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Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 12, 2019 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 3 39
Buffalo Sabres 4 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:57 NSH Matt Duchene (8) Kyle Turris (7) 1 - 0
14:33 BUF Jimmy Vesey (4) Rasmus Ristolainen (13) 1 - 1
15:32 NSH Colton Sissons (7) Ryan Ellis (17) 2 - 1
2nd Period
04:55 BUF Jack Eichel (21) Sam Reinhart (14), Colin Miller (5) 2 - 2
14:21 BUF Jack Eichel (22) Henri Jokiharju (7), Rasmus Dahlin (16) 2 - 3
16:07 NSH Ryan Johansen (6) Filip Forsberg (11), Calle Jarnkrok (11) 3 - 3
3rd Period
08:29 BUF Victor Olofsson (13) Brandon Montour (8), Sam Reinhart (15) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
17:50 BUF Brandon Montour Tripping 2
19:08 BUF Marco Scandella Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd Period
07:15 NSH Matt Duchene Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 62 49 39 3 2.9 51.5
Buffalo Sabres 50 42 32 4 2.7 48.5

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.7 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 0:57 of 1st, a 9% chanceNSH goal, 15:32 of 1st, a 8% chanceNSH goal, 16:07 of 2nd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 14:33 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 4:55 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 14:21 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 8:29 of 3rd, a 24% chanceNSH 2.9BUF 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

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 · Matt Duchene · Mikael Granlund13:4352.052.91-1
Calle Jarnkrok · Ryan Johansen · Filip Forsberg13:1246.453.81-0
Nick Bonino · Craig Smith · Rocco Grimaldi10:5361.141.00-1
Austin Watson · Colton Sissons · Daniel Carr6:5233.316.40-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis16:2355.362.71-0
Mattias Ekholm · Dante Fabbro14:2844.033.11-2
Dan Hamhuis · Yannick Weber11:0959.151.91-0

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
12 Ryan Johansen C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:13 0.21 14-18 0.82-0.75
15 Colton Sissons C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 11:26 0.08 6-9 0.24-0.57
95 Matt Duchene C 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 19:46 0.34 15-15 0.45-0.45
8 Kyle Turris C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:02 0.10 17-14 0.51-0.59
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 19:12 0.22 14-19 0.82-0.79
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 17:54 0.18 15-17 1.27-0.77
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 25:25 0.35 23-21 1.32-1.01
3 Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:16 0.00 13-12 0.67-0.81
5 Dan Hamhuis D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:05 0.02 14-9 0.68-0.62
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:20 0.45 19-10 1.19-0.92
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:56 0.12 13-15 0.58-0.93
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:00 0.06 13-8 0.53-0.72
15 Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 19:37 14-19 0.53-1.07
23 Rocco Grimaldi R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 12:19 0.43 15-7 1.00-0.70
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:16 6-9 0.24-0.57
28 Daniel Carr L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 07:01 0.10 4-8 0.11-0.57
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 26:51 0.25 26-22 1.36-0.86
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:05 0.02 19-13 0.55-0.54
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
74 Juuse Saros 32 28 4 58:16 2.71 -1.29

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel17:5240.531.83-1
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons11:2752.260.10-0
Marcus Johansson · Jeff Skinner · Jimmy Vesey9:0550.083.41-0
Marcus Johansson · Jimmy Vesey · Rasmus Asplund2:3480.057.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen8:3852.456.41-0
Marco Scandella · Henri Jokiharju7:5833.339.10-1
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen6:5187.582.40-0

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
9 Jack Eichel C 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 22:56 0.26 17-26 0.87-1.59
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 20:41 0.04 18-23 0.73-1.47
26 Jimmy Vesey L 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 14:38 0.11 11-7 0.35-0.14
95 Victor Olofsson L 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 20:33 0.40 15-24 0.67-1.49
6 Colin Miller D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 2 11:46 0.02 13-9 0.93-0.49
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:09 0.01 11-16 0.50-0.76
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15:20 10-15 0.55-0.65
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 23:49 0.06 19-18 0.85-0.90
62 Brandon Montour D 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 15:30 0.03 15-16 1.10-0.95
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:50 0.08 11-11 0.33-0.27
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 15:18 0.42 15-15 0.97-0.63
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 07:26 0.42 7-8 0.44-0.35
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:57 0.10 15-14 0.81-0.50
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 20:34 0.01 19-21 1.04-1.15
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 18:13 0.35 16-15 1.00-0.79
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:18 11-8 0.78-0.19
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 05:28 0.11 6-8 0.36-0.42
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:34 0.30 16-6 0.97-0.15
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark 39 36 3 60:00 2.93 -0.07