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Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Feb 22, 2021 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 36
New York Islanders 3 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
17:15 BUF Curtis Lazar (4) Henri Jokiharju (1), Casey Mittelstadt (2) 1 - 0
2nd Period
03:56 NYI Anders Lee (8) Jordan Eberle (4), Ryan Pulock (7) 1 - 1
3rd Period
03:01 NYI Matt Martin (2) Andy Greene (1), Casey Cizikas (2) 1 - 2
05:48 BUF Sam Reinhart (6) PP Victor Olofsson (7), Rasmus Dahlin (5) 2 - 2
15:08 NYI Jean-Gabriel Pageau (7) PP Oliver Wahlstrom (2), Nick Leddy (9) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:48 NYI Scott Mayfield Hooking 2
2nd Period
00:52 NYI Mathew Barzal Tripping 2
04:59 BUF Sam Reinhart Hooking 2
3rd Period
04:21 NYI Anders Lee Interference 2
13:25 BUF Riley Sheahan Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 59 48 36 2 2.7 48.2
New York Islanders 48 39 23 3 2.6 51.8

How the game went

108642024Start2nd3rdNew York Islanders 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 New York Islanders had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 2 scored · New York Islanders: 2.6 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 17:15 of 1st, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 5:48 of 3rd, a 11% chanceNYI goal, 3:56 of 2nd, a 14% chanceNYI goal, 3:01 of 3rd, a 7% chanceNYI goal, 15:08 of 3rd, a 22% chanceBUF 2.7NYI 2.6

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
New York Islanders

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
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel14:4130.032.20-0
Eric Staal · Taylor Hall · Dylan Cozens11:4660.747.40-0
Riley Sheahan · Curtis Lazar · Casey Mittelstadt6:0671.482.21-0
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder2:3866.790.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Irwin · Brandon Montour14:5736.031.90-0
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin14:3956.036.70-1
Brandon Davidson · Henri Jokiharju10:1665.064.50-1

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 22:37 0.26 6-17 0.33-0.82
20 Curtis Lazar C 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 11:52 0.19 7-9 0.40-0.64
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:38 0.11 8-7 0.37-0.35
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:17 16-12 0.76-0.46
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 23:40 0.23 15-16 0.40-0.84
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 22:46 0.42 7-14 0.39-0.70
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 19:01 0.18 15-13 0.40-0.89
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:10 0.14 8-9 0.24-0.57
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:07 9-8 0.33-0.44
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:57 0.18 6-16 0.33-0.82
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:53 0.19 19-12 0.54-0.57
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 03:42 0.11 5-3 0.11-0.01
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:18 8-10 0.23-0.65
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:47 0.02 18-12 0.60-0.57
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:03 12-18 0.52-0.75
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:40 9-17 0.34-0.88
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 19:01 0.62 19-12 0.63-0.58
88 Brandon Davidson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 14:25 0.07 13-10 0.58-0.67
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark L 23 20 3 58:23 2.59 -0.41

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Eberle · Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal11:5937.553.91-0
Josh Bailey · Brock Nelson · Anthony Beauvillier11:4977.867.70-0
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Austin Czarnik · Oliver Wahlstrom7:3650.063.90-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas6:1172.779.21-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Adam Pelech · Ryan Pulock14:5969.673.41-0
Nick Leddy · Scott Mayfield13:1236.030.50-1
Andy Greene · Noah Dobson10:4350.047.60-0

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
17 Matt Martin L 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 08:03 0.44 10-6 0.52-0.22
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 18:02 0.43 8-9 0.47-0.27
72 Anders Lee L 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 18:12 0.29 10-16 0.55-0.48
4 Andy Greene D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17:28 0.07 14-15 0.58-0.46
4 Nick Leddy D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 19:03 0.05 14-19 0.55-0.64
6 Ryan Pulock D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 25:07 0.03 17-7 1.16-0.39
7 Jordan Eberle R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17:23 0.18 9-19 0.54-0.68
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:02 0.08 10-7 0.57-0.20
71 Oliver Wahlstrom R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 09:59 0.28 6-7 0.27-0.16
3 Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 23:37 0.04 20-11 1.28-0.50
11 Brock Nelson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:16 0.16 17-6 0.71-0.47
12 Josh Bailey R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:13 0.03 17-6 0.85-0.35
13 Mathew Barzal C 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 18:05 0.09 10-18 0.63-0.55
15 Cal Clutterbuck R 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 12:54 10-8 0.50-0.30
21 Austin Czarnik C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:11 0.04 7-9 0.42-0.24
24 Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 17:39 0.05 10-17 0.38-0.63
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:52 0.01 11-11 0.54-0.39
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:10 0.30 15-9 0.70-0.56
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Semyon Varlamov W 36 34 2 59:41 2.75 +0.75