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Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 31, 2019 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 27
Buffalo Sabres 4 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
19:03 BUF Conor Sheary (6) Curtis Lazar (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
02:12 BUF Marcus Johansson (6) Conor Sheary (6), Marco Scandella (6) 0 - 2
07:00 TBL Ondrej Palat (12) PP Tyler Johnson (9), Mikhail Sergachev (14) 1 - 2
08:12 BUF Jimmy Vesey (5) Marcus Johansson (12), Conor Sheary (7) 1 - 3
09:56 BUF Jack Eichel (25) SH Unassisted 1 - 4
13:57 TBL Alex Killorn (14) PP Brayden Point (17), Nikita Kucherov (28) 2 - 4
16:55 TBL Tyler Johnson (8) Ondrej Palat (12), Ryan McDonagh (10) 3 - 4
3rd Period
06:20 TBL Kevin Shattenkirk (6) Tyler Johnson (10), Anthony Cirelli (17) 4 - 4
08:08 TBL Alex Killorn (15) Patrick Maroon (8), Cedric Paquette (7) 5 - 4
19:57 TBL Anthony Cirelli (9) Alex Killorn (19), Steven Stamkos (22) 6 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:03 TBL Steven Stamkos Tripping 2
10:29 BUF Henri Jokiharju Slashing 2
2nd Period
00:08 TBL Luke Schenn Roughing 2
00:08 BUF Dalton Smith Roughing 2
03:21 BUF Kyle Okposo Slashing 2
05:08 BUF Henri Jokiharju Tripping 2
08:34 TBL Mikhail Sergachev Fighting 5
08:34 BUF Jake McCabe Instigator 2
08:34 BUF Jake McCabe Fighting 5
08:34 BUF Jake McCabe Instigator misconduct 10
11:06 TBL Tyler Johnson Interference 2
12:59 BUF Marcus Johansson Hooking 2
3rd Period
12:07 TBL Mikhail Sergachev Delaying game puck over glass 2
15:42 TBL Nikita Kucherov Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Tampa Bay Lightning 47 39 27 6 3.7 45.8
Buffalo Sabres 51 41 28 4 2.9 54.2

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadTampa Bay Lightning 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 Tampa Bay Lightning had.

Expected goals

Tampa Bay Lightning: 3.7 expected, 6 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.9 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndTBL goal, 7:00 of 2nd, a 14% chanceTBL goal, 13:57 of 2nd, a 9% chanceTBL goal, 16:55 of 2nd, a 13% chanceTBL goal, 6:20 of 3rd, a 8% chanceTBL goal, 8:08 of 3rd, a 13% chanceTBL goal, 19:57 of 3rd, a 41% chanceBUF goal, 19:03 of 1st, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 2:12 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 8:12 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 9:56 of 2nd, a 12% chanceTBL 3.7BUF 2.9

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

Tampa Bay Lightning
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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Steven Stamkos · Nikita Kucherov · Brayden Point5:3575.087.40-0
Alex Killorn · Steven Stamkos · Anthony Cirelli4:5416.731.60-0
Tyler Johnson · Ondrej Palat · Anthony Cirelli4:4150.046.22-0
Ondrej Palat · Nikita Kucherov · Brayden Point3:2362.586.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan McDonagh · Erik Cernak10:4941.235.10-0
Kevin Shattenkirk · Mikhail Sergachev10:4769.287.31-0
Luke Schenn · Victor Hedman7:3741.762.41-1

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
17 Alex Killorn L 2 1 3 2 0 4 1 20:16 0.45 4-9 0.25-0.55
90 Tyler Johnson C 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 12:17 0.13 5-13 0.26-0.94
71 Anthony Cirelli C 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 18:42 0.02 8-10 0.55-0.50
81 Ondrej Palat L 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 13:32 0.40 10-7 0.66-0.35
12 Kevin Shattenkirk D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 17:24 0.08 11-11 0.57-0.43
13 Cedric Paquette C 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 12:40 0.05 6-5 0.23-0.34
21 Brayden Point C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:44 0.30 11-6 0.58-0.21
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 23:24 10-14 0.61-1.15
77 Patrick Maroon L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 11:09 0.13 5-5 0.23-0.35
86 Nikita Kucherov R 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 19:25 0.48 14-5 0.73-0.09
91 Steven Stamkos C 0 1 1 -1 2 4 0 20:53 0.22 10-14 0.55-0.85
98 Mikhail Sergachev D 0 1 1 0 7 1 2 16:59 0.05 10-5 0.53-0.20
2 Luke Schenn D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 11:51 5-11 0.22-0.36
23 Carter Verhaeghe C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:40 2-8 0.07-0.30
37 Yanni Gourde C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:34 4-5 0.10-0.16
67 Mitchell Stephens C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:42 0.07 2-8 0.10-0.50
77 Victor Hedman D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25:23 10-13 0.46-0.47
81 Erik Cernak D 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 18:25 0.11 8-11 0.48-0.85
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy W 28 24 4 60:00 2.87 -1.13

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel12:4238.732.80-2
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons7:4442.922.40-0
Marcus Johansson · Conor Sheary · Rasmus Asplund5:03100.0100.00-0
Marcus Johansson · Jimmy Vesey · Conor Sheary4:29100.0100.01-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Montour · Rasmus Dahlin11:0865.058.71-1
Marco Scandella · Henri Jokiharju6:4161.581.92-0
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen5:4671.474.40-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
43 Conor Sheary L 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 15:00 0.25 13-0 0.62-0.00
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 19:45 0.21 11-2 0.46-0.12
9 Jack Eichel C 1 0 1 -2 0 2 2 25:13 0.29 13-19 0.66-1.04
26 Jimmy Vesey L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:50 0.21 8-3 0.44-0.18
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 17:21 0.02 9-9 0.56-0.31
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 09:19 0.07 2-4 0.20-0.26
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 13:45 0.02 3-6 0.04-0.28
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 22:42 0.59 15-19 0.99-1.04
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 13:53 8-11 0.41-0.61
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:37 0.09 5-4 0.37-0.13
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 17 2 1 11:47 0.02 6-2 0.47-0.16
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 24:25 0.21 16-10 0.66-0.45
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:18 0.18 5-4 0.22-0.13
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 8 24:23 0.15 9-9 0.62-0.53
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 21:31 0.08 16-13 0.72-0.82
67 Dalton Smith L 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 01:26 2-0 0.10-0.00
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:21 5-1 0.23-0.08
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 22:05 0.46 14-19 0.84-1.04
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark L 26 21 5 57:29 2.48 -2.52