Buffalo Sabres at Nashville Predators

Jan 18, 2020 · Bridgestone Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	31
Nashville Predators	2	37

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
18:58	BUF	Sam Reinhart (17)	Rasmus Dahlin (25), Jake McCabe (6)	1 - 0
2nd Period
06:05	NSH	Ryan Johansen (10)	Roman Josi (34)	1 - 1
3rd Period
13:31	NSH	Craig Smith (11) PP	Kyle Turris (13), Mattias Ekholm (21)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:08	NSH	Colin Blackwell	Tripping	2
07:14	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Interference	2
2nd Period
09:47	NSH	Calle Jarnkrok	Cross checking	2
3rd Period
00:44	NSH	Yannick Weber	Tripping	2
13:24	BUF	Jack Eichel	Tripping	2
17:14	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	54	40	31	1	2.0	42.1
Nashville Predators	64	52	37	2	5.5	57.9

How the game went

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 Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 1 scored · Nashville Predators: 5.5 expected, 2 scored

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

Nashville Predators

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jimmy Vesey · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	11:33	45.0	24.4	1-0
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons	9:17	30.4	33.5	0-0
Michael Frolik · Marcus Johansson · Curtis Lazar	8:44	29.4	24.1	0-0
Marcus Johansson · Conor Sheary · Evan Rodrigues	2:40	60.0	36.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Lawrence Pilut	8:23	14.3	5.0	0-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Brandon Montour	7:42	21.4	6.0	0-0
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe	6:06	63.6	39.9	0-0

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
13	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	21:26	0.21	11-13	0.18-0.56
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	13:22	0.01	16-7	0.49-0.40
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	1	4	4	1	19:45	0.17	15-15	0.55-0.54
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:04	0.26	13-19	0.62-0.68
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	24:22	0.14	12-19	0.40-0.96
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	11:25	0.09	12-8	0.28-0.40
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:40		6-13	0.22-0.73
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:52		6-22	0.23-0.77
20	Lawrence Pilut	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:58	0.01	4-17	0.06-0.71
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:33	0.12	14-20	0.49-0.69
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	14:48	0.06	16-14	0.54-0.95
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	14:19	0.05	11-12	0.24-0.49
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	14:44	0.11	11-16	0.41-0.62
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	11:53	0.25	12-8	0.42-0.41
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	18:38	0.03	5-18	0.04-0.75
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	20:11	0.06	17-18	0.59-0.71
67	Michael Frolik	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	13:56	0.17	9-17	0.36-0.84
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	19:17	0.30	10-19	0.31-0.87

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Linus Ullmark	37	35	2	59:40	3.48	+1.48

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Duchene · Mikael Granlund · Filip Forsberg	11:22	71.4	72.1	0-0
Calle Jarnkrok · Austin Watson · Ryan Johansen	9:45	50.0	72.3	0-0
Nick Bonino · Rocco Grimaldi · Viktor Arvidsson	9:41	52.4	70.7	0-0
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Colin Blackwell	6:55	54.5	58.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Yannick Weber · Roman Josi	18:54	61.0	79.0	1-1
Mattias Ekholm · Dante Fabbro	15:43	68.8	67.2	0-0
Dan Hamhuis · Matt Irwin	8:34	55.6	41.9	0-0

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
12	Ryan Johansen	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	14:54	0.34	12-11	0.45-0.19
15	Craig Smith	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	09:08	0.38	11-5	0.52-0.18
8	Kyle Turris	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	14:13	0.20	6-7	0.26-0.35
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	24:44		25-14	1.23-0.48
59	Roman Josi	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	26:52	0.25	26-22	1.08-0.61
3	Yannick Weber	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	21:46	0.07	25-17	1.04-0.38
5	Dan Hamhuis	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:32		5-7	0.15-0.32
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	15:13	0.10	16-6	0.67-0.26
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:26	0.49	16-11	0.82-0.31
15	Colin Blackwell	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	09:16	0.09	9-6	0.30-0.25
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	21:17	0.08	22-14	0.69-0.56
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	18:10	0.09	17-13	0.56-0.19
23	Rocco Grimaldi	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14:15	0.22	14-15	0.89-0.55
24	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	13:14	0.03	11-8	0.29-0.07
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	16:34		14-18	0.86-0.60
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10:15	0.04	7-7	0.64-0.31
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	17:17	0.04	18-8	0.74-0.37
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	16:54	0.56	21-11	0.89-0.43

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	31	30	1	60:00	2.03	+1.03