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Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Mar 4, 2021 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 18
New York Islanders 5 45

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:25 NYI Noah Dobson (2) Jordan Eberle (5), Mathew Barzal (12) 0 - 1
16:21 NYI Matt Martin (3) Casey Cizikas (4), Cal Clutterbuck (5) 0 - 2
2nd Period
03:08 BUF Taylor Hall (2) Cody Eakin (2) 1 - 2
14:58 NYI Anthony Beauvillier (2) Brock Nelson (5), Josh Bailey (11) 1 - 3
3rd Period
03:14 NYI Jordan Eberle (9) Anders Lee (6) 1 - 4
07:23 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (3) Jack Eichel (14), Sam Reinhart (8) 2 - 4
14:28 NYI Matt Martin (4) Casey Cizikas (5) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:05 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
19:34 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Holding 2
3rd Period
06:17 NYI Anders Lee Roughing 2
06:17 BUF Colin Miller Roughing 2
12:00 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 39 29 18 2 1.8 41.7
New York Islanders 62 54 45 5 4.2 58.3

How the game went

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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: 1.8 expected, 2 scored · New York Islanders: 4.2 expected, 5 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 3:08 of 2nd, a 20% chanceBUF goal, 7:23 of 3rd, a 23% chanceNYI goal, 10:25 of 1st, a 13% chanceNYI goal, 16:21 of 1st, a 3% chanceNYI goal, 14:58 of 2nd, a 15% chanceNYI goal, 3:14 of 3rd, a 27% chanceNYI goal, 14:28 of 3rd, a 22% chanceNYI 4.2BUF 1.8

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 Eichel9:0535.726.30-1
Riley Sheahan · Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar7:5241.728.90-1
Eric Staal · Kyle Okposo · Taylor Hall7:0240.019.30-0
Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder · Dylan Cozens6:3436.447.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Rasmus Dahlin14:3944.840.01-4
Brandon Montour · Jacob Bryson14:1265.060.90-0
Colin Miller · Henri Jokiharju13:3236.811.40-0

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
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 0 1 -3 4 3 2 18:54 0.26 14-20 0.86-1.81
71 Taylor Hall L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:09 0.27 14-9 0.47-0.53
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 2 17:48 0.34 10-17 0.23-1.02
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:44 0.04 9-15 0.30-0.71
20 Cody Eakin C 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 11:56 0.21 7-12 0.47-0.49
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 18:31 7-19 0.08-0.80
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:48 0.06 7-12 0.31-0.45
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:59 5-9 0.25-0.71
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:50 0.13 11-10 0.30-0.59
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:56 0.05 4-11 0.22-0.37
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:25 0.08 7-9 0.25-0.71
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:52 0.01 7-14 0.08-0.70
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 15:39 0.05 14-13 0.38-0.95
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -4 0 0 1 18:42 14-21 0.86-1.70
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:46 0.16 7-11 0.26-0.69
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 21:48 0.04 15-14 0.32-0.83
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 24:10 0.02 13-14 0.29-0.38
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:30 0.04 10-15 0.30-0.82
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jonas Johansson L 45 40 5 59:33 4.26 -0.74

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Eberle · Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal12:2268.869.32-1
Josh Bailey · Brock Nelson · Anthony Beauvillier10:5745.068.61-0
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Michael Dal Colle · Oliver Wahlstrom10:5650.041.50-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas9:4768.891.92-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andy Greene · Noah Dobson14:5252.066.42-0
Nick Leddy · Scott Mayfield14:3968.276.00-0
Adam Pelech · Ryan Pulock13:1065.264.41-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
17 Matt Martin L 2 0 2 2 0 5 1 11:30 0.53 15-5 0.85-0.06
7 Jordan Eberle R 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 16:24 0.73 17-6 1.12-0.38
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 12:29 0.11 13-5 0.74-0.06
53 Noah Dobson D 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 18:20 0.23 13-12 1.10-0.56
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:09 0.36 11-15 0.70-0.33
11 Brock Nelson C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 16:50 0.60 10-14 0.62-0.33
12 Josh Bailey R 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 18:18 0.14 12-12 0.70-0.25
13 Mathew Barzal C 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 16:50 0.37 16-7 1.10-0.44
15 Cal Clutterbuck R 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 13:41 0.20 12-8 0.78-0.14
72 Anders Lee L 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 15:39 0.40 13-7 0.90-0.51
3 Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:10 20-11 1.22-0.40
4 Andy Greene D 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 18:13 17-17 1.73-0.64
4 Nick Leddy D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:58 0.08 16-12 0.53-0.30
6 Ryan Pulock D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:37 0.04 15-9 0.59-0.38
24 Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 17:40 0.14 16-9 0.45-0.20
28 Michael Dal Colle L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:14 7-9 0.24-0.41
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:45 0.13 11-8 0.48-0.33
71 Oliver Wahlstrom R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:15 0.17 11-9 0.41-0.47
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ilya Sorokin W 18 16 2 59:58 1.79 -0.21