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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Dec 29, 2019 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 26
Boston Bruins 3 22

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:39 BOS David Pastrnak (29) Brad Marchand (39), Patrice Bergeron (18) 0 - 1
2nd Period
06:37 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (4) Sam Reinhart (19), Marcus Johansson (11) 1 - 1
3rd Period
02:37 BOS Jake DeBrusk (10) PP Steven Kampfer (1), David Pastrnak (29) 1 - 2
02:55 BOS Jake DeBrusk (11) PP David Krejci (20), Steven Kampfer (2) 1 - 3
05:08 BUF Curtis Lazar (2) Rasmus Ristolainen (15), Jack Eichel (28) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:50 BOS Team Too many men on the ice 2
16:35 BOS Chris Wagner Tripping 2
2nd Period
00:15 BUF Henri Jokiharju Tripping 2
11:02 BUF Jimmy Vesey Delaying game puck over glass 2
14:11 BUF Evan Rodrigues Tripping 2
3rd Period
01:23 BUF Johan Larsson Tripping 2
01:23 BUF Johan Larsson Hooking 2
15:51 BOS Brett Ritchie Tripping 2
19:43 BUF Sam Reinhart Slashing 2
19:43 BUF Jack Eichel Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 49 36 26 2 2.3 54.0
Boston Bruins 44 34 22 3 2.8 46.0

How the game went

1210864202Start2nd3rdOTBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 2 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.8 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 6:37 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 5:08 of 3rd, a 36% chanceBOS goal, 12:39 of 1st, a 8% chanceBOS goal, 2:37 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBOS goal, 2:55 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBOS 2.8BUF 2.3

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
Boston Bruins

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
Kyle Okposo · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel10:0752.945.60-1
Marcus Johansson · Johan Larsson · Sam Reinhart6:5554.568.01-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Curtis Lazar · Evan Rodrigues6:0925.00.00-0
Jimmy Vesey · Conor Sheary · Rasmus Asplund5:3460.058.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Montour · Henri Jokiharju13:3042.938.60-0
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin7:1575.085.30-0
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen6:5850.049.50-1

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
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 1 2 1 0 4 3 23:04 0.22 10-10 0.47-0.41
20 Curtis Lazar C 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 14:14 0.42 2-6 0.07-0.19
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 0 10 3 1 21:59 0.24 14-11 0.50-0.51
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 18:19 0.39 11-8 0.47-0.30
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:08 0.09 9-5 0.33-0.14
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14:04 0.08 17-7 0.52-0.27
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:34 0.01 12-9 0.37-0.42
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 08:34 0.02 4-4 0.14-0.13
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 18:13 0.04 7-12 0.19-0.44
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 16:19 0.19 12-8 0.44-0.27
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:40 11-11 0.41-0.43
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 08:49 0.01 6-5 0.14-0.12
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:49 0.19 15-9 0.46-0.26
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:24 0.02 4-8 0.11-0.24
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:41 0.07 11-6 0.35-0.12
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:30 0.02 8-9 0.25-0.34
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:36 0.22 6-5 0.14-0.18
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:10 0.07 11-11 0.39-0.51
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark L 22 19 3 57:20 1.89 -1.11

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Charlie Coyle · Brett Ritchie · Anders Bjork9:0450.027.60-1
Chris Wagner · Joakim Nordstrom · Sean Kuraly8:5326.733.30-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak8:2071.475.71-0
David Krejci · Danton Heinen · Jake DeBrusk4:4420.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Brandon Carlo13:4545.047.11-0
Steven Kampfer · John Moore9:2445.526.20-0
Steven Kampfer · Matt Grzelcyk6:0742.958.60-0

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
74 Jake DeBrusk L 2 0 2 -1 0 3 0 12:44 0.25 5-13 0.18-0.54
88 David Pastrnak R 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 19:04 0.57 13-8 0.58-0.41
44 Steven Kampfer D 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 19:26 0.06 11-15 0.32-0.49
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:26 0.26 11-4 0.54-0.15
46 David Krejci C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14:17 7-13 0.19-0.49
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:26 0.06 11-4 0.54-0.15
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 17:23 0.04 8-7 0.19-0.29
14 Chris Wagner R 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 15:18 0.18 7-15 0.29-0.38
20 Joakim Nordstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:10 0.02 4-12 0.14-0.34
24 Brett Ritchie R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 6 10:18 0.07 5-5 0.11-0.17
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:36 0.02 10-10 0.57-0.32
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:03 8-4 0.27-0.10
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25:35 0.12 13-14 0.48-0.49
27 John Moore D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:22 0.02 7-10 0.07-0.35
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:55 0.02 13-15 0.49-0.56
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:03 0.03 5-12 0.21-0.34
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:21 0.12 5-5 0.09-0.08
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:52 0.01 2-4 0.09-0.09
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask W 26 24 2 59:41 2.31 +0.31