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Buffalo Sabres at Arizona Coyotes

Feb 29, 2020 · Gila River Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 27
Arizona Coyotes 5 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:59 BUF Marcus Johansson (8) Dominik Kahun (18), Jake McCabe (10) 1 - 0
08:43 BUF Jeff Skinner (14) Wayne Simmonds (17) 2 - 0
2nd Period
02:20 ARI Jordan Oesterle (3) Clayton Keller (26), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (19) 2 - 1
03:13 ARI Phil Kessel (14) Alex Goligoski (28), Jordan Oesterle (10) 2 - 2
07:30 ARI Clayton Keller (16) Unassisted 2 - 3
3rd Period
13:59 ARI Clayton Keller (17) Jason Demers (10) 2 - 4
19:40 ARI Oliver Ekman-Larsson (8) SH Brad Richardson (5) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:05 BUF Rasmus Dahlin High sticking 2
10:23 BUF Victor Olofsson Tripping 2
13:13 ARI Niklas Hjalmarsson Slashing 2
3rd Period
17:46 ARI Niklas Hjalmarsson Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 49 40 27 2 2.3 42.2
Arizona Coyotes 60 45 31 5 3.9 57.8

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdArizona Coyotes 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 Arizona Coyotes had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 2 scored · Arizona Coyotes: 3.9 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 7:59 of 1st, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 8:43 of 1st, a 14% chanceARI goal, 2:20 of 2nd, a 17% chanceARI goal, 3:13 of 2nd, a 24% chanceARI goal, 7:30 of 2nd, a 18% chanceARI goal, 13:59 of 3rd, a 8% chanceARI goal, 19:40 of 3rd, a 51% chanceARI 3.9BUF 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
Arizona Coyotes

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
Marcus Johansson · Jimmy Vesey · Dominik Kahun11:2436.428.61-1
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons8:3063.631.20-0
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel5:0366.732.30-1
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel4:4533.313.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Henri Jokiharju14:5448.025.00-1
Rasmus Ristolainen · Rasmus Dahlin14:4850.036.71-1
Colin Miller · Brandon Montour14:0537.929.81-2

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
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 15:06 0.25 13-12 0.61-0.85
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 15:50 0.29 9-18 0.36-0.88
21 Dominik Kahun C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:57 0.06 10-17 0.38-0.70
22 Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 17:40 0.02 12-15 0.18-0.54
24 Wayne Simmonds R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 12:25 0.69 8-16 0.54-0.67
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:19 0.02 12-22 0.47-1.32
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 6 15:14 0.11 9-7 0.16-0.48
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 21:23 0.06 14-16 0.24-1.10
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:36 0.09 13-16 0.24-1.12
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:57 0.26 5-13 0.30-0.59
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:50 0.08 13-14 0.22-0.57
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:14 11-8 0.32-0.52
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:05 10-18 0.29-1.01
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 23:53 0.07 14-19 0.52-1.13
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:48 0.02 10-9 0.14-0.52
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 21:21 0.14 12-13 0.50-0.95
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:52 13-21 0.52-1.27
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 07:15 0.17 2-6 0.02-0.22
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jonas Johansson L 30 26 4 58:15 3.36 -0.64

Arizona Coyotes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Taylor Hall · Christian Dvorak · Clayton Keller10:3063.683.83-0
Phil Kessel · Conor Garland · Barrett Hayton8:5953.360.91-0
Derek Stepan · Vinnie Hinostroza · Lawson Crouse8:1863.283.00-0
Brad Richardson · Carl Soderberg · Nick Schmaltz5:4330.053.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Goligoski · Niklas Hjalmarsson15:1946.459.61-1
Jason Demers · Jordan Oesterle14:0861.580.02-0
Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Ilya Lyubushkin14:0552.058.60-1

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
9 Clayton Keller R 2 1 3 3 0 5 1 17:47 0.81 18-10 1.11-0.20
82 Jordan Oesterle D 1 1 2 2 0 2 4 20:11 0.30 20-10 1.20-0.21
95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson D 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 22:42 0.10 18-13 0.97-0.55
8 Phil Kessel R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:10 0.39 11-10 0.56-0.40
13 Brad Richardson R 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:01 0.10 8-9 0.29-0.19
33 Alex Goligoski D 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 24:21 16-16 0.98-0.52
44 Jason Demers D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:27 0.01 22-10 1.24-0.21
4 Niklas Hjalmarsson D 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 17:29 0.02 15-15 0.73-0.44
8 Nick Schmaltz C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:52 6-8 0.17-0.17
21 Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:22 0.17 17-11 1.08-0.44
22 Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 16:57 0.10 18-11 1.07-0.27
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 13:04 0.32 17-9 1.08-0.33
27 Barrett Hayton C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:13 8-8 0.41-0.40
34 Carl Soderberg C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:05 0.17 8-10 0.30-0.23
46 Ilya Lyubushkin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 15:27 0.24 13-12 0.65-0.46
67 Lawson Crouse L 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 14:32 0.48 14-10 0.94-0.31
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 18:40 0.13 21-10 1.18-0.27
83 Conor Garland R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:02 0.02 10-8 0.47-0.40
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Antti Raanta W 27 25 2 59:38 2.35 +0.35