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Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs

Dec 17, 2019 · Scotiabank Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 30
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 33

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:30 TOR Frederik Gauthier (4) Unassisted 0 - 1
2nd Period
04:47 TOR Auston Matthews (20) Morgan Rielly (20), Mitch Marner (20) 0 - 2
17:39 TOR Auston Matthews (21) William Nylander (13), Tyson Barrie (11) 0 - 3
3rd Period
01:29 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (2) PP Jack Eichel (26), Victor Olofsson (17) 1 - 3
04:58 TOR Dmytro Timashov (3) Tyson Barrie (12), Frederik Gauthier (4) 1 - 4
06:30 BUF Jack Eichel (24) Victor Olofsson (18), Sam Reinhart (16) 2 - 4
14:41 BUF Kyle Okposo (4) Conor Sheary (5), Rasmus Dahlin (18) 3 - 4
17:26 TOR Ilya Mikheyev (6) SH Unassisted 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
12:06 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Hooking 2
19:47 TOR John Tavares Holding the stick 2
3rd Period
15:31 TOR Zach Hyman Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 56 43 30 3 2.1 50.5
Toronto Maple Leafs 55 45 33 5 3.9 49.5

How the game went

4202468Start2nd3rdToronto Maple Leafs 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 Toronto Maple Leafs had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 3 scored · Toronto Maple Leafs: 3.9 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 1:29 of 3rd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 6:30 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 14:41 of 3rd, a 11% chanceTOR goal, 2:30 of 1st, a 12% chanceTOR goal, 4:47 of 2nd, a 7% chanceTOR goal, 17:39 of 2nd, a 6% chanceTOR goal, 4:58 of 3rd, a 13% chanceTOR goal, 17:26 of 3rd, a 73% chanceTOR 3.9BUF 2.1

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
Toronto Maple Leafs

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 Eichel16:4162.151.31-0
Marcus Johansson · Jeff Skinner · Rasmus Asplund8:2452.936.40-1
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons8:0050.063.80-1
Jimmy Vesey · Conor Sheary · Evan Rodrigues6:5542.917.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Montour · Rasmus Dahlin16:4442.947.42-2
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen14:2464.337.70-1
Marco Scandella · Henri Jokiharju13:2464.056.50-1

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 1 2 0 0 5 1 23:48 0.17 20-12 0.72-0.73
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 2 -1 0 1 2 23:28 0.03 12-19 0.76-1.11
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 23:32 0.36 18-16 0.72-1.06
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:24 0.39 10-11 0.62-0.35
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 23:16 0.29 19-13 0.72-0.95
43 Conor Sheary L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 10:19 0.11 9-14 0.27-0.59
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:02 16-9 0.59-0.45
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:36 0.01 10-13 0.28-0.52
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 7 19:38 0.05 19-16 0.67-0.86
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:23 9-11 0.41-0.47
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:28 0.04 18-14 0.45-1.04
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:05 0.03 8-12 0.07-0.41
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 09:05 0.10 6-7 0.37-0.27
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:37 0.17 14-13 0.50-1.15
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 21:46 0.06 20-18 0.53-1.18
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:39 0.07 13-20 0.76-1.02
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:51 0.06 12-8 0.46-0.75
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 18:48 0.17 12-14 0.49-1.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark L 32 28 4 58:15 3.22 -0.78

Toronto Maple Leafs

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Tavares · Zach Hyman · Mitch Marner13:3350.064.70-0
William Nylander · Kasperi Kapanen · Auston Matthews12:1950.070.21-0
Alexander Kerfoot · Pierre Engvall · Ilya Mikheyev10:5952.959.20-1
Jason Spezza · Frederik Gauthier · Dmytro Timashov6:2141.769.92-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake Muzzin · Justin Holl17:5837.147.50-1
Tyson Barrie · Morgan Rielly14:2852.978.33-0
Cody Ceci · Travis Dermott11:4966.761.20-0

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
34 Auston Matthews C 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 19:29 0.55 15-16 0.95-0.71
38 Frederik Gauthier C 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 07:35 0.12 6-7 0.26-0.11
8 Tyson Barrie D 0 2 2 3 0 6 0 19:11 0.47 19-17 1.28-0.42
41 Dmytro Timashov L 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 07:04 0.13 5-7 0.26-0.11
95 Ilya Mikheyev R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:03 0.12 13-8 0.69-0.24
44 Morgan Rielly D 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 21:07 0.05 21-20 1.47-0.57
88 William Nylander R 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:27 0.04 15-12 1.07-0.39
93 Mitch Marner R 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 22:50 0.15 16-16 1.03-0.61
4 Justin Holl D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:06 0.05 15-22 0.99-0.94
5 Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:14 14-8 0.50-0.37
8 Jake Muzzin D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 23:28 0.10 14-25 0.85-1.17
14 Alexander Kerfoot C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:14 0.33 11-11 0.62-0.34
18 Zach Hyman L 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 17:52 0.26 15-17 0.97-0.81
18 Pierre Engvall L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:12 0.07 10-9 0.35-0.24
19 Jason Spezza C 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 07:20 5-8 0.26-0.11
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:24 0.06 14-17 0.85-0.82
44 Travis Dermott D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:52 0.03 13-6 0.57-0.28
91 John Tavares C 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 20:50 0.69 19-19 1.16-1.11
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Frederik Andersen W 30 27 3 60:00 2.11 -0.89