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Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars

Jan 16, 2020 · American Airlines Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 22
Dallas Stars 1 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:01 BUF Jimmy Vesey (6) Sam Reinhart (24), Jack Eichel (34) 1 - 0
2nd Period
04:28 DAL Jamie Benn (12) Miro Heiskanen (17), Tyler Seguin (25) 1 - 1
16:10 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (3) Henri Jokiharju (9), Kyle Okposo (6) 2 - 1
3rd Period
17:44 BUF Michael Frolik (6) SH Curtis Lazar (4), Rasmus Ristolainen (18) 3 - 1
19:50 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (9) Kyle Okposo (7) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:04 BUF Jack Eichel Tripping 2
08:26 DAL Esa Lindell High sticking 2
2nd Period
08:04 DAL Joel Kiviranta Tripping 2
09:00 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Hooking 2
17:44 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Hooking 2
3rd Period
16:25 BUF Lawrence Pilut Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 47 33 22 4 3.4 44.2
Dallas Stars 59 45 29 1 2.5 55.8

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdDallas Stars 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 Dallas Stars had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.4 expected, 4 scored · Dallas Stars: 2.5 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 7:01 of 1st, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 16:10 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 17:44 of 3rd, a 32% chanceBUF goal, 19:50 of 3rd, a 67% chanceDAL goal, 4:28 of 2nd, a 21% chanceBUF 3.4DAL 2.5

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
Dallas Stars

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
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel7:1246.256.50-0
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons5:0020.03.40-0
Jimmy Vesey · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel4:5133.338.31-0
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Rasmus Asplund4:4012.50.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Brandon Montour11:3037.530.90-0
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin6:0246.236.61-0
Henri Jokiharju · Lawrence Pilut5:2033.351.00-0

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
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 15:54 0.05 9-15 0.10-0.80
26 Jimmy Vesey L 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 12:59 0.12 8-11 0.26-0.43
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 13:17 0.06 14-10 0.43-0.29
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 18:36 0.10 7-15 0.31-0.61
67 Michael Frolik R 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 15:12 0.28 13-11 0.61-0.42
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 21:32 0.02 13-14 0.69-0.43
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:03 0.15 11-14 0.61-0.49
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 13:51 0.17 11-8 0.46-0.31
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 16:17 0.01 11-12 0.27-0.45
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 24:47 0.19 10-21 0.41-0.97
20 Lawrence Pilut D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:33 3-13 0.14-0.30
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:32 7-17 0.06-0.79
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:40 0.09 9-10 0.46-0.52
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:08 0.01 14-12 0.61-0.51
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:58 0.15 14-13 0.57-0.49
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22:16 0.02 15-19 0.63-0.92
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:46 0.07 4-15 0.09-0.72
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:46 0.08 17-10 0.68-0.46
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark 29 28 1 59:53 2.46 +1.46

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Radulov · Jamie Benn · Tyler Seguin12:0060.066.71-0
Blake Comeau · Andrew Cogliano · Jason Dickinson11:1753.345.30-1
Corey Perry · Justin Dowling · Denis Gurianov8:1545.571.30-0
Joe Pavelski · Roope Hintz · Joel Kiviranta8:1359.150.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Klingberg · Esa Lindell13:1150.052.40-1
Andrej Sekera · Roman Polak8:4971.495.00-0
Jamie Oleksiak · Miro Heiskanen5:2166.760.01-1

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
14 Jamie Benn L 1 0 1 -1 0 1 5 20:44 0.24 16-13 0.55-0.34
4 Miro Heiskanen D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 12:06 0.08 17-6 0.67-0.35
91 Tyler Seguin C 0 1 1 -2 0 5 1 19:57 0.34 17-14 0.65-0.38
3 John Klingberg D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 24:54 0.15 17-13 0.64-0.54
4 Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:18 0.01 17-14 0.66-0.69
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:56 0.02 13-17 0.70-0.42
11 Andrew Cogliano C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:52 0.14 11-7 0.42-0.42
15 Blake Comeau L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:44 0.07 9-10 0.35-0.49
15 Denis Gurianov R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:50 0.10 6-6 0.33-0.11
16 Joe Pavelski C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:28 0.09 16-11 0.71-0.57
16 Jason Dickinson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:43 0.13 9-8 0.35-0.42
22 Joel Kiviranta L 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 09:51 0.12 14-9 0.62-0.55
23 Esa Lindell D 0 0 0 -2 2 3 4 25:57 0.10 19-19 0.68-0.74
24 Roope Hintz C 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 13:23 0.40 15-11 0.68-0.61
37 Justin Dowling C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:55 0.05 5-6 0.27-0.11
45 Roman Polak D 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 14:37 0.26 13-8 0.61-0.21
47 Alexander Radulov R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:53 0.05 19-12 0.69-0.33
90 Corey Perry R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:13 0.12 7-6 0.33-0.11
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ben Bishop 20 18 2 57:39 1.61 -0.39