
16:52 STL Robert Bortuzzo Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
St. Louis Blues 44 37 30 2 1.6 48.7
Buffalo Sabres 49 41 33 5 3.0 51.3

How the game went

86420246Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadSt. Louis Blues 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 St. Louis Blues had.

Expected goals

St. Louis Blues: 1.6 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.0 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndSTL goal, 3:37 of 1st, a 18% chanceSTL goal, 3:52 of 3rd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 0:18 of 1st, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 19:51 of 2nd, a 23% chanceBUF goal, 5:46 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 19:09 of 3rd, a 74% chanceBUF goal, 19:58 of 3rd, a 49% chanceBUF 3.0STL 1.6

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

St. Louis Blues
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.

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Perron · Tyler Bozak · Ryan O'Reilly13:5647.826.61-1
Brayden Schenn · Jaden Schwartz · Jordan Kyrou10:3960.064.90-0
Troy Brouwer · Ivan Barbashev · Robert Thomas9:3761.174.21-1
Mackenzie MacEachern · Jacob de la Rose · Austin Poganski4:5614.32.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jay Bouwmeester · Justin Faulk10:1928.646.70-0
Alex Pietrangelo · Colton Parayko7:4966.729.30-1
Robert Bortuzzo · Vince Dunn7:1544.473.21-0

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
7 Alex Pietrangelo D 1 0 1 -2 0 5 1 21:09 0.16 14-10 0.27-0.57
36 Troy Brouwer R 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 13:35 0.47 12-11 0.63-0.23
18 Robert Thomas C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 13:09 12-10 0.60-0.46
21 Tyler Bozak C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 20:33 0.02 13-15 0.30-0.62
49 Ivan Barbashev L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:57 0.06 13-11 0.64-0.23
57 David Perron L 0 1 1 -3 0 2 2 19:56 0.29 13-14 0.32-0.81
10 Brayden Schenn C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 18:02 0.18 9-6 0.19-0.10
19 Jay Bouwmeester D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 19:48 0.02 7-16 0.22-0.47
20 Mackenzie MacEachern L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:12 2-6 0.01-0.29
22 Austin Poganski R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:54 1-6 0.01-0.29
25 Jordan Kyrou R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:13 0.04 10-7 0.19-0.11
29 Vince Dunn D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 21:07 0.03 16-16 0.58-0.54
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 11:07 0.04 9-7 0.44-0.11
55 Colton Parayko D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 23:29 0.05 18-11 0.42-0.64
61 Jacob de la Rose L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:33 0.01 3-8 0.05-0.31
71 Jaden Schwartz L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 19:10 0.26 12-9 0.39-0.16
72 Justin Faulk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 21:01 12-20 0.56-0.63
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 21:34 14-17 0.41-0.86
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Jake Allen L 31 28 3 58:31 1.79 -1.21

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel13:2648.061.42-1
Marcus Johansson · Jimmy Vesey · Rasmus Asplund9:5962.529.00-0
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons9:1764.360.10-0
Jeff Skinner · Evan Rodrigues · Casey Mittelstadt6:590.00.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Brandon Montour15:3352.062.62-0
Zach Bogosian · Colin Miller15:3040.948.60-1
Jake McCabe · Henri Jokiharju15:0559.128.10-0

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 3 2 2 0 19:56 0.11 12-16 0.53-0.44
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 17:01 0.30 12-14 0.53-0.35
22 Johan Larsson L 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 16:24 0.40 14-7 0.61-0.27
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 15:45 0.07 11-7 0.36-0.25
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 17:06 0.19 13-14 0.53-0.34
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 18:49 0.02 15-11 0.43-0.51
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 18:48 0.02 11-16 0.61-0.44
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:54 15-9 0.59-0.28
62 Brandon Montour D 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 19:24 0.06 16-14 0.70-0.36
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 18:48 0.01 11-13 0.46-0.38
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:44 0.08 10-5 0.33-0.22
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:26 0.03 0-9 0.00-0.38
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:47 0.03 6-9 0.28-0.31
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:05 0.03 14-9 0.21-0.46
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 14:00 0.30 5-10 0.25-0.39
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 4 0 4 5 21:46 0.09 13-13 0.56-0.34
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:44 0.03 12-8 0.34-0.27
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:33 0.02 10-6 0.09-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark W 30 28 2 60:00 1.64 -0.36