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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 27, 2019 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 3 25
Buffalo Sabres 0 26

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
19:38 BOS Patrice Bergeron (16) PP David Pastrnak (27), Brad Marchand (36) 1 - 0
2nd Period
18:26 BOS Patrice Bergeron (17) Brad Marchand (37), David Pastrnak (28) 2 - 0
3rd Period
18:06 BOS Brandon Carlo (4) Charlie Coyle (13), Brad Marchand (38) 3 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:38 BOS David Pastrnak Hooking 2
09:37 BUF Evan Rodrigues Holding 2
19:31 BUF Marcus Johansson Holding 2
2nd Period
14:41 BUF Brandon Montour Holding 2
3rd Period
05:12 BUF Sam Reinhart Roughing 2
05:12 BOS Connor Clifton Roughing 2
07:59 BUF Linus Ullmark Tripping 2
08:49 BOS Danton Heinen Interference goalkeeper 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 45 41 25 3 3.0 44.0
Buffalo Sabres 59 44 26 0 2.6 56.0

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.0 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.6 expected, 0 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 19:38 of 1st, a 17% chanceBOS goal, 18:26 of 2nd, a 18% chanceBOS goal, 18:06 of 3rd, a 61% chanceBOS 3.0BUF 2.6

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

Boston Bruins
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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak10:5169.671.31-0
David Krejci · Danton Heinen · Jake DeBrusk10:0858.850.70-0
Charlie Coyle · Sean Kuraly · Anders Bjork10:0116.716.30-0
Chris Wagner · Joakim Nordstrom · Par Lindholm6:3433.325.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Brandon Carlo17:5236.044.40-0
Matt Grzelcyk · Connor Clifton14:3058.651.01-0
Steven Kampfer · John Moore8:3857.139.70-0

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
63 Brad Marchand L 0 3 3 2 0 3 1 17:48 0.24 16-10 0.72-0.41
37 Patrice Bergeron C 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 17:06 0.49 16-10 0.72-0.38
88 David Pastrnak R 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 17:20 0.18 16-15 0.72-0.49
25 Brandon Carlo D 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 26:22 0.04 11-22 0.54-0.91
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:50 0.15 5-15 0.20-0.65
14 Chris Wagner R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:54 0.08 6-8 0.23-0.32
20 Joakim Nordstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:02 4-10 0.11-0.58
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 20:53 0.10 19-16 0.74-0.70
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:10 4-15 0.29-0.55
26 Par Lindholm C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:52 3-16 0.10-0.68
27 John Moore D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:56 0.07 9-12 0.29-0.62
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22:16 0.08 9-19 0.45-0.68
44 Steven Kampfer D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:41 8-7 0.22-0.33
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:41 0.08 13-9 0.37-0.32
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:23 0.12 4-12 0.22-0.62
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:22 0.23 10-10 0.33-0.66
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:13 0.02 14-11 0.43-0.35
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 19:11 0.11 18-18 0.72-0.76
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Jaroslav Halak W, SO 26 26 0 60:00 2.64 +2.64

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel14:4565.053.20-0
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Curtis Lazar8:3240.060.30-0
Marcus Johansson · Jeff Skinner · Jimmy Vesey8:1741.252.70-1
Conor Sheary · Evan Rodrigues · Rasmus Asplund4:3155.662.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen11:1454.571.50-0
Brandon Montour · Henri Jokiharju9:5946.750.40-0
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin8:2771.481.60-0

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
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:36 0.03 16-7 0.63-0.32
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:18 0.10 10-10 0.41-0.37
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:54 0.40 18-11 0.66-0.53
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 18:52 0.05 15-7 0.46-0.37
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:29 11-4 0.38-0.17
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:56 0.10 8-6 0.47-0.18
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:02 0.06 15-14 0.51-0.72
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:09 15-14 0.72-0.39
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:49 0.18 11-17 0.62-0.68
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:45 0.35 16-4 0.76-0.18
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:49 0.27 7-10 0.29-0.32
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 07:25 0.22 9-6 0.41-0.19
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:31 0.16 12-12 0.53-0.53
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 24:33 0.14 21-20 0.88-0.73
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 20:26 0.02 11-17 0.50-0.66
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:39 0.15 10-5 0.31-0.19
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 18:16 0.30 13-13 0.81-0.46
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:48 0.13 17-8 0.66-0.43
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark L 24 22 2 58:36 1.98 -0.02